Jan. 6, 2005

Recap |  Box Score

California Head Coach Ben Braun:

"I thought we started out with a lot of confidence. Arizona is a good shooting team and they showed it. They turned around and knocked down some big shots."

"It seemed like every time we were making a run they forced a turnover."

"Alex Pribble came off the bench and gave us a great game. Alex is a team player and a tough kid and he makes our team better."

"The guys we're going with right now are giving us quality minutes. What I like is that our team competed. Our next step is to look at the opportunities we had and didn't convert. Those can be the differences in the game."

"We've been taking our opponents' best player and making it very tough on them. Arizona did a great job tonight of getting guys to step up and it hurt us."

Arizona Head Coach Lute Olson

On Salim Stoudamire

"He played great on the defensive end. He took four free throws and he made four. I told him, `You just keep moving down there on offense and make Midgley work hard.' We definitely wore him out, but he's a competitor."

On Channing Frye
"Channing played really well. You can see the confidence and strength and conditioning. He's shooting the ball really well. He's as good a shooter outside as we have. What he did tonight, shooting, was not a surprise. He's like that in practice. He creates a lot of problems for teams."

On Arizona's balance
"We had a good balance out there. We had five guys score in double figures. They enjoy playing with each other; you can see that. There is great team chemistry."