Washington Holds Off No. 10 Arizona, 92-88

Good thing Mark Sanford changed his mind about entering last season’s NBA draft. The Washington Huskies needed Sanford’s 26 points, including 18 in the second half, to upset No. 10 Arizona, 92-88, in Seattle.

The Huskies, 12-5 overall and 5-4 in the Pac-10, took an 83-73 lead with 2:48 left, matching their biggest lead of the game. Arizona (13-5, 6-3) closed within 90-88 on Michael Dickerson’s three-point shot with 24 seconds left. Sanford, who was projected to be no better than a second-round pick, then made two free throws with 16 seconds remaining.

Sanford, who has a team-leading 16.4-point average, passed the 25-point mark for the second consecutive game.

Temple 67, No. 9 Louisville 44--The Cardinals were held to their lowest point total in 16 years and had trouble defending Marc Jackson and the Owls (12-6) at Philadelphia.

Jackson finished with 20 points and 14 rebounds

Louisville (18-3) failed to score 50 points for the third time in 10 seasons and the first since a 53-48 loss to Temple during the 1994-95 season.

It was the second-lowest scoring output by Louisville since Denny Crum became coach in 1971.

No. 12 Duke 70, Georgia Tech 61--Trajan Langdon and Roshown McLeod scored 17 points as the Blue Devils (17-5, 6-3) moved into a three-way tie for second in the Atlantic Coast Conference by defeating the Yellow Jackets (8-11, 2-7).

The Blue Devils play No. 2 Wake Forest, which leads the ACC, Wednesday night.

Illinois 78, No. 17 Indiana 74--Kiwane Garris scored 28 points, including seven free throws in the final minute, and the Illini (15-6, 5-4) survived a comeback by the Hoosiers (17-6, 4-5) at Bloomington, Ind.

Kevin Turner’s three-point shot put Illinois in front for good, 66-65, with seven minutes to play.

OTHER GAMES

Miami’s Tim James made what he thought was a game-tying three-point attempt, but it was ruled a two-pointer, enabling Rutgers (9-8, 5-6) to escape with a 60-59 Big East victory over the Hurricane (12-6, 6-4) at Piscataway, N.J. . . . Arthur Davis made a tie-breaking running jump shot with 47 seconds to play and grabbed a key offensive rebound in the final seconds as St. Joseph’s (12-5, 6-2) scored a 79-77 victory over Rhode Island (12-7, 6-3) in an Atlantic 10 game at Philadelphia. . . . At Lewiston, N.Y., Bryan Matthew had 21 points and 10 rebounds to lead visiting Iona (17-4, 6-1) to a 94-70 victory over Niagara (8-11, 3-4) in a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference game. . . . Rodney Buford scored 20 points and Creighton (11-10, 6-4) shot 63.6% from the field for a 75-62 win over Evansville (12-11, 6-5) in a Missouri Valley Conference game at Omaha, Neb. . . . Damien Smith scored 15 points and Southern Mississippi (9-10, 4-4) held off St. Louis (7-13, 1-6) for a 53-49 victory in a Conference USA game at St. Louis.