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Trojans Dump No. 2 Wildcats

Associated Press

Pac-10 men

Adam Spanich experienced the thrill of not one, but two last-second shots Thursday night.

With them, lowly Southern California knocked mighty Arizona over the edge, something Arizona State and Oregon State barely missed doing recently.

Spanich’s desperation 3-pointer as time ran out lifted the Trojans to a 91-90 overtime victory over the second-ranked Wildcats in Los Angeles.

The loss snapped the Wildcats’ 19-game winning streak.

Spanich’s only other field goal, a 3-pointer with 3.1 seconds left in the second half, forced overtime.

“If you had seen us practice the last three days, you’d think we were going to be in the Final Four,” said Spanich, whose team had lost 19 of its previous 22 games. “We knew we could win, and we did it.

“I was off-balance, it was a tough shot, it went in for me,” he said of the game-winner. “I tried to shoot it soft and it rolled in. It was pandemonium after that.

“It’s the best, I don’t know what else to say. It’s the best feeling ever.”

Jason Terry’s short jumper with 6.9 seconds remaining gave Arizona a 90-88 lead. USC got the ball into the frontcourt before a pass was deflected out-of-bounds with 2.8 seconds left.

The Trojans inbounded to Spanich, who got his shot off from the left wing. It hit both the rim and backboard before falling through at the buzzer.

The loss cost defending national champion Arizona its chance to become the first team to go unbeaten since the conference expanded to 10 teams in 1978.

So. California 91, Arizona 90 (OT)

ARIZONA (26-4) - Davison 3-3 1-2 7, Dickerson 9-17 6-8 26, Bramlett 6-9 1-4 13, Bibby 6-13 5-8 20, Simon 1-8 3-7 5, Wessel 0- 0-0 0, Terry 4-8 2-2 12, Edgerson 2-2 3-4 7. Totals 31-611 21-35 90.

USC (8-19) - White 1-3 0-2 2, Turner 9-20 11-4 19, Augustine 3-9 1-2 8, Ayuso 4-12 0-0 10, Johnson 10-21 1-3 27, Williams 1-4 0-0 3, Trepagnier 2-3 2-2 6, Spanich 2-4 2-2 8, Swillis 3-3 2-5 8, Souferian 0-0 0-0 0, Lakey 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 35-81 9-20 91.

Halftime-USC 38, Arizona 36. End of Regulation-Arizona 78, USC 78. 3-Point goals-Arizona 7-20 (Bibby 3-6, Dickerson 2-5, Terry 2-5, Simon 0-4), USC 12-24 (Johnson 6-13, Spanich 2-3, Ayuso 2-6, Augustine 1-1, Williams 1-1). Fouled out-Bramlett, Turner, Ayuso, Johnson. Rebounds-Arizona 44 (Bramlett 12), USC 42 (Turner 11). Assists-Arizona 15 (Simon 5), USC 16 (Augustine 7). Total fouls-Arizona 17, USC 27. A-5,193.

(19) UCLA 102, Arizona St. 94

Kris Johnson scored 33 points, J.R. Henderson had 25 points and a career-high 16 rebounds as the Bruins defeated the Sun Devils in Los Angeles.

Toby Bailey added 22 points for UCLA.

Coming off a one-point loss at Washington on Sunday, UCLA’s three seniors made sure they didn’t lose two straight Pac-10 games, something they haven’t done in four years.

The Bruins, already assured of finishing third in the Pac-10 after winning the conference the last three years, had lost four of their previous eight games.

The Sun Devils came into Pauley Pavilion, where they hadn’t won since 1987, looking for a victory that might move them off the bubble for the NCAA tournament.

Instead, they lost their 19th straight against the Bruins.

Jeremy Veal, the Pac-10’s scoring leader, had 31 points, but finished 0-8 against UCLA in his four-year career.

ARIZONA ST. (18-12) - Lazor 1-9 3-5 5, Batiste 6-12 5-7 17, House 9-19 0-0 22, Veal 14-21 0-0 31, Lewis 4-8 1-2 9, Patton 3-10 3-3 10, Kelly 0-0 0-0 0, DuBois 0-0 0-0 0, Smith 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 37-80 12-17 94.

UCLA (22-7) - Henderson 11-18 3-8 25, Johnson 11-16 8-9 33, Bailey 8-14 5-7 22, Watson 2-5 1-2 6, Davis 4-10 4-4 12, Hines 2-5 0-0 4, Reed 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 38-69 21-30 102.

Halftime-UCLA 47, Arizona St. 37. 3-Point goals-Arizona St. 8-24 (House 4-10, Veal 3-5, Patton 1-3, Batiste 0-1, Smith 0-1, Lazor 0-2, Lewis 0-2), UCLA 5-11 (Johnson 3-5, Watson 1-1, Bailey 1-2, Davis 0-3). Fouled out-Lazor, Batiste, Veal, Watson. Rebounds-Arizona St. 35 (Lazor 10), UCLA 43 (Henderson 16). Assists-Arizona St. 13 (Lewis 12), UCLA 19 (Davis 6). Total fouls- Arizona St. 22, UCLA 17. A-10,970.

(11) Stanford 95, Oregon 67

At Stanford, Calif., David Moseley scored 19 points as the Cardinal clinched second place in the conference by jumping out to a big lead and coasting past the Ducks.

The Cardinal took a 17-point halftime lead and built the margin to 27 points early in the second half. Stanford was 10 of 14 on 3-pointers and outrebounded Oregon 33-19.

Oregon (13-13) - Smith 6-14 0-0 15, Madden 1-7 0-3 3, Hartenstein 1-4 0-0 2, Curry 6-9 2-2 14, McShane 1-4 0-0 3, Rosemond 2-4 0-0 5, Brown 7-12 2-4 19, Quinine 0-0 0-0 0, Nelson 1-3 0-0 2, Olsson 2-2 0-0 4, Christensen 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 27-59 4-9 67.

Stanford (25-4) - Sauer 2-3 0-0 5, Madsen 4-7 4-4 12, Young 3-4 0-0 6, Weems 3-7 2-2 9, Lee 7-10 0-0 16, Jar.Collins 2-2 2-4 6, Mendez 5-5 0-0 13, Moseley 5-6 6-6 19, Van Elswyk 0-0 2-2 2, McDonald 1-3 0-0 2, Seaton 1-2 0-0 2, Tshionyi 0-0 1-2 1, Bennion 0-0 0-0 0, Gelbard 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 34-50 17-20 95.

Halftime-Stanford 48, Oregon 31. 3-Point goals-Oregon 9-19 (Brown 3-5, Smith 3-6, Madden 1-2, McShane 1-2, Rosemond 1-3, Curry 0-1), Stanford 10-14 (Mendez 3-3, Moseley 3-3, Lee 2-3, Sauer 1-1, Weems 1-3, McDonald 0-1). Fouled out-None. Rebounds-Oregon 19 (Hartenstein 4), Stanford 33 (Sauer, Madsen, Young, Lee 5). Assists-Oregon 18 (Brown 5), Stanford 23 (Lee, McDonald, Tshionyi 4). Total fouls-Oregon 16, Stanford 14. A-7,391.

Oregon State 46, California 43

At Oakland, Calif., Jerome Vaden’s 3-pointer with 55 seconds remaining put the Beavers ahead of the Golden Bears to stay and helped end Oregon State’s six-game losing streak.

Vaden, who scored a game-high 19 points, hit a fallaway jumper after Sean Marks had given Cal a 43-41 lead on a 14-foot jumper with 1:14 remaining.

Those turned out to be the last points for the Bears, who missed their final four shots.

Oregon State (13-16) - Greene 1-2 0-0 2, Marshall 2-3 0-0 4, Woods 0-3 1-2 1, Vaden 7-16 0-0 19, Tanner 1-7 2-2 4, Walton 3-5 0-0 6, Bickerstaf 1-5 1-3 3, Heide 3-3 1-1 7, Totals 18-44 5-8 46.

California (11-15) - Lampley 1-10 1-2 3, Elson 1-2 0-0 2, King 2-5 0-0 4, Carlisle 2-11 1-2 7, R. Jones 1-1 0-0 2, Kilgore 2-10 6-6 10, Gill 1-5 0-0 2, Marks 4-7 2-2 10, K. Jones 1-2 1-2 3, Totals 15-53 11-14 43.

Halftime - California 19, Oregon State 18. 3-point goals- OSU 5-12 (Vaden 5-9, Tanner 0-2, Bickerstaf 0-1), Cal 2-17 (Carlisle 2-10, King 0-1, Gill 0-1, Marks 0-1, Kilgore 0-4. Fouled out- none. Rebounds- OSU 33 (Tanner 12), Cal 33 (Marks 8). Assists- OSU 14 (Bickerstaf 4), Cal 10 (Lampley 3, Kilgore 3). Total fouls- OSU 13, Cal 11. A- 8,072.