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INDIANAPOLIS -- Brandon Knight and the Phoenix Suns backups outlasted the Indiana Pacers on Friday night.Knight scored 17 points and helped the bench players combine for an NBA season-best 78 points in the Suns 116-96 victory over the Pacers.Jared Dudley added 16 points, Alan Williams had 15 points, and Devin Booker and Leandro Barbosa 13 each. The Suns improved to 4-9 with their second road victory.Every day is like a blank canvas for us, coach Earl Watson said. The good thing is, were the artists of that blank canvas. The mindset in getting our guys to learn to bring it every night is the process, the journey for us.Myles Turner led the Pacers with 22 points, and Jeff Teague had 21 points and seven assists.We went through the motions. We were on our heels, Indiana coach Nate McMillan said. It was bad out there. The game should fire you up. When they toss the ball up, you should be ready to go and (on Friday) we werent.The Pacers rallied to take their first lead with 7:46 left in the third quarter on Turners basket. But the Suns pulled ahead again, with Knight scoring all 12 points of his points in the period in a 2 1/2-minute stretch. Phoenix outscored Indiana 27-14 in the fourth.Basketball is a game of runs and we were able to get stops eventually, Knight said. They started making a lot of shots and when we got consecutive stops, it led to us getting baskets.Pacers All-Star Paul George did not play for the second time in four games. Hes battling soreness in his left ankle after turning his ankle in Indianas overtime loss at Philadelphia on Nov. 11. Hes scheduled for an MRI on Saturday to assess the severity of the injury.TIP-INS:Phoenix: The game was the fourth back-to-back Phoenix has played through 13 games ... Eric Bledsoe and Alex Len were both called for technical fouls for arguing foul calls with official Dan Crawford. ... Phoenix is 2-1 against the Eastern Conference. ... The Suns have won 16 of the last 22 meetings with the Pacers and nine of the last 12 at Indiana.Indiana: Rodney Stuckey played for the first time since opening night after missing 10 games with strained right hamstring. ... CJ Miles left the game with three minutes left in the first quarter with a left knee injury and did not return to the game ... The contest was the fourth in a stretch for the Pacers that has them playing eight of nine games at home.REMEMBERING HOOSIERS:Hoosiers screenwriter Angelo Pizzo and director David Anspaugh, along with actors who portrayed fictional Hickory High School in the 1986 basketball classic -- including Maris Valainis, who played Jimmy Chitwood -- were in attendance. The Pacers first Hickory Night coincides with the 30th anniversary of the movies release.BLUEGRASS STATE SUPPORTWith four Kentucky products on the roster, the Suns had a contingency of about 75 fans cheering behind their bench Friday. Lexington is roughly 190 miles from Indianapolis, and the Kentucky fans watched solid performances from Knight, Booker, Bledsoe and rookie Tyler Ulis.UP NEXT:Phoenix visits Philadelphia on Saturday in the fourth game of a six-game trip.Indiana is on the road Sunday at Oklahoma City, then hosts defending Western Conference champion Golden State on Monday. Cheap Ray Ban Aviator Black Friday . After the whistle, Thornton skated the length of the ice, pulled Orpik to the ice from behind and punched him in the face several times. Cheap Ray Ban Aviator Black Friday . The defending champion beat Gael Monfils of France 7-6 (6), 6-3, while second-seeded Andy Murray of Britain dispatched Edouard Roger-Vasselin, also of France, 6-3, 6-3. 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Fehoko?were arrested and released Friday morning, and the Pullman Police Department is recommending charges of second-degree?assault for both stemming from a brawl at a house party in July.Pullman Police Chief Gary Jenkins was joined by WSU athletic director Bill Moos at a news conference Friday afternoon, when they announced the arrests. Jenkins said his department is also recommending charges of disorderly conduct in provoking a physical altercation for two other students who dont play football -- Dylan Rollins and Pedro Diaz.Barber, 22, is accused of punching student Jackson Raney in the head twice -- once while he was on the ground -- that led to a concussion. Investigators determined that Fehoko, 19, punched student Alex Rodriguez, who suffered a broken jaw.The recommendations will be sent next week to the Whitman County Prosecutor. Jenkins also announced that they have referred two other cases involving WSU football players to the prosecutors office. They are recommending second-degree assault charges for safety Shalom Luani from an incident in August and robbery charges for Logan Tago from an incident in June.It was reported Thursday evening that Barber has already been expelled by the student conduct board. Hes appealing that decision and is still a member of the football team. Moos said whether Barbber plays Saturday against Idaho is up to head coach Mike Leach.ddddddddddddThe status is with coach Leach, Moos said. Both players, their case is before the prosecutor, and I think we would wait till after that part of the process is finished. Right now, its up to coach Leach.Jenkins stressed that no one has been charged and that these are only recommendations. The ultimate decision rests with the prosecutor. He attributed the length of the investigation to the amount of people they needed to interview. He said investigators talked to more than 60 witnesses -- including 22 football players. A third player who is no longer on the roster, Dylan Axelson, will not face charges since investigators determined he acted in self-defense.This wraps a tumultuous week for the Washington State football program that started Monday with Leach blasting his 0-2 team for a lack of toughness. On Tuesday, after news broke of Tagos arrest, Leach implied that the Pullman Police Dept. was targeting football players. Thursday, Jenkins met with Moos and WSU president Kirk Schulz to address the growing tension between the police and the football program.Jenkins said he has seen significant improvement in athlete behavior and considers these incidents anomalies. ' ' '