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Williams Late Jumper Downs UW

Associated Press

Pac-10

Corey Williams sank a 12-footer with 21 seconds left Sunday to give No. 11 Arizona a 67-65 victory over Washington in a Pacific-10 Conference game in Seattle.

Miles Simon paced the Wildcats (23-5 overall, 12-4 Pac-10) with 24 points. His spinning 14-footer with 2:29 left gave the Wildcats a 65-63 lead, but Bryant Boston’s offensive putback off a missed 3-pointer tied it with 53 seconds remaining.

After an Arizona timeout with 30.6 seconds left, Reggie Geary drove to take the last shot, but passed off to a wide-open Williams, who scored the winning basket with one second left on the shot clock.

The loss probably cost the Huskies (15-10, 8-8) any chances of making the NCAA Tournament when the field of 64 is announced next Sunday. Playing its final regular-season home game, Washington finished 12-3 at Hec Edmundson Pavilion.

(11) Arizona 67, Washington 65

Arizona (23-5) McLean 3-7 2-4 9, Williams 6-12 0-0 13, Davis 3-6 0-2 6, Simon 10-13 4-4 24, Geary 1-7 2-4 4, Dickerson 1-4 4-4 6, Terry 1-3 0-0 3, Harris 0-0 2-4 2, Bramlett 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-52 14-22 67.

Washington (15-10) Sanford 1-8 1-2 3, Amos 2-5 3-6 7, Hamilton 4-7 3-3 13, Boston 5-14 0-0 10, Roberson 0-1 0-0 0, MacCulloch 5-8 3-4 13, Booker 1-5 3-5 6, Hartman 2-5 0-0 5, Watts 1-2 2-2 4, Femerling 1-2 2-2 4. Totals 22-58 17-24 65.

Halftime-Arizona 41, Washington 39. 3-Point goals-Arizona 3-15 (Terry 1-2, McLean 1-4, Williams 1-5, Simon 0-1, Dickerson 0-1, Geary 0-2), Washington 4-14 (Hamilton 2-3, Booker 1-3, Hartman 1-3, Roberson 0-1, Sanford 0-2, Boston 0-2). Fouled out- MacCulloch. Rebounds-Arizona 33 (Simon 8), Washington 33 (MacCullouch, Booker 5), Assists-Arizona 12 (Geary 6), Washington 12 (Sanford, Boston 5). Total fouls-Arizona 21, Washington 21. Technical-Washington bench. A-7,381.

California 85, (25) Stanford 69

In Berkeley, Calif., Shareef Abdur-Rahim scored 31 points and Ed Gray had 27 as the Golden Bears boosted their hopes for an at-large NCAA tournament berth by damaging the Cardinals’.

Tony Gonzalez added 11 points for Cal (17-8, 11-5), which won its fourth straight.

Andy Poppink’s 19 points led Stanford (17-8, 10-6), which was hurt by sloppy play, committing 17 turnovers, six of them by normally sure-handed Brevin Knight. Mark Seaton added 10 points.

Knight was held to eight points and Dion Cross had nine. The backcourt tandem had come in averaging 30 points a game.

Stanford (17-8) Harbour 3-9 0-0 7, Poppink 8-14 3-3 19, Allaway 1-1 0-0 2, Cross 2-9 5-5 9, Knight 1-4 6-7 8, Seaton 4-6 2-5 10, Weems 1-5 3-4 5, Sauer 2-4 0-0 5, Lee 1-1 2-2 4. Totals 23-53 21-26 69.

California (17-8) Abdur-Rahim 9-11 13-14 31, Duck 1-3 0-0 2, Grigsby 0-0 2-2 2, McQueen 1-5 2-4 5, Gray 8-17 10-16 27, Gonzalez 4-5 3-4 11, Fowlkes 0-3 1-3 1, McGruder 1-2 0-0 2, Marks 0-1 0-0 0, Gardner 1-2 0-0 2, Stewart 0-1 0-0 0, Caiazzo 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 26-51 31-43 85.

Halftime-Cal 42, Stanford 29. 3-Point goals-Stanford 2-11 (Sauer 1-2, Harbour 1-3, Weems 0-2, Cross 0-4), Cal 2-11 (McQueen 1-4, Gray 1-4, Fowlkes 0-1, Gardner 0-1, Duck 0-1). Fouled out-Knight, Poppink. Rebounds-Stanford 29 (Poppink, Seaton 8), Cal 34 (Abdur-Rahim, Gonzalez 9). Assists-Stanford 17 (Knight 10), Cal 12 (McQueen, McGruder 3). Total fouls-Stanford 29, Cal 23. A-6,578.