Wildcats drown Cougs in 3-pointers

Arizona coach Sean Miller says he has a “really inconsistent” 3-point shooting team.

When they are good, they are very good. When they are bad, they are awful. Thursday was a good night.

Arizona (14-7 overall, 5-3 Pacific-12 Conference) was a season-best 15-for-26 from 3-point range, while rolling over Washington State, 85-61, in one of the Wildcats’ most dominant performances of the season.

Kyle Fogg, Solomon Hill and Brendon Lavender led the way. Fogg scored 18 of his 20 points in the first half, shooting 4-for-6 on 3-pointers. Hill had 15 of his 17 in the second half, going 3-for-4 on 3s. Lavender was 4-for-5 on 3s and added 14 points.

When someone starts making 3s, Fogg said, it’s contagious.

“I definitely think when one guy is making shots or another guy, we really feed off each other,” he said. “This team is getting closer and closer every day. It’s like a family out there.”

Faisal Aden, the reigning Pac-12 player of the week after scoring 33 against Stanford and 24 against Cal – both Washington State wins – left the game with what appeared to be a serious left knee injury with 4 minutes, 2 seconds left in the first half. Coach Ken Bone said Aden had a sprained knee and possibly an injury to his medial collateral ligament.

“I hate to see anybody get injured, especially when it’s a game-ending injury that is possibly more than one game,” Bone said. “With the way Arizona was playing tonight, I’m not sure he would have made a difference.”

Brock Motum scored 18 for WSU (11-9, 3-5).

Washington State’s Marcus Capers said Aden’s injury “dampened our spirits somewhat.”

“Other players have their own mindset, as we should as competitors,” Capers said. “I think when something like this happens, people will step up and realize they have to do this or that to make up for it.”

Aden was hurt on a drive to the basket, falling to the court in pain after being stripped of the ball by Arizona’s Jordin Mayes. He sprawled out in obvious pain as Arizona took the ball downcourt before a timeout was called. Aden could not put any weight on the leg as he was helped from the court.

Colorado 74, at USC 50: Andre Roberson had 13 points and 10 rebounds as the Buffaloes sent the Trojans to their ninth loss in a row.

Carlon Brown scored 13 points with nine rebounds for Colorado (14-6, 6-2).

Maurice Jones scored 13 points to lead USC (5-16, 0-8).

At UCLA 76, Utah 49: Former Kentridge star Joshua Smith scored 14 points, David Wear added 13 and the Bruins pulled away with a 20-6 run over both halves to rout the Utes.

Jerime Anderson also had 13 points for UCLA (11-9, 4-4).

Chris Hines had 13 points for Utah (5-15, 2-6), which has lost five of its past six.

WOMEN

At Washington 77, Arizona 48: Jazmine Davis scored a career-high 28 points to lead the Huskies to a rout.

Washington (11-7, 3-5) went up 7-0 in the first 1:46 of the game.

Davis scored 22 of her points in the first half. She was 8-for-11 from the field and 3-for-5 from 3-point range during that time.

Arizona (13-7, 2-6) was led by Shanita Arnold’s 11 points, and has lost three consecutive games to fall to the bottom of the Pac-12.

The Wildcats started the season 11-1, but have lost five of their past six in conference play.

Arizona State 63, at Washington State 46: Kimberly Brandon had 17 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Sun Devils (14-5, 5-3) past the Cougars (9-11, 3-5).

Jazmine Perkins and Rosetta Adzasu each had 10 points for Washington State.

UCLA 65, at Utah 60: Mariah Williams had 21 points and Rebekah Gardner added 15 points and five steals to lead the Bruins (9-10, 4-4) past the Utes (9-10, 2-6).

At Colorado 69, USC 67: Junior Chucky Jeffery hit two free throws with 1.2 seconds left to lead the Buffaloes (15-4, 4-4) over the Trojans (10-8, 5-3).