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    Huskies fall to Cal on 3-pointer with :04 left

    Anthony DionBy Anthony DionFebruary 1, 20151 Comment3 Mins Read
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    Super Bowl Sunday meant a small crowd as the Huskies went back to work for the second time without big man Robert Upshaw against Cal. The sparse Alaska Airlines Arena crowd tinged in Seahawks blue watched as Cal’s Sam Singer hit game-winning three-pointer with four seconds to play, sending Washington to a 90-88 defeat.

    Nigel Williams-Goss sank a pull-up 18-foot jump shot for the final two of his game-high 31 points with 19.5 seconds left to give Washington an 88-87 lead. The lead was the team’s first since it led 11-10 at 14:11 of the first half. But after a timeout, Singer took a pass from teammate Tyrone Wallace and hit a straightaway three-pointer in front of Andrew Andrews.

    Singer was the player of the game for Cal (13-9, 3-6). In addition to the game-winning shot, Singer led a critical sequence of plays with 7:28 remaining to extend a two-point Cal advantage to six. Singer finished with 11 points, five rebounds and five assists. Jordan Mathews scored 23 points and Wallace added 21 to lead the Bears.

    Andrews scored 17 points and grabbed six rebounds. Mike Anderson added 12 points, five rebounds and five assists.

    Washington (14-7, 3-7) is in the process of an identity change on both ends of the court since dismissing the 7-foot Upshaw Monday. Sunday, the Huskies primarily played small with five guards on the court, pushing an up-tempo offense. It led to a high-scoring contest as neither team offered much resistance. To that end, Cal shot 60 percent from the field for the game and the Huskies shot 53.2 percent.

    Cal entered Sunday’s game losers of eight of its past 10 games. A win over Washington State Thursday snapped a six-game losing skid to move the team out of the Pac-12 cellar where the one-win USC Trojans reside alone.

    After trailing early, the Bears surged in front on the shoulders of a 9-4 run to take a 17-12 lead at 11:15. The two teams stayed within eight points until Cal went on a 12-2 run, building a 40-27 lead with 2:57 left in the first half.

    Washington fought back as the half came to a close, its outside shot beginning to fall. Williams-Goss and Darin Johnson provided six points apiece, including a pair of long jumpers in leading an 11-3 run to close the half trailing by two, 43-41. The Huskies began the half shooting barely 30 percent, including 1 of 6 from beyond the three-point line but finished 6 of 12.

    The second half wa more competitive as Washington fought back to tie on multiple occasions. First at 51-51, then at 59, 61 and ultimately 71-71 with 8:30 to play. But every time Washington made a run, Cal had an answer

    Andrew Andrews Cal Bears Jordan Mathews Nigel Williams-Goss Robert Upshaw Sam Singer Shawn Kemp Jr. Tyrone Wallace
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    1 Comment

    1. RadioGuy on February 2, 2015 8:33 pm

      Ouch! This is one the Dawgs really needed because Cal at home was very winnable, and those are going to be tough to get over the last nine games of the regular season.

      Nothing wrong with pushing the tempo because half-court sets are harder to make work without a reliable inside game, but you’ve also got to press in order to get some steals and points in transition while disrupting the half-court game of opponents who CAN post up inside.

      Tough row to hoe the rest of the way but there could be a surprise or two, especially if Williams-Goss, who needs another year to become more consistent and a better outside shooter, gets all cylinders firing…he’s a fun one to watch, but he needs help.

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