Wildcats Foul Up Huskies

Channing Frye scored 14 of his 18 points in the second half, and No. 11 Arizona made 38 of 40 free throws and defeated No. 10 Washington, 91-82, on Thursday night.

The Wildcats, 17-3 overall and 7-1 in the Pacific 10 Conference, made 31 in a row from the line between Hassan Adams’ miss of the front end of a one-and-one with 9:42 left in the first half and Mustafa Shakur’s miss of the second of two free throws with 33 seconds to play. The free-throw performance was a team record for at least 30 attempts.

“Coach is going to make Hassan and Mustafa run for missing those two,” Frye joked. “That percentage is what we have to expect from each other. We need that type of concentration. Without the free throws, I’m not sure we could have made this close.”

Salim Stoudamire scored 25 points for Arizona, capped by a three-point play on a leaning baseline bank shot with 44 seconds left. Fouled by Nate Robinson as he crashed to the court, Stoudamire made the free throw to put the Wildcats ahead, 88-82.

Stoudamire was nine for nine at the line, and Frye was eight for eight as Arizona improved to 11-0 at home.

“Salim is playing at a very, very high level,” Washington Coach Lorenzo Romar said. “I think that as a result, the chemistry of that team is at a high right now.”

Stoudamire said he had heard that Washington players had bad-mouthed him. True or not, it served as motivation.

“The word was that I had no heart, they could face-guard me and push me, bump me, and then I would fold,” he said. “I took that to heart.”

Brandon Roy led Washington (16-3, 6-2) with 15 points, nine rebounds and seven assists. The Huskies were called for 26 fouls, Arizona 17.

“I’m not going to say the refs like cheated for them,” Roy said, “but I think they took us out of what we do well -- that’s pressure and get after guys.”

Arizona played zone defense the entire second half, and outscored the Huskies, 51-35.

The teams meet again Feb. 26 at Seattle, then could meet in the Pac-10 tournament.