Anderson's late surge carries Cal past Oregon

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02/16/2007 - Berkeley, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ryan Anderson scored 18 points, converted a three-point play with 1:01 remaining to give California the lead, and the Golden Bears held on for a 63-61 win over the 15th-ranked Oregon Ducks.

Patrick Christopher scored 16 points for Cal (13-12, 5-8 Pac-10), which snapped a six-game skid. Omar Wilkes scored 10 points for the Golden Bears, and Ayinde Ubaka grabbed 12 boards to go with his six points.

Tajuan Porter scored 14 points, and Aaron Brooks added 12 points and seven rebounds for Oregon (20-6, 8-6), which has lost four of five. Bryce Taylor had 11 points for the Ducks.

Cal only scored four points in the final 4 1/2 minutes, but it was enough to pull out the win as the Ducks went scoreless over the same time period, missing multiple shots in the last minute that could have tied or won the game, including three in the last 20 seconds, two by Taylor.

The Ducks led 57-50 with 8:26 left, but the Bears scored seven straight to tie the game at 57. Oregon edged back into the lead, and a Taylor tip-in put the Ducks up 61-59 with four and a half minutes to go, but the Ducks couldn't muster anything else on offense.

Anderson's layup and foul shot gave Cal the lead, and Ubaka hit a free throw with 35 seconds left before Taylor's misfortunes and a missed shot by Chamberlain Oguchi ended the game.

The game appeared to be headed for a blowout early, with Oregon scoring the first seven points, and the Ducks led 12-3 after a Taylor layup with 15:18 left. Cal came charging back late, though, scoring 17 straight in the last 6:08 of the half. Wilkes and Anderson hit threes on the stretch, which Jerome Randle closed with a jumper with nine seconds left, and the Bears held a 35-27 lead at the break.

Game Notes

Oregon has now lost seven straight at Cal...Oregon shot 28.6 percent (8-of-28) from behind the arc. Cal did not fare much better, shooting 30 percent (6- of-20).

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