Stanford Gets Burned by Arizona’s Frye

Freshman center Channing Frye took his game outside and became a factor inside.

Frye scored a career-high 22 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as No. 19 Arizona defeated No. 18 Stanford, 88-82, in overtime Saturday night at Palo Alto.

Luke Walton and Jason Gardner each scored 20 points as the Wildcats (15-6, 8-3) won their third consecutive at Stanford and improved to 7-3 against ranked opponents this season.

Curtis Borchardt had his eighth double-double of the season with 25 points and a career-high 21 rebounds--tied for fifth best in school history--as Stanford (13-6, 6-4) lost for the first time this season at home. Casey Jacobsen, who had 49 points Thursday night against Arizona State, finished with 24 points.

“Channing was very good,” Arizona Coach Lute Olson said. “He made the most of his shots. We were able to free him more often than I thought we could and Channing took advantage.”

The Wildcats rallied from a 15-point second-half deficit behind the accurate shooting of Frye, who was 10 of 13. He is shooting 76% from the field over his last eight games. He had his fourth double-double of the season.

“I came into the game wanting to stay out as far as I could,” Frye said. “When I made the first shot, I thought to myself, ‘I can make these.’ Borchardt’s a good player and the only way to beat him is to stay outside.”

Arizona committed only eight turnovers, three after halftime. The Wildcats had 59 in their previous three games.

Rick Anderson’s hook shot with 4:01 left gave the Wildcats their first lead, 77-76. He also made a shot with 43 seconds left that gave them an 83-79 lead.

Stanford couldn’t get a shot off on its last possession of regulation. Jacobsen was called for an offensive foul as the shot clock was winding down.

“Arizona upped the tempo, and we could not catch up,” Stanford Coach Mike Montgomery said. “We had our opportunities.”

Stanford was one of 12 from the floor, including several missed layups, in the final 11 minutes of play.

“We’re all Division I scholarship players,” Jacobsen said. “There is no excuse for missing layups.”

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California 67, Arizona State 59--Amit Tamir scored five of his team-high 13 points with less than a minute and a half to go at Berkeley as the Golden Bears ended their first two-game losing streak of the season.

Ryan Forehan-Kelly also had 13, Joe Shipp had 12 and Solomon Hughes scored 11 for California (15-5, 6-4) who handed the Sun Devils (11-9, 4-7) their third loss in four games.

Tommy Smith scored a game-high 15 points for Arizona State and Shawn Redhage had a season-high 13.