BearTalk

AROUND THE PAC-10

– Stanford 60, Washington State 58: Sophomore guard Jeremy Green, coming off a 1-for-10 shooting effort at USC, scored 18 of his 24 points in the second half and made the game-winning basket with 4.6 seconds left as the Cardinal (11-13, 5-7) rallied from 18 points down, improved to 10-2 at home and climbed out of last place. Stanford trailed 44-26 with barely 10 minutes left. WSU (15-9, 5-7) lost for the fourth time in five games, despite 19 points from Klay Thompson.

– Arizona 70, Oregon 57: The Wildcats (13-11, 7-5) remained just one game out of first place, thanks to 20 points from freshman Derrick Williams. The Ducks (12-11, 4-7) lost for the seventh time in nine games.

– Arizona State 56, Oregon State 46: The Sun Devils (17-8, 7-5) also stayed just one game behind Cal, led by 16 points from senior guard Derek Glasser. The Beavers (10-13, 4-7)  shot just 24.6 percent for the game.

– Pac-10 standings: Cal 8-4, Arizona 7-5, Arizona State 7-5, UCLA 6-5, USC 6-5, Washington 6-6, Stanford 5-7, Washington State 5-7, Oregon 4-7, Oregon State 4-7. 

LOCAL HEROES

Omar Samhan (Danville-San Ramon Valley HS) had 21 points and 11 reboumds, but Gonzaga ran away from Saint Mary’s 80-61 . . . Dior Lowhorn (Berkeley HS) scored 18 points as USF blasted Pepperdine 77-47 . . . Shawn Lewis (Oakland-Bishop O’Dowd HS) scored 17 points in Cal Poly’s 78-72 loss to Long Beach State . . . Wendell McKines (Richmond HS) had 13 points and six rebounds but New Mexico State lost 83-64 at Fresno State.