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Tempe, Ariz. • Tra Holder scored 20 points, Savon Goodman added 17 and Arizona State knocked off No. 23 USC 74-67 on Friday night.
Nikola Jovanovic had 25 points and 15 rebounds for the Trojans (18-6, 8-4 Pac-12), who would have been within a half-game of first-place Oregon in the Pac-12 with a victory. Gerry Blakes added 14 for Arizona State.
The Sun Devils (14-11, 4-8) have won two conference games in a row for the first time this season.
Arizona State took the lead with a 10-2 run to start the second half and never trailed.
Blakes and Holder sank 3s in what turned out to be a decisive surge.
The Sun Devils stretched the lead to nine but the Trojans were down just 60-57 on Julian Jacobs' dunk with 4:58 to play. Arizona State responded with a 9-3 run, and when Holder banked in a 3-pointer with 1:49 to play, the Sun Devils led 69-60.
Both teams had their struggles. USC committed 17 turnovers, seven by Jacob, and Arizona State was 16 of 26 at the foul line.
The Trojans shot 58 percent to the Sun Devils' 33 percent in the first 20 minutes,
A six-point spurt put the Trojans up 16-11 in the early minutes, but neither team led by more than five points in the first half.
Arizona State cut the lead to one point twice and trailed the Trojans 30-27 at the half.
No. 17 Arizona 81, UCLA 75 • In Tucson, Ariz. Allonzo Trier scored 15 of his 18 points in the second half, Parker Jackson-Cartwright added 16 points in Arizona's win.
Arizona (20-5, 8-4 Pac-12) stumbled through a lackluster first half at both ends to trail by 10. The Wildcats tightened up defensively in the second and took advantage of UCLA's foul trouble.
UCLA (13-11, 4-7) had centers Thomas Welsh and Tony Parker foul out in a span of 42 seconds late in the second half and Arizona took advantage by pounding the ball inside.
Kaleb Tarczewski and Ryan Anderson combined for 27 rebounds, and Arizona made 29 of 45 free throws in the foul-filled game. Gabe York added 15 points.
No. 19 Dayton 68, Rhode Island 66 • Darrell Davis made a go-ahead 3-pointer from the corner with 21.1 seconds left in Dayton's victory.
Rhode Island's Four McGlynn missed a 3-pointer with 4 seconds left. Dayton (21-3, 11-1 Atlantic 10) got the rebound and Steve McElvene made one of two free throws with 0.3 seconds to go.
No. 22 South Florida 78, Cincinnati 51 • Courtney Williams scored 17 of her 22 points in the first half and South Florida rolled to a win over Cincinnati on Friday.
Williams was 3 for 4 on 3-pointers and 7 for 10 overall while the Bulls (18-6, 11-3 American) shot 55 percent in the first half for a 38-27 lead.
Kitija Laksa added 14 points for South Florida, which has won six of its last seven.
No. 23 DePaul 82, Xavier 52 • In Chicago, Ashton Millender had 15 points and DePaul (20-7, 12-2 Big East) had six others score at least eight points in DePaul's win.
DePaul scored the first 11 points of the third quarter to lead 51-21 and Xavier got no closer than 28 from there.