Salim Stoudamire posted a career-high 37 points to propel the UA men's basketball team past Oregon last night in Eugene, Ore.

No. 14 Arizona (17-6, 9-5 Pac-10) beat the Ducks (12-8, 7-6) by a score of 100-87 despite UO senior Luke Jackson's 42-point outburst, which was a career high for the All-American. He also had 10 rebounds.

Stoudamire shot 9-of-14 from the floor, including 6-of-8 from 3-point distance. The junior, who is the reigning Pac-10 Player of the Week, also hit 13-of-15 free throws. [Read article]

UA 77 ð OSU 54

After suffering two losses in Los Angeles last weekend, the UA women's basketball team was hungry for a victory, to say the least.

Poor Oregon State.

Arizona (19-7, 11-4 Pacific 10 Conference) shot exactly 50 percent against the Beavers (14-10, 8-7) and played stellar defense en route to a 77-54 victory that extended its home winning streak to 26 games.

"I was really pleased," said head coach Joan Bonvicini. "We were all over the place. Our defense really made our offense." [Read article]

UA plays seasons final games tonight at TCC

The days of the Arizona Icecats' 66-game and decade-plus win streak over ASU are long gone. In fact, the Sun Devils just took the UA's spot in the national tournament. Fortunately for the Icecats, who might be a little upset about that, guess who's coming to town this weekend?

Arizona (11-12-2), which fell from No. 13 to No. 14 in the tournament-deciding poll earlier this week, faces tonight the team that replaced it to earn the final tournament seed - the hated Sun Devils. The Icecats open the series against ASU (14-14-3) tonight at 7:30 in the Tucson Convention Center Arena, 260 S. Church St. Saturday night's game also begins at 7:30. [Read article]

The Arizona athletics department will earn more than $5 million for selling production rights to UA radio game broadcasts, television coaches' shows and game program publications, according to the five-year contract made available yesterday by the UA athletics department.

Host Communication, Inc., agreed to pay the amount in exchange for the rights to broadcast all Arizona football, men's basketball and select baseball and softball games on KCUB (1290-AM), Tucson's Fox Sports Radio affiliate. [Read article]

The Arizona baseball team will try to continue its dominance of California schools at home against UC Irvine this weekendafter going 5-1 against UC Riverside and Cal State Fullerton in the first two series of the season.

The No. 13 Wildcats (5-1, 0-0 Pacific 10 Conference) will open the series today at 3 p.m. at Sancet Stadium against the Anteaters. The three-game set continues tomorrow and Sunday at 1 p.m. [Read article]

In the bottom of the 11th inning, senior Moises Duran steps to the plate.

The Wildcat baseball team is tied 5-5 with UC Riverside in the season opener. Two outs, bases empty. It looks like the game's about to head into its third extra inning.

Then Duran drives an outside pitch deep to right center. The right fielder gives chase all the way to the warning track, but has to pull up as the ball carries over Sancet Stadium's brand-new blue wall for a game-winning home run. Duran calmly rounds the bases and joins in a brief celebration with his teammates. [Read article]

Cats get defensive with Oregon State

The good news for the OSU women's basketball team: it was 9-of-17 (53 percent) from 3-point range in last night's 77-54 loss to the Wildcats.

The bad news: it was 8-of-36 (22 percent) from 2-point range.

While Arizona gave up the occasional open look from beyond the arc, its defense didn't bend when Oregon State tried to take the ball inside.

"Last week against UCLA (an 87-68 loss), we just didn't play defense," said senior guard Aimee Grzyb. "We've been slacking on defense lately, so we've just been trying really hard in practice." [Read article]

tests in Palm Springs

With a perfect record, five mercy-rule wins, a productive offense and dominant pitching, the Arizona softball team has passed all its tests so far.

But this weekend, the material gets a lot tougher.

The No. 2 Wildcats (11-0) head to California for the Palm Springs Classic, hosted by Oregon State, this weekend. The UA plays Penn State (0-0) and No. 6 Georgia (7-0) today, No. 7 Alabama (8-1) and No. 17 Cal State Fullerton (2-3) tomorrow and Boston College (1-4) Sunday. [Read article]

The Arizona gymnastics team hosts Washington tonight, with both teams trying to climb above .500 in Pac-10 competition.

Both the Gymcats and Huskies stand at 2-2 in the Pacific 10 Conference. Arizona enters the meet ranked No. 15 in the country, one spot ahead of Washington.

Arizona (6-2) is coming off a 0.250-point road loss to Oregon State last week. In that meet, freshman Aubrey Taylor finished a team-high third (39.175) in all-around competition. [Read article]

To say the Arizona men's tennis team has a tough road ahead is an understatement. However, the Wildcats believe they are ready for the challenge as they face No. 19 USC and No. 2 UCLA at home to open the Pacific 10 Conference season.

"It's obviously a big challenge," said assistant coach Tad Berkowitz. "USC and UCLA are two of the top programs in the nation."

USC (3-1) has four ranked players, led by No. 35 Johan Berg, and returns nine letter-winners from last year. [Read article]

The Arizona women's tennis team will go on the road this weekend to take on two ranked opponents. The Wildcats play No. 15 USC today and No. 8 UCLA tomorrow.

UA, coming off a loss to Oregon Saturday, comes into the matchup with an all-time record of 15-23 against USC and 7-34 against UCLA.

USC (4-3, 1-0) brings seven newcomers and only four returning players, but features Launa Magnani, who is ranked 24th in the nation. [Read article]

Fresh off a sweep in Texas, the Arizona men's lacrosse team opens its home season this weekend with matches against Oakland and Texas Tech.

Tonight the Laxcats face a Grizzlies squad soaked in recent controversy. The US Lacrosse Men's Division Intercollegiate Associates board of directors ruled Tuesday that Oakland will be placed on three years' probation for allowing an ineligible player to compete. According to uslia.com, the team has since agreed to forfeit every game from its 2002 and 2003 seasons, and has been automatically eliminated from tournament play in 2004. [Read article]

Coming off a pair of defeats two weeks ago, the Arizona men's rugby team continues SoCal Conference action this weekend when it visits San Diego State and San Diego.

Through eight games, Arizona (4-4, 1-2 SoCal Conference) finds itself with an overall record identical to its record at this point last year. Last year's squad, buoyed by former All-American Joe Schmitt, won its last six games en route to its second 10-win season in three years. [Read article]