Arizona upends No. 4 Gonzaga; Wake wins

PHOENIX (AP) — Nic Wise scored 21 points, including three free throws in the final 31 seconds, and Arizona upset No. 4 Gonzaga 69-64 on Sunday.

Jordan Hill added 22 points and Chase Budinger had 14 for the Wildcats (7-2), who beat a team ranked in the top four for the first time since Nov. 8, 2001, when they beat No. 2 Maryland.

The Wildcats, who led most of the game, outscored Gonzaga 7-2 over the last 2:25, with Hill and Wise scoring all their points.

Austin Daye had 22 points and Matt Bouldin added 14 for the Bulldogs (7-1).

Hill broke a 62-62 tie with two free throws with 1:17 to go, then hit a 4-footer over Josh Heytvelt to put the Wildcats up 66-62 with 36 seconds left.

Bouldin scored on a layup, then Wise iced the game at the free throw line, going 3-of-4 down the stretch.

No. 11 WAKE FOREST 66, WRIGHT ST. 53: At Winston-Salem, N.C., Harvey Hale had a season-high 17 points and L.D. Williams added 11 for the Demon Deacons (9-0), who are off to their best start since winning the first 11 games of 2003-04.

Playing its first game after a weeklong break for exams, Wake Forest shot 52 percent and had 22 turnovers.

John David Gardner scored 14 points to lead Wright State (2-7).

Hale came into the game averaging 6.8 points and shooting 7-for-23 (30 percent) from 3-point range.

No. 15 VILLANOVA 70, LA SALLE 59: At Philadelphia, Corey Stokes scored 18 points and Scottie Reynolds had 13 to lead the Wildcats (10-1). Stokes and Reynolds went a combined 7-for-12 from 3-point range.

The Wildcats led by 10 points at halftime without much production from leading scorer Dante Cunningham. Cunningham averages 17.5 points and 8.0 rebounds, but was held scoreless in the first half and grabbed only one rebound in 7 minutes. He scored nine points in the second half to help Villanova win for the 17th time in its last 18 city series games.

No. 20 ARIZONA ST. 59, IUPUI 58 (OT): At Phoenix, Jeff Pendergraph and Derek Glasser scored all of Arizona State's four points in overtime, and the Sun Devils rallied from a 16-point second-half deficit.

Rihards Kuksiks scored 18 points, all on 3-pointers, to lead the Sun Devils (8-1), who trailed 39-23 in the early minutes of the second half.