National Basketball Association
Arizona 78, California 74
When: 11:00 PM ET, Thursday, February 2, 2012
Where: Haas Pavilion, Berkeley, California
Officials:
# Mike Greenstein, # Gregory Nixon, # Ruben Ramos
Attendance:
9690
By SportsDirect Inc.
Kyle Fogg scored a season-high 23 points to lead Arizona to a 78-74 victory over host California on Thursday.
Fogg’s final basket was his biggest – a 3-pointer coming with 1:23 to play that put the Wildcats up for good 75-72.
Leading by 11 at the half, Arizona (15-8, 6-4 Pac-12) had to hold off several second-half charges by the Golden Bears. California’s Allen Cobbs tied the game at 72 with a fast-break dunk with 3:40 left.
Jesse Perry finished with 18 points for Arizona, including the last three of the game.
California (17-6, 7-3) had a chance to tie it with 14 seconds left, but Cobbs’ 3-point attempt was blocked by Brendon Lavender.
The Wildcats shot 54.9 percent while limiting California to 44.6 percent, including 1 for 8 on 3-pointers.
Arizona shot a season-high 63 percent (17 of 27) in the first half, but made only three of their first 11 shots, falling behind 22-9 with 10:43 left in the first half.
Arizona was 14 of 16 for the remainder of the half to lead 45-34 at the break. California began the game 10 for 19, but after building a 13-point lead, the Bears shot only 4 of 12 to close the first half 14 for 31 (45.2 percent).
Arizona had an impressive 12-3 assist-to-turnover ratio and 9-2 advantage in fast-break points in the first half.
Harper Kamp led California with a season-high 22 points.
Top Game Performances
Arizona |
|
California |
Kyle Fogg 23 |
Scoring |
Harper Kamp 22 |
Nick Johnson 5 |
Assists |
Allen Crabbe 5 |
Angelo Chol 4 |
Rebounds |
Harper Kamp 9 |
Jesse Perry 4 |
Free Throws Made |
Allen Crabbe 6 |
Kyle Fogg 2 |
Steals |
Jorge Gutierrez 2 |
Angelo Chol 2 |
Blocks |
Allen Crabbe 2 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Arizona
|
78 |
54.9 |
7-11 |
15-29 |
19 |
23 |
5 |
4 |
11 |
California
|
74 |
44.6 |
1-8 |
15-16 |
15 |
32 |
4 |
4 |
13 |