Reserve Stars For Shorthanded Cal

Pac-10

Ed Gray, forced to start due to suspensions of three key California players, scored a season-high 23 points to lead the Bears (15-8, 8-5 Pac-10) past Washington (14-8, 7-6) 67-56 Thursday night at Berkeley, Calif., in a battle of Pacific-10 Conference teams on the NCAA tournament bubble.

Two starters for Cal - guard Jelani Gardner and forward Tremaine Fowlkes - and reserve Prentice McGruder did not play.

Gray was 4 of 8 from 3-point range and 3 of 3 from the line, extending his consecutive free-throw streak to 24.

California 67, Washington 56

Washington (14-8) - Sanford 6-15, 0-0 12, Boston 3-9 0-0 7, MacCulloch 8-12 2-4 19, Hamilton 1-3 0-0 2, Booker 2-5 2-4 6, Watts 0-5 0-0 0, Hartman 2-7 1-2 6, Amos 0-1 0-2 0, Thompson 1-3 0-0 2, Femerling 1-1 0-0 2, Totals 24-61 6-12 56.

California (15-8) - Abdur-Rahim 6-19 4-5 16, Duck 1-2 2-2 4, Gonzalez 2-2 3-4 7, McQueen 2-5 1-2 7, Gray 8-15 3-3 23, Marks 2-2 0-0 4, Stewart 2-3 0-3 4, Jones 1-1 0-0 2, Totals 24-49 13-19 67.

Halftime- California 39, Washington 31. 3-point goals- Washington 2-15 (Boston 1-3, Hartman 1-3, Sanford 0-3, Booker 0-2, Thompson 0-2), California 6-11 (Gray 4-8, McQueen 2-2, Abdur-Rahim 0-1. Fouled out- none. Rebounds- Washington 34 (Booker 8), California 40 (Abdur-Rahim 9, Stewart 9). Assists- Washington 16 (Hamilton 7), California 13 (Gray 4). Total fouls- Washington 17, California 13. Technical foul- Sanford (hanging on rim). A- 6,578.

(13) Arizona 81, Oregon 63

Seldom-used freshman Jason Terry scored 18 points at Tucson, Ariz., as the Wildcats (20-5, 9-4) beat the Ducks (13-12, 6-8) for the 11th straight time.

Oregon (13-12) - Milling 4-6 0-0 8, Curry 5-16 1-2 12, Ramaker 1-7 0-2 2, Wilkins 2-10 2-3 6, Lawrence 4-16 6-6 14, Smith 1-3 1-2 3, Brown 4-16 0-0 11, Carson 2-3 1-2 5, Larry 0-1 2-2 2, B.Williams 0-0 0-0 0, Quinine 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 23-79 13-19 63.

Arizona (20-5) - McLean 1-5 2-2 4, C.Williams 7-14 3-4 17, Davis 7-10 1-3 15, Dickerson 4-14 5-6 14, Geary 1-8 3-4 6, Terry 7-10 2-3 18, Simon 1-3 4-4 7, Bramlett 0-0 0-0 0, Harris 0-1 0-0 0, Eafon 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 28-65 20-26 81.

Halftime-Arizona 40, Oregon 24. A-14,337.

(16) UCLA 61, USC 59

Charles O’Bannon hit a jumper from the left corner with four-tenths of a second remaining as the Bruins (19-6, 12-2) escaped the upset bid of the rival Trojans (11-15, 4-10) at Los Angeles.

UCLA (19-6) - O’Bannon 4-8 2-2 10, Henderson 6-10 1-3 13, McCoy 3-3 2-2 8, Dollar 1-4 0-0 2, Bailey 3-14 1-2 9, Johnson 6-9 5-5 17, Dempsey 0-0 0-0 0, Myers 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 24-49 11-14 61.

Southern California (11-15) - Wilson 4-11 0-0 8, Boseman 5-14 11-13 22, Jones 4-12 5-8 13, Martin 1-1 2-2 4, Reuter 3-6 4-4 12, Crouse 0-0 0-0 0, Dawson 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 17-47 22-27 59.

Halftime-USC 35, UCLA 27. A-9,433.

Arizona St. 63, Oregon St. 58 (OT)

At Tempe, Ariz., Ron Riley scored nine of his 26 points in overtime as the Sun Devils (10-12, 5-8) defeated the last-place Beavers (3-20, 1-13).

Oregon State (3-20) - Brewer 5-9 0-2 10, Veal 3-15 0-0 8, Richardson 0-0 2-3 2, Riley 8-16 9-12 26, Farrington 3-6 0-0 6, Holly 0-3 0-0 0, Oziwo 0-0 0-2 0, Davis 1-3 4-4 7, Zalatel 1-3 2-2 4. Totals 21-55 17-25 63.

Arizona State (10-12) - Benjamin 7-9 1-4 16, Petrovic 1-3 0-0 2, Vetter 4-9 5-7 14, Brown 5-10 0-0 10, Williams 4-13 0-0 10, Walker 0-2 1-2 1, Edwards 0-1 0-0 0, Riggs 0-1 1-2 1, Roberts 0-0 2-2 2, Moore 0-1 2-2 2. Totals 21-55 17-25 58.

Halftime-Arizona St. 32, Oregon St. 20. A-8,903.