UCLA clinches share of crown

Arron Afflalo scored 21 of his 25 points after halftime, including a tiebreaking 3-pointer midway through overtime, to help No. 15 UCLA clinch at least a share of its first Pac-10 men’s basketball title in nine years with a 67-58 victory over California at Berkeley, Calif., on Thursday.

UCLA (23-6, 13-4) used its third consecutive strong second half to avenge an early season loss to the Golden Bears.

The Bruins can win the conference outright by beating Stanford on Saturday or with a Washington loss at Arizona. If the Huskies and Bruins finished tied, Washington would get the No. 1 seed in next week’s tournament based on sweeping the season series over the Bruins.

Stanford 58, USC 56: At Stanford, Calif., Chris Hernandez sank two free throws with four seconds left to lift the Cardinal to victory over the Trojans.