After Washington jumped out to an 83-80 lead in the first overtime, Alford struck again with a 3-pointer from the wing with 13.1 seconds remaining.
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Alford hit three score-tying 3-pointers at the end of regulation and in the first overtime, keeping Bruins alive, but it wasn’t enough on a night when Washington’s Andrew Andrews matched his career high of 35 points in the unranked Huskies’ 96-93, double-overtime win.
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Washington coach Lorenzo Romar said the plan was to foul Alford but a miscommunication on the screen left Alford open. “It was unfortunate the way it started but you’ve got to have confidence you’re going to help your team”. “He’s made big shot after big shot for us, and that’ what he did tonight”.
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“Because we were in foul trouble we just couldn’t play man (defense), especially in the second half”, Steve Alford said. Redshirt senior guard Andrew Andrews missed his attempt at a game-winner with three seconds remaining, sending the game to a second overtime. Marquese Chriss was the first to foul out, with 9:58 left in the game.
“He is one of their go-to guys”, Andrews said.
UCLA rallied from six points down in the closing minutes of the second half, forcing overtime on Alford’s fallaway 3-pointer with 7 seconds left.
This time, they fouled Alford with 1.8 seconds left. Two free throws from Alford and a putback by Welsh pulled the Bruins within 90-89, but Crisp’s third 3-pointer pushed the lead to four. Hamilton was met at the rim by sophomore forward Donaven Dorsey and missed, and freshman forward Matisse Thybulle collected the rebound and was fouled with seven seconds remaining. He hit both free throws the second an accident when he was trying to purposely miss and Andrews added two more free throws for the final margin. “I like to think I play my best when the game’s on the line”.
In the only meeting with the Huskies last season, Hamilton had 16 points while hitting 3 of 6 from 3-point range to go with 10 assists in an 88-66 home win February 25.
Olympic champion boxer Howard Davis Jr., who won the 1976 gold medal and was named over teammate Sugar Ray Leonard as the most outstanding fighter in the Montreal Games, has died of cancer, his wife said. “I don’t know, it just didn’t happen”. The first half was wretched, and not just because of the fouls.
Washington (9-4) finally forced separation in the second overtime, when Andrew Andrews, who led UW with 35 points, made a 3-pointer then dunked in transition following a turnover to give the Huskies a 90-85 lead. The Huskies gave the ball away 11 times.
The officials called 64 fouls total.
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Five players fouled out. In a free-flowing game that both teams were all too willing to play, you simply can’t call as many touch fouls as the officials chose to call in this one. The forward heads into a January 3 match up with Washington State having eclipsed double figures in nine of his last 10 appearances and now averaging 13.6 points a game, third-best on the team.
