Desmond Cambridge Jr. led all scorers with 19 points in Arizona State’s 68-64 victory over Stanford in a Pac-12 game Sunday at Tempe, Ariz.

Stanford’s Michael O’Connell made a 3-pointer after a steal to cut the Sun Devils’ lead to 65-62 with 16.7 seconds left. Luther Muhammad made one of two free throws with 16 seconds left for Arizona State (8-1, 2-0 Pac-12).

Stanford (3-6, 0-2) then had a turnover that led to DJ Horne making two free throws with 9.5 seconds left to increase Arizona State’s lead to 68-62.

After Harrison Ingram made a layup with 3 seconds left and the Cardinal used a timeout, Arizona State managed to run out the clock.

Arizona State is 8-1 overall for the first time since 2018-19. It is 2-0 in the Pac-12, the first time that’s happened in Bobby Hurley’s eight years as coach.

Cambridge’s brother Devan Cambridge scored 12 points and Frankie Collins had 11. Warren Washington had seven points and 10 rebounds.

Stanford was led by Spencer Jones’ 13 points before he fouled out with 1:35 remaining. Michael Jones and Ingram finished with 12 apiece.

The Sun Devils took control of the game by going on an 11-2 run to take a 61-53 lead with 1:35 remaining.

The Cardinal did not make a field goal from 6:17 remaining until 1:27 was left. In that span, they missed five shots and Arizona State was 4 of 7 from the field.

Maxime Raynaud, who finished with 10 points, ended the drought with a shot in the lane that cut the lead to 61-55.

Collins nailed a 3-pointer on Arizona State’s next possession with 50 seconds remaining.

Arizona State led by as many as 13 points in the first half before going into halftime up 32-21.

Stanford went on a 13-2 run to cut the lead to 36-34 with 14:36 remaining. Raynaud scored six points, including a dunk, and Spencer Jones had a 3-pointer in the run.

After Arizona State took a 49-41 lead with 7:45 left, Stanford went on a 10-1 run. Michael Jones’ 3-pointer followed by his two free throws gave the Cardinal a 51-50 lead with 5:27 remaining.

It was the Cardinal’s first lead since it led 2-0.

–Field Level Media

Kobe Johnson scored 17 points and made five steals, including a crucial takeaway late, as USC rallied to take down Pac-12 Conference counterpart Oregon State 63-62 Sunday in Los Angeles.

USC (6-3, 2-0 Pac-12) gave up an 11-0 run late in the first half that put it behind the visiting Beavers for much of the conference matchup.

But while holding Oregon State (4-5, 1-1) to just 8-of-27 shooting from the floor and generating nine turnovers in the second half, the Trojans chipped away at the 11-point halftime deficit until Johnson took control.

He headlined a game-changing 8-0 run with about three minutes remaining in regulation, keyed by his 3-pointer to tie the game at 53. A Reese Dixon-Waters steal led to a Johnson drive and basket to give USC the lead with 2:25 left.

Just 15 seconds later, Johnson made the last of his career-high-matching five steals — equaling the total he made against Oregon State in February — setting up a possession ending with a Drew Peterson put-back score.

Peterson finished with 10 points, dished a game-high-tying six assists and grabbed five rebounds. Joining him in double-figure scoring for the Trojans was Joshua Morgan, who finished with 15 points and blocked three shots, but shot just 5-for-10 from the free-throw line, including two misses in the closing seconds.

Morgan scored late to push the lead to five points, but Oregon State gave itself a chance to come back when Dzmitry Ryuny connected on a 3-pointer and Jordan Pope hit another, both of which came in the final nine seconds.

The Beavers sent Morgan to the line but could not get up a shot after his misses.

Dexter Akanno led Oregon State with 17 points on 5-of-9 shooting, including 3 of 5 from 3-point range. Pope shot 3 of 7 from deep and finished with 11 points. The Beavers were 10-for-22 from beyond the arc overall.

Ryuny and Rodrigue Andela each grabbed a game-high nine rebounds.

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Boo Buie scored 20 points to lead Northwestern to a 70-63 road win over Michigan State in a Big Ten opener on Sunday.

It was the first time Northwestern recorded back-to-back wins over Michigan State since 1962.

Chase Audige added 15 points for Northwestern (6-2, 1-0).

A.J. Hoggard and Mady Sissoko each scored 12 points for Michigan State (5-4, 0-1), which lost its second straight.

Trailing 64-61, Michigan State cut Northwestern’s lead to 64-63 with 45.3 seconds left after a layup by Hoggard.

Northwestern answered, as Buie hit a driving layup with 24.4 seconds remaining to put the Wildcats up 66-63.

The Wildcats then rebounded a Michigan State miss and took a 68-63 lead with 10.6 seconds remaining on two free throws by Buie.

Northwestern led the entire second half, but Michigan State pulled to within four points at 60-56 with 5:28 remaining.

Each team went into a scoring drought, then Northwestern took a 64-58 lead with 1:47 remaining after a basket by Buie.

Michigan State then cut Northwestern’s lead to 64-61 with 1:26 remaining after a 3-point play by Hoggard.

Northwestern held a 38-37 lead at halftime and built it up from there, taking a 46-40 lead with 16:36 remaining in the game.

The Wildcats then went on an 11-4 run and took a 52-44 with 12:08 remaining after a steal and layup by Audige.

Northwestern took a 55-46 lead with 11:26 left after a 3-pointer by Audige, but Michigan State countered with an 8-3 run to make it 58-54 Northwestern with 8:18 remaining.

Michigan State held a 27-20 lead with 8:25 remaining in the first half, but Northwestern went on a 9-2 run to tie the game at 29-29 with 4:53 left until halftime.

The Wildcats went on to take a 36-33 lead with 2:29 remaining in the first half.

–Field Level Media

Balanced scoring and a tenacious defensive effort helped 13th-ranked Tennessee overwhelm Alcorn State 94-40 Sunday in Knoxville, Tenn.

Six players finished in double figures including Olivier Nkamhoua, who dominated to the tune of 20 points on 6-of-9 shooting from the field. He also dished out six assists and was 7-for-7 from the line as the Vols (7-1) won their sixth consecutive game.

Julian Phillips poured in 18 points while Uros Plavsic made all six of his shots from the field on his way to 12 points.

Jahmai Mashack racked up 13 points to go along with seven rebounds and four steals in his first career start for Tennessee, which made 33 field goals off 27 assists. Tyreke Key chipped in 11 points and Zakai Zeigler scored 10.

Alcorn State (3-6) dropped its third in a row and got a team-best 10 points from Dominic Brewton.

The Vols dominated from the jump and had their first double-digit lead of the night with 14 minutes left in the half after Key knocked down his second 3-pointer for a 14-4 advantage. Those points were part of an 11-0 run for the Vols.

Tennessee held the Braves scoreless for nearly six minutes in the first half. During that time, Alcorn State missed five 3-point attempts.

The scoring drought didn’t end until the 11:24 mark of the first half when Darryl Jordan made two free throws to cut the Tennessee lead to 18-6.

Devin Carter’s layup midway through the opening half ended a stretch of nearly seven minutes without a field goal.

Key buried three shots from beyond the arc to help fuel the first-half surge for the Vols, who led 49-22 at the half and shot 52.4 percent from the field in the win.

The only blemishes for Tennessee in the first 20 minutes were the six missed shots on seven attempts from the field in the final 2:42 of the half.

Alcorn State missed all nine of its shots from 3-point range in the first half and was 1-for-16 in the game. The Braves shot just 27.1 percent from the floor and turned the ball over 22 times.

–Field Level Media

Amari Bailey and Jaylen Clark each scored 14 points Sunday and No. 21 UCLA rattled off eight straight points down the stretch to knock off Oregon 65-56 in a Pac-12 Conference contest in Los Angeles.

Jaime Jaquez added 12 points for the Bruins (7-2, 2-0) despite playing just 23 minutes after running into quick foul trouble in the first half. Tyger Campbell finished with 10 despite making only 4 of 15 shots from the field.

Quincy Guerrier scored a game-high 15 points for the Ducks (4-5, 1-1) and Will Richardson added 13, but it wasn’t enough. Oregon committed 15 turnovers and was also dominated on the boards 36-25.

However, the Ducks trailed 55-54 after Lok Wur made a pair of free throws with 4:22 left in the game. But Jaquez and Bailey each scored four points during the game-clinching run that Bailey capped with a fast-break dunk at the 1:54 mark for an insurmountable 63-54 advantage.

UCLA made 40.6 percent of its field goal tries but squeezed off 15 more shots than Oregon because of its ability to rebound and force turnovers.

There wasn’t much beauty to the first half for either team. Oregon ran into turnover trouble while UCLA experienced frightful difficulties converting shots and lost Jaquez with two fouls in the first 5:43. He didn’t return until the second half.

But the Ducks were better able to make up for their issues with sharp shooting. They canned 52 percent of their shots in the half and led for the last 17:38, opening a 24-17 advantage at the 4:16 mark when Kel’el Ware converted a layup.

While Oregon cooled after that, the Bruins couldn’t make inroads into that deficit for the half’s remainder. Guerrier made a foul shot with two seconds left that allowed the Ducks to head for the locker room with a 27-21 cushion.

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Zach Edey piled up career highs of 31 points and 22 rebounds to guide No. 5 Purdue to an 89-70 victory over Minnesota during a Big Ten opener Sunday night in West Lafayette, Ind.

The 7-foot-4 junior recorded a double-double in each half for the Boilermakers (8-0, 1-0), who used a 15-0 run late in the first half to assert their dominance. Fletcher Loyer added 20 points and eight assists and Brandon Newman posted 13 points off the bench.

Jamison Battle drilled 5 of 10 3-point attempts to finish with 21 points for Minnesota (4-4, 0-1). Ta’Lon Cooper notched 15 points and eight assists, but the Gophers were outrebounded 41-21 overall — and 22-21 by Edey alone.

The Gophers held two brief leads early thanks to baskets by freshman Joshua Ola-Joseph (10 points), who made his first start with usual starter Treyton Thompson unable to make the trip.

Purdue missed 10 of its first 12 shots — Edey erring on six of his first seven attempts — but gradually took control as Trey Kaufman-Renn (10 points) came off the bench to deliver a putback and a dunk. Then Caleb Furst (10 points), starting for the injured Mason Gillis (back), drilled a 3-pointer and a turnaround jumper to push Purdue’s lead to 17-9.

Minnesota was clinging within 27-20 until Purdue reeled off 15 straight points over a span of 3:48. Edey opened the spree with an alley-oop dunk from Loyer, then added three free throws before Newman cashed a jumper and a 3-pointer and Loyer added a trey. Edey’s putback made it 42-20 with 1:34 left in the half.

Purdue owned a 42-27 lead at the break as Edey grabbed more rebounds (12) than the foul-prone Gophers (10).

The Boilers maintained their double-digit lead throughout the second half, but head coach Matt Painter felt compelled to bring Edey back into the game when Braeden Carrington drove for a transition layup to cut the margin to 72-59 with 5:39 to go. Purdue scored the next seven points to clinch the game.

–Field Level Media