UConn Edges No. 5 Arizona, 71-69
12/9/2000
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By JIM O'CONNELL
AP Basketball Writer
STORRS, Conn. (AP) -- Tony Robertson's basket on a goaltending call with 1.8 seconds to play capped a 12-2 run and gave No. 15 Connecticut a 71-69 victory
over No. 5 Arizona on Saturday.
Albert Mouring, Connecticut's leading scorer who was limited to 17 minutes because of foul trouble, hit a 3-pointer -- just his second field goal of the game -- to tie it at 69 with 47
seconds to play.
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Connecticut players Scott Hazelton, left, Souleymane Wane, second from left, head coach Jim Calhoun and Taliek Brown charge the court after No. 15 Connecticut
upset No. 5 Arizona 71-69. (AP Photo/Bob Child)
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Arizona (5-2), playing with a full roster for the first time this season but without coach Lute Olson, then committed a 35-second shot clock violation. Michael Wright, who led the
Wildcats with 18 points and 10 rebounds, did get a shot off with 12 seconds left but it was blocked by Johnnie Selvie and the clock expired as the ball went toward the sideline.
Olson stayed in Tucson with his wife as she underwent a medical procedure.
Connecticut (7-1) worked the ball around and Robertson drove to the basket. Loren Woods, the preseason All-America center playing his first game for Arizona following a
six-game suspension for accepting money from a family friend, blocked the shot off the backboard and referee Rich Ballesteros signaled the basket good on the goaltending.
Arizona had one last chance and Woods caught a long inbounds pass, turned and shot but it missed at the buzzer and the Connecticut crowd stormed the court after the Huskies'
sixth straight win.
Richard Jefferson, who missed the Wildcats' last game because of a one-game suspension for accepting NBA Finals tickets from Hall of Famer Bill Walton, the father of
teammate Luke Walton, scored on a layup and a dunk to give Arizona a 67-59 lead with 3:10 left.
Selvie scored on a loose rebound to start a 7-0 run that was capped by freshman point guard Taliek Brown's three-point play with 1:18 left.
Woods made two free throws with 1:03 left to make it 69-66.
Mouring, who averages 19.4 points but was 2-for-6 from the field in his foul-plagued minutes, nailed the 3-pointer to tie it.
Gilbert Arenas had 14 points for Arizona, while Jason Gardner had 10. Woods finished with nine points on 3-for-12 shooting in 34 minutes and had two rebounds.
Freshman Caron Butler led the Huskies with 16 points, while Robertson had 14 and Selvie added 12.
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