Sun Devils keep pace in Pac-10 race

| February 25, 2010 11:00 PM

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Eric Boateng scored a career-high 24 points and Derek Glasser had 20, lifting Arizona State to a 68-60 victory over Stanford (13-5, 7-9) on Thursday night at Stanford, Calif.

The Sun Devils (20-8, 10-5) remained alone in second place in the Pac-10, one-half game behind first-place California, which defeated Arizona 95-71 on Thursday night. The Sun Devils and Bears play Saturday at Berkeley, Calif.

Oregon 54, USC 44: At Los Angeles, Tajuan Porter scored 16 points to lead Oregon (13-14, 5-10 Pac-10) past the Trojans (16-11, 8-7).

UCLA 65, Oregon State 56: At Los Angeles, Tyler Honeycutt had 18 points and 10 rebounds, leading UCLA (13-14, 8-7 Pac-10) past the Beavers (12-15, 6-9).

Cal 95, Arizona 71: At Berkeley, Calif., Jerome Randle scored 24 points to help California (19-9, 11-5 Pac-10) beat Arizona (13-4, 7-8).

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No. 2 Kentucky 82, South Carolina 61: At Lexington, Ky., Patrick Patterson had 23 points and Kentucky (27-1, 12-1) beat South Carolina (14-13, 5-8 Southeastern Conference).

No. 5 Duke 70, Tulsa 52: At Durham, N.C., Nolan Smith had 18 points, Kyle Singler added 17 and Duke (24-4) beat Tulsa (19-9).

No. 16 Vanderbilt 96, Georgia 94, OT: At Nashville, Tenn., Jermaine Beal scored 28 points and Vanderbilt (21-6, 10-3 Southeastern Conference) overcame a five-point deficit in the final 33 seconds of regulation and went on to beat Georgia (12-14, 4-9).

No. 17 Wisconsin 78, Indiana 46: At Bloomington, Ind., Trevon Hughes scored 17 points and Wisconsin (21-7, 11-5 Big Ten) routed Indiana (9-18, 3-12).

Boise State 72, Louisiana Tech 59: At Ruston, La., Paul Noonan scored 14 points and made four 3-pointers to lead Boise State (13-15, 3-10 Western Athletic Conference) past Louisiana Tech (21-7, 8-5).

Nevada 83, San Jose State 79: At San Jose, Calif., Brandon Fields scored 23 points as Nevada (17-10, 9-4 WCC) defeated San Jose State (13-14, 5-8).

Utah State at Hawaii: Late

Saint Mary's 76, Pepperdine 49: At Moraga, Calif., Omar Samhan's 20 points and 10 rebounds lifted the Gaels (23-5, 10-3 West Coast Conference) past the Waves (7-22, 9-10).

Loyola Marymount 72, San Diego 69: At San Diego, Drew Viney scored a career-high 35 points, leading the Lions (16-13, 7-6 WCC) past San Diego (9-20, 2-11).

Portland 70, San Francisco 59: At Portland, Ore., Jared Stohl scored 22 points on six 3-pointers to lead the Pilots (18-9, 9-4 WCC) past the Dons (12-16, 7-6).