COLLEGE BASKETBALL / PACIFIC 10 ROUNDUP : Stoudamire Lifts Arizona Over Oregon

Damon Stoudamire said that all he did to break out of a two-game scoring slump was return to basics.

It paid off in a 27-point performance Thursday night, helping 13th-ranked Arizona defeat Oregon, 98-86, at Tucson.

Stoudamire came in with a 17.6-point average but had scored only nine points against UCLA and four against USC last week.

“I worked hard, played hard and stuck around after practice,” he said. He took extra shots and concentrated on “doing the basics to get back to the way I was.”

He scored 18 first-half points, including three three-point baskets, but after making two more three-point shots in the first 3:29 of the second period, Stoudamire went scoreless for 14:22.

Arizona, 15-3 overall and 4-2 in the Pacific 10 Conference, made 26 of 38 free throws; Oregon (6-9, 2-4) made nine of 13.

Arizona State 88, Oregon State 82--Stevin Smith scored a career-high 39 points and tied his own Pac-10 record by making 10 three-point shots to lead the Sun Devils (9-6, 4-2) at Tempe, Ariz.

Arizona State made 76.9% of its shots in the first half as Smith made seven of eight three-point shots.

Kareem Anderson led Oregon State (5-10, 1-5) with 24 points.