Jan. 04, 1997
No. 9 Wildcats Outlast No. 21 Cardinal, 76-75
TUCSON, Ariz. -- Bennett Davison scored 16 points, including two last-minutetip-ins, giving ninth-ranked Arizona a 76-75 victory over number21 Stanford in a Pac-10 Conference battle.
Michael Dickerson added 21 points and Jason Terry had 13 forArizona (9-2, 2-0 Pac-10). Brevin Knight led Stanford (8-2,1-1) with 17 points, while Tim Young and Kris Weems each added12.
Davison tipped in a rebound to cut the Cardinal's lead to 75-74and, after Knight missed the front end of a one-and-one, Davisongot another rebound and tip-in for the game-winner with sixseconds remaining.
"I was just anticipating and getting position, that's allrebounding is," Davison said. "It's being aggressive andanticipating and I was just in the right place. I was surprisedI was able to get to the ball so easily and then I just put itback in. That's even better, to get a rebound and then thepoints."
"He was not the guy we wanted up there, but we had to foul himbecause they weren't going to give the ball to their big guys inthat situation," Arizona coach Lute Olson said of Knight.
Knight's jumper at the buzzer hit off the front of the rim,leaving Arizona with a pair of one-point conference wins at homein three nights.
"Brevin actually had more time than he thought he did," Stanfordcoach Mike Montgomery said. "I'm extremely disappointed. Thiswas a huge opportunity. The game was there for the asking and wedidn't get it done. It was a great opportunity for us to winand to get a leg up in the league. We made some huge basketsdown the stretch that let us in. It came down to the end andthey made a couple of plays and we didn't."
The final seconds were nearly identical to Arizona's 81-80victory over California on Thursday.
"It's just coincidence, I guess, back-to-back games turning outthe same way," Dickerson said. "I think it's good for us to winthese last-second games like this. It gives us confidence wecan come from behind and pull them out."
"It was just like the other night, where we had to worry aboutthe last-second shot," Davison observed. "In that situation, weall had to try and hold a position and get in his face and hopehe doesn't make it and it worked out for us again."
A basket by Dickerson briefly gave Arizona a two-point edge, butRick Jackson made a three-pointer for Stanford's first lead,73-72, since the opeing minutes. Young's jumper made it 75-72with 1:50 to go.
Arizona's Donnell Harris made a basket and two free throws with4:27 left to make it 70-66. Young countered with four freethrows on Stanford's next two possessions to tie it.
Arizona freshman point guard Mike Bibby fouled out with 3:31left, and the 6-foot-5, 190-pound Dickerson, normally a forward,began guarding Knight.
"I thought Michael Dickerson did a great job on Knight," Olsonsaid. "On the final shot, he maintained his position and wasstopping guys like Knight from driving too easily to the hoop."
"We anticipated Dickerson doing the job offensively anddefensively, although we didn't talk about it," Montgomery said."They really have four guards they're playing, so depth is afactor."
Dickerson scored five straight points to open a 63-50 lead withnine minutes remaining, but Stanford battled back to tie it,66-66, on a three-pointer by Knight and a three-point play byMark Madsen with 5:26 left.
"We forced them into 17 turnovers and we only made 12, and I'mvery happy with that," Olson said. "I thought overall we did agreat job of handling all the screens they like to set to giveopen shots. We got very good pressure on the perimeter. Ithought we did a good job on keeping Young in check. Board-wise, they are awfully physical, but they only beat us bythree on the boards."
Terry made four free throws, giving Arizona a 12-9 lead with11:34 left in the first half. His three-pointer capped a 7-0run that gave the Wildcats a 34-25 advantage with 3:38 left andArizona, led by all of Terry's 13 points, maintained anine-point lead at halftime.
The Cardinal took a 6-1 lead and held Arizona without a basketfor the first 4:33.
"This kind of win lets us know what we still have to work on,"Davison said. "We are a quick team and we have to use thatquickness against bigger teams like Stanford."
STANFORD (75) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tpSauer 14 2-4 1-2 1-4 1 2 5Jackson 27 4-5 0-0 3-7 1 3 10Young 22 4-8 4-7 2-6 0 3 12Weems 35 4-8 1-2 1-3 2 3 12Knight 36 6-17 2-4 0-1 7 4 17Lee 8 0-2 2-2 0-1 1 2 2Moseley 6 1-2 0-0 0-2 0 0 2Mendez 8 0-1 2-2 0-0 0 0 2Van Elswyk 12 3-5 0-0 3-3 0 3 6Seaton 13 0-0 1-2 1-1 0 2 1Madsen 19 1-4 4-6 3-8 1 3 6_______________________________________________TOTALS 200 25-56 17-27 14-36 13 25 75_______________________________________________Percentages: FG-.446, FT-.630. 3-Point Goals:8-21, .381 (Sauer 0-1, Jackson 2-3, Weems 3-7,Knight 3-7, Lee 0-1, Moseley 0-1, Mendez 0-1).Team rebounds: 4. Blocked shots: 5 (Young 2, Lee2, Van Elswyk). Turnovers: 17 (Knight 7, Young 5,Van Elswyk 2, Madsen, Seaton, Weems). Steals: 6(Knight 3, Jackson 2, Seaton).ARIZONA (76) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tpDavison 31 6-12 4-7 6-12 0 2 16Dickerson 35 8-21 4-7 2-4 4 3 21Bramlett 23 3-6 2-4 2-5 0 4 8Bibby 23 1-3 1-2 0-1 3 5 4Terry 40 3-8 6-7 0-2 6 2 13Harris 22 2-5 2-2 3-5 0 4 6Ash 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0Edgerson 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0Lee 20 2-8 3-3 1-4 1 1 8_______________________________________________TOTALS 200 25-63 22-32 14-33 14 23 76_______________________________________________Percentages: FG-.397, FT-.688. 3-Point Goals:4-13, .308 (Dickerson 1-3, Bibby 1-2, Terry 1-2,Lee 1-6). Team rebounds: 4. Blocked shots: None.Turnovers: 12 (Bibby 3, Terry 3, Dickerson 2,Bramlett, Davison, Harris, Lee). Steals: 8 (Bibby2, Dickerson 2, Harris 2, Davison, Lee).__________________________________Stanford 31 44 - 75Arizona 40 36 - 76__________________________________Technical fouls: None. A: 14,342. Officials:Steve Wilson, Bill Kennedy, David Mccallister.