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College basketball

No. 12 Ducks fall to streaking Cal

BERKELEY, Calif. -- Amit Tamir scored 25 and Joe Shipp added 22 points and eight rebounds to lead California to its third straight win, an 88-72 upset over No. 12 Oregon on Thursday night.

Brian Wethers added 16 points for the Golden Bears (9-2), who won at home for the 12th straight time.

Luke Jackson had 17 points, 8 assists and 5 rebounds for Oregon. The Pac-10's top scoring team had only 38 points with 14:54 left, and the Ducks have been averaging nearly 90. They had been doing just about everything right coming into this game.

Oregon (10-3) leads the conference in scoring, field-goal percentage and 3-point percentage, as well as free-throw percentage, steals and assists. Even assist-to-turnover ratio.

But the Ducks never got in synch against the aggressive and up-tempo Bears, who couldn't seem to miss when it mattered most. Oregon was sloppy with the ball to fall behind early, and its top players struggled to score. The Ducks often rushed their shots as the 35-second clock was winding down.

NO. 2 ARIZ. 82, WASH. ST. 69: Jason Gardner had 19 points to lead four teammates in double figures, but the host Wildcats struggled.

Luke Walton, back after missing last week's Oregon trip with his fourth sprained ankle of the season, had nine points, eight assists and five turnovers.

Channing Frye scored 11 and had a season-high 13 rebounds for the Wildcats (10-1), who beat the Cougars for the 35th consecutive time.

Marcus Moore, the Pac-10's leading scorer, had 35, including 8-for-12 3-pointers for the Cougars (5-7) despite bone chips in his right ankle. With his fourth career 35-point game, the junior guard topped 1,000 points for his career with 1,005.

After a sluggish first 25 minutes, the Wildcats finally got in gear with a 15-0 run to go up 54-35 on Gardner's layup after a turnover with 12:47 to play.

NO. 25 MICH. ST. 66, OHIO ST. 55: Alan Anderson scored a career-high 18 and Maurice Ager had a career-best 15 for the host Spartans in the Big Ten opener for both.

Ohio State held Chris Hill, the Spartans' leading scorer, without a point for over a half and to four points total, 12 worse than his average.

"We were going to make somebody else beat us," Buckeyes coach Jim O'Brien said.

Michigan State made its first 26 free throws and missed only one of its 30.

"We've been struggling in that area lately so we've been coming into the gym on our own early in the morning and late at night to work on it," said Anderson, who made all 14 of his free throws.

The Spartans (9-4) didn't lead until early in the second half, but they put away the injury-plagued Buckeyes with a 12-3 run after leading by four with 8:46 left.

Ohio State (7-5) has lost all five games against ranked opponents. Brent Darby scored 16 on 4-of-17 shooting, and Zach Williams added 10.

Michigan State took its first lead when Anderson made two free throws early in the second half. Hill didn't score until his 3-pointer put Michigan State ahead 32-29 with 17:36 left.

TENN. ST.: Nolan Richardson III, son of the ex-Arkansas coach, resigned as coach two weeks after he was suspended for bringing a gun into the school's gym.

State

DENVER 71, FIU 60: Carvell McAlister scored 12 and the visiting Pioneers won their Sun Belt Conference opener. Eulis Baez scored 15 and Al Harris added 14 for the Golden Panthers (6-9).

TROY ST. 77, FAU 72: Rob Lewin scored 17 and had a school-record seven blocks for the host Trojans (12-3), who set a team record with 11 blocks and forced Florida Atlantic (4-10) into 21 turnovers.

TAMPA: Coach Richard Schmidt was issued a public reprimand and one-game suspension by the Sunshine State Conference for his actions during the Morehouse game on Dec. 29. He will serve his suspension Saturday against Barry.

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