Week 7:
Arizona held a small lead throughout most of the game, but Utah pulled ahead late and went on to eke out an 81-80 victory over the visiting Wildcats.
Arizona State won on the road oveger Southern Cal 79-72 with C Roy Cage hitting for 18 points and recording 15 rebounds for the Sun Devils.
UCLA opened an early 12 point lead but Washington State came back in the late stages of the first half to pull ahead by 12 at the break and then pull ahead by as much as 18 in the 2nd half before stopping UCLA 76-66 as SG Luke Criddle tossed in 23 points for the Cougars.
In a game that was close the entire way, Washington came away with a slim 72-70 win over Oregon.
Oregon State’s C Rahsaan Fisher scored 26 and pulled down 10 boards to lead Oregon State to a decisive 69-49 beating of Stanford.
Led by C David Boyd’s 18 points and 10 rebounds and after leading by as much as 18 points, Colorado escaped with a close 87-84 win over Southern Cal.
In a hard played game that was close throughout, Utah and Arizona state were tied 75-75 at the end of regulation play. In OT, Arizona State scored last to come away with an 85-84 victory. C Andre McDermott had 20 points and 10 rebounds for Utah.
Washington’s C Tony Collins scored 25 but Stanford’s PG Matt Gottlieb hit for 23 and SF Ike Jensen added 18 to carry Stanford to a 78-69 victory.
Oregon State journeyed to Pauly Pavilion and dominated UCLA by a final score of 73-57.
SG Luke Criddle scored 21 for Washington State but SF Nick Minor had 24 points, 7 rebounds , 3 steals and 4 blocks to carry Oregon to an 80-73 win.
Kevin French of UCLA is among the semi-finalist candidates for the Norton Award. French is averaging 15.1 ppg and 11.7 rpg.
As UCLA (9-5) and Arizona (9-5) continued to slump, Oregon State and Arizona State moved into the conference lead with identical 10-4 records. The Pac-12 continues to eat its own.
The Pac-12 Player of the Week award went to Oregon State’s Rahsaan Fisher (41 points and 16 rebounds) while the Freshman of the Week was awarded for the 2nd straight week to Oregon’s Nick Minor (36 points, 12 rebounds).
Will California’s recent 3 wins in their last 6 games be enough to allow head coach Wyking Jones to keep his job? The jury is out for that one.