Final score: Arizona 67, Arizona State 52
Location: Wells Fargo Arena, Tempe
What went down: Arizona guard Kyle Fogg went off for 26 points while shooting 7 for 13 from the field and 6 for 9 from 3-point range. He also hit all six of his free throws in the 67-52 win.
Miller's record against ASU: 3-1
Bruce Pascoe's game story:
TEMPE — After an easy 67-52 win at ASU on Sunday, the Arizona Wildcats are on their biggest winning streak, six games, of the Sean Miller era.
But leave it to Miller to put it all in perspective.
"Considering the place that I'm at, that's probably not ..." Miller said, pausing. "I mean, we're just getting started here. You can't compare that to the past."
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What you can do is keep the Wildcats in first place in the Pac-10 by a full game over UCLA at 10-2 in conference play and 21-4 overall, and consider the depth that has continued rising to bail the Wildcats out of whatever situation arises.
Last week it was a triple-overtime game at California, with standout forward Derrick Williams having fouled out in regulation — and MoMo Jones and Kevin Parrom leading the Wildcats to a 107-105 victory with numerous clutch plays.
On Sunday, it was ASU all but nullifying Williams with its zone defense — and the Wildcats responding with a career high-tying 26 points from Kyle Fogg, who made 6 of 9 three-pointers after going 3 for 15 from beyond the arc in his previous five games.
It was a season-high scoring effort from Fogg, whose previous best was 18 points against Kansas. Fogg entered Sunday's game shooting just 30 percent from three-point territory.
"Kyle Fogg, it was really his night tonight," Miller said. "For him not to get credit for the victory would be a misnomer. Twenty-six points and you look at what he did on defense. He did it at both ends and you could make the argument he was the game's best player."
Williams managed just 11 points and five rebounds, then committed five fouls in the second half, while also snaring his sprained right pinky in the net.
But Miller said Williams also deserves credit for opening up shots for Fogg and the other Wildcats, who combined to make 9 of 22 three-pointers on a night when they knew early on that they would.
Nobody knew it more than Fogg, who has been perhaps the Wildcats' craftiest at feeding Williams in the post.
"Their zone is tough to play against," Fogg said. "Being one of the better guys at getting Derrick the ball in the middle, I could just see that they were throwing three guys at him and I just took it upon myself to try to knock down shots."
Backup point guard Jordin Mayes, with seven points on 3-for-5 shooting in the first half, and forward Jesse Perry, with 4 of 8 shooting for 10 points in the second half, also took notice and hurt the Sun Devils.
Like Fogg, Mayes said he had no choice.
"When the game started, we knew when we threw the ball into Derrick, they would collapse on him," Mayes said.
"We knew it would open up for other guys and we had to hit open shots."
Mayes' early shooting helped UA take a 34-24 lead at halftime, even though the Wildcats had minimal offensive help from Williams and Jones in the first half.
Williams had five points on 2-for-3 shooting but had five rebounds, two steals and a block. Jones was scoreless while shooting 0 for 3 from the field but had two assists. Jones finished the game 0 for 6 with two points and six assists.
Arizona shot only 40 percent from the field in the first half but out-rebounded ASU 32-26 and made 10 more free throws than the Sun Devils.
Jamelle McMillan led ASU with seven points on 3-for-4 shooting. The Sun Devils made just 3 of 9 three pointers — 4 of 15 for the game — and were 1 for 4 from the free-throw line. UA was 9 for 12 from the line in the first half.
Parrom hit a three-pointer with 8:09 left to put the UA up 28-18, completing an 8-1 run. Mayes' layup gave the UA a 30-20 lead with four minutes left in the half.
In the second half, UA opened with a 9-0 run to go up 43-24, getting a three-pointer and three-point play from Perry and another trey from Fogg.
ASU went on a 10-0 run to cut the lead to nine, but the Sun Devils came no closer. The loss dropped ASU to 9-15 overall and 1-11 in the Pac-10.
Sunday's game also finished the Wildcats' first season sweep of the Sun Devils since 2007, with UA also having beaten ASU 80-69 on Jan. 15 at McKale Center.
