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		Radenovic sinks Cardinal By Jeremy Kahn March 3, 2007
	Arizona's Ivan Radenovic, right, of Serbia, hugs Stanford's Brook Lopez after Arizona's 85-80 overtime win in a basketball game Saturday, March 3, 2007, at Stanford, Calif. (AP Photo/Dino Vournas)
	Senior Ivan Radenovic came up huge in his final regular season game for the Arizona Wildcats against the Stanford Cardinal. Radenovic scored six of his career-high 37 points in the final two minutes of overtime, as the Wildcats defeated the Cardinal 85-80 t Maples Pavilion. With the win, the Wildcats made it to 20 wins for the 20th consecutive season in Lute Olson’s 24 seasons as head coach of the Wildcats. The Wildcats had to stave a miraculous comeback by the Cardinal, that saw them trailing at one point in the game by 20 points, including a 19-point deficit at halftime. Kenny Brown came up huge for the Cardinal in place of starting point guard Mitch Johnson, who was on of six players that was suffering from the effects of food poisoning. Brown scored a career high 22 points including 17 after halftime, including the three-pointer that ultimately sent the game into overtime with 6.1 seconds remaining in regulation. Brook Lopez scored 21 points for the Cardinal and Lawrence Hill added 20, as they will be the six seed and face the USC Trojans in the first round of the Pacific Life Pac-10 tournament that begins on Thursday at Staples Center in Los Angeles. After coming out of the locker room after halftime, the Cardinal went on a 15-4 run to cut the lead down to single digits. The Wildcats exploded out of the gates, and quickly went on an 15-0 run to take a commanding 18-3 lead before the Maples faithful could get settled into their seats. Nothing went right for the Cardinal in the first half, as they missed 16 of their first 20 shots. Things got so out of control that Trent Johnson was hit with a technical foul with 9:15 remaining in the first half. The Cardinal never led in the game, and did not tie up the game until the waning moments until Brown hit three-pointer that sent the game into overtime. Asides from Johnson to get food poisoning were starting guard Fred Washington, injured guard Anthony Goods and three reserve players.