Collison stars in UCLA's narrow win over Cal

Darren Collison scored 16 of his 22 points in the second half on a variety of daring drives to the basket, and No. 22 UCLA took sole possession of second place in the Pac-10 with a 72-68 victory over California on Saturday night.

Nikola Dragovic, Josh Shipp and Alfred Aboya scored 12 points apiece for the Bruins (22-7, 11-5), who stayed in contention for a share of their fourth consecutive Pac-10 title by sweeping their weekend games in the Bay Area.

After Stanford held Collison to seven points two nights earlier, the senior had six assists, hit two 3-pointers and scored seven points during UCLA's decisive 13-0 run late in the second half.

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