Roberts Strikes Once, And That’s All Cal Needs

Pac-10/WCC

The only points of the game by K.J. Roberts - with 1.6 seconds remaining - gave California a 74-72 Pac-10 men’s basketball upset Sunday at ninth-ranked Arizona, the Golden Bears’ second takedown of a conference leader in the last 16 days.

The Golden Bears (4-7 Pac-10, 12-8) built a 17-point lead early in the second half, but Arizona staged a furious rally and tied the game twice. The last deadlock - at 72 when Joseph Blair got a tipin with 14 seconds remaining - set the stage for Roberts.

He drove into the lane and hit a 10-foot jumper.

Arizona’s long inbounds pass was intercepted, but Monty Buckley traveled. Given another chance, Arizona inbounded from half-court with 1 second remaining. But Blair couldn’t get off a shot before the buzzer.

Arizona (8-3, 18-5) fell into second place behind UCLA which lost its lead when it was beaten at home by Cal on Jan. 28.

Cal built on its 41-32 halftime lead with a 10-2 run that included 3-pointers from Tremaine Fowlkes and Jelani Gardner. Arizona made only four of its first 16 shots in the second half, and trailed 55-38 with 15:15 left before going on its run.

The Bears, dominated by freshmen and sophomores, boosted their Pac-10 road record to 4-2. But they’ve lost all five conference home games.

Randy Duck led California with 14 points, including three 3-pointers and three technical-foul three throws.

Tremaine Fowlkes scored 13 points, and Buckley added 12 for the Bears.

Ray Owes scored 20 points for Arizona.

California 74, Arizona 72

CALIFORNIA

Buckley 3-9 4-6 12, Fowlkes 6-11 0-0 13, Stewart 0-3 2-2 2, Gardner 3-7 1-3 8, McQueen 5-9 0-0 11, Marks 2-3 0-0 4, Gonzales 0-2 0-0 0, Roberts 1-5 0-1 2, Jamison 4-4 0-1 8, Duck 4-10 3-3 14. Totals 28-63 10-16 74.

ARIZONA

Owes 8-15 3-5 20, Williams 1-2 2-2 4, Blair 5-7 1-4 11, Stoudamire 4-19 3-4 15, Geary 0-3 2-2 2, McLean 2-6 0-0 5, Davis 4-7 1-1 9, Dickerson 0-0 0-0 0, Simon 1-5 4-4 6. Totals 25-64 16-22 72.

Halftime-California 41, Arizona 32. 3-Point goals-California 8-19 (Duck 3-5, Buckley 2-5, Gardner 1-2, McQueen 1-2, Fowlkes 1-2, Roberts 0-3), Arizona 6-25 (Stoudamire 4-15, Owes 1-2, McLean 1-3, Williams 0-1, Geary 0-2, Simon 0-2). Fouled out-None. Rebounds-California 37 (Fowlkes, Jamison 8), Arizona 42 (Owes 11). Assists-California 19 (Gardner 5), Arizona 16 (Stoudamire 7). Total fouls-California 22, Arizona 14. Technicals-Arizona bench, Blair (taunting). A-14,257.

WCC

Santa Clara 74, San Diego 62

In Santa Clara, Calif., Marlon Garnett scored 19 points as the Broncos (10-1, 19-4) completed their first perfect home regular season since 1970, beating the Toreros (4-6, 9-12).

Steve Nash had 18 points and eight assists, Drew Zurek had 13 points and Brendan Graves had 10 points and 10 rebounds for Santa Clara.

SAN DIEGO

Flannery 3-11 5-6 12, Williams 2-6 0-0 4, Bruso 1-5 0-0 2, Fizdale 0-6 2-4 2, Harris 11-20 5-8 28, Black 2-7 1-2 5, Hill 0-3 1-2 5, Mutrie 1-1 0-0 3, Speech 2-5 0-2 5. Totals 22-64 14-24 62.

SANTA CLARA

Sedlock 0-3 1-2 1, Dunne 2-6 0-0 4, Zurek 4-6 5-7 13, Nash 6-15 4-4 18, Garnett 6-9 4-7 19, Graves 3-8 4-4 10, Pierce 2-3 0-0 4, Buchwaldt 0-3 0-0 0, Anderson 2-4 1-2 5, Jones 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 25-58 19-26 74.

Halftime-Santa Clara 36, San Diego 32. 3-Point goals-San Diego 4-19 (Harris 1-7, Flanner 1-5, Mutrie 1-1, Speech 1-2, Fizdale 0-2, Williams 0-1), Santa Clara 5-12 (Garnett 3-4, Nash 2-5, Anderson 0-1, Sedlock 0-1, Zurek 0-1). Fouled out-Graves. Rebounds-San Diego 38 (Williams, Harris 7), Santa Clara 43 (Dunne, Grave 10). Assists-San Diego 9 (Fizdale 6), Santa Clara 13 (Nash 8). Total fouls-San Diego 21, Santa Clara 25. Technicals-Zurek. A-3,472.

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