Huskies back in Pac-10 race

By The Associated Press

n PAC-10

Quincy Pondexter scored 30 points and Venoy Overton sank six free throws late in the final minute to vault defending conference champion Washington back into a wild Pac-10 race with an 81-75 victory over Arizona on Thursday night at Seattle.

Overton made his deciding free throws in the final 49 seconds for the Huskies (15-7, 5-5), after the Wildcats (11-10, 6-4) battled back from 10 points down to within 73-71 late.

Second-place Washington, 0-6 on the road this season, improved to 33-2 at home since the start of last season.

Southern California 66, California 63: At Los Angeles, Mike Gerrity scored 12 points and hit two 3-pointers in the final minutes, and Nikola Vucevic made four free throws in the final 8.9 seconds as the Trojans (13-9, 5-5 Pac-10) defeated California (14-8, 6-4).

UCLA 77, Stanford 73: At Los Angeles, Reeves Nelson scored 18 points and Malcolm Lee hit a pair of free throws with 24 seconds left to preserve UCLA's (11-11, 6-4 Pac-10) victory over Stanford (10-12, 4-6) that kept the Cardinal winless on the road this season.

n TOP 25

No. 8 Purdue 78, Indiana 75: At Bloomington, Ind., Robbie Hummel and JaJuan Johnson each scored 21 points, leading Purdue (19-3, 7-3 Big Ten) past Indiana (9-12, 3-6).

No. 10 Duke 86, No. 21 Georgia Tech 67: At Durham, N.C., Kyle Singler had career highs of 30 points and eight 3-pointers to lead Duke (18-4, 6-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) past Georgia Tech (16-6, 4-4).

No. 14 Tennessee 59, LSU 54: At Baton Rouge, La., Wayne Chism scored 20 points and Tennessee (17-4, 5-2 Southeastern Conference) beat LSU (9-13, 0-8).

No. 23 Butler 63, Detroit 58: At Indianapolis, Gordon Hayward had 18 points and 10 rebounds, leading Butler (19-4, 12-0 Horizon League) past Detroit (14-9, 7-5).

Louisiana Tech 71, San Jose State 64: At Ruston, La., Magnum Rolle scored 21 points to lead Louisiana Tech (19-4, 7-2 Western Athletic Conference) past the Spartans (12-10, 5-5).

San Francisco 72, San Diego 70, OT: At San Diego, freshman Michael Williams hit two 3-pointers and scored seven points in the final 12.4 seconds of overtime to lift San Francisco (9-14, 4-4 West Coast Conference) past San Diego (9-15, 2-6).

Saint Mary's 74, Santa Clara 62: Late