March 8, 2007

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Ayinde Ubaka tied a career high with 29 points, including eight points in overtime ...His total ranks in a tie for 10th in Pacific Life Pac-10 Tournament history.

California freshman Ryan Anderson had eight rebounds tonight, giving him the Golden Bear freshman rebound record of 257, surpassing former Pacific-10 Tournament MVP Leon Powe (2004), who grabbed 256 boards ... Anderson has accumulated 45 points and 23 rebounds in two games in the tournament thus far.

California is 4-0 in overtime this year ... The four victories represents a school record for overtime wins in a season ... The Golden Bears have won five straight OTs going back to last year, when Cal defeated Oregon in the semifinals last season, 91-87, in double overtime.

Cal held UCLA leading scorer and Pac-10 Player of the Year Arron Afflalo to three points, two of which were scored in overtime ... Afflalo scored his first point on a free throw with 17:04 remaining in the second half.

Today's victory over UCLA is California's first over a top-five team since the Golden Bears upset the #4 Bruins, 100-93, in Pauley Pavilion, during UCLA's national championship year of 1995.

California extended its streak of defeating the Bruins at least once in nine consecutive seasons.

Darren Collison set a career high with 20 points for UCLA, surpassing the 18 he scored Feb. 15 at Arizona State.

Both times UCLA came into the Pac-10 Tournament as the defending champion, they have lost their opening game ... After the Bruins' 1987 tournament championship, UCLA lost their first game of the 1988 tournament to Washington State, 73-71 ... This is the fourth time in tournament history and the second consecutive time the Pacific Life Pac-10 Tournament defending champion has lost its first game of the tournament ... Last season, Washington, the 2005 champion, was upset by Oregon, 84-73 ... Arizona, the four-time defending champion, was upset by UCLA, 96-89 in overtime, in the first round of the 2003 tournament.

This is the third time an #8 seed has defeated a #1 seed in the Pacific Life Pac-10 Tournament ... The previous occasion was when UCLA surprised Arizona, 96-89, in the first round of the 2003 event ... The victory would be Steve Lavin's last as head coach of UCLA ... Arizona State upset Oregon State, 83-75, in the 1990 tournament.

Looking ahead to the semifinal game between California and Oregon, the only time a #4 seed played an #8 seed in tournament history happened when UCLA defeated ASU, 79-78, after the Sun Devils' 1990 upset.