Berkeley, CA (My Sportsbook) - Jerome Randle connected on 7-of-10 from the field, including 4-of-7 from behind the arc, as his 26 points and 10 assists helped the California Golden Bears pull out an 81-71 victory over the 17th- ranked Arizona State Sun Devils in a Pac-10 tilt.

Patrick Christopher chipped in 20 points, and Jamal Boykin added nine, as the Bears (13-2, 2-0 Pac 10) won their seventh straight game and moved to 11-0 at home.

"Offensively, obviously, I thought Jerome [Randle] was spectacular," Cal head coach Mike Montgomery said. "That's about as good as it gets. Patrick [Christopher] came in...made a couple of plays that got us going."

James Harden logged 26 points while pulling down eight rebounds for Arizona State (12-2, 1-1), which had won eight in a row and was coming off a 90-60 whipping of Stanford in the conference opener.

Rihards Kuksiks and Jeff Pendergraph each had 16 points in the loss.

ASU went on an 11-2 run to end the first half, as Kuksiks' late three-pointer tied the game 37-37 to end the opening 20 minutes, which saw each team hit 14-of-28 from the floor.

Consecutive three-balls from Theo Robertson and Christopher gave the Bears a 50-45 lead four minutes into the second half.

The hosts stayed in front by a slim margin, while Jorge Gutierrez's jumper pushed the differential to 67-59 with 9:20 remaining.

The Sun Devils scored 10 of the game's next 14 points as Harden's slam at the 2:43 mark made it a two-point game.

Randle, though, answered by drilling a three-pointer from straightaway while being fouled by Ty Abbot. Randle's subsequent free throw gave Cal a six-point lead it never relinquished.

Following two ASU free throws, Christopher connected on a field goal, and the Sun Devils failed to score the rest of the way.

"We had a hard time getting stops. They really took us apart," ASU head coach Herb Sendek said. "They're a very difficult team to defend, and we just didn't have the answers we needed on the defensive end of the floor tonight. They're quick and they're skilled."

Game Notes

The visiting team had won the past eight games in the rivalry...Cal hit 15- of-22 from the field in the second half...Cal had an 18-to-8 assist-to- turnover ratio.