LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Channing Frye scored 22 points on 10-of-11 shooting and No. 8 Arizona routed California 88-63 Thursday in the opening game of the Pac-10 tournament.<br>
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Frye was perfect until missing a 15-footer with 13:05 remaining in the game. He sat down for good moments later, only because the Wildcats led by 28 points.<br>
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The game was all but decided at halftime, when they led 42-23.<br>
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Their comfortable lead allowed coach Lute Olson to give his starters a lengthy rest in the second half, when the Wildcats' lead ballooned to 30 points. <br>
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Arizona (26-5) advanced to Friday's semifinals, where they'll play the winner of the UCLA-Oregon State game. The Wildcats have won 14 of their last 16 games.<br>
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The eighth-seeded Golden Bears (13-16) ended the season with seven losses in their final eight games. Cal has lost in the tournament's first round five times, including last year.<br>
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Arizona, the regular season Pac-10 champions, are seeded No. 1 in the tournament for the second time in three seasons. The Wildcats improved to 14-3 in the tournament, which they've won four times - both are conference bests.<br>
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Jawann McClellan added 14 points off the bench for the Wildcats. Mustafa Shakur and Hassan Adams had 10 points each. Salim Stoudamire, who joined Frye on the All-Pac-10 team, was held to seven points. <br>
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Dominic McGuire led the Bears with 13 points and Richard Midgley added 10.<br>
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Arizona controlled the boards, 39-27, and shot 58 percent from the field.<br>
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The Wildcats dominated the first half, opening the game with a 10-0 run in which all five starters scored. They shot 57 percent in the half.<br>
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Midgley scored six of Cal's first 12 points to get the Bears within four points.<br>
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The Bears cut Arizona's lead to six points before the Wildcats ran off nine straight points, including four by Frye, to take a 32-17 lead. Stoudamire scored four of his seven points in the final 1:57 for the Wildcats.<br>
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Shakur hit a 3-pointer from the left corner with 1 second left to keep Arizona comfortably in front at the break.
