Top 25 game roundup: Stanford tops Huskies in OT
By THE SPORTS XCHANGE
STANFORD, Calif. -- Stanford guard Chasson Randle scored 24 points, including a layup with 2.2 seconds left in regulation to send the game into overtime, and the Cardinal beat No. 21 Washington 68-60 Sunday night at Maples Pavilion.
Stanford (10-3, 2-0 Pac-12) never trailed in the overtime, as guard Anthony Brown, who finished with 16 points, hit an outside shot with 4:10 left in the extra period to put the Cardinal ahead 58-56. A 3-pointer by forward Rosco Allen increased Stanford's lead to five points with 2:40 remaining.
The Huskies (11-3, 0-2) did not make a field goal in the overtime, and they suffered their third straight loss.
Cardinal center Stefan Nastic had 10 points and 10 rebounds. Forward Shawn Kemp Jr. led Washington with 19 points.
Arizona 73, Arizona State 49
TUCSON, Ariz. -- Arizona forwards Stanley Johnson, Brandon Ashley and first-time starter Rondae Hollis Jefferson scored 13 points apiece, and the No. 8 Wildcats rolled past Arizona State in the Pac-12 opener for both teams.
Hollis-Jefferson, a sophomore who started in place of freshman Johnson, had eight rebounds, and backup center Dusan Ristic added nine points as the Wildcats (13-1) rebounded from their first loss of the season.
Guard Gerry Blakes led the Sun Devils (8-6) with nine points, and guard Roosevelt Scott and forward Shaquielle McKissic had eight apiece. The Sun Devils shot only 32.6 percent from the field and committed a season-high 22 turnovers against the Wildcats' aggressive man-to-man defense.
Louisville 85, Wake Forest 76
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Forward Montrezl Harrell scored 20 of his 25 points in the first half, but the fifth-ranked Cardinals did all they could to win their Atlantic Coast Conference debut, defeating the Demon Deacons at Lawrence Joel Coliseum.
Guard Chris Jones scored 20 of his 22 points in the second half for the Cardinals (13-1), including a couple of clutch jumpers after Louisville's lead was in jeopardy. He tallied 14 points in the last 13 minutes. Louisville guard Terry Rozier added 18 points before fouling out in the final minute.
Forward Devin Thomas poured in a career-best 31 points for Wake Forest, which had a three-game losing streak snapped. Thomas, a junior, had notched his best offensive output by reaching the 26-point mark with more than 10 minutes to play. Guards Codi Miller-McIntyre and Mitchell Wilbekin tacked on 14 points apiece for Wake Forest (8-7, 0-2), which was denied a victory in the first ACC home game under coach Danny Manning.
Wichita State 70, Illinois State 62
WICHITA, Kan. -- The No. 16 Shockers survived a challenge from the Redbirds but earned the win at Koch Arena.
Guard Ron Baker led Wichita State with 15 points. Forward Darius Carter added 14 for the Shockers, who shot 57 percent from the field in the second half, 52 percent overall.
Guard Daishon Knight led Illinois State with 24 points. The Redbirds out-rebounded Wichita State 32-27 and outscored the Shockers 15-3 on second-chance points, but Illinois State made just 36.5 percent of its shots from the floor.
Wisconsin 81, Northwestern 58
EVANSTON, Ill. -- Forwards Frank Kaminsky and Sam Dekker each scored 16 points as the No. 4 Badgers breezed to a Big Ten victory over the Wildcats at Welsh-Ryan Arena.
Kaminsky also had 10 rebounds and six assists, forward Duje Dukan had 14 points while forward Nigel Hayes added 10 for Wisconsin, which suffered its lone loss to then-No. 4 Duke on Dec. 3.
Guard Tre Demps had a game-high 17 points while guard Bryant McIntosh added 10 for the Wildcats.
No. 13 Kansas 76, UNLV 61
LAWRENCE, Kansas -- Sophomore point guard Frank Mason collected 18 points, seven steals and four assists as the Jayhawks rallied from a halftime deficit to trip UNLV at Allen Fieldhouse.
UNLV (9-5) led 33-29 at halftime, but lost the advantage when Kansas got off to a 9-2 start in the second half. The Rebels were led by senior point guard Cody Doolin and sophomore forward Christian Wood with 12 points apiece. Wood also grabbed a team-high eight rebounds.
Kansas forward Perry Ellis had 16 points and nine rebounds.
No. 10 Utah 71, UCLA 39
SALT LAKE CITY -- Guard Delon Wright scored 11 points, collected seven rebounds, had five assists and four steals to lead a balanced offensive attack for Utah in a dominant win over UCLA at Jon M. Hunstman Center.
Forward Jordan Loveridge added 10 points and five rebounds while center Jakob Poeltl chipped in nine points and 10 rebounds for the Utes (12-2, 2-0 Pac-12) who beat the Bruins in Salt Lake City for the second straight season.
Forward Tony Parker scored 12 points to lead UCLA, who lost its fifth straight game. The Bruins (8-7, 0-2 Pac-12) trailed from start to finish. Guard Bryce Alford, the Bruins' leading scorer, was 0 for 10 from the field.
No. 23 Northern Iowa 67, Loyola (Ill.) 58
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- Jeremy Morgan scored a career-high 18 points and Northern Iowa got back in the win column after opening the New Year with a loss at Evansville.
The Panthers (12-2) snapped Loyola's seven-game winning streak by building a 17-point lead but again had to sweat a scoring drought in the second half before pulling away from the Ramblers (11-3). Northern Iowa's offense had only six field goals in the second half Thursday in a 52-49 loss to the Aces.
