SPOKANE, Wash. — The more Washington State clamps down, the more it rises in national prominence.
Aron Baynes scored 13 points — nine in the second half — and the No. 8 Cougars' stifling defense dominated in a 51-47 victory over the 17th-ranked Bulldogs on Wednesday night, Gonzaga's first-ever loss at home while ranked.
Washington State (8-0) won for only the eighth time in 112 road games against ranked teams.
Kyle Weaver added 12 points for Washington State and keyed a halfcourt lockdown that held the generally up-tempo Zags to their lowest point total since losing 71-47 at Southern Utah on Dec. 23, 1996.
● No. 3 Kansas 85, Eastern Washington 47: In Lawrence, Kan., Darrell Arthur and Darnell Jackson dominated inside, and Kansas cruised to an easy victory over Eastern Washington.
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Eastern Washington (3-7) had only nine players at the start of the game, and was reduced to eight with 16:40 remaining when guard Gary Gibson fouled out. Until Trey Gross got a basket with about five minutes left to make it 69-37, only three Eagles had scored.
● No. 4 Texas 88, North Texas 72: In Austin, Texas, D.J. Augustin had 29 points and 10 assists, and Texas ran its record to 8-0 with a win over North Texas. The victory came three days after the Longhorns pulled off one of their biggest road wins in recent years at UCLA.
A.J. Abrams added 23 points for the Longhorns, who cruised to a big early lead, and then watched North Texas cut it to under 10 in the second half before pulling away down the stretch.
Damion James added 12 points and 10 rebounds for Texas.
● No. 5 Georgetown 70, Alabama 60: In Birmingham, Ala., DaJuan Summers had 18 points and nine rebounds, and Georgetown dominated down the stretch in the first game of the SEC/Big East Invitational.
The Hoyas (6-0) went on a 14-1 run after the Crimson Tide (4-3) took the lead in the final minutes, giving up only a free throw in the final four minutes before allowing a last-second basket.
● No. 12 Pittsburgh 73, Duquesne 68: In Pittsburgh, Levance Fields had four consecutive points in the final minute, and Pittsburgh held off a rally by city-rival Duquesne to remain unbeaten at 8-0.
Sam Young had 23 points and five rebounds to counter Shawn James' 20 points, nine rebounds and five blocks for Duquesne (6-2), which never led but closed to within one several times, after falling behind 14-0.
● No. 18 Clemson 82, East Carolina 67: In Greenville, N.C., freshman Terrence Oglesby hit six three-pointers and scored 22 to lead Clemson.
Fellow freshman Demontez Stitt had 13 points and five assists for the Tigers (8-0), who took control midway through the first half and never looked back.
● No. 20 BYU 72, Weber State 57: In Provo, Utah, Trent Plaisted had 14 points, 15 rebounds and five blocked shots to overcome a slow start on offense and lead BYU past Weber State.
Sam Burgess and Jonathan Tavernari scored five points each during a balanced 22-6 first-half run that opened a commanding 19-point lead.
Burgess finished with a game-high 16 points for BYU (7-1), which won its 35th straight home game, the second-longest home winning streak in the country.
● No. 21 Xavier 79, Creighton 66: In Cincinnati, Drew Lavender scored 17 points in a tone-setting first half, and Xavier used another balanced, blink-of-an-eye run to set up a victory over previously undefeated Creighton.
The Musketeers (7-1) won their sixth straight behind their 5-foot-7-inch point guard, who finished with a season-high 28 points and a career-high 10 assists.
● No. 23 Vanderbilt 83, Wake Forest 80: In Nashville, Tenn., A.J. Ogilvy made a hook shot with 30 seconds to play, and then hit two free throws to seal Vanderbilt's victory.
Ogilvy had 23 points, and Shan Foster tied a season-high with 26 points as the pair helped the Commodores (8-0) remain unbeaten.
Other Pac-10
● Arizona State 77, Delaware State 38: In Tempe, James Harden scored 17 of his game-high 24 points in the first half as ASU routed Delaware State.
Harden, one of three freshman starters for the Sun Devils, also added eight rebounds and shot 10 for 13 from the floor.
Eric Boateng added 10 points for ASU (5-2), which has won five of six.
The Sun Devils shot 65.2 percent from the floor (30 for 46) including 7 for 16 from beyond the three-point line.
Harden scored 10 of his points in the game's first 9:07 as the Sun Devils opened a 19-1 lead.
● California 117, Jackson State 74: In Berkeley, Calif., Patrick Christopher scored a career-high 26 points, and Ryan Anderson added 23 points and five rebounds to lead Cal past overmatched Jackson State.
The Golden Bears are 6-0 for only the second time in 40 years.
DeVon Hardin scored Cal's first eight points of the second half and had a big block in a 13-5 run. He finished with 17 and eight rebounds as his team won for the 17th time in its last 18 nonconference home games at Haas Pavilion — scoring the third most points in school history.
