Cal Surprises Arizona; Stanford Survives Scare

Geno Carlisle scored 21 points and Sean Lampley scored 20 Thursday night as California defeated seventh-ranked Arizona, 89-76, at Oakland, ending the Wildcats’ five-game winning streak.

Cal, 15-10 overall and 6-9 in the Pacific 10 Conference, also got 16 points each from Thomas Kilgore and Michael Gill as it reversed a 91-74 loss at Arizona last month and rebounded from consecutive losses to Washington and Washington State last week.

Jason Terry had 17 points for Arizona (20-5, 11-4) but missed eight of his last nine shots. Ruben Douglas also had 17 points and A. J. Bramlett had 16 for Arizona.

Cal ended a three-game losing streak to Arizona and beat a Lute Olson-coached Wildcat squad for only the ninth time in 35 games.

Up by 12 at halftime, Cal stretched its lead to 60-42 on Lampley’s short jumper with 17:03 to play.

Arizona cut the deficit to 73-63 with 7:55 left after consecutive baskets by Bramlett. But Cal then put together a decisive 9-2 run.

No. 6 Stanford 87, Arizona State 77--Kris Weems scored five of his 19 points in overtime and the Cardinal (23-5, 13-2) made 12 consecutive free throws down the stretch to hold off the Sun Devils (14-13, 6-9) at Palo Alto.

Arthur Lee, who had 18 points, added seven points in overtime--all from the foul line--to help the conference-leading Cardinal open a two-game lead in the Pac-10 race with three games remaining.

Mike Batiste, who scored 22 points, made a three-point shot for Arizona State with six seconds left in regulation and Bobby Lazor blocked a final shot by Lee to send the game into overtime. Eddie House also had 22 points for the Sun Devils.

The Cardinal, which trailed by 13 points late in the first half and by four points in the closing minutes of regulation, can clinch its first league title since the Pac-10 expanded to its current size in 1978-79 by winning at home against Arizona on Saturday night.

The victory made Mike Montgomery the winningest coach in Stanford history with a 258-137 record in 13 seasons.