Roy the star as Huskies beat California

Last spring, Brandon Roy decided to delay potential NBA millions and return to Washington for his senior season.

Nice call.

Roy made another strong case for Pac-10 player of the year honors by scoring 19 of his 27 points in the second half Sunday night to lead No. 17 Washington into a second-place tie in the conference with a 73-62 win over California in Seattle.

“When I was dreaming, this is exactly what I dreamed about – but it’s tough to accomplish these things,” Roy said after his ninth consecutive game with at least 20 points led the Huskies to their sixth straight win.

Playing in his final home game, Roy was 9 for 13 from the floor, 7 for 9 in the second half, as Washington (22-5, 11-5) avenged a January loss to the Bears (17-8, 11-5) by breaking open a rugged game midway through the second half.

He also held California’s Ayinde Ubaka to six points, the first time in 15 games the Bears’ guard had not reached double figures.

At the end, Roy hugged every one of his coaches and teammates at the bench. After the final buzzer, Washington coach Lorenzo Romar invited the senior students out of the stands and onto the floor. Roy was the first of five Huskies seniors to greet them with hugs and high-fives.

(19) UCLA 70, Oregon 53: At Los Angeles, freshman Luc Richard Mbah a Moute scored 14 points as the Bruins (22-6, 12-4) overcame a sluggish first half to beat the Ducks (13-16, 7-10).

UCLA took the court for its final home game of the season knowing a win would leave it with no worse than a tie for first place in the conference with California heading into Thursday’s showdown with the Golden Bears at Berkeley.

The game was played in front of a crowd that included seven players from the Bruins’ 1968 NCAA championship team, including Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Lucius Allen, Lynn Shackelford and “Hill Street Blues” actor Michael Warren.

Aaron Afflalo scored all of his 14 points in the final 111/2 minutes, and Jordan Farmar had 11 points for UCLA. The Bruins, vying for their first Pac-10 title since 1996-97, finished their home schedule 13-3. It’s their best record at Pauley Pavilion since going 15-1 in 1998-99 under Steve Lavin.

Aaron Brooks scored 19 points for Oregon. Bryce Taylor missed his fifth straight game because of a hyperextended right knee.