Washington edged California 64-60 Wednesday, but now confronts California, which administered a 26-point whipping on the Huskies a month ago.
Mike Anderson, who came off the bench to hit two key 3-pointers against Stanford, and the Huskies host 16-8 California Saturday at noon. / Drew McKenzie, Sportspress Northwest
GAME: California (16-8 overall, 7-4 Pac-12) at Washington (14-11 overall, 6-6 Pac-12). WHEN: Saturday, 12 p.m., Alaska Airlines Arena. TYPE: Conference. MEETING: 158th (Cal leads 79-78). RANKINGS: Neither school ranked. COACHES: Mike Montgomery, Cal; Lorenzo Romar, Washington. TV: Pac-12 Networks. RADIO: KJR 950 AM
The Washington Huskies, 14-11 this season but 12-2 at Alaska Airlines Arena, are going to need all the good vibes the building can provide when they host the Cal Bears Saturday. After taking an 8-2 lead over the Bears in Berkeley Jan. 15 when Cal couldn’t get going against UW’s packed-in zone defense, the Huskies unraveled quickly and stayed that way.
Cal went on a 20-3 run, five of the Bears finished in double figures, and Washington lost 82-56, its largest margin of defeat of the season.
The smaller, slower Huskies couldn’t match Cal’s bigs. UW shot 30.2 percent (14.3 percent from 3-point range), lost the board battle 44-33 and had seven shots rejected. Only C.J. Wilcox (18 points) reached double figures.
California, which has an RPI of 48 to Washington’s 75, features four double-figure scorers in Justin Cobb (16.3), David Kravish (11.8), Tyrone Wallace (11.8) and Richard Solomon (11.5). A loser of four of its last six games following a six-game winning streak, Cal is coming off an 80-76 overtime victory over Washington State in Pullman.
Following Washington’s 64-60 win over Stanford Wednesday, head coach Lorenzo Romar hinted that he might continue with a lineup Saturday against Cal that enabled the Huskies to rally Wednesday.
Romar benched under-performing Andrew Andrews, who played a season-low five minutes, none in the second half, ultimately replacing him with Mike Anderson, who responded with 13 points, including a pair of 3-pointers.
“The way we were going, don’t fix it,” Romar said of Andrews’ absence. “One of those situations. Our guys were really playing well.”
They’ll need a repeat against the Bears.
SERIES: Dates to Jan. 14, 1915, when UW lost to Cal 30-24 in Berkeley. Washington won four of the past six meetings, but got blown out early in the last one, an 82-56 loss at Berkeley Jan. 15. In that game, Cal held UW to 24 percent shooting in the first half, blocked seven shots and outrebounded the Huskies 44-33. It marked Cal’s largest margin of victory in the series in 17 years.
UW STATS / NOTES
UW HEAD COACH: Lorenzo Romar (344-226 overall, 251-138 UW) is coming off a year in which the Huskies finished 18-16 and ended with a loss to Brigham Young in the National Invitation Tournament. Romar took the Huskies to the NCAA Tournament six times and won three Pac-10 Tournament titles (2005, 2010, 2011).
2012-13 Washington Regular-Season Statistics
Player | G | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
C.J. Wilcox | 25 | .460 | .412 | .866 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 19.2 |
N.W.-Goss | 25 | .466 | .369 | .706 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 13.4 |
A. Andrews | 25 | .354 | .267 | .778 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 11.5 |
P. Blackwell | 24 | .516 | .000 | .642 | 6.7 | 0.9 | 10.2 |
M. Anderson | 25 | .451 | .333 | .747 | 6.3 | 2.0 | 6.6 |
D. Johnson | 24 | .352 | .238 | .842 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 6.1 |
Shawn Kemp | 25 | .571 | .000 | .636 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 4.4 |
D. Simmons | 15 | .455 | .250 | .750 | 3.9 | 0.5 | 4.4 |
J. Taylor | 15 | .368 | .400 | .750 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.4 |
G. Dierckx | 12 | .143 | .000 | .500 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
Total | 25 | .443 | .349 | .758 | 34.1 | 13.2 | 74.8 |
Opponents | 25 | .479 | .325 | .689 | 33.6 | 12.2 | 75.8 |
University of Washington 2013-14 Schedule
Date | Opponent | UW Rnk | Opp Rnk | W/L | Score | Rec. |
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11/6/13 | @vs. Cent. Wash | — | — | W | 95-65 | 0-0 |
11/10/13 | vs. Seattle U. | — | — | W | 88-78 | 1-0 |
11/14/13 | vs. UC Irvine | — | — | L | 86-72 | 1-1 |
11/17/13 | vs. E. Wash | — | — | W | 92-80 | 2-1 |
11/21/13 | *vs. Indiana | — | — | L | 102-84 | 2-2 |
11/22/13 | *vs. Boston Co | — | 18 | L | 89-78 | 2-3 |
11/26/13 | vs. Montana | — | — | W | 83-79 | 3-3 |
12/30/13 | vs. L. Beach St. | — | — | W | 92-89 | 4-3 |
12/8/13 | vs. SD State | — | 24 | L | 70-63 | 4-4 |
12/14/13 | vs. Idaho St. | — | — | W | 85-66 | 5-4 |
12/17/13 | at Tulane | — | — | W | 73-62 | 6-4 |
12/22/13 | vs. UConn | — | 10 | L | 82-70 | 6-5 |
12/27/13 | vs. Miss. Valley | — | — | W | 95-80 | 7-5 |
12/29/13 | vs. Hartford | — | — | W | 73-67 | 8-5 |
1/2/14 | at ASU | — | — | W | 76-65 | 9-5 |
1/4/14 | at Arizona | — | 1 | L | 71-62 | 9-6 |
1/8/14 | vs. Utah | — | — | W | 59-57 | 10-6 |
1/12/14 | vs. Colorado | — | 15 | W | 71-54 | 11-6 |
1/15/14 | at Cal | — | — | L | 82-56 | 11-7 |
1/18/13 | at Stanford | — | — | L | 79-67 | 11-8 |
1/23/14 | vs. Oregon | — | — | W | 80-76 | 12-8 |
1/25/14 | vs. OSU | — | — | W | 87-81 | 13-8 |
2/1/14 | at WSU | — | — | L | 72-67 | 13-9 |
2/6/14 | at Utah | — | — | L | 78-69 | 13-10 |
2/9/14 | at Colorado | — | — | L | 91-65 | 13-11 |
2/12/14 | vs. Stanford | — | — | W | 64-60 | 14-11 |
2/15/14 | vs. Cal | — | — | — | —– | — |
2/19/14 | at Oregon | — | — | — | —– | — |
2/22/14 | at OSU | — | — | — | —– | — |
2/28/14 | vs. WSU | — | — | — | —– | — |
3/6/14 | vs. UCLA | — | — | — | —– | — |
3/8/14 | vs. USC | — | — | — | —– | — |
3/12/14 | ^Pac-12 | — | — | — | —– | — |
3/13/14 | ^Pac-12 | — | — | — | —– | — |
3/14/14 | ^Pac-12 | — | — | — | —– | — |
3/15/14 | ^Pac-12 | — | — | — | —– | — |
3/18-19/14 | NCAA 1st 4 | — | — | — | —– | — |
3/20-23/14 | NCAA 2nd, 3rd | — | — | — | —– | — |
3/27-30/14 | NCAA Reg. | — | — | — | —– | — |
4/5/14 | NCAA Semis | — | — | — | —– | — |
4/7/14 | NCAA Final | — | — | — | —– | — |
@=Exhibition; *=2K Sports Classic; ^=Pac-12 Tournament
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