Down 16, Cal Rallies to Beat Stanford

Brian Hendrick made a three-point play with nine seconds left and California rallied from a 16-point deficit to beat Stanford, 66-63, in a Pacific 10 Conference basketball game Wednesday.

Hendrick made a difficult 10-foot jump shot to break a 63-63 tie and was fouled by Adam Keefe. The Bear freshman center added the free throw.

Stanford missed a chance to tie the score when Marcus Lollie threw the ball out of bounds with one second remaining as he tried to get the ball to Deshon Wingate for a three-point shot.

Cal is 21-7, 12-5 in the Pac-10. Stanford is 16-10, 8-9.

The Bears trailed, 48-32, before Keith Smith led them on an 11-minute, 27-11 run which pulled them into a 59-59 tie with 4:06 left. Smith scored 19 points for Cal and Keefe had 20 for Stanford (8-9, 16-10).

In the second half, Stanford missed seven of 11 free throws including its last five.

Andrew Vlahov missed the front end of a one-and-one with 47 seconds left and the score tied 63-63, and Cal held ball until Hendrick got off the winning shot.