No. 19 Arizona Overcomes Cal in Overtime

Wayne Womack made six free throws in the last 62 seconds of overtime Tuesday night as No. 19 Arizona staved off a Pacific 10 Conference upset bid by California with a 71-70 victory.

Womack led Arizona (6-2, 1-2 in the Pac-10) with a career-high 21 points. He tied the score, 68-68; put the Wildcats ahead by one with 24 seconds remaining, and iced the game with two more free throws eight seconds later.

Cal (9-3, 0-1) tied the score in regulation, 63-63, with 58 seconds left on Brian Hendrick’s free throw after his layup pulled the Golden Bears within one point.

The win extended Arizona’s home-court winning streak to 38 games, the nation’s longest.

Hendrick, a 6-foot-8 freshman who led all scorers with 23 points and added 10 rebounds, scored on a layup to put the Bears ahead, 65-63, with 3:27 left in overtime. Hendrick had six of Cal’s seven overtime points, with Sean Harrell adding one free throw.

Arizona’s other overtime scoring came on two Matt Muehlebach free throws.

Matt Othick missed on the front end of a one-and-one free throw situation for Arizona with four seconds left, but Cal’s Roy Fisher missed a shot at the buzzer.