Arizona’s Terry Beats Stanford in a Flash

Jason Terry’s spinning jumper with 3.4 seconds left gave No. 13 Arizona a 78-76 victory over No. 3 Stanford in a Pacific 10 Conference game on Thursday night at Tucson.

Terry scored 29 points as Arizona, 14-3 overall and 6-2 in the Pac-10, won its 25th consecutive game at McKale Center. Stanford (17-3, 7-1) had its win streak end at 13.

After Terry’s last basket and a timeout, Stanford got the ball to Kris Weems, but his desperation shot from the backcourt under pressure fell 10 feet short of the rim.

A.J. Bramlett, whose two missed free throws in the final seconds cost Arizona a victory Saturday at Oregon State, made all six of his foul shots in the last four minutes. The Wildcats made 11 of 12 free throws in the final 4:23.

Stanford’s Jarron Collins, a 56% free-throw shooter, made two with 11.5 seconds to go to tie the game at 76-76. The second free throw came after a beam from a laser pen was flashed in his face from the crowd. After the incident, officials conferred with Arizona Coach Lute Olson, who took the arena microphone and urged an unknown fan to put away the laser pen.

“Fans, we don’t want anyone hurt on the court,” Olson said. “Whoever has the laser just put it away and yell for the ‘Cats.”

Stanford guards Arthur Lee and Weems shot a combined eight for 25. Because Lee had four fouls, Weems defended Terry down the stretch. On Arizona’s final possession, Terry took the ball into the key, made a 360-degree spin and floated up for the jumper.

After the game, Arizona’s fans rushed the court in an unusual display of fervor for a program that has a 166-10 at McKale since the 1987-88 season.

The Wildcats, averaging 18 turnovers a game, had only six, compared to 12 for Stanford. Terry, the point guard, had only one.

No. 5 Cincinnati 87, Xavier of Ohio 77--Melvin Levett and Steve Logan made three-point shots in the final two minutes at Cincinnati to lead the Bearcats (19-1) to their first victory in three years over the Musketeers (15-5). Cincinnati extended its home win streak to 28 games, while Xavier lost for the first time in 11 games.

Cincinnati repeatedly went inside to build an 11-point lead early in the second half, then fell behind by three after Xavier went on a 13-0 run. There were six more lead changes and five ties before Cincinnati went ahead, 70-65, on Logan’s three-point play with 5:27 left.

Xavier got within one before Logan and Levett, who had 25 points, made their three-pointers to give the Bearcats an 81-74 lead with 1:16 left. Cincinnati was two for 11 on three-point attempts before those shots.

Gary Lumpkin led Xavier with 25 points.

OTHER GAMES

Bobby Lazor had a game-high 19 points, including two free throws for the decisive points with 25 seconds remaining, as Arizona State (12-8, 4-4 in the Pacific 10) was a 69-66 winner over California (12-6, 3-5) at Tempe, Ariz. It was the Sun Devils’ ninth consecutive home-court victory over the Golden Bears. Geno Carlisle led California with 18 points. . . . Chris Herren scored 27 points--all coming on nine three-point shots--to lead Fresno State (14-7, 4-2 in the Western Athletic Conference) to its 12th victory in a row over San Diego State (2-16, 0-6)--a 101-80 decision at Fresno. . . . Gonzaga (17-4) is 7-0 for the first time in its 20 years in the West Coast Conference after a 70-52 victory over Santa Clara (7-12, 3-4) at Spokane, Wash. . . . Eric Channing led five double-figure scorers with 22 points for New Mexico State (15-5, 7-0 in the Big West) in a 75-63 victory over Nevada (4-13, 0-7) at Reno. . . . Harold Arceneaux made 16 of 20 shots and scored 35 points to lead Weber State (17-6, 8-2 in the Big Sky) to a 92-82 victory over Portland State (13-5, 6-2) at Ogden, Utah. Jason Hartman had 31 points for Portland State.

Wally Szczerbiak had 25 points to go over 1,500 for his career and become the fourth-leading scorer at Miami of Ohio (14-4, 9-1 in the Mid-American Conference) in an 83-72 victory over Bowling Green (11-7, 6-4) at Oxford, Ohio. Ron Harper scored 2,377 points at Miami from 1982-86. . . . Victor Chukwudebe made a jumper from the left corner with 3.4 seconds left as Illinois (9-11, 1-7 in the Big Ten) ended a losing streak at seven games with a 61-59 victory over Michigan (9-12, 3-5) at Ann Arbor, Mich. The Wolverines threw away the inbounds pass after Chukwudebe’s basket. . . . Jason Collier, a transfer from Indiana, had his best game for Georgia Tech (13-7, 4-4) since becoming eligible in late December, getting 25 points and 11 rebounds in the Yellow Jackets’ 66-62 victory over Clemson (12-9, 1-7) at Atlanta.