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TEMPE, Ariz. – Sean Lampley had 21 points, leading California in scoring for the ninth consecutive game, as the Golden Bears beat Arizona State 82-67 Saturday night for their first victory in Tempe since Jan. 25, 1990. 

Shantay Legans had 16 points and five steals, and Solomon Hughes and Joe Shipp contributed 15 points each off the bench, helping the Bears (9-4, 1-1 Pac-10), bounce back from a three-point loss to Arizona on Thursday which snapped their seven-game winning streak. 

Legans scored three times on layups after stolen passes and assisted on another. 

Alton Mason had 21 of his 25 points in the second half, and Awvee Storey had 17 points and 13 rebounds, but the Sun Devils (8-5, 0-2) couldn’t keep their 10-game home winning streak against Cal going. 

The Sun Devils had held 20 of their last 23 opponents below 50 percent, but they didn’t come close against Cal, which made a season-high 58.3 percent. Lampley was 7-of-13, Hughes 6-of-6, Legans 5-of-7 and Shipp 5-of-8. 

And the Bears came back to outrebound Arizona State 18-13 in the second half after allowing the Sun Devils a 25-11 margin in the first. 

Despite that, Cal led 29-18 at halftime, and practically decided the game with a 5-0 surge in the first 1:49 of the second half. 

Nick Vander Laan established Cal’s rebounding ethic with a putback, Lampley made a free throw, and Legans made it 34-18 when he stole a pass by Shawn Redhage and scored easily. 

The lead reached 49-29 at the 7:01 mark after Legans made a 3-pointer and a layup after another steal 27 seconds apart. 

Legans’ first stolen-pass layup made it 5-4 at the 6:20 mark of the first half, and the Bears never trailed again.