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from. >> darrin: welcome back. tied at 28, cal and arizona. >> marques: let's take a look. a couple dribbles right here, has jamal boykin on his back. boykin going to overcommit. nice job with a step through the

great foot work on the part of derrick williams who is not like he usually does. he is a high iq basketball player, darin. he has to figure out where the shots and the scoring opportunities are for him. >> darrin: teams like when max zhang came into this game, williams got neutralized a little bit. they'll go with nikol kyryl nat. >> darrin: seeley now out to christopher. he wants it from out there. doesn't get the roll. wise will dig out the rebound. >> marques: that's a shot you can get at any point during the possession. better to work the ball around.

try to get something from the 15 to 17-foot range. >> darri >> darrin: horne loses control. they'll say it's off of cal. >> marques: ten seconds on the shot clock. one thing we heard from sean miller was who are you making better? what are you doing out there on the floor to make other players better? >> darrin: nic wise baseline, the floater, just a little shy. >> marques: had more time, seven seconds on the shot clock, way too quick in that situation for nic wise. >> darrin: talk about quick, a quick release by randle. jones in the open floor. through the lane and he draws the foul. coming up at half-time report, the highlights from around the

nation and then marques johnson with williams. he took you through a paces on the acura half-time report. >> marques: one-on-one is not exactly accurate. you've got this young stud, 18 years old going up against this 50-something-year-old man. he's a great guy, derrick williams. i sa

solomon hill. >> marques: a qui move off the dribble. nice job, solomon hill cut him off. looked like a good block on the

part of solomon hill. it's an angle situation. pretty much automatic when you block a shot. with that kind of contact between the two players, you got to get that foul called against you. >> darrin: bill will go out and come back with horne. seeley out. and any cola knezevic is back on the floor for the bears. >> marques: he's called in to quiet the offense. hot player for the other team. this time nic wise. >> darrin: two-point lead for arizona against the number one team in the conference t cal bears. here is horne spinning into the lane. zhang again to alter the shot. >> marques: that's what i talked about. if you don't block the shot, at the very least get him to change it. max zhang did that on that possession.

>> darrin: robertson into the corner. two minutes to go until half-time. randle from three-point land comes up short. knezevic digs out the rebound. out of bounds. it will stay on this end. >> marques: this is a terrific experience for these young fresh men of arizona to be in such a game at this point of the season with so much meeting. you've got three freshmen on the floor along with jamelle horne and nic wise. at one point he had four freshman and nic wise on the floor. >> darrin: christopher nearly lost the inbound pass. eight seconds on the shot clock. chris ferp again struggling, now two of 11 in this game. jones, left side, tried to take it on zhang. quick outlet to randle. he's cashing in. >> marques: this ain't the bone

collector. this ain't the black widow. this is like 7'3" max zhang. >> darrin: we are tied at 32. what a terrific ball game. williams, zhang on him. he loses the ball and yet another turnover for arizona. >> marques: here is jones. aggressiveness. you've got to understand where he is. it's not the rutger league in harlem. this is pac 10 basketball here in tucson, arizona. >> darrin: the bears, lightning quick to dash in off the block. robertson again with the foot work, able to get the bank shot to fall. >> marques: robertson didn't score a point the last time out against arizona state.

>> darrin: 6-0 run to retake the lead. 20 seconds remaining. >> marques: derrick williams, the one thing to improve on is the midrange jump shot. they're backing off knowing he's going to try to put it on the floor and put it in the rim. they're waiting for him to come. >> darrin: seven seconds. here is wise. looking for a screen. bank shot doesn't fall. and we are at half-time. >> marques: that's what he was put in the game for, was to shadow nic wise. did a nice job on that possession. >> darrin: what a first half between the two top teams in the pac 10. our half-time score 34-32 california on top here at the break from the mckale center. when we return, the acura half-time report including a special treat. marques johnson and the wildcats' freshman sensation derrick williams. you're watching pac 10 hoops presented by kfc.

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in late second half malcolm armstead, 3 of his 18, ducks win 67-57. ucla taking on oregon state. ucla up three, michael roe on the money to tyler honeycut. ucla wins 62-52. don't forget highlights, tune in later tonight for "the final score" presented by burger king. more of the acura half-time report right after this. we' ootichin

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acura half-time report. 34-32, the top teams in the pac 10, the cal bears on top here at the mckale center, alongside marques johnson, i'm derrin horton. i know you had a chance to get on the floor with williams. what does he do that makes him so effective? >> i love fundamentally sound basketball players. it's rare a guy at 18 could have that fundamental. let's see what he does in different situations. >> let me see something. get down low.

drop step layup. >> give me a second move. great foot work, short corner. i'm staying with you this time. step through, step through. all right. now, against the seau. middle of the keerks what you going to do? big defender behind you? >> get through, swing through. >> left hand. >> counter to that, catch you in the middle. >> fake, all right, all right. pete newells, old coach of cal used to say the quality of the shot is directly core rateed to the quality of the foot work. better few players in college basketball have better foot work than this freshman derrick williams. >> derrin: using the step-through here against boykin in the first half. arizona trailing by two here on the acura half-time report. reaunthe wi ♪

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>> derrin: we welcome you back to mckale center, 34-32, the number one team in the pac 10 with a two-point lead at half-time. derrin horton and marques johnson, we thought we would see randle playing well. nic wise has been leading the wildcats in this one. >> marques: they have a lot of freshman. you expect your seen sore, nic wise to give you what you need to maintain contact. you go under the screen, he's going to burn you every time. you've got to stay in contact with him. go over the top, force him off that three-point line. nic wise did a nice job. theo robertson is another guy to give you what you need. it was defensive against arizona state on randle, christopher, being more aggressive shooting the basketball. >> derrin: it's interesting you

look at robertson. no points in the match-up against arizona state. arizona shooting 41% from first half, a team that struggled coming in this match-up. we're back with second half action as we continue here on the acura half-time report. we're back in just a moment. maluncetrod e a lex it he ay and the powtakey mi nd the spacecomm recirgo, se ereat action ds ale.

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good. this is a cal team that shoots better on the road than arizona shoots at home. but in this game cal at 38%, arizona 41% at half-time. >> derrin: fogg tried to get it inside, a kicked ball called against cal. we'll stay on this end. battle for first place in the pac 10, a two-point game as we open the second half. and nic wise with a three-pointer to give the wildcats the lead. >> marques: you're cal, you fall back on your 2-3. you have to realize the one guy who was on in this game, nic wise from long range. you've got to be aware of that. slow closing out on the jump shooter. robertson who has had a ter lifk first half backing down, and a jump ball. so cal will kevin parrom, nice job maintaining his

position, hands extended. robertson brings the basketball right to those extended hands. >> derrin: randle off a screen. he lets it fly. >> marques: randle and christopher a combined 6 for 20 in the first half. >> derrin: horne pulls up and he can't knock it down. >> marques: those two guys, ris fer randle and boykin gave them the points in the first half, they have to step up the level of production for cal to have a chance to win this game. >> marques: here comes parrom off the rebound. skips across fog out to horn. >> marques: can't rely on robertson having to score -- >> derrin: the freshman williams digging out the rebound. he'll get fouled. that's one of the things they did so well against stan ford. they had 19 offensive rebounds. much of the dirty work done by

this freshman. >> marques: much of it done in the second half. 16 of his 23 points, derrick williams, in that second half which to me knowing this kid the way i do and watching him the way i have, the mark of a very intelligent basketball player who figures things out, sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly. it just depends on the situation. tonight it's a little slow. >> derrin: right now the odds-on favorite to be the pac 10 flesh man of the year. >> marques: reggie moore from washington state having a tremendous year for the cougars. i agree with you wholeheartedly, especially during pac 10 conference season. really stepped up his level of play. >> derrin: now a three-point lead for the wildcats. >> marques: he was shooting 81%. kevin parrom making an impact at the defensive end of the floor against sthee oh robertson. >> derrin: that's his third foul, marques.

we talked to sean miller about kevin parrom. he said his best defensive player, we were asking him to compare his arizona team to some of the teams at xavier, he said they're not quite where they need to be defensively. >> marques: here he comes, here he comes. derrick williams, the freshman figuring out things in his head as we speak. >> derrin: mike montgomery has seen enough. he wants to talk about this arizona as extends their lead to 39-34. a quick pass inside to the freshman who is able to finish the play. arizona with a poin

dort welcome back. the mckale center i the 2010 pac 10 men's basketball tournament from march 10 to march 13. go to www.pac sdlooet 10.org and click on the entry link. what a game we have hear. this young people is starting to grow up before our very eyes. >> marques: derrick williams going through it. you can see him going through all those kinds of things to see where he can be most effective on the basketball and credits

sean miller for putting him in those positions. >> derrin: set a screen for randle. but wise gets around it. christopher who has been kind of quiet in and out, but the rebound dug out by cal. amoke goes up strong and he'll get fouled. >> marques: that's what he does. a great offensive rebounder, pursuing the basketball. he's a limited player. pretty good interior defender. at 6'6" has to play the power forward spot and a tremendous job of anticipating where the ball is coming off the rim. >> derrin: that foul against horn will be his second. amoke's rolls up. in case you're just joining us, we have match-up of the two top teams in the pac 10. front-runners, the cal bears against arizona. you get the sense the student body can feel this arizona program is coming back to where it was.

so effective but a turnover as parrom and williams couldn't come up with the rebound. >> marques: olson had so much success here at the mckale center. you see how active and involved the fans are here in this game. >> derrin: you see the struggles cal has had from the field. >> marques: once again, the building is electric, very difficult place to play. >> derrin: robertson from outside. rebound off the hands of amoke. >> marques: you can't rely on robertson to produce the bulk of your points. 14 of the first half points out of the 34 by cal. at some point christopher randle has got to join the party. >> derrin: horne over to fogg.

horne spinning on the baseline, kicked out. williams wants the three. randle with the rebound. the cats are back though. >> marques: obviously not the strength of his game. >> derrin: randle with a quick release. we got a whistle inside. we'd like to invite everybody to please join our network help the people of haiti recover from the devastating earthquake that hit their country earlier this month. to make a $10 donation to the red cross relief efforts, text the word "haiti" to 90999. your $10 donation will be added to your phone bill. standard messaging and data rates may apply. robertson and zhang. cal has yet to score in the second half. robertson into the lane, kicked out to christopher. he worked the baseline up strong, doesn't get the whistle. but they'll say it's off of

parrom, the freshman. >> marques: no surprise, the defender on the switch kicked off of robertson. kevin parrom the outstanding blanket defensive player from the bronx, new york. >> derrin: robertson with the quick release. he knocks it down. >> marques: theo robertson shook himself free of kevin parrom beautifully on that possession. >> derrin: 16 points for robertson. fogg with the left hand. solomon hill draws the foul down low as he was able to get the rebound. >> derrin: max zhang's presence as a shot block. all of the sudden you get the ball to williams. you rush it. you want to get the shot off before zhang has a chance to block it. this young man at the line now, solomon hill, he played for a coach who coached tremendous players throughout the year.

jamal boykin served as his mentor, came over to fairfax, worked while in high school and harvey does a great jop of juicing former players to mold and bring up these young guys. >> derrin: talk about the pipeline to the l.a. city section. a rebound back into the hands of arizona. talked ability they had 19 offensive rebounds against stanford. here is wise into the corner. fogg controlling it. 16 minutes left in this run. battle for first place. parrom with the pull-up. zhang with the rebound. >> marques: theo robertson -- >> derrin: chris dper has had a real hard time cashing in. it seems like the -- it's almost like the rim has had a lid on it for him. we'll take a break and take you

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>> derrin: we're back at the mckale center, 40-36, arizona here on top. 15:43 left to go in the game. theo robertson, what a terrific story. no points against arizona state. he has been on fire in this

game, marques. >> marques: yes and he's had to be for his team to maintain contact. >> derrin: talking about how he enjoys playing with his senior teammates. >> to have all three of out here is really fun. one thing i can say about theo is he's 100% team player. he didn't score a bucket last game. he had an open shot. theo, why didn't you take the shot? don't worry about me, man. we're winning the game. that's all that matters. to have someone on your team like that, it's priceless, man. you can't ask for anything more than that from a teammate. >> derrin: theo robertson, 16 points today. it's interesting christopher has been the guy that has struggled in this game. >> marques: look at the defense for arizona. they're playing a diamond and two. >> derrin: nic wise with a quick release. robertson with the rebound. >> marques: mike montgomery breaking out the diamond and two.

three guys playing zone defense. two guys playing man-to-man defense. keeping a defender on nic wise all the time is one of the two. >> derrin: switch fog over on randle to give nic wise a little bit of a breather. wise on gutierrez. robertson into the lane, kicked back out gutierrez. ten seconds on the shot clock. now five seconds. randle inside to zhang and he'll get the basket as he gets the roll. solomon hill called with the foul. >> marques: nice job. max zhang, you know you're not looking for him as a primary offensive scorer, but somebody has to step in and get into his path. solomon hill way too slow on the reaction. that's one of the things sean miller really got into the freshman, solomon mill about, his weak side reaction to cutters, he wasn't there on that possession. >> derrin: zhang will go to the free-throw line. that's certain lay work in progress at 43%.

he knocks it down. >> marques: he looked good on that one. again, let's see if cal state in that diamond and two, you've got gutierrez on nic wise. jerome randle on kyle fogg, the two outside shooters. and zone the other three players. >> derrin: it will stay on that side of the floor as it went off gutierrez's hands. a one-point game, just under 15 minutes to go in this one. battle for first place in the back 10 conference. arizona against cal and we talk about justine, academic stars they have them in all various scores. jaws teen is a swimmer, a nine-time all american, ncaa record holder in the 200 free relay and the 400 medley relay, earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering. he's a 2009 american road

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he bench. jamelle horne as gutierrez took it right to solomon hill. >> marques: you see the brace on the right knee of jorge gutierrez, hurt that knee against stanford, missed five games. the level of toughness for this cal team reduced in the process. once they get him back near 100%, it's going to really make a difference for this team down the stretch. >> derrin: hill goes to the bench. they return with horne. tied at 40 and this battle for first place in the pac 10. >> marques: i say when he gets back to full