LOS ANGELES — Josh Shipp broke out of a brief shooting slump with 21 points, freshman Kevin Love had 20 points and 10 rebounds, and No. 5 UCLA overpowered Arizona State 84-51 Thursday night to hand the Sun Devils their fourth straight loss.
Shipp, who shot 5-for-18 including 2-for-12 from 3-point range in victories at Oregon and Oregon State last weekend, was 6-for-11 including 5-for-8 from beyond the arc against ASU before leaving the game with 10:32 remaining.
Love shot 9-for-11 in his 12th double-double of the season.
Darren Collison added 14 points and a season-high nine assists, and Russell Westbrook had 10 points and seven assists for the Bruins (19-2, 7-1 Pac-10).
Luc Richard Mbah a Moute returned to action after sitting out two games because of a concussion, and had six points and five rebounds. He was limited to five first-half minutes after picking up two quick fouls, but his absence made no difference.
Derek Glasser led the Sun Devils (14-6, 4-4) with 11 points. It wasn’t a great homecoming for ASU freshman James Harden. The former Los Angeles area prep star, averaging a team-leading 18.8 points, was held to nine on 2-for-6 shooting.
Shipp scored eight points and Love added five during a 15-5 run to start the second half, giving the Bruins a 61-29 lead. The only question after that involved the final margin of victory.
UCLA shot 31-for-53 (58.5 percent) to ASU’s 18-for-47 (38.3 percent) and outrebounded the Sun Devils 36-20.
UCLA took charge in the opening eight minutes. ASU, coming off a painful 56-55 loss to No. 9 Washington State, scored first on a basket by Jamelle McMillan before being outscored 18-2 to fall behind by 14 points. The Sun Devils weren’t closer than 10 points after that.
Arizona 80, USC 69: At Los Angeles, Chase Budinger had 29 points and eight rebounds to lead Arizona to victory over USC.
Budinger scored 18 points in the second half and made 11 of 20 field goals, including 4 of 7 from the perimeter for the Wildcats.
OJ Mayo scored 23 points, Davon Jefferson had 19 points and Taj Gibson added 17 for the Trojans (13-8, 4-4). Starting guard Daniel Hackett suffered a bruised hip early in the first half after diving for a loose ball and did not return.
Arizona senior Jawann McClellan scored 13 of his 23 points in the first half.
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