Cal escapes women's basketball by a point

January 04, 2009

Ashley Walker's layup with 1.8 seconds remaining gave California (No. 9 ESPN/USA Today, No. 13 AP) a 54-53 win over Arizona State on Sunday.<a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/simon_dymond01.html"><… href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/simon_dymond01.html">D… Simon</a> hit a 3-pointer with 8.7 seconds to go to put Arizona State up 53-52. But that left enough time for one more possession for California (11-2, 2-0 Pacific-10). Kelsey Adrian missed a layup but Walker got the loose ball underneath for the game-winner.<separator></separator><a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/simon_dymond01.html"><… shot capped a 13-2 run over nearly five minutes for the Sun Devils (8-6, 0-2).<separator></separator>Natasha Vital scored 17 of her 19 points in the second half, including a go-ahead basket with 39 seconds left to give the Bears a 52-50 lead.<separator></separator>Walker then stole the ball from Simon with 19 seconds remaining and Vital was fouled, but she missed the two free throws to set up Simon's go-ahead shot.<separator></separator>Simon scored 17 points for Arizona State.