SAUL LOEB/Arizona Daily Wildcat Wildcats' guard Salim Stoudamire steals the ball from California's Amit Tamir during Arizona's 95-80 win over California on Saturday night. Stoudamire finished the game with 15 points.

No. 20 Golden Bears prove to be no match for No. 1 Arizona as UA rolls by 15

All season, the talk around the college basketball world is how complete the Arizona basketball team really is ÷ they've got depth, athleticism, quickness, and balance on the offensive end.

After a reality check on Thursday, losing at home 82-77 to unranked Stanford,

the top-ranked Wildcats (16-2 overall, 8-1 Pacific-10 Conference) rebounded nicely, defeating No. 20 California State (14-4, 7-2 Pac-10) handily at home on Saturday, 95-80.

With the win, Arizona took sole possession of first place in the Pac-10 at 8-1, while both Stanford and Cal are right behind at 7-2.

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"We weren't going to lose this game," Arizona senior forward Rick Anderson said. "We made a pact before the game that we would not let anyone beat us at home again."

The Wildcats were up 40-30 at the half and stormed out of the gates in the first five minutes of the second to extend the lead to 58-40.

The run was led by guards senior Jason Gardner and sophomore Salim Stoudamire, and Anderson, who scored all of Arizona's 18 points during the run to go along with three baskets from behind the arc.

The Golden Bears cut the lead to 62-51 with 12:46 to go, but that was as close as they would get. The Wildcats responded and scored straight points to extend the lead back to 18.

The run was capitalized by an alley-oop from Gardner to freshman guard Hassan Adams that brought the crowd to its feet.

For the second consecutive game, Arizona was plagued by foul trouble, but this time they were able to overcome it.

In the loss against Stanford, Stoudamire was hit with two early fouls and was never able to get going.

The same thing happened to senior forward Luke Walton, who managed to only play 13 minutes against the Golden Bears.

During his short stint on the floor, Walton was held scoreless but still managed to dish out six assists.

The rest of the Arizona team stepped up in Walton's offensive absence and finished with six players in double figures, while sophomore center Isaiah Fox had nine points.

"I am very pleased with the effort we got from all of the players," said UA head coach Lute Olson. "We knew that we had to get our turnovers into single digits. We knew we had to hit the offensive boards, and we knew that we had to make our free throws. We did all of that tonight."

Gardner once again made a strong case for All-American status as he scored a team-high 18 points to go along with seven assists, five rebounds and four steals.

Gardner also played 36 minutes of turnover-free basketball.

"A lot of what Jason does doesn't show up on the scoreboard," California head coach Ben Braun said. "What I like is that he goes out and gets seven assists and doesn't turn the ball over."

Sophomore center Channing Frye regained his starting spot against California and had 12 points, 12 rebounds and three blocked shots.

"Our post players received a lot of criticism in our loss," Frye said. "We wanted to come out and show that we mean business and make a name for ourselves. We told each other before the game that we can't lose at home. We are on a mission."

Anderson and Stoudamire, who both struggled in UA's loss, bounced back against the Golden Bears, finishing with 15 points each.

Along with the more balanced scoring attack, the Wildcats made a point to hit the glass harder than they did against Stanford.

The Wildcats out-rebounded Cal 44-36, which included 19 offensive boards, an area that Olson said UA has to dominate in order to be a top-notch basketball team.

"In the second half, Ricky and Channing did the best job they have done all year in anticipating the other team's shots," Olson said. "Ricky did a great job of anticipating shots and getting position under the basket. Channing did an outstanding job on the boards."