Arizona St. Wins With Technical Assistance

Amanda Levens scored 22 points to lead No. 24-ranked Arizona State to a 67-65 victory over USC on Thursday night at Tempe, Ariz.

Arizona State, 17-7 and 9-3 in the Pacific 10, trailed most of the game but took a 66-59 lead when Levens made four free throws after USC Coach Chris Gobrecht received two technicals for disputing a foul by Tiffany Elmore.

USC (9-12, 4-7) had the final possession, but freshman Jessica Cheeks couldn’t get off a shot as time ran out.

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In other games involving Pac-10 teams: Reshea Bristol had 25 points to lead five double-figure scorers for Arizona (17-7, 7-5) in an 89-79 victory over UCLA (3-19, 2-8) at Tucson. Arizona has a 12-game home win streak. UCLA, which got 22 points from Michelle Greco, has lost six in a row. . . . No. 23 Washington (16-6, 9-3) was a 77-70 winner over Oregon State (11-11, 3-9) at Corvallis, Ore., and remained tied for the Pac-10 lead with Arizona State.

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In other games involving Top 25 teams: Alana Beard made scored 23 points and had seven steals to lead No. 4 Duke (23-2, 11-2 in the Atlantic Coast Conference) to a 75-54 victory over Maryland (15-9, 6-7) at Durham, N.C. . . . Freshman Christi Thomas had 24 points, 13 rebounds, five blocked shots and five steals and No. 5 Georgia (21-4, 9-2 in the Southeastern Conference) capitalized on 35 turnovers by Kentucky (5-18, 1-10) in a 91-58 victory at Athens, Ga. . . . No. 8 Louisiana Tech (22-4, 13-0) extended its Sun Belt Conference win streak to 49 with an 83-64 victory over Middle Tennessee (13-11, 6-7) at Ruston, La. . . . Camille Cooper made 10 of 13 shots and scored 25 points as No. 7 Purdue (23-4, 13-1) clinched its sixth regular-season Big Ten championship in 10 seasons with an 87-46 victory over Indiana (16-8, 7-6) at West Lafayette, Ind. . . . Tombi Bell’s 26 points led No. 9 Florida (21-3, 9-2 in the SEC) to a 71-65 victory over Mississippi (15-9, 3-8) at Oxford, Miss.

Ashley McElhiney made 14 consecutive free throws in the final 2 1/2 minutes and scored a career-high 29 points for No. 20 Vanderbilt (17-7, 6-5 in the SEC) in an 86-75 victory over No. 13 Louisiana State (17-7, 7-4). . . . No. 16 Utah (21-2, 10-0 in the Mountain West Conference) was a 69-36 winner over Wyoming (9-13, 1-8) at Laramie, Wyo. . . . Freshman Kelly Mazzante scored a personal-best 38 points for No. 17 Penn State (18-6, 10-3 in the Big Ten) in a 101-80 victory over Illinois (12-12, 7-6) at State College, Pa. . . . No. 21 North Carolina State (16-8, 7-6 in the ACC) was a 74-68 winner over Georgia Tech (12-12, 3-10) at Atlanta as Carisse Moody had a game-high 23 points. . . . Jennifer Smith had 26 points, including a layup with 1:57 remaining that put Michigan (16-9, 9-5 in the Big Ten) ahead to stay in an 80-78 victory over No. 25 Iowa (14-9, 9-4) at Ann Arbor, Mich.