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Michael Johnson's 3-pointer with 1.1 seconds left lifted the last-place Huskies to a 96-94 upset of the Bruins (No. 17 ESPN/USA Today, No. 13 AP; 21-8, 14-4 Pac-10), who had won 17 of 20 before dropping their regular-season finale.

"A lot of us were thinking about the tournament and not this game," said UCLA guard Billy Knight.

It was a happy ending to a disappointing season for Washington (10-20, 4-14), which snapped an eight-game losing streak.

"I knew I was going to knock it down if I got an open look," said Johnson, a senior playing his last game.

Greg Clark's 8-footer was blocked out of bounds by UCLA's Dan Gadzuric with 3.6 seconds left, giving the Huskies one last chance.

Johnson took an inbounds pass from Clark and immediately released his game-winner over the outstretched arms of Jason Kapono. Johnson finished with a career-high 29 points on 11-of-23 shooting.

Knight hit a 3-pointer from the baseline with 21.5 seconds left for a 94-93 lead. Bryan Brown's four-point play gave Washington a 93-91 advantage with 34.3 seconds to go. Brown, the son of long-distance specialist and all-time Seattle SuperSonics leading scorer Fred Brown, sank the shot from about 25 feet out.

"We practiced a lot of long 3-pointers growing up. I had a great role model," Brown said. "The four-point play, the three-point play by them, then the 3 for us, that was fascinating."

It was Washington's second win in its last 16 games against ranked opponents. UCLA committed 24 turnovers, eight more than its season average.

"It is very discouraging to lose in the last game of the season because you are hoping to get momentum going into the tournament," said Bruins coach Steve Lavin.

"If we want to make a run in the tournament, we can't have this kind of stuff going on," forward Matt Barnes said.

Barnes scored on a putback with 52.4 seconds left to give UCLA its first lead of the second half at 91-89. The Bruins, who trailed by as many as 11 points, were led by Kapono's 26 points on 8-of-16 shooting.

He also grabbed 10 rebounds. Barnes and Gadzuric also recorded double-doubles for UCLA. Barnes had 21 points and 11 rebounds, while Gadzuric added 11 points and 12 rebounds.

UCLA had 14 first-half turnovers and was held without a field goal for more than six minutes. Barnes broke the drought with a basket 4:31 before halftime.

Johnson took advantage of a UCLA turnover in the final seconds of the first half, scoring on a layup at the buzzer for a 47-40 halftime lead.

It was only the sixth time all season that the Huskies led at the half, and the first time in eight games.

Thalo Green scored 16 of his 21 points in the first half and grabbed a team-high nine rebounds for the Huskies, who were outrebounded 51-34.

The eight-game losing streak was Washington's longest slide since dropping nine in a row from Jan. 2-Feb. 3, 1994, coach Bob Bender's first season.

"I'd love to be playing in the tournament, sitting tomorrow watching the draw, but this was our chance to play a good basketball game," Bender said.

Washington has lost 20 games in consecutive seasons for the first time in the program's 99-year history, but athletic director Barbara Hedges has said Bender's job is not in jeopardy.

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