CAL UPSETS NO. 9 ARIZONA IN TUCSON  2/12/95

By LUKE CYPHERS
New York Daily News

TUCSON, Ariz. -- 

Sunday, the boys from Berkeley, who haven't won a Pac-10 game in five tries
at home this season, killed their second conference giant on the road,
following a win over UCLA two weeks ago with a 74-72 upset of 9th-ranked
Arizona.

''I don't have any explanation for what just happened,'' said Cal coach Todd
Bozeman, who starts two freshman and two sophomores. ''We've been hearing the
rumors that we are a schizophrenic team,'' said sophomore guard Anwar McQueen
(11 points), who helped limit the Cats' Damon Stoudamire to 4-of-19 shooting.
''We're just young.''

The ending was vintage Cal. After blowing an eight-point lead in the final
four minutes and allowing Arizona (18-4, 8-2 Pac-10) to tie it at 72 on
Joseph Blair's tip-in with 13.9 seconds left, the Bears turned to reserve
junior guard K.J. Roberts. Up to that point Roberts was 0-for-4 from the
field and hadn't scored.

Cal's strategy suited Arizona coach Lute Olson. ''We were more concerned with
(Monty) Buckley, (Tremaine) Fowlkes or (Randy) Duck, frankly,'' Olson said.

So, of course, Bozeman called a play for Roberts. ''I felt he'd be a good
matchup for Stoudamire,'' Bozeman said.

Roberts confidently used a cross-over dribble, got Stoudamire on his heels
and sank a leaning 12-foot jumper with three seconds left for the
game-winner.

''Coach put me in and told me to penetrate into the paint,'' Roberts
said.  ''I maneuvered and used my athleticism. With 1.6 seconds left,
Buckley, one of the frosh starters [NOT!], intercepted Arizona's
length-of-the-court pass intended for Blair.

But since this was Cal -- which earlier in the second half watched a 17-point
lead dissolve -- the game was not over.

Buckley began celebrating without bothering to dribble. The ref called him
for traveling and put 1 second back on the clock. The Bears (12-8, 4-7),
losers of three in a row since beating UCLA at Pauley Pavilion Jan. 28,
seemed to want to give this one away, too.

But Duck (14 points) slapped away the Wildcats' inbounds pass as the horn
sounded.

''We didn't play well at all,'' Stoudamire said. Added Arizona forward Corey
Williams: ''If we played like we were capable, it wouldn't have been close.''
But the 'Cats weren't capable, especially early.

After UA built a 14-9 lead, the Bears went on a 16-4 run and took a 41-32
halftime lead. Cal came out just as tough in the second, building a 55-38
advantage. Stoudamire (15 points, 7 assists) and Ray Owes (20 points) led an
energetic Wildcat comeback that knotted it at 61 with 6:04 remaining.

But Duck and Buckley (12 points) hit consecutive treys and Ryan Jamison
canned a short jumper to make it 69-61 with 4:10 left. Arizona never
recovered.

And now Cal, which has been up and down all year, is up again. ''If I knew
the solution (to inconsistency) I'd take it out of a can and pour on these
guys,'' Bozeman said.

Former UA and Christ the King star Khalid Reeves was on hand. ... Cal's last
home victory was against Columbia on Dec. 28. l