Feb. 27, 2010
Stanford, Calif. (AP) - Lamont Jones banked in a game-winning 15-foot jumper at the buzzer and scored a career-high 16 points, lifting Arizona to a 71-69 victory over Stanford on Saturday.
Derrick Williams led the Wildcats (14-14, 8-8) with 24 points, making 8 of 10 shots from the field and 7 of 11 from the line. Solomon Hill had nine points and eight rebounds for Arizona.
Landry Fields, the Pac-10's leading scorer, had 24 points for Stanford (13-16, 7-10), while Jeremy Green scored 15 and Jarrett Mann a career-high 13.
Stanford led by as many as nine points midway through the second half, but Arizona rallied and tied the score 64-64 on Hill's inside basket with 4:10 left.
Williams made one of two free throws with 30 seconds left, tying the game again at 69. Williams then blocked a shot by Stanford's Jack Trotter, and Jones delivered the game-winner under heavy pressure, falling to the court as his shot banked home.
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NOTES: Stanford faces rival California next Saturday at Maples Pavilion. The Golden Bears locked up a share of the Pac-10 regular-season title this afternoon. Tip-off is 3 p.m. and the game will be televised nationally by FSN ... Arizona now leads the all-time series 51-29. Close games have been the norm, with 18 of the last 23 contests decided by 10 points or less ... Landry Fields notched his 19th 20-point game of the year, making 10-18 from the field in 39 minutes. Fields, who has led the Cardinal in scoring 23 times this season, is now averaging 22.1 points per game to go along with 8.6 rebounds per contest ... Two nights after one of his worst shooting performances, Jeremy Green contributed 15 points on 6-13 shooting in 36 minutes ... Jarrett Mann reached double-digits in points for the first time since scoring 10 against Arizona State back on Jan. 30. Mann also grabbed four rebounds but was 5-8 from the charity stripe ... Both teams struggled from the foul line, with Stanford making 10-18 and Arizona 11-18 ... Stanford forced Arizona into 16 turnovers ... The halftime margin has been six points or less in 18 of Stanford's 29 games this year ... Drew Shiller (0-5 from the field, 0-3 from three-point territory) was held scoreless for the first time since an 0-3 outing against UCLA back on Jan. 9 ... Emmanuel Igbinosa had another solid game off the bench, scoring seven points in 16 minutes. Over his last four games, Igbinosa is 10-21 from the field with five three-pointers, averaging 6.2 points.