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Freshman leads way for battered Wildcats

Stanford's Mitch Johnson, center, tries to shoot over Arizona's Marcus Williams, left, and J.P. Prince Thursday. (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)
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Stanford's Mitch Johnson, center, tries to shoot over Arizona's Marcus Williams, left, and J.P. Prince Thursday. (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)

Freshman Marcus Williams scored a season-high 22 points and Mustafa Shakur had 13 points and a career-high 12 assists, lifting depleted Arizona to a 90-81 win over Stanford in overtime Thursday night in Tucson, Ariz.

Williams, who was 9 of 13 from the field, made a driving layup to tie it at 73 in regulation, then broke a 77-all tie with a three-point play with 2:26 left in overtime.

Shakur made it 83-79 with another three-point play after a spectacular spin move with 1:14 to go, and had four free throws down the stretch.

Ivan Radenovic scored 18 points and Hassan Adams 17 for the Wildcats (11-6, 4-3 Pac-10), who had lost three of four coming in.

Stanford’s Matt Haryasz had a career-high 25 points. The Cardinal (7-7, 3-3) also got 13 points from Laurence Hill and 12 each from Chris Hernandez and Dan Grunfeld, but couldn’t keep their three-game winning streak intact or win on the road (0-5).

The Wildcats played without 13-game starter Chris Rodgers, demoted Saturday at Oregon and dismissed from the team Wednesday, and Jawann McClellan. McClellan, who started instead of Rodgers in the 73-68 loss to the Ducks, tore a wrist ligament in that game and had season-ending surgery earlier Thursday.

California 88, Arizona State 58

Ayinde Ubaka scored 24 points and Leon Powe added 20 points and 10 rebounds to help California rout Arizona State 88-58 in Tempe, Ariz.

The 30-point win matched the biggest conference road victory margin in Cal history.

The Bears (10-5 overall, 4-2) finished the game with a 24-2 run to snap a two-game Pac-10 slide.

Kevin Kruger scored 18 for the Sun Devils (7-9, 1-6). Freshman Sylvester Seay added a season-best 13 points. The 30-point loss tied for the worst home defeat in coach Rob Evans’ eight seasons at Arizona State.

California dominated the game at the free-throw line, sinking 31 of 38 compared with 13 of 19 for the Sun Devils.

Powe made 12 of 15 free throws. Ubaka was 8 of 12 from the field, including 4 of 6 from 3-point range.

Kruger was 8 of 10 at the line, but missed two that would have cut the lead with 7:35 to play.