Johnson’s Free Throw Caps Big Ucla Rally

Kris Johnson sank a free throw with 1 second remaining and 18th-ranked UCLA overcame a 19-point first-half deficit to surprise No. 13 Arizona 76-75 Thursday night in Los Angeles.

The victory gave the Bruins (17-6, 10-2) a one-game lead over No. 20 Stanford and a 2-1/2-game lead over the Wildcats (18-5, 7-4) in the Pac-10 Conference standings.

Johnson scored UCLA’s final three points on free throws to make up for a poor shooting night in which he had nine points. He had six of the Bruins’ 12 turnovers in the first half.

Ben Davis scored a career-high 25 points for the Wildcats, who blew two chances to win in the final 25 seconds. Miles Simon added 17 points, including a jumper in the lane to pull the Wildcats into a 75-75 tie after his first shot was blocked by Jelani McCoy.

Toby Bailey led UCLA with 16 points and Cameron Dollar added a career-high 12 points. The 6-foot-9-1/2 McCoy finished with 13 points, 13 rebounds and seven blocks.

After a timeout, the Bruins nearly handed the game to Arizona on a technical foul for having six players on the floor. But Simon missed two free throw attempts and Davis missed a shot down low in traffic.

Johnson got the rebound and was fouled by Joe McLean. Johnson hit the first before Arizona called a timeout. He missed the second, but Arizona was unable to get off a shot before the buzzer.

Down by 11 points, the Bruins rallied with a 14-5 run that cut their deficit to 65-63 with 8:13 to play. Kevin Dempsey provided the spark off the bench, careening through the lane for a slam dunk and then hitting a 3-pointer.

Davis took the offensive rebound and scored after Corey Williams missed two free throw attempts and Reggie Geary added a basket to keep Arizona ahead by six.

Dollar scored UCLA’s next four points to bring the Bruins within two. Charles O’Bannon tied the game at 69 on a slam dunk with 4:07 to play.

Williams converted inside, but Bailey hit a jumper over two defenders to forge a 71-71 tie with 3:16 to play. Geary then fouled Bailey, who made both shots to give UCLA its first lead with 2:17 left.

UCLA 76, Arizona 75

Arizona (18-5) - McLean 5-12 1-2 12, Williams 4-7 0-2 8, Davis 9-14 7-8 25, Simon 5-11 5-8 17, Geary 2-5 0-0 4, Dickerson 3-7 0-0 7, Bramlett 1-3 0-0 2, Terry 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 29-60 13-20 75.

UCLA (17-6) - O’Bannon 3-7 3-4 9, Henderson 3-9 4-5 10, McCoy 6-10 1-2 13, Johnson 2-5 5-6 9, Bailey 6-14 4-4 16, Dollar 7-9 0-0 14, Myers 0-1 0-0 0, Dempsey 2-3 0-0 5. Totals 29-58 17-21 76.

Halftime-Arizona 45, UCLA 36. A-13,014.

(20) Stanford 65, Oregon State 50

Brevin Knight scored 15 points and Andy Poppink 13 to lead the Cardinal to a methodical victory over the woeful Beavers at Corvallis, Ore.

Stanford overcame Oregon State’s deliberate, ball-control style to win its sixth straight and ninth in the last 10 games.

Oregon State lost its 10th in a row and scored just six points in a remarkable 20-minute, 45-second stretch in the game’s midsection.

Stanford (16-5) - Harbour 4-8 2-3 10, Poppink 5-7 3-4 13, Allaway 1-1 0-0 2, Knight 4-9 7-8 15, Cross 3-9 0-0 8, Jackson 1-3 0-0 2, Seaton 2-3 1-2 5, Sauer 1-3 2-4 4, Lee 0-0 0-0 0, Weems 2-5 0-0 6, Tshionyi 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 23-49 13-19 65.

Oregon State (3-18) - Brown 3-7 2-4 8, Walker 0-3 0-0 0, Benjamin 6-9 0-0 15, Williams 1-7 0-0 2, Vetter 3-7 0-0 7, Edwards 0-0 0-0 0, Petrovic 0-8 2-2 2, Pryor 0-1 0-0 0, Riggs 4-5 6-6 14, Johnson 0-2 0-0 0, Roberts 0-0 0-0 0, Thomason 1-2 0-0 2, Moore 0-1 0-0 0, Muhammad 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 18-52 10-12 50.

Halftime-Stanford 27, Oregon St. 19. A-4,485.

Oregon 60, California 58

Jamal Lawrence scored 19 points, 15 of them in the final 6 minutes, to rally the Ducks over the Golden Bears at Eugene, Ore.

California led by as many as 14 points early in the second half before Lawrence, who scored just four points in the first half started his scoring barrage with 5:54 remaining. His 3-pointer cut the lead to 50-47.

California (13-8) - Abdur-Rahim 5-15 0-3 10, Fowlkes 3-7 5-6 11, Stewart 2-3 0-0 4, Gardener 3-6 2-2 10, Duck 1-5 0-0 2, McQueen 2-7 0-0 4, Gray 2-10 6-6 10, McGruder 1-1 0-0 2, Gonzalez 1-3 1-2 3, Marks 1-2 0-0 2, Jones 0-0 0-2 0. Totals 21-59 14-21 58.

Oregon (12-11) - Milling 3-5 6-12 12, Curry 4-5 3-5 11, Ramaker 3-6 1-2 7, Wilkins 1-4 5-6 7, Lawrence 5-11 4-6 19, Smith 0-2 1-3 1, Larry 0-1 0-0 0, Williams 0-0 0-1 0, Quinine 0-2 0-0 0, Brown 1-5 0-0 3, Carson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 17-41 20-35 60.

Halftime-California 30, Oregon 20. A-8,161.

Arizona State 69, USC 66

Ron Riley scored 12 points to become his school’s all-time leading scorer and snapped a 63-all tie with a 3-point shot at Los Angeles as the Sun Devils beat the Trojans.

Riley, a senior guard, entered the game with 1,673 points, tying him for the most in school history with Stevin Smith.

Arizona State (9-11) - Oziwo 1-2 3-8 5, Zaletel 2-5 3-6 7, Veal 4-13 6-6 16, Riley 5-13 1-4 12, Brewer 5-15 1-5 11, Farrington 5-8 1-2 11, Richardson 0-0 0-0 0, Holly 3-9 0-0 7. Totals 25-65 15-31 69.

Southern California (11-13) - Wilson 9-14 3-7 21, Boseman 1-12 1-1 3, Crouse 4-7 4-6 12, Martin 5-12 9-10 19, Dawson 2-4 2-3 6, Murray 0-5 0-0 0, Strong 2-4 1-2 5, Reuter 0-2 0-0 0, Slaughter 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 23-60 20-29 66.

Halftime-Arizona St. 37, USC 33. A-1,989.