Fogg clears the way for 'Cats victory

In the Stands Report by Bookemdano: Kyle Fogg cleared the way for Arizona's 14th win of the season last night at McKale Center when he lit up the scoreboard in the first half with four canned three-point shots as the Wildcats blew away the Washington State Cougars 85-61 in front of happy and appreciative crowd. Unlike the Wildcats last game when they spent the night in Boulder clanging threes off the rim, this time they hit 15 of 26 from beyond the arc to cruise to their 5th Pac-10 win of the season, leaving them just one game out of first place in the conference. Fogg finished with 20 points and Solomon Hill added 17 to go along with 11 rebounds.

I sat in the southern end of McKale in Section 9, Row 24...Seat No. 11...and had a very good view of Sean Miller barking out orders to his players. The man works hard at his job. There's no doubt about that. The only downer: Those missed Wildcat free throws. This time 10 of 20 clanged off the rim. The Wildcats should have scored in the 90s and should have had six players in double figures, instead we end up with three in double digits, the other being Brandon Lavender who scored 14 points and played well.

As for the refs, I won't even go there. Some questionable calls, but I guess there always will be. The Josiah Turner ejection didn't hurt the Wildcats last night. Turner left the game with 10 minutes left, but he sure made his mark at the beginning of the second half, scoring six of his nine points. He's going to be a good one. Heck, he already is, as is Nick Johnson, who finished with seven points, but missed six field goals. Kevin Parrom played his best game of the year as he hustled all over the court and ended up with nine points, four rebounds and four assists.

The crowd headed for the exits with three minutes remaining in the game, and the one's that were half way to their cars missed the three-pointer by Max Wiepking as Miller cleared the bench in the final moments. Let's hope we have a similar result on Saturday against Washington.

Go Wildcats!