Oregon State Stuns No. 9 Arizona, 60-59

Jason Terry’s shooting touch went from fantastic to feeble, and Arizona became the latest victim of Oregon State at Gill Coliseum in Corvallis, Ore.

Deaundra Tanner made a running jumper with 28.3 seconds left and helped hold Terry to only five points as Oregon State defeated No. 9-ranked Arizona, 60-59, on Saturday night.

The Beavers, 10-7 overall and 4-4 in the Pacific 10, ended a losing streak at 17 games against the Wildcats (13-3, 5-2).

“I take full responsibility for the loss,” said Terry, who scored a career-high 37 points in Thursday night’s 85-83 victory at Oregon. “I wasn’t myself all game. I felt like I was a whole ‘nother person out there.”

Terry made two of 10 shots--missing all five of his three-point attempts--and was held 16 points below his Pacific 10-leading scoring average. But Arizona, held 24 points below its scoring average, still had a chance to win at the end.

A.J. Bramlett was fouled with 3.1 seconds left, but missed two free throws. Oregon State’s Clifton Jones got the rebound and was immediately fouled. He missed his two free throws, but Arizona couldn’t come up with the ball before time ran out.

Oregon State Coach Eddie Payne said the roaring, near-capacity crowd of 10,204 clearly rattled Bramlett, who hit the back of the rim on both free throws.

“They helped us a lot. I’m just really proud of our fans,” said Payne, whose team was behind 59-56 with 55 seconds left. “But I thought our team really had a gutty performance in a tough situation.”

Oregon State, which was a 81-51 winner over Arizona State on Thursday night, is 9-0 at home--its longest win streak at Gill Coliseum since 1990-91. The Beavers also defeated UCLA and USC at home on Jan. 7 and 9.

Tanner had 16 points and nine assists to lead the Beavers, but his defense on Terry was more important.

“Basically, we were just following him wherever he went,” Tanner said. “Without a doubt, we did the best job on him [of any team] all year.”

Richard Jefferson had 20 points for Arizona.

Arizona’s last five games have been decided by a total of eight points. The Wildcats beat Washington, 88-86, defeated Arizona State, 74-73, and lost at New Mexico, 79-78, before the two-point win over Oregon.

“Oregon State did a great job of just hanging in,” said Arizona Coach Lute Olson. “They make it difficult for anyone to get good looks, and they’re going to be a handful for anybody here.”

No. 3 Stanford 67, Washington 60--Arthur Lee, who has made a habit of late-game heroics for the Cardinal the last two seasons, scored 12 of his 15 points in the final 5:31 at Stanford. It was the 13th victory in a row for the Cardinal (17-2, 7-0).

Lee, who scored 13 points in the final 2:05 against Rhode Island last March to send Stanford to the Final Four, took over against Washington (10-7, 3-4) with the game tied, 50-50. The Cardinal had missed nine of 10 three-point shots before Lee made two in a row in the final 54 seconds.

Said Mark Madsen, who led Stanford with 20 points and nine rebounds: “Art Lee took over this game. Period.”

Stanford played most of the second half without center Tim Young, who picked up his fourth foul with 14 minutes remaining. He fouled out with 2:38 left with 10 points.

Senque Carey had 16 points and Todd MacCulloch had 14 points and 12 rebounds for Washington, which has lost six in a row at Stanford.

Arizona State 64, Oregon 60--Eddie House scored 34 points, making two free throws with 3.5 seconds left for the Sun Devils (11-8, 3-4) at Eugene, Ore.

House scored five of his points in Arizona State’s game-ending 10-4 run.

Oregon (10-7, 2-6) had four double-figure scorers, led by Terik Brown and A.D. Smith at 14 points. The Ducks were eight for 32 on three-point shots.

California 75, Washington State 68--Sean Lampley and Thomas Kilgore each scored 15 points and the Golden Bears (12-5, 3-4), after nearly blowing an 18-point second-half lead, pulled away from the Cougars (8-10, 2-5) in the final 21 seconds at Oakland.

Kilgore and Michael Gill both made two made two free throws after Washington State pulled within 71-68. The Cougars had turnovers on their final three possessions.