No. 20 Huskies hold off pesky Sun Devils

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Matthew Bryan-Amaning carried Washington with a career-high 30 points and nine rebounds, and the 20th-ranked Huskies matched their best conference start in 24 years with an 88-75 win over scrappy Arizona State on Saturday at Seattle.

Washington needed Bryan-Amaning's career day with leading scorer Isaiah Thomas focused more on trying to slow Arizona State's Ty Abbott at the defensive end. Thomas still did his part, knifing for a pair of driving layups in the last 4 minutes, including a right-handed finish at the rim with 1:44 left to give Washington a 78-71 lead.

Thomas finished with 19 points, eight assists and six rebounds for the Huskies (15-4, 7-1 Pac-10).

Trent Lockett and Abbott both finished with 20 points for the Sun Devils (9-10, 1-6). Arizona State has dropped five straight conference games.

UCLA 68, Stanford 57: At Los Angeles, Malcolm Lee scored 23 points and UCLA overcame a 14-point first-half deficit to beat Stanford (10-8, 3-4) for its fourth straight victory.

Lazeric Jones added 17 points, Tyler Honeycutt scored 16 points and Reeves Nelson had 10 rebounds for the Bruins (13-6, 5-2 Pac-10), who have won 10 of 12 overall and nine of their last 11 against Stanford.

California 68, Southern California 66: At Los Angeles, Harper Kamp scored 19 points, including 10 of California's final 18, and the Golden Bears (10-9, 3-4 Pac-10) rallied past Southern California (11-9, 3-4) to snap a two-game skid.

Jio Fontan's 3-point attempt for the Trojans bounced off the front of the rim with a second left.

Oregon 63, Oregon State 59: At Corvallis, Ore., E.J. Singler had 16 points and Jay-R Strowbridge scored 13 of his 15 points in the second half as Oregon defeated Oregon State.

Strowbridge made two free throws with 8 seconds remaining to seal the win for Oregon (9-10, 2-5 Pac-10), which outscored Oregon State (8-10, 3-4) 11-4 during a four-minute stretch late in the game.

Nevada 66, Louisiana Tech 58: At Reno, Nev., Deonte Burton scored 18 points and Dario Hunt had 16 as Nevada (7-13, 4-3 Western Athletic Conference) rallied past Louisiana Tech (9-12, 0-7).

Utah State 59, New Mexico State 49: At Logan, Utah, Tai Wesley scored 18 points to lead Utah State (18-2, 7-0 WAC) past New Mexico State (10-11, 4-3).

Hawaii 67, San Jose St. 61: At Honolulu, late

Santa Clara 72, Portland 59: At Santa Clara, Calif., Ben Dowdell matched his career high with 22 points as Santa Clara defeated Portland.

Kevin Foster added 19 points for the Broncos (12-9, 3-2 West Coast), who won their second straight and their fifth in seven games. Marc Trasolini had 14 points as Santa Clara moved into a third-place tie in conference play with Gonzaga.

"It was such a huge win over Gonzaga (Thursday) but we knew Portland is a good team," Dowdell said, "and we wanted to come out here and show we're for real for the rest of the season."

San Diego 76, Cal State Bakersfield 65: At San Diego, Chris Gabriel scored a career-high 16 points as San Diego (4-16) snapped a six-game losing skid with a win over Cal State Bakersfield (8-11).

Pepperdine 78, Loyola Marymount 75: At Malibu, Calif., Lorne Jackson scored 24 points, including the go-ahead free throw, to lead Pepperdine (8-14, 2-3 West Coast Conference) over Loyola Marymount (8-11, 1-4) in a wild back-and-forth contest.

The lead changed hands 20 times in the second half and 24 times overall. Neither team led by more than four points after halftime.