Sun Devils Take Care of Arizona

Chad Prewitt scored 22 points and Curtis Millage had 19, and Arizona State ended a five-year drought against Arizona on Wednesday night with an 88-72 victory over the 10th-ranked Wildcats at Tempe, Ariz.

The Sun Devils (11-7, 4-5 Pacific 10 Conference), who shot 54%, beat a nationally ranked opponent for the first time in 24 tries in Coach Rob Evans’ four seasons.

They were 0-10 against Arizona--0-6 under Evans--since sweeping the Wildcats in 1995.

Arizona (13-5, 6-3) had rallied from 21 points down to beat Oregon State and 20 down to beat UCLA, but those comebacks were in Tucson. The Wildcats couldn’t pull it off in the hostile atmosphere of Wells Fargo Arena, which was filled to near-capacity.

Arizona State led by 17 points in the first half and 20 in the second. The Wildcats never got closer than 11 after that.

Luke Walton scored 26 points and Jason Gardner had 16 for Arizona, which had won a season-best five in a row.

Tommy Smith had 16 points for Arizona State and Jason Braxton had 10.

The Wildcats were two for 16 from three-point range and missed nine free throws.

No. 2 Kansas 88, Iowa State 81--Drew Gooden scored 23 points and Jeff Boschee made a tie-breaking three-pointer with 37 seconds left for Kansas (16-2, 5-0 Big 12) at Ames, Iowa.

Iowa State (9-11, 1-5) led, 81-79, after Jake Sullivan, who scored a career-high 27 points, made a three-pointer with 2:23 to play.

No. 3 Maryland 85, No. 21 Wake Forest 63--Juan Dixon and Steve Blake each scored 19 points for the Terrapins (15-3, 5-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) at Winston-Salem, N.C.

Darius Songaila had 14 points and 10 rebounds for the Demon Deacons (13-6, 3-3).

No. 9 Illinois 80, Wisconsin 48--Cory Bradford had 16 points and Illinois (15-4, 4-2 Big Ten) was 10 for 20 on three-pointers at Champaign, Ill.

Freddie Owens and Devin Harris each had 13 points for Wisconsin (11-9, 4-3).

No. 11 Oklahoma State 70, Nebraska 63--Ivan McFarlin set career-highs with 20 points and 17 rebounds for the Cowboys (16-3, 3-3 Big 12) at Stillwater.

John Robinson had 22 points for the Cornhuskers (8-9, 1-5), who lost for the eighth time in 10 games.

No. 15 Georgia 81, Arkansas 67--Jarvis Hayes had 21 points at Athens, Ga., and the Bulldogs (16-3, 5-1 Southeastern Conference) matched last season’s victory total.

Chris Daniels had 17 points and 13 rebounds for the Bulldogs.

Jannero Pargo had 18 points for the Razorbacks (10-8, 2-4).

Texas A&M; 80, No. 24 Texas 74--Bernard King scored 30 points for Texas A&M; (8-11, 2-3 Big 12) at Austin, Texas.

The loss ended Texas’ 28-game winning against in-state opponents.

No. 25 Connecticut 75, St. John’s 70--Johnnie Selvie had 16 points for the Huskies (13-3, 6-0 Big East) at Storrs, Conn.

Marcus Hatten scored his 16 points in the final nine minutes for the Red Storm (13-5, 4-3).

WOMEN’S TOP 25

No. 11 Kansas State 72, Kansas 59--Kendra Wecker scored 23 points for the Wildcats (18-2, 6-1 Big 12) at Manhattan, Kan.

Kansas (5-15, 0-7) had only two baskets in a nine-minute stretch of the second half.

No. 12 Texas Tech 62, Oklahoma State 51--Jia Perkins scored 20 points for Texas Tech (12-5, 4-3 Big 12) at Lubbock, Texas.

No. 15 Baylor 95, Texas A&M; 61--Danielle Crockrom and Sheila Lambert had 18 points apiece for Baylor (15-3, 3-3 Big 12) at Waco, Texas.

LaToya Rose led Texas A&M; (10-8, 2-4) with 13 points.

Syracuse 75, No. 16 Virginia Tech 59--Shannon Perry had 16 points and 12 rebounds to lead host Syracuse (11-6, 4-2 Big East).

Sarah Hick had 18 points for Virginia Tech (15-2, 6-1) and Ieva Kublina had 17.

No. 20 Colorado 86, No. 14 Iowa State 73--Britt Hartshorn scored 16 of her 22 points in the second half for Colorado (14-6, 4-3 Big 12) at Boulder, Colo.

Lindsey Wilson had 23 points for Iowa State (14-5, 2-5).

No. 24 Boston College 60, Villanova 40--Kim Mackie scored 16 points for Boston College (15-3, 6-1 Big East) at Villanova, Pa.

Katie Davis scored 15 points for Villanova (10-7, 4-3).

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Point guard Marlon Parmer, a 6-foot-2 junior who was unhappy with Coach Fran Fraschilla, has quit the New Mexico men’s team.

Parmer had been suspended for what Fraschilla called a “team issue” after New Mexico’s near upset of then-No. 18 Gonzaga. Parmer scored 30 points in the Lobos’ 95-90 overtime loss.

Parmer played at Los Angeles Verbum Dei High.