TUCSON, ARIZ. ? A Stanford victory at Arizona is nothing new. A dominating double-digit Cardinal win, though, was unexpected and impressive.

Josh Childress scored 19 points to lead five Stanford players in double figures, and the fourth-ranked Cardinal remained unbeaten with an 82-72 victory Saturday over No. 3 Arizona.

“A really nice road trip for our basketball team,” Stanford coach Mike Montgomery said. “The kids are real pleased right now, and they should be.”

Stanford (13-0, 4-0 Pac-10) led by 20 points with 4:02 to play. Only a late 24-14 run prevented it from being the worst home loss for the Wildcats in coach Lute Olson’s 21 seasons in Tucson.

“It is hard throwing a fat rock up a hill,” Arizona’s Channing Frye said. “That is the only way to explain this game. In the end, that rock just squished us.”

The Cardinal won at McKale Center for the fourth straight year. No other team has won more than twice at Arizona.

Childress, whose rebound basket gave Stanford a 63-62 victory Thursday night at Arizona State, has yet to lose in the state of Arizona in his three college seasons.

“We try to live by the motto that we’re road warriors, and we’re going to go out and play to win,” he said. “We’re going to come into anybody’s house and play our game — play hard, physical defense and try to win.”

The home team hasn’t won in the last seven games of the series between the two Pac-10 powers. The Wildcats (10-2, 2-1) have a four-game winning streak at Stanford.

Stanford's Matt Lottich, left, guards the ball against Arizona's Chris Rodgers. Lottich scored 17 points, and the Cardinal won, 82-72, Saturday at McKale Center in Tucson, Ariz.

Matt Lottich added 17 points for the Cardinal, while Rob Little scored 13. Justin Davis had 10 points and 10 rebounds for the winners, whose size and depth overpowered the quicker Wildcats. Chris Hernandez had 11 points and nine assists, but also committed seven turnovers.

Still, Olson thought Hernandez was the best player on the floor because of his intelligence, toughness and passing ability. Stanford’s smart play was impressive to the Hall of Fame coach.

“They must have to have a pretty high GPA to get in there or something,” Olson said, “because they really play with poise and intelligence. A lot of that has to do with Mike, too.”

Freshman Mustafa Shakur scored a career-high 20 points for Arizona, but 14 came in the final run. Andre Iguoudala had 15 points and 11 rebounds, while Frye scored 12 but was just 4-for-13 from the field and grabbed only four rebounds. Salim Stoudamire, the focus of Stanford’s defense, scored 11 points on 4-of-14 shooting, including 1-for-8 from three-point range.

“I thought we played well, with the exception of putting the ball in the hole,” Olson said. “It wasn’t the case of us throwing the ball all over the arena or anything like that. We just didn’t make shots.”

Arizona shot 36 percent for the game, 19 percent (6-for-31) in the first half, and finished 4-for-21 on three-pointers. The Wildcats were 0-for-10 on threes in the first half.

No. 5 Wake Forest 78, Clemson 63

Winston-Salem, N.C. — Freshman Chris Paul scored a career-high 21 points, and Eric Williams added 17 for Wake Forest.

The Demon Deacons (11-0, 2-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) won their 24th consecutive home game.

Vernon Hamilton led Clemson (7-6, 0-2) with 17 points, while Chey Christie scored 16.

The Deacons shot just 2-for-13 from three-point range.

No. 7 Kentucky 75,

No. 20 Vanderbilt 63

Lexington, Ky. — Kelenna Azubuike, Gerald Fitch and Erik Daniels each scored 16 points for the Wildcats, who opened defense of their Southeastern Conference title.

Kentucky (10-1) committed 23 turnovers but held off a second-half rally by the Commodores (12-1, 1-1 SEC), who had been off to the best start in school history.

Kentucky, which went 16-0 in the SEC last season and also won the league tournament, has not lost to Vanderbilt in 27 games at Rupp Arena since the facility opened during the 1976-77 season.

No. 9 Saint Joseph’s 78, Duquesne 61

Pittsburgh — Jameer Nelson scored 19 of his 21 points before halftime and hit four three-pointers during a pivotal 24-4 run for the Hawks.

Delonte West added 20 points and the Hawks (13-0, 3-0 Atlantic 10) continued the best start in school history.

With Nelson shooting 4-of-7, St. Joseph’s went 12-of-28 on three-pointers — the seventh time in 13 games they’ve had 10 or more threes. Elijah Palmer had 14 points for Duquesne (5-8, 0-2), which was 5-of-20 on three-pointers.

No. 10 Louisville 85, South Florida 40

Tampa, Fla. — Taquan Dean scored 16 points and Francisco Garcia added 15 as Louisville won its 11th straight.

Larry O’Bannon had 14 points and Luke Whitehead finished with 11 for the Cardinals (11-1, 2-0), who have won their first two Conference USA games by an average of 39.5 points and haven’t lost since dropping their season opener by one point to Iowa in overtime.

No. 11 Cincinnati 90, DePaul 65

Cincinnati — Tony Bobbitt scored 19 points, and Cincinnati extended its best start in five years. The Bearcats (11-0, 2-0 Conference USA) turned to their two strengths — depth and defense — to wear down and stress out another opponent. Cincinnati’s fullcourt press and halfcourt traps took DePaul (7-6, 0-2) completely out of its offense. The Blue Demons had 15 first-half turnovers and only 16 shots — three were blocked — as they fell behind by 21 points.

No. 14 Florida 95, Tennessee 57

Gainesville, Fla. — Matt Walsh scored 20 points for Florida in the Gators’ biggest win in the 77-year history of the series. Brandon Crump had 13 points for Tennessee (9-2, 1-1 Southeastern Conference), which couldn’t handle Florida’s full-court press and committed 20 turnovers. David Lee had 17 points for the Gators (11-2, 2-0), who shot 64.8 percent from the field in winning their sixth straight.

No. 16 Gonzaga 74, Loyola Marymount 60

Los Angeles — Ronny Turiaf scored 27 points, and Gonzaga shot 71 percent in the second half of a win over Loyola Marymount. Turiaf hit five of six field-goal attempts in the second half as Gonzaga (12-2, 2-0 West Coast Conference) made 17 of its 24 shots to break open a game that was tied at halftime. The last time the teams met, Loyola Marymount (8-5, 0-1) handed Gonzaga one of its two conference losses of the 2002-03 season.

No. 17 Syracuse 96, Boston College 73

Syracuse, N.Y. — Gerry McNamara scored half of his 26 points in less than five minutes in the 664th win for Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim, who tied former UCLA mentor John Wooden for 18th on the all-time list. McNamara had six three-pointers and seven assists for the Orangemen (11-1, 2-0 Big East), who won their 11th straight. Craig Smith led Boston College (11-3, 1-1) with 27 points and nine rebounds.

No. 24 Purdue 58,

No. 19 Illinois 54

Champaign, Ill. — David Teague scored 15 points, including three of his team’s four three-pointers, and Purdue snapped Illinois’ six-game winning streak. The Boilermakers (11-4, 1-1 Big Ten) handed Illinois (10-3, 1-1) its first home loss in 24 games. James Augustine had 16 points and 11 rebounds, his eighth career double-double, for Illinois.

No. 21 Wisconsin 77, Michigan State 64

Madison, Wis. — Devin Harris scored 14 of his 21 points in the second half and Wisconsin won its 22nd straight home game. Boo Wade had a career-high 15 points for the Badgers (11-2, 2-0 Big Ten), who are 18-0 in conference home games under third-year coach Bo Ryan. Chris Hill and Kelvin Torbert each scored 13 points for Michigan State (5-7, 0-1), which fell to 0-6 against ranked teams this season.

No. 22 Miss State 80, Arkansas 62

Starkville, Miss. — Lawrence Roberts had 29 points and 11 rebounds to keep Mississippi State unbeaten. The Bulldogs (13-0, 2-0 Southeastern Conference) are off to the best start in school history. Billy Pharis scored 18 points to lead Arkansas (8-5, 0-2), which has lost four straight game in Starkville.

No. 23 Marquette 61,

Saint Louis 59

Milwaukee — Travis Diener’s bank shot near the baseline with 2.6 seconds left gave Marquette a narrow victory. Diener, who finished with 18 points, went the length of the court and drove toward the basket. He pump-faked Josh Fisher into the air and hit an off-balance shot for Marquette (11-2, 2-0 Conference USA). It was Marquette’s fourth straight victory and seventh in a row against St. Louis (8-5, 1-1). The Billikens had won four straight but lost for the seventh time in a row against a ranked opponent on the road.

Rutgers 65,

No. 25 Providence 64

Piscataway, N.J. — Herve Lamizana hit a three-pointer from the right corner with less than a second left to play to give Rutgers (8-4, 1-2 Big East) the win. It was the second straight loss in the final seconds for the Friars (8-3, 0-1), who entered the Top 25 Monday for the first time in almost three years. Ryan Gomes had 27 points for the Friars.