Washington Barely Hangs On To Claim Big Victory Over Cal

Pac-10

Todd MacCulloch’s layup gave Washington a 10-point lead with 3:47 left and the Huskies held on to beat No. 25 California 71-69 in a Pacific-10 Conference game Saturday at Seattle.

The Golden Bears scored the last eight points and missed three shots in the final 10 seconds in an attempt to tie the score.

Washington (12-4, 5-2) won its third in a row and has its best record at this stage of a season since it was 13-3 in 1984. The Huskies haven’t had a winning season since 1987.

With only 1 second on the shot clock, MacCulloch caught the inbounds pass from Jamie Booker under the Cal basket and scored what proved to be the Huskies’ winning basket.

The Bears (11-5, 6-2), who had won six in a row and nine of 10 at Seattle, got to within two points on Tremaine Folkes’ putback, four free throws by Ed Gray and Shareef Abdur-Rahim’s 5-foot bank shot with 52.2 seconds left.

With 22.8 seconds to go, Abdur-Rahim blocked Jason Hartman’s 8-foot baseline shot and the ball went out of bounds off Hartman’s foot.

In the final 10 seconds, Gray took an 8-footer, Fowlkes missed a putback and Abdur-Rahim missed a putback as the Hec Edmundson Pavilion crowd of 7,537 held its breath.

Abdur-Rahim, Cal’s sensational freshman, scored 24 points, Fowlkes had 15 and 11 rebounds, Gray scored 14 and Michael Stewart had 17 rebounds and 12 points.

For Washington, Bryant Boston led the way with 15 points. Mark Sanford, Booker and MacCulloch each had 12.

Washington 71, California 69

California (11-5) - Abdur-Rahim 9-18 6-8 24, Fowlkes 7-17 1-3 15, Stewart 5-8 2-3 12, Duck 0-1 0-0 0, McGruder 0-3 2-2 2, Gray 4-10 6-7 14, Gonzalez 0-3 2-3 2, Jones 0-2 0-0 0, McQueen 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-62 19-26 69.

Washington (12-4) - Sanford 6-16 0-0 12, Femerling 1-3 1-2 3, Hamilton 2-5 3-5 8, Boston 6-13 3-4 15, Booker 5-10 1-4 12, MacCulloch 6-9 0-1 12, Hartman 1-5 2-2 5, Watts 2-5 0-0 4, Aamos 0-0 0-1 0. Totals 29-66 10-19 71.

Halftime-Cal 36, Washington 32. 3-Point goals-Cal 0-3 (Gray 0-1, Fowlkes 0-2), Washington 3-9 (Hartman 1-1, Hamilton 1-2, Booker 1-3, Watts 0-1, Sanford 0-2). Fouled out- MacCulloch. Rebounds-Cal 52 (Stewart 17), Washington 34 (Sanford 11). Assists-Cal 5 (McGruder 3), Washington 14 (Hamilton 7). Total fouls-Cal 16, Washington 18. A-7,537.

Arizona State 93, Oregon State 75

Jeremy Veal scored a game-high 27 points to lead the Sun Devils (7-8, 2-5) over the Beavers (3-13, 1-6) at Corvallis, Ore.

Veal was 10 for 13 from the field, including 5 for 8 on 3-point shots, and 2 for 2 from the free-throw line.

ASU tied a Gill Coliseum record by hitting 13 3-point field goals.

Arizona State (7-8) - Riley 8-17 0-0 20, Farrington 2-4 2-2 8, Richardson 0-1 0-0 0, Veal 10-13 2-2 27, Brewer 4-7 5-6 13, Zalatel 3-3 4-6 10, Davis 0-2 0-0 0, Holley 5-9 1-1 15, Oziwo 0-0 2-2 2. Totals 32-56 16-19 93.

Oregon State (3-13) - Roberts 0-0 0-0 0, Benjamin 5-11 3-4 15, Brown 6-13 6-8 19, Vetter 3-5 2-5 12, Johnson 0-1 0-0 0, Williams 4-6 2-2 11, Walker 2-5 0-0 4, Edwards 2-4 0-0 4, Petrovic 2-2 2-4 10, Pryor 0-1 0-0 0, Riggs 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-48 20-28 75.

Halftime-Arizona St 47, Oregon St 27. 3-Point goals-Arizona St 13-28 (Riley 4-11, Veal 5-8, Davis 0-2, Holley 4-7), Oregon St 7-11 (Benjamin 2-3, Brown 1-2, Vetter 1-2, Williams 1-2, Petrovic 2-2). Fouled out-None. Rebounds-Arizona St 32 (Farrington 8), Oregon St 24 (Benjamin 6). Assists-Arizona St 18 (Brewer 9), Oregon St 11 (Benjamin, Brown, Vetter, Williams, Pryor 2). Total fouls-Arizona St 23, Oregon St 16. Technicals-Arizona St coach Bill Frieder. A-5,011.

(13) Arizona 70, Oregon 65

Reggie Geary sank two free throws with 15 seconds to play and Ben Davis added two more with 3 seconds left as the Wildcats (15-3, 5-2) held on to beat the Ducks (9-9, 2-5) at Eugene, Ore.

Oregon’s Jamal Lawrence turned in a career-high, 34-point performance.

The Ducks led 35-29 at the half but fell behind by as many as eight points before a three-point play by Kenya Wilkins cut Arizona’s lead to 66-65 with 26 seconds to play.

Arizona (15-3) - McLean 6-10 0-0 16, Williams 6-11 2-2 15, Davis 7-14 5-7 19, Simon 2-7 3-5 7, Geary 1-7 2-2 5, Terry 0-0 0-0 0, Bramlett 1-1 0-0 2, Dickerson 2-4 1-2 6. Totals 25-54 13-18 70

Oregon (9-9) - Milling 0-4 1-2 1, Lawrence 12-17 4-4 34, Ramaker 2-7 1-2 6, Curry 2-6 1-2 6, Wilkins 3-10 2-3 8, Quinine 0-1 0-0 0, Smith 0-1 1-2 1, Williams 0-0 0-0 0, Nelson 0-0 0-0 0, Brown 1-8 2-2 5, Carson 2-5 0-0 4. Totals 22-59 12-17 65.

Halftime-Oregon 35, Arizona 29. 3-Point goals-Arizona 7-19 (McLean 4-6, Williams 1-3, Dickerson 1-3, Geary 1-4, Simon 0-3), Oregon 9-19 (Lawrence 6-8, Ramaker 1-2, Curry 1-2, Brown 1-6, Wilkins 0-1). Fouled out-None. Rebounds-Arizona 33 (Davis 11), Oregon 36 (Ramaker 8). Assists-Arizona 15 (Geary 6), Oregon 13 (Curry 5). Total fouls-Arizona 16, Oregon 17. A-9,180.

Louisville 78, (15) UCLA 76

Brian Kiser made a 3-pointer with 4 seconds to play and the Cardinals (14-6), after blowing an eight-point lead in a 44-second span down the stretch, beat the Bruins (13-5). Louisville led 73-65 with 1:19 to play and appeared certain of snapping coach Denny Crum’s nine-game losing streak in Pauley Pavilion.

But UCLA’s pressure sparked a comeback, which was capped by Charles O’Bannon’s steal and slam dunk with 35 seconds remaining.

After a timeout, Louisville methodically set up a final shot, getting the ball to Kiser, wide open on the right wing.