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College Recap: Bruin Darren Collison dominates in No. 10 UCLA’s win over USC
By The Associated Press
Monday, January 12, 2009 | No comments posted.
LOS ANGELES — Just how much UCLA relies on Darren Collison was evident against Southern California.
The senior had 18 points and six assists while playing 39 minutes in the 10th-ranked Bruins’ 64-60 victory Sunday night, their ninth in a row.
“I did get tired, but that’s part of the game,” said Collison, who played seven minutes more than any of his teammates. “Coach yelled at me and said, ‘We need you so bad.’”
Nikola Dragovic added 14 points in his first start of the season for the Bruins (13-2, 3-0 Pac-10), who have won all three meetings at Galen Center since the arena opened. Jrue Holiday added 13 points while shutting down friend and rival freshman DeMar DeRozan in the second half, and Josh Shipp had 10 points.
“I’m real proud of my team. They really fought,” Collison said. “We really hung in there together. Nikola was our X-factor.”
DeRozan scored 11 of his 15 points in the first half for the Trojans (10-5, 1-2), who lost for the first time in nine home games. Taj Gibson added 13 points while playing the second half with three fouls and Daniel Hackett also had 13.
USC blew a six-point lead in the second half and was outplayed over the final 41⁄2 minutes.
“We needed to knock down a perimeter shot or two and couldn’t,” USC coach Tim Floyd said. “Being 1-2 in league is less of a hole than a year ago when we were 0-3. We’ve been close a lot.”
The Trojans were coming off a 62-58 overtime loss at Oregon State in which they led by 15 points in the second half. UCLA opened Pac-10 play by sweeping the Oregon schools on the road.
“The rivalry was everything I thought it would be,” DeRozan said. “It showed us how tough we can be down the stretch. We had a few mistakes that really killed us.”
As always, emotions ran high between the crosstown rivals. At 10:37 of the first half, UCLA freshman Drew Gordon struck Hackett in the jaw with his elbow after a play ended. Gordon put his arms in the air to get by Hackett, who appeared to get into Gordon’s space. Neither player was penalized after referees decided it was an inadvertent elbow, not intentional.
“I got elbowed in the mouth. Gordon hit me in the face,” Hackett said. “I don’t know if he did it on purpose, but that’s USC-UCLA stuff.”
Gordon said it wasn’t on purpose and said he apologized to Hackett later.
“It was nothing personal,” Gordon said. “I put my arms up. He was walking back, we were jawing. I tried to back away and his face met my arm.”
Less than a minute later, Floyd received a warning for being out of the coach’s box, and he reacted hotly.
Gibson, USC’s leading scorer and double-figure rebounder, was limited to six minutes in the first half after picking up his third foul. He fouled out late.
“It was real frustrating. You never want to sit down in a tough game like this,” he said.
No. 20 Arizona St 76, Oregon 58
TEMPE, Ariz. — Derek Glasser scored 15 points and had a career-high 11 assists, and Arizona State won for its 10th win in 11 games.
James Harden scored 19 points for the Sun Devils (14-2, 3-1 Pac-10), whose three conference wins have come by an average of 26 points.
LeKendric Longmire scored 15 points and Drew Wiley had 12 for Oregon. The Ducks (6-10, 0-4) are off to their worst start in Pac-10 play since 1992-93, when they lost their first 11 games and finished 3-15.
Arizona 64, Oregon St 47
TUCSON, Ariz. — Chase Budinger scored 24 points and made four straight free throws after the ejection of Oregon State coach Craig Robinson, and Arizona defeated Oregon State 64-47 on Saturday afternoon.
Oregon State closed to within 55-47 with 2:14 remaining. That’s when Robinson was whistled for two technicals for arguing with the officials. Arizona (11-5, 2-2 Pac-10) scored nine straight points after the technicals.
Jordan Hill scored 15 points and had 11 rebounds for Arizona, which won its 27th straight at home over the Beavers, a streak that began in 1982-83. It was Oregon State’s 17th consecutive Pac-10 road defeat.
Lathen Wallace led the Beavers (6-8, 1-3) with a season-high 17 points.
California 88, Washington 85, 3OT
SEATTLE — Patrick Christopher scored a career-high 27 points and had 11 rebounds, including the clinchers in the third overtime, and surprising California rallied in the second half and in each extra period to beat Washington 88-85 on Saturday in a wild fight atop the Pac-10 Conference.
Jerome Randle scored 23 points for Cal before fouling out in the second overtime. Then Theo Robertson gave the Bears (15-2, 4-0 Pac-10) their first lead since 1-0 with a 3-point play that made it 86-85 with 15 seconds remaining.
Cal won its ninth straight and is off to its best start since the 1959-60 Bears went 28-2 and lost in the championship game of the NCAA tournament to Ohio State.
Justin Dentmon scored 24 points — 15 in the last two overtimes — and Isaiah Thomas added 22 for Washington (11-4, 2-1), which saw its nine-game winning streak end. Jon Brockman had 16 points and a career high-tying 18 rebounds for the Huskies.
Washington St. 55, Stanford 54
PULLMAN, Wash. — There is a little life left in Washington State, thanks to a pair of electric freshman and a crafty senior.
Freshman Klay Thompson ignited the Cougars’ second-half rally. Senior Taylor Rochestie hit a running 10-footer with 17 seconds left. And freshman DeAngelo Casto stuffed Anthony Goods’ layup attempt with 7 seconds left as Washington State snapped a three-game losing streak with a 55-54 win over Stanford on Saturday night.
Down 11 late in the first half, Washington State (9-6, 1-2 Pac-10) charged into the lead early in the second half thanks to its energetic freshmen — Thompson and Casto — then rode the experience of Rochestie in the final minutes to win at home for the first time since Dec. 2. Rochestie finished with 21 points.
Lawrence Hill and Anthony Goods each scored 15 for Stanford (11-3, 1-3), but Goods’ last-second attempt from 30 feet fell short as time expired.
Portland State 85, Idaho State 58
PORTLAND — Phil Nelson scored 23 points to lead Portland State to an 85-58 win over Idaho State on Saturday night.
Julius Thomas came off the bench to contribute 11 points and seven rebounds for the Vikings (13-5, 4-1 Big Sky). Kyle Coston also had 11 points for PSU.
Chron Taten led Idaho State (4-13, 1-2) with 12 points. Amorrow Morgan and Felix Caspari each added 10 points for the Bengals.
Gonzaga 67, Portland 50
SPOKANE, Wash. — Josh Heytvelt and Matt Bouldin each scored 14 points as Gonzaga beat Portland State 67-50 on Saturday in the West Coast Conference opener for both teams.
Steven Gray added 13 points for Gonzaga (10-4, 1-0 WCC), which was coming off an overtime win at No. 15 Tennessee that snapped a three-game losing streak. Austin Daye had 10 rebounds as the Zags beat Portland for the 11th consecutive time.
Jared Stohl scored 10 points and Nik Raivio and T.J. Campbell had nine each for Portland (9-7, 0-1). Raivio is the brother of former Gonzaga star Derek Raivio.
WOMEN
Oregon State 68, Arizona 43
CORVALLIS — Oregon State outscored Arizona 19-2 in the final seven minutes Saturday, pulling away for a 68-43 Pacific-10 Conference win.
Talisa Rhea had 21 points and Tiffany Ducker added 12 points and nine rebounds for Oregon State (10-4, 1-3), which broke a three-game losing streak.
Ify Ibekwe led Arizona (7-8, 0-4) with 13 points and nine rebounds.
Arizona State 81, Oregon 53
EUGENE — Senior reserve Lauren Lacey scored a season-high 19 points as Arizona State defeated Oregon 81-53 in Pac-10 women’s basketball game Saturday at McArthur Court.
Kayli Murphy and Danielle Orsillo added 10 each for the Sun Devils (10-6, 2-2 Pac-10), who have won eight in a row over the Ducks (5-9, 2-2).
Jasmin Holliday scored 13 for Oregon, who committed 24 turnovers.
The senior had 18 points and six assists while playing 39 minutes in the 10th-ranked Bruins’ 64-60 victory Sunday night, their ninth in a row.
“I did get tired, but that’s part of the game,” said Collison, who played seven minutes more than any of his teammates. “Coach yelled at me and said, ‘We need you so bad.’”
Nikola Dragovic added 14 points in his first start of the season for the Bruins (13-2, 3-0 Pac-10), who have won all three meetings at Galen Center since the arena opened. Jrue Holiday added 13 points while shutting down friend and rival freshman DeMar DeRozan in the second half, and Josh Shipp had 10 points.
“I’m real proud of my team. They really fought,” Collison said. “We really hung in there together. Nikola was our X-factor.”
DeRozan scored 11 of his 15 points in the first half for the Trojans (10-5, 1-2), who lost for the first time in nine home games. Taj Gibson added 13 points while playing the second half with three fouls and Daniel Hackett also had 13.
USC blew a six-point lead in the second half and was outplayed over the final 41⁄2 minutes.
“We needed to knock down a perimeter shot or two and couldn’t,” USC coach Tim Floyd said. “Being 1-2 in league is less of a hole than a year ago when we were 0-3. We’ve been close a lot.”
The Trojans were coming off a 62-58 overtime loss at Oregon State in which they led by 15 points in the second half. UCLA opened Pac-10 play by sweeping the Oregon schools on the road.
“The rivalry was everything I thought it would be,” DeRozan said. “It showed us how tough we can be down the stretch. We had a few mistakes that really killed us.”
As always, emotions ran high between the crosstown rivals. At 10:37 of the first half, UCLA freshman Drew Gordon struck Hackett in the jaw with his elbow after a play ended. Gordon put his arms in the air to get by Hackett, who appeared to get into Gordon’s space. Neither player was penalized after referees decided it was an inadvertent elbow, not intentional.
“I got elbowed in the mouth. Gordon hit me in the face,” Hackett said. “I don’t know if he did it on purpose, but that’s USC-UCLA stuff.”
Gordon said it wasn’t on purpose and said he apologized to Hackett later.
“It was nothing personal,” Gordon said. “I put my arms up. He was walking back, we were jawing. I tried to back away and his face met my arm.”
Less than a minute later, Floyd received a warning for being out of the coach’s box, and he reacted hotly.
Gibson, USC’s leading scorer and double-figure rebounder, was limited to six minutes in the first half after picking up his third foul. He fouled out late.
“It was real frustrating. You never want to sit down in a tough game like this,” he said.
No. 20 Arizona St 76, Oregon 58
TEMPE, Ariz. — Derek Glasser scored 15 points and had a career-high 11 assists, and Arizona State won for its 10th win in 11 games.
James Harden scored 19 points for the Sun Devils (14-2, 3-1 Pac-10), whose three conference wins have come by an average of 26 points.
LeKendric Longmire scored 15 points and Drew Wiley had 12 for Oregon. The Ducks (6-10, 0-4) are off to their worst start in Pac-10 play since 1992-93, when they lost their first 11 games and finished 3-15.
Arizona 64, Oregon St 47
TUCSON, Ariz. — Chase Budinger scored 24 points and made four straight free throws after the ejection of Oregon State coach Craig Robinson, and Arizona defeated Oregon State 64-47 on Saturday afternoon.
Oregon State closed to within 55-47 with 2:14 remaining. That’s when Robinson was whistled for two technicals for arguing with the officials. Arizona (11-5, 2-2 Pac-10) scored nine straight points after the technicals.
Jordan Hill scored 15 points and had 11 rebounds for Arizona, which won its 27th straight at home over the Beavers, a streak that began in 1982-83. It was Oregon State’s 17th consecutive Pac-10 road defeat.
Lathen Wallace led the Beavers (6-8, 1-3) with a season-high 17 points.
California 88, Washington 85, 3OT
SEATTLE — Patrick Christopher scored a career-high 27 points and had 11 rebounds, including the clinchers in the third overtime, and surprising California rallied in the second half and in each extra period to beat Washington 88-85 on Saturday in a wild fight atop the Pac-10 Conference.
Jerome Randle scored 23 points for Cal before fouling out in the second overtime. Then Theo Robertson gave the Bears (15-2, 4-0 Pac-10) their first lead since 1-0 with a 3-point play that made it 86-85 with 15 seconds remaining.
Cal won its ninth straight and is off to its best start since the 1959-60 Bears went 28-2 and lost in the championship game of the NCAA tournament to Ohio State.
Justin Dentmon scored 24 points — 15 in the last two overtimes — and Isaiah Thomas added 22 for Washington (11-4, 2-1), which saw its nine-game winning streak end. Jon Brockman had 16 points and a career high-tying 18 rebounds for the Huskies.
Washington St. 55, Stanford 54
PULLMAN, Wash. — There is a little life left in Washington State, thanks to a pair of electric freshman and a crafty senior.
Freshman Klay Thompson ignited the Cougars’ second-half rally. Senior Taylor Rochestie hit a running 10-footer with 17 seconds left. And freshman DeAngelo Casto stuffed Anthony Goods’ layup attempt with 7 seconds left as Washington State snapped a three-game losing streak with a 55-54 win over Stanford on Saturday night.
Down 11 late in the first half, Washington State (9-6, 1-2 Pac-10) charged into the lead early in the second half thanks to its energetic freshmen — Thompson and Casto — then rode the experience of Rochestie in the final minutes to win at home for the first time since Dec. 2. Rochestie finished with 21 points.
Lawrence Hill and Anthony Goods each scored 15 for Stanford (11-3, 1-3), but Goods’ last-second attempt from 30 feet fell short as time expired.
Portland State 85, Idaho State 58
PORTLAND — Phil Nelson scored 23 points to lead Portland State to an 85-58 win over Idaho State on Saturday night.
Julius Thomas came off the bench to contribute 11 points and seven rebounds for the Vikings (13-5, 4-1 Big Sky). Kyle Coston also had 11 points for PSU.
Chron Taten led Idaho State (4-13, 1-2) with 12 points. Amorrow Morgan and Felix Caspari each added 10 points for the Bengals.
Gonzaga 67, Portland 50
SPOKANE, Wash. — Josh Heytvelt and Matt Bouldin each scored 14 points as Gonzaga beat Portland State 67-50 on Saturday in the West Coast Conference opener for both teams.
Steven Gray added 13 points for Gonzaga (10-4, 1-0 WCC), which was coming off an overtime win at No. 15 Tennessee that snapped a three-game losing streak. Austin Daye had 10 rebounds as the Zags beat Portland for the 11th consecutive time.
Jared Stohl scored 10 points and Nik Raivio and T.J. Campbell had nine each for Portland (9-7, 0-1). Raivio is the brother of former Gonzaga star Derek Raivio.
WOMEN
Oregon State 68, Arizona 43
CORVALLIS — Oregon State outscored Arizona 19-2 in the final seven minutes Saturday, pulling away for a 68-43 Pacific-10 Conference win.
Talisa Rhea had 21 points and Tiffany Ducker added 12 points and nine rebounds for Oregon State (10-4, 1-3), which broke a three-game losing streak.
Ify Ibekwe led Arizona (7-8, 0-4) with 13 points and nine rebounds.
Arizona State 81, Oregon 53
EUGENE — Senior reserve Lauren Lacey scored a season-high 19 points as Arizona State defeated Oregon 81-53 in Pac-10 women’s basketball game Saturday at McArthur Court.
Kayli Murphy and Danielle Orsillo added 10 each for the Sun Devils (10-6, 2-2 Pac-10), who have won eight in a row over the Ducks (5-9, 2-2).
Jasmin Holliday scored 13 for Oregon, who committed 24 turnovers.
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