It looked like the California Golden Bears were about to pull off a huge upset against the Arizona Wildcats as they led 75-70 with 42 seconds left off a layup by Harper Kamp. But a three by Kevin Parrom cut the lead to 75-73, and after Brandon Smith only made one of two free throws on a foul that disqualified big man Derrick Williams, Lamont Jones drove to the rim, got fouled by Markhuri Sanders-Frison (fouling him out) and got the and-one layup to tie the game and send it into overtime number one.
The first overtime was a back-and-forth affair, although Arizona took an 87-83 lead off a Jones layup and two Brendon Lavender free throws. But Allen Crabbe hit two free throws and nailed a driving leaner on a spin move to tie the game at 87 and send it to double overtime. Harper Kamp hit a huge shot to give Cal the lead late in the second OT and Richard Solomon scored on an offensive board putback to give them a three point lead, but Jones nailed a pull up jumper to tie the game and send it into triple overtime.
Arizona eventually prevailed after Jones made his layup, Smith missed his, and Kamp missed a jumper that would've tied the game in the final seconds. Jones scored 27 points and Parrom scored 25 points; Williams had a relatively quiet 12 points, although he did grab 18 rebounds. Kamp had a career high 33 points and 10 rebounds, Crabbe had 27 points and 7 boards, and Jorge Gutierrez had 25 points (although he did turn the ball over six times) before fouling on.
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