Huskies rout Bears, snap slide

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Isaiah Thomas made a career-high six 3-pointers en route to 23 points, Matthew Bryan-Amaning added 18, and Washington emphatically snapped its three-game losing streak with a 109-77 rout of California (13-11, 7-5) on Thursday night at Seattle.

Six Huskies finished in double figures as Washington led by 24 at halftime and rebounded after thudding its way out of first place in the Pac-10 and the AP Top 25 last week with losses at Oregon State and Oregon.

Washington (16-7, 8-4) pulled within 1? games of idle Arizona for the conference lead.

UCLA 64, Oregon 54: At Los Angeles, Malcolm Lee scored 25 points as UCLA defeated Oregon (12-12, 5-7) to win its fourth in a row and eighth in nine games.

The Bruins (17-7, 8-3 Pac-10) got 10 points each from Lazeric Jones and reserve Jerime Anderson, whose 3-pointer put them ahead for good with 8:43 remaining.

Southern California 67, Oregon State 56: At Los Angeles, Nikola Vucevic had 17 points and 10 rebounds as USC snapped a three-game losing streak to Oregon State (9-14, 4-8).

Donte Smith had 13 points and made several clutch 3-pointers for the Trojans (13-11, 5-6 Pac-10).

Boise State 75, Fresno State 61: At Boise, Paul Noonan had 19 points and seven rebounds off the bench to lead Boise State (13-11, 6-6 Western Athletic Conference) past Fresno State (11-13, 5-7).

Saint Mary's 65, Santa Clara 59: At Santa Clara, Calif., Mickey McConnell scored 25 points, Rob Jones had 10 points and a season-high 16 rebounds and Saint Mary's (21-4, 9-1 WCC) overcame a long shooting slump in the second half to beat Santa Clara (15-11, 5-4).

Pepperdine 66, Portland 64: At Malibu, Calif., Mychel Thompson scored 18 points, and Pepperdine (11-16, 5-5 West Coast Conference) held on in the final seconds for a victory over Portland (17-8, 4-5).

San Francisco 61, San Diego 47: At San Francisco, Perris Blackwell scored 12 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead San Francisco (13-11, 7-2 WCC) past San Diego (5-20, 1-9).

TOP 25

St. John's 89, No. 10 Connecticut 72: At New York, Dwight Hardy scored a career-high 33 points and St. John's (14-9, 6-5 Big East) took command in the second half of a victory over Connecticut (18-5, 6-5), the Red Storm's fourth win over a top-13 team this season at Madison Square Garden.

No. 23 Vanderbilt 81, Alabama 77: At Nashville, Tenn., Brad Tinsley hit an off-balance jumper with 17 seconds left and added the free throw as Vanderbilt (17-6, 5-4) beat Southeastern Conference-leading Alabama (15-8, 7-2).