Collison scores 22, leads UCLA over Pac-10 foe Cal

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03/01/2009 - Berkeley, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Darren Collison scored 22 points to lead 22nd- ranked UCLA to a 72-68 win over California, as the Bruins took sole possession of second place in the Pac-10.

Josh Shipp, Nikola Dragovic and Alfred Aboya each scored 12 with Aboya and Dragovic pulling down nine and seven rebounds, respectively for UCLA (22-7, 11-5 Pac-10), which was coming off a five-point win over Stanford on Thursday.

Jerome Randle had 20 points and eight assists for the Golden Bears (21-8, 10-6), who beat USC in overtime on Thursday. Patrick Christopher had 16 points and Theo Robertson netted 14 for California, which fell behind thanks to 13 straight UCLA points in the second half.

Jordan Wilkes hit a layup to provide Cal with a 53-49 edge, but Dragovic started the game-changing spurt with a three-pointer before Collison gave UCLA the lead for good with a layup. Collison drained another layup before Dragovic hit a three-ball. Collison's three-point play with 6:10 left capped the flurry.

The closest the Golden Bears got was three points, when Randle sank a shot from beyond the arc with 16.1 seconds left for a 71-68 difference.

Shipp was fouled with 7.8 seconds remaining, and missed the first free throw, but sank the second to seal the victory.

Randle's three-pointer widened Cal's lead to 28-21 with nearly five minutes left in the opening half, but the Bruins came back with the next 10 points, culminated by a three from Michael Roll. Cal led 34-32 at the half.

Game Notes

After committing 12 turnovers that turned into 17 UCLA points in the opening 20 minutes, the Bears committed just two turnovers that led to two Bruin points in the second half...UCLA had a 19-9 advantage in points off turnovers.

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