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Cal keeps Huskies winless on the road

Cal's Omar Wilkes, top, and UW's Justin Dentmon vie for ball. (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)
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Cal's Omar Wilkes, top, and UW's Justin Dentmon vie for ball. (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)

BERKELEY, Calif. – Justin Dentmon stood at the foul line with a chance to win the game for Washington when Ayinde Ubaka did whatever he could to distract him.

“I just tried to get in his head, get him thinking as much as possible, get a thousand things going through his head,” Ubaka said.

Dentmon only made one of two free throws in the final second of regulation to send the game to overtime and Ubaka took over from there, scoring six of his 13 points in the extra session to lead California to a 77-69 victory over Washington on Saturday.

Ubaka hit a jumper on the first possession of overtime for California (11-6, 3-2 Pac-10) and then scored off a perfect backdoor pass from Omar Wilkes to make it 71-67.

Washington (11-6, 1-5) turned the ball over on its first three possessions of the extra session and never threatened after that to drop to 0-5 on the road this season.

Spencer Hawes ended Washington’s overtime drought with a hook shot with 47.6 seconds remaining, but the Bears iced it at the foul line.

Hawes led the Huskies with 13 points, Dentmon added 12.

California 77, Washington 69 (OT)

Washington (11-6, 1-5)—Brockman 5-10 1-6 11, Nelson 0-3 0-0 0, Hawes 6-12 1-2 13, Oliver 3-7 3-3 9, Appleby 3-4 2-2 11, Dentmon 5-16 2-4 12, Burmeister 0-1 2-2 2, Wallace 1-2 0-2 2, Gasser 2-3 2-2 8, Pondexter 0-1 1-2 1. Totals 25-59 14-25 69.

California (11-6, 3-2)—Christopher 3-6 0-0 7, Robertson 4-9 3-5 14, Anderson 5-16 8-10 18, Ubaka 5-12 2-4 13, Wilkes 5-14 3-4 13, Randle 0-3 3-4 3, Vierneisel 2-5 1-3 6, Pribble 1-1 0-0 3, Harrison 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-66 20-30 77.

Halftime—California 35, Washington 33. Regulation—Washington 67, California 67. 3-point goals—Washington 5-15 (Appleby 3-4, Gasser 2-3, Burmeister 0-1, Dentmon 0-1, Oliver 0-3, Nelson 0-3), California 7-29 (Robertson 3-6, Pribble 1-1, Christopher 1-3, Ubaka 1-4, Vierneisel 1-4, Wilkes 0-2, Randle 0-3, Anderson 0-6). Fouled out—Oliver. Rebounds—Washington 36 (Dentmon 9), California 47 (Anderson 14). Assists—Washington 13 (Dentmon, Nelson 4), California 13 (Randle, Ubaka 4). Total fouls—Washington 27, California 22. A—8,572.