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Arizona crushes Cal, claims Pac-12 outright crown

Arizona clinched its second straight outright Pac-12 title in a most convincing fashion, with the fifth-ranked Wildcats dominating California in all facets in a 99-60 rout at the McKale Center.

Brandon Ashley led the way with a career high-tying 21 points, Kaleb Tarczewski added 14 with eight rebounds and T.J. McConnell dished out 11 assists without a turnover as Arizona (27-3, 15-2 Pac-12) kept itself in the hunt for a possible No. 1 regional seed in the NCAA Tournament.

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The Wildcats had already secured the top seed in the upcoming Pac-12 Tournament with Saturday's 63-57 win at No. 13 Utah that completed a season sweep of the second-place Utes.

Arizona shot 56.7 percent from the floor, held the Golden Bears to a 38.1 percent field goal rate and opened up a 21-point lead at halftime in impressively rolling to a 13th victory in 14 games.

Tyrone Wallace paced Cal (17-13, 7-10) with 16 points in the lopsided loss, the Golden Bears' fourth defeat in its last five outings. Sam Singer finished with 13 and Christian Behrens pulled down 10 rebounds.

[SportsNetwork.com]

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