National Basketball Association
California 72, Washington 59
When: 3:00 PM ET, Saturday, February 15, 2014
Where: Alaska Airlines Arena, Seattle, Washington
Officials:
# Kevin Brill, # Michael Reed, # Deron White
Attendance:
7124
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California 72, Washington 59: Tyrone Wallace scored 20 points to lead the visiting Golden Bears to a big Pac-12 road win.
Richard Solomon had 18 points and seven rebounds for California (17-8, 8-4), which trailed by 12 points early on. Leading scorer Justin Cobbs was limited to 10 points on 3-of-11 shooting but handed out a game-high seven assists and grabbed six boards.
The Huskies (14-12, 6-7) shot 35.9 percent from the field in seeing their seven-game home winning streak come to an end. Andrew Andrews scored 21 points and Nigel Williams-Goss added 12 for Washington, which has lost four of five overall.
Wallace scored nine points in a 17-0 run late in the first half that allowed the Golden Bears to end a see-saw first half with a 34-29 advantage. The lead ballooned to 10 points on Jordan Mathews' 3-pointer with just under 16 minutes left in the game before the Huskies made one final charge, pulling to within 56-50 on a Perris Blackwell layup inside of seven minutes.
Ricky Kreklow answered with another big 3-pointer for California and Solomon had three straight baskets to make it 65-53 with under three minutes to go. Washington never got closer than 10 down the stretch in falling for the third time in the last four meetings.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Huskies leading scorer C.J. Wilcox missed all six of his 3-pointers and was held to eight points, tying a season low. ... Blackwell had 10 points and 11 rebounds, helping Washington record a 41-39 advantage on the boards. ... The teams combined to make only 8-of-37 3-pointers.
Top Game Performances
California |
|
Washington |
Tyrone Wallace 20 |
Scoring |
Andrew Andrews 21 |
Justin Cobbs 7 |
Assists |
C.J. Wilcox 5 |
Tyrone Wallace 8 |
Rebounds |
Perris Blackwell 11 |
Tyrone Wallace 7 |
Free Throws Made |
Nigel Williams-Goss 3 |
Justin Cobbs 2 |
Steals |
Desmond Simmons 2 |
David Kravish 1 |
Blocks |
C.J. Wilcox 4 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
California
|
72 |
42.9 |
4-16 |
14-22 |
15 |
36 |
3 |
6 |
9 |
Washington
|
59 |
35.9 |
4-21 |
9-11 |
10 |
34 |
6 |
5 |
14 |