• No. 14 Oregon falls at Arizona State, 77-72.
Arizona State’s Remy Martin was fighting for possession during the first half when he caught an inadvertent elbow right to the middle of his face that knocked a tooth loose.
Martin left the game and went to the locker room. A few minutes later, he returned to the court and almost immediately banked home a 3-pointer.
The Sun Devils (18-8, 9-4) are familiar with getting knocked down this season. They’re showing they can get back up, too.
Arizona State continued its unexpected charge through the Pac-12 standings with its sixth straight win, beating No. 14 Oregon 77-72 on Thursday night in Tempe, Ariz. Alonzo Verge Jr. scored 26 points, Rob Edwards added 24 and the Sun Devils withstood a secondhalf charge by the Ducks to keep their winning streak alive.
“We stayed together, we played together,” Verge said. “That’s been the main thing about this whole thing is we’ve been playing together as a team and having fun.”
It’s the first time Arizona State has won six straight games in the Pac-12 since 1981.
“We’ve had a lot of adversity all year,” coach Bobby Hurley said. “A lot of things we’ve had to work through and fight through. Nothing was ever easy. So proud of how we battled. Starting out
1-3 (in conference play) and where we’ve come, it’s an amazing run we’ve been on.”
Oregon (20-7, 9-5) bumbled its way through a big chunk of the game, clanking errant 3-pointers and giving up turnovers. But the Ducks used an 11-0 run to tie it at 54 with 7:17 left.
Arizona State responded with the next six points and never trailed again.
No. 2 Gonzaga 71, San Francisco 54: Killian Tillie had 22 points and nine rebounds to help host Gonzaga (27-1, 13-0) beat San Francisco (17-11, 6-7) for the 18th straight time. The Zags trailed 31-22 at halftime but outscored the Dons 49-23 in the final 20 minutes. With the win, Gonzaga clinched at least a share of an eighth consecutive regular-season WCC title.
No. 18 Colorado 70, USC 66: Mckinley Wright IV had 15 points, including a floater in the lane in the final minutes, to help Colorado (21-6, 10-4 Pac-12) hold off visiting USC (19-8, 8-6). The Buffaloes lead the conference by a game with Oregon’s loss.
No. 20 Iowa 85, No. 25 Ohio State 76: Luka Garza scored 24 points, and host Iowa (19-8, 10-6 Big Ten) got strong contributions from its bench in a win over Ohio State (17-9, 7-8).
No. 23 BYU 85, Santa Clara 75: T.J. Haws scored 28 points and added nine assists to help BYU (22-7, 11-3 WCC) hold off Santa Clara (18-10, 5-8) at home. Yoeli Childs scored 22 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for the Cougars, who won their seventh straight.
No. 24 Arizona 89, Oregon State 63: Josh Green scored 18 points and Nico Mannion scored 12 of his 16 in the second half to help Arizona (19-7, 9-4 Pac-12) defeat Oregon State (15-11, 5-9) in a home win.
Pac-12
UCLA 69, Utah 58: Jules Bernard scored 14 of his 16 points in the first half as UCLA (16-11, 9-5) staked an early lead and outlasted Utah (14-12, 5-9) in Salt Lake City.
Stanford 72, Washington 64: Oscar da Silva had 16 points and nine rebounds as visiting Stanford (17-9, 6-7) pulled away in the second half to defeat Washington (12-15, 2-12).
WCC
Saint Mary’s 57, Loyola Marymount 51: Malik Fitts scored 20 points and host Saint Mary’s (22-6, 9-4) held on to beat Loyola Marymount (9-18, 3-10).
Pepperdine 66, Portland 59: Colbey Ross scored 27 of his 30 points in the second half and grabbed a careerbest 14 rebounds as Pepperdine (15-13, 8-6) pulled away late to win at Portland (9-19, 1-12).