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No. 14 Arizona Cruises, 90-72

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From Associated Press

Salim Stoudamire took Stanford’s recent success in Tucson personally.

The senior guard, who was 2-5 against Stanford before Saturday, had 20 of his 26 points in the second half of No. 14 Arizona’s 90-72 victory over the Cardinal.

“They have beaten me the three previous times [at home],” Stoudamire said. “I told [Stanford guard Chris] Hernandez I had to get him sometime. It feels great. I want to go out and party.”

Channing Frye had 15 points and 13 rebounds, Hassan Adams and Chris Rodgers scored 13 each and Ivan Radenovic had 10 points.

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Frye also tied his season high with four blocks, leading a strong defensive effort that lifted the Wildcats, 19-4 overall and 9-2 in the Pacific 10 Conference, to their 16th win in 18 games and earned Coach Lute Olson his 299th conference victory -- second only to John Wooden’s 304.

“It was by far the best back-to-back games that we have had all year,” Olson said.

Arizona defeated California, 97-76, on Thursday.

Dan Grunfeld had 23 points for the Cardinal (12-9, 6-5). Stanford had beaten Arizona in its last four trips to McKale Center and won their last three against the Wildcats overall.

“The bottom line is they were really, really good,” Stanford Coach Trent Johnson said. “They had some guys coming out today with a lot of energy. They made some shots early, got some separation and we had to play from behind, which isn’t what we do best.”

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California 84, Arizona State 82 -- Richard Midgley scored an off-balance layup with 2.8 seconds left at Tempe, Ariz., to lift the Golden Bears over the Sun Devils.

It was the fourth victory in five games for California (12-9, 5-6). Ike Diogu had 35 points for Arizona State (16-7, 5-6).

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Oregon State 76, Oregon 72 -- David Lucas and Nick DeWitz each had 22 points and nine rebounds at Corvallis, as the Beavers (12-9, 4-6) avenged an earlier loss to the Ducks (11-8, 3-7).

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