Bears Fall Just Short at No. 5 Virginia
Associated Press

Bears Fall Just Short at No. 5 Virginia

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) - London Perrantes made a 3-pointer with 10 seconds remaining in overtime Tuesday night and No. 5 Virginia survived California 63-62, spoiling the Golden Bears' upset bid.

Anthony Gill led Virginia (10-1) with 17 points, freshman Jarred Reuter had 11 and Perrantes and Malcolm Brogdon each had 10. Cal held the Cavaliers to 21 of 54 shots (38.9 percent) after UVa entered the game shooting 51.5 percent for the season.

Jaylen Brown scored 18 and Jordan Mathews 16 for the Bears (9-3), whose five-game winning streak was snapped. Cal led by as many as 11 twice in the second-half, but scored just two points in the last 7 1/2 minutes.

In overtime, three points each from Brown and Wallace and a putback by Ivan Rabb gave Cal a 60-54 lead with 2:25 remaining, but Isaiah Wilkins' putback turned into a 3-point play for Virginia, and Brogdon followed two free throws by Brown with his third 3-pointer of the game to make it 62-60.

After a miss by the Bears, Perrantes caught a pass in front of the Cavaliers' bench and swished home his second 3-pointer to complete the comeback.

The Bears led by as many as 11 twice in the second half, the last time at 46-35 with 13 minutes to go, but a basket by Gill, a dunk by Reuter and Perrantes' drive pulled the Cavaliers within 46-41, bringing the crowd out of its malaise and into the game. The Bears pushed the lead back to seven three times, the last to 50-43, and with the crowd sensing a comeback, or trying to make it so, Virginia finally was able to pull even.

Perrantes scored on a drive, Brogdon followed a Cal miss with a 3-pointer for only his second field goal of the night, and Gill followed another miss by the Bears with a basket that pulled Virginia even for the first time.

Neither team scored for more than three minutes, and when Isaiah Wilkins finally stole the ball and fed Darius Thompson for a dunk, the Cavaliers had a 52-50 lead and John Paul Jones Arena seemed to be vibrating.

Brown, however, hit a pair of free throws with 41.5 seconds left, and neither team scored again in regulation.

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