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Cal’s Lampley scores 21 in Seattle 

SEATTLE - Sean Lampley scored 21 points and added 11 rebounds and the Cal defense held Washington without a field goal for a 9:34 stretch of the second half as the Golden Bears defeated the Huskies, 79-64, Saturday afternoon at Bank of America Arena.  

Coupled with Thursday’s 75-71 victory at Washington State, Cal (14-5 overall, 5-2 Pac-10) completed its first sweep of the Washington schools on the road since 1993.  

For the second straight game, the Bears jumped out to an early lead only to see their opponent claw back into the contest. After spotting the Huskies a 2-0 lead, Cal scored the next 13 points for a 13-2 advantage.  

Washington responded by tying the game at 13-13, but Cal came back with a 13-2 run for a 26-15 lead with 6:54 left in the first half. The Bears then extended thier lead to 35-20. However, the Huskies charged back and were down, 40-35, at the break.  

Washington then took the lead in the second half at 51-50 on a Michael Johnson layup. But that’s when Cal’s defense clamped down. The Bears scored the next 11 points before allowing a free throw by UW’s David Dixon. Cal then was up, 65-52, before Washington broke its field goal drought on a bucket by Dixon with 4:33 to go.  

The Bears then relied on free throws down the stretch to clinch the game.  

Cal has now won 13 of its last 15 games for its best 15-game stretch since the 1993-94 season. Lampley, who had 27 points and 12 boards at WSU, posted his first back-to-back double-doubles since the first two games of last season.  

Dennis Gates was the only Bear other than Lampley to reach double figures, coming off the bench for 10 points and three steals.  

Game notes: Lampley drew nine fouls on Washington players in the game ... at 14-5, Cal is off to its best start since Ben Braun’s first year in 1997 ... Cal shot 26-for-35 from the free throw line and UW was 13-for-16 from the stripe to improve the Bears record to 13-0 whe they make for free throws than their opponents attempt.