Hamilton, UCLA bury ASU with 3s

Isaac Hamilton scored 33 points, hitting a career-high nine three-pointers, and No. 3 UCLA routed Arizona State 102-80 on Thursday night to improve to 11-0 at home.

The Bruins (19-1, 6-1 Pac-12) made 16 three-pointers and shot 60 percent from the field. Hamilton scored 25 points, with seven three-pointers, in the first 14 minutes of the game.

UCLA led by 25 points in the first half and was up by 16 early in the second before the Sun Devils (9-10, 2-4) got the margin to a single digit in the matchup of the league’s top two scoring and three-point shooting teams.

Torian Graham scored 26 points and Tra Holder tied his career high with 22 for Arizona State. Graham scored 10 of Arizona State’s first 22 points in the second half as the Sun Devils closed to 68-61.

The Bruins’ offense got in gear and they ran off 14 straight points. Aaron Holiday scored eight points, including two three-pointers, in the spurt. #14 Arizona 73, USC 66: Lauri Markkanen scored 23 points, including a rainbow three-pointer with 33 seconds left, and the visiting Wildcats (17-2, 6-0 Pac-12) held off the Trojans (16-4, 3-4), who had reduced a 23-point deficit to three. #12 Louisville 92, Clemson 60: Deng Adel scored 18 points to match a career high, Donovan Mitchell scored all 18 of his points in the first half, and the host Cardinals (16-3, 4-2 ACC) won in their first game without injured point guard Quentin Snider (strained hip). The Tigers (11-7, 1-5) lost their fifth straight. #25 Maryland 84, Iowa 76: Melo Trimble scored 20 points, and the visiting Terrapins (17-2, 5-1 Big Ten) rallied after blowing a 15-point lead. The Hawkeyes (11-9, 3-4) went ahead 72-69, but an 8-0 spurt fueled by Trimble’s two three-pointers gave

Maryland a lead it did not relinquish. BYU 99, Pepperdine 70: Eric Mika had 22 points and 10 rebounds for his sixth straight double-double for the host Cougars (14-6, 5-2 WCC) in their win over the Waves (5-14, 1-6). San Diego 69, LMU 62: Brett Bailey scored 23 points to lead the Toreros (10-9, 3-4 WCC) past the host Lions (9-9, 2-5).

Pac-12 Hall honors: Jerome Randle, Cal’s all-time leading scorer, and Mike Montgomery, who coached both the Bears and Stanford and is 25th in NCAA history in wins (677), are among the 12 people chosen this year for the Pac-12 Men’s Basketball Hall of Honor. Randle, who played from 2006 through ’10, was the Pac-10 Player of the Year and an All-American his senior season. Montgomery is the winningest coach in Stanford history. Randle, Montgomery and the rest of the Class of 2017 will be inducted in a ceremony before the Pac-12 semifinals in Las Vegas on March 10.