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Balanced Bruins Hold Off Washington, 74-66

Associated Press

George Zidek and Ed O’Bannon each scored 17 points and Charles O’Bannon hit all six of his fieldgoal tries as UCLA beat Washington 74-66 in Pacific-10 Conference men’s basketball at Seattle.

Freshman J.R. Henderson added 16 points and Charles O’Bannon had 13 for the Bruins (8-2 Pac10, 15-2 overall). Bryant Boston topped the Huskies (1-9, 5-13) with 18 points.

Zidek scored 13 points in the second half.

Ahead 43-28 at halftime, the Bruins took their biggest lead at 48-31 3:16 into the second half and appeared ready to break the game open.

But the Huskies battled back. Down 59-46 with 11:20 left, Washington went on a 14-4 run to close within 63-60 after David Hawken made two free throws with 7:49 to play.

The deep and talented Bruins outscored the Huskies 11-6 the rest of the way. Ed O’Bannon’s putback and freshman Toby Bailey’s short shot in the key put UCLA in front 67-60 with 6:20 to go.

UCLA won despite being outrebounded 50-34. The key was shooting, with the Bruins hitting 57 percent, the Huskies 33 percent.

The Bruins won their fifth in a row against Washington, including a 75-57 victory at Pauley Pavilion this season. They have won three straight overall since losing to California on Jan. 28.

Washington played without starting point guard Michael McClain, who was suspended Wednesday in connection with an assault on Rhonda Smith, the leading scorer and rebounder on the Huskies’ women’s team.

McClain, a junior, will miss Washington’s final 10 games.

The Huskies lost for the 10th time in their last 11.

UCLA 74, Washington 66

UCLA (15-2)

C.O’Bannon 6-6 1-3 13, E.O’Bannon 7-16 3-5 17, Zidek 8-10 1-22 17, Edney 1-6 1-5 3, Henderson 7-12 1-1 16, Bailey 2-4 0-0 4, Johnson 1-2 0-0 2, Dollar 1-1 0-0 2, Givens 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 33-58 7-16 74.

WASHINGTON (5-13)

Sanford 3-10 3-4 9, Hartman 5-15 1-2 13, Hawken 4-9 2-3 10, Hamilton 0-9 0-0 0, Boston 6-16 4-5 18, Booker 3-3 3-7 10, Amos 2-5 0-0 4, Lopez 1-3 0-0 2, Roberson 0-1 0-0 0, Bergersen 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 24-72 13-21 66.

Halftime-UCLA 43, Washington 28. 3-Point goals-UCLA 1-5 (Henderson 1-1, Bailey 0-1, E.O’Bannon 0-3), Washington 5-20 (Boston 2-3, Hartman 2-7, Booker 1-1, Roberson 0-1, Sanford 0-3, Hamilton 0-5). Fouled out-None. Rebounds-UCLA 34 (E.O’Bannon 8), Washington 50 (Hawken 11). Assists-UCLA 19 (Edney, E.O’Bannon 4), UCLA 17 (Hamilton 6). Total fouls-UCLA 20, Washington 17. A-7,119.

(9) Arizona 84, Stanford 73

Once again, Damon Stoudamire doomed Stanford, scoring 29 points as the Wildcats extended the Cardinal’s misery at McKale Center.

The loss was the 11th in a row at McKale for Stanford, and its 15th straight to Arizona at home or away.

Stoudamire had a career-high 45 points when the Wildcats beat Stanford 89-83 in overtime a month ago. On Thursday, he dished out eight assists and scored 17 second-half points as Arizona (8-2, 18-4) came back from a 43-41 halftime deficit.

Stanford (6-4, 15-4) trailed by 15 points early, but erased that by shooting 58 percent in the first half.

STANFORD (15-4)

Allaway 2-2 0-0 4, Poppink 4-12 0-0 9, Young 9-14 2-3 20, Knight 5-13 0-1 11, Cross 2-10 0-0 5, Harbour 7-11 3-6 20, Lammersen 2-3 0-0 4, Gravely 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 31-67 5-10 73.

ARIZONA (18-4)

Owes 7-13 6-8 22, Williams 3-8 0-0 7, Blair 5-13 0-2 10, Stoudamire 11-16 3-4 29, Geary 0-3 1-2 1, Davis 5-6 0-0 10, McLean 1-3 2-2 5, Dickerson 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 32-63 12-18 84.

Halftime-Stanford 43, Arizona 41. 3-Point goals-Stanford 6-16 (Harbour 3-4, Knight 1-3, Poppink 1-3, Cross 1-4, Gravely 0-2), Arizona 8-20 (Stoudamire 4-8, Owes 2-2, McLean 1-2, Williams 1-5, Geary 0-3). Fouled out-None. Rebounds-Stanford 32 (Young 7), Arizona 44 (Owes 12). Assists-Stanford 16 (Knight 9), Arizona 16 (Stoudamire 8). Total fouls-Stanford 16, Arizona 14. A-14,257.

(14) Arizona State 100, Cal 84

In Tempe, Ariz., Mario Bennett scored 31 points as the Sun Devils (7-3, 17-5) beat the Golden Bears ().

Isaac Burton finished with 24 points for Arizona State, while Ron Riley added 15.

Tremaine Fowlkes led California with 22 points, while Randy Duck had 15 and Monty Buckley 14.

The Sun Devils scored the first six points of the second half and their 23-5 run gave them a 63-46 lead with 10:33 to play.

CALIFORNIA (11-8)

Buckley 4-13 4-6 14, Fowlkes 9-16 2-2 22, Stewart 0-2 0-0 0, Gardner 3-8 0-0 6, McQueen 5-10 0-1 10, Roberts 2-9 2-2 6, Duck 4-10 4-4 15, Marks 0-0 0-0 0, Gonzalez 3-3 2-4 8, Jamison 0-0 0-0 0, Navdin 0-0 0-0 0, Owens 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 30-71 14-19 81.

ARIZONA STATE (17-5)

Riley 7-12 0-1 15, Brewer 5-7 1-3 11, Bennett 12-14 7-12 31, Capers 1-3 0-1 2, Burton 7-17 8-10 24, Veal 2-4 2-2 8, Bacon 2-2 1-2 5, Hargrays 1-2 0-0 3, Zaletel 0-0 1-2 1, Cunningham 0-0 0-0 0, Lopez 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 37-61 20-33 100.

Halftime-California 41, Arizona State 40. 3-Point goals-California 7-25 (Duck 3-8, Fowlkes 2-2, Buckley 2-5, Gardner 0-2, McQueen 0-3, Roberts 0-5), Arizona State 6-18 (Veal 2-4, Burton 2-6, Hargrays 1-2, Riley 1-5, Bennett 0-1). Fouled out-None. Rebounds-California 38 (Buckley, Fowlkes 8), Arizona State 40 (Riley 9). Assists- California 15 (Roberts 4), Arizona State (Capers 14). Total Fouls-California 21, Arizona State 17. Technical-California bench. A-9,408.