Friday, February 13, 2009

Devils Sweep Rivals

No, no, the Blue Devils didn't sweep the Tar Heels. Duke will have to wait for the final regular season game, when they travel down the road to face North Carolina and try to avenge this week's 101-87 loss.

Talking here about the Arizona State Sun Devils. Earlier this season, they surprised then #9 UCLA at Pauley Pavilion, 61-58. Last night in Tempe, AZ, ASU star James Harden led the way with 15 points, 7 rebounds, and 11 assists, and found Derek Glasser in the corner for the go-ahead 3-pointer with 1:12 left, as these Devils completed perhaps their most satisfying sweep in years over any Pac-10 team. Final score: 74-67.

UCLA had won four straight in Tempe. ASU hosts USC on Sunday, then it's a return engagement with the resurgent Arizona Wildcats in Tempe on February 22nd. UofA is on a 6-game winning streak, but lost earlier to ASU, 53-47, in Tucson.

Current Pac-10 standings (overall records in parentheses):

Washington - 9-3 (18-6)
#11 UCLA - 8-3 (19-5)
#18 Arizona State - 8-4 (19-5)
California - 7-4 (18-6)
Arizona - 7-5 (17-8)
USC - 6-5 (15-8)
Washington State - 5-7 (13-11)
Stanford - 4-7 (15-7)
Oregon State - 4-8 (10-13)
Oregon - 0-12 (6-18)

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