There was a little bit of everything at McKale Center last night. There was silly string, water guns, scoreboard shenanigans. Oh, they played a little basketball, too.

In the end, it was the Arizona Wildchairs who prevailed in the 13th-annual "Lame for a Game" charity basketball game by defeating members of the UA's men's and women's basketball teams 65-62 in front of about 3,500 fans. It was the Wildchairs' third-straight victory in the event that supports the UA's Center for Disability Related Resources.

To get the victory, the Wildchairs had to weave their way around silly string attacks from point guard Lisa Griffth and the water gun shots of Kelvin Eafon, Miles Simon and Donnell Harris.

"We had a few things planned out," Wildchairs coach Dave Herr-Cardillo said about the Harlem Globetrotter-type event. "But it never goes as planned because they get into our bag of tricks like the silly string."

The Wildchairs were led by Ray Lopez's game-high 12 points. Harris netted 11 for the Wildcats who were assisted by some gracious scoreboard operators.

UA traditionally gets two points for a free throw, three for a field goal and four points for a 3-point shot. Add those padded points to Joe McLean's undercover work, and the Wildcats made a game of it.

With the Wildcats trailing 14-8 early in the first half, McLean € as he did all year € lept over the scorers' table to persuade the scoreboard operators to give UA 25 points. They obliged and the Wildcats went into halftime with a 41-36 lead.

Between periods, Corey Williams out-dunked Wilbur the Wildcat and KVOA channel 4 sports anchor Danny Harden to win $200 and a trip for two to Las Vegas.

Williams got to the finals by choosing to dunk on a lowered rim while McLean attempted dunks on the regulation rim.

"It's a conspiracy," McLean said about Williams' win.

To make the game a little closer Herr-Cardillo called one too many timeouts and McLean hit the subsequent techincal foul shot to tie the score at 62 in the final minute.

Then, in an attempt to rinkindle some past magic, Simon, who was introduced to the crowd as "the best 75-foot jump shooter in America" launched a shot similar to his game winner against Cinncinati on Feb. 11. He almost made this one too but the ball caromed off the rim.

The Wildchairs took the ball and Lopez nailed a three to seal the victory.