LOS ANGELES — Hard to believe UCLA could be surprised by much on a basketball court, considering the Bruins' tradition. California found a way, though.

David Paris scored a career-high 20 points and Cal's zone stymied UCLA in a 64-51 victory yesterday that snapped a four-game losing streak at Pauley Pavilion, where the crowd booed the Bruins.

The Golden Bears (9-8, 2-5 Pac-10) came in as the conference's worst team, but they looked stellar against UCLA's horrible defense. They also ended an overall four-game skid.

"This was one of the best wins we've had," said Paris, who scored most of his points under the basket. "We were really hungry after four losses."

Cal's zone forced the Bruins into shooting a season-worst 30 percent from the field. The Bruins (10-6, 4-4) lost their third straight and second in a row at Pauley.

Michael Fey led the Bruins in scoring for the second straight game with 12 points.

Salim Stoudamire had 25 points and the Wildcats (16-3, 6-1) erased a first-half deficit to beat the Beavers (11-7, 3-4). Channing Fry added 20 points and seven rebounds for Arizona, which outrebounded the Beavers 36-22.

Since the Wildcats' lone Pac-10 loss to Stanford, they've won four straight.

Stephens and David Lucas each had 17 points for the Beavers.

It was Oregon State coach Jay John's first game back after he was hospitalized for hypertension. Last Saturday against Washington, John was stricken at halftime and taken by ambulance to UW Medical Center.

He was ordered to rest until his medication stabilized his blood pressure, so he handed over control to assistant Kevin Mouton for Thursday's game against Arizona State.

John, 46, said he's known about his hypertension for years, but didn't do anything about it. In the weeks leading up to his hospitalization, he wasn't feeling quite right and wasn't sleeping well.

"We can be stubborn at times and in denial — of something I'd been told for 20 years," he said.

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Chris Hernandez scored 18 of his 20 points in the second half and Dan Grunfeld also had 20 as the Cardinal (10-7, 4-3) won its fourth straight. Stanford has won eight of 11 after dropping its first three conference games.

Matt Haryasz added 18 points for Stanford, offsetting a career-high 23 points by USC freshman guard Gabriel Pruitt.

USC (9-10, 2-6) made only one field goal during a 5-1/2-minute span down the stretch as Stanford pulled out to a 72-62 lead with 1:14 left. Hernandez ignited an 11-0 run with a three-pointer that put the Cardinal ahead to stay with 5:24 left, then added eight free throws in the final 2:03.

Arizona State 64, at Oregon 51

Serge Angounou had 20 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Sun Devils (14-5, 3-4 Pac-10) to victory against the cold-shooting Ducks (11-5, 3-4).

Ike Diogu, the Pac-10 scoring and rebounding leader, added 10 points and 10 rebounds for the Sun Devils. Though his point total was a career low, the senior has now scored in double figures in a national-best 78 straight games.

Malik Hairston scored 17 points for the Ducks, who shot 28.6 percent (20 of 70) from the field.