UCLA Routs Cal for Pac-10 Tourney Title

UCLA won it's first Pac-10 tournament title since 1987 defeating  California 71-52 Saturday.

The Bruins (27-6), the regular-season champions for the first time since 1997, earned the conference's automatic NCAA bid -- their second straight trip under coach Ben Howland.

Jordan Farmar led four players in double figures with 19 points.

The Golden Bears (20-10) were led by Ayinda Ubaka with 18 points and Leon Powe with 17 points and eight rebounds in their first tourney final. Powe scored 80 points in Cal's three games -- second only to Reggie Miller's 83 in UCLA's run to the '87 tourney title.

Date
Sun 03/12/06, 3:39 pm EST

Source

 * http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=260700026