On the losing end twice against UCLA after owning first-half leads, California nearly let it happen again. This time, the Golden Bears got an extra five minutes and finished off the Bruins.
Ayinde Ubaka scored eight of his career-high 29 points in overtime and California stunned fourth-ranked UCLA 76-69 in the Pac-10 tournament quarterfinals Thursday night.
“We fought too hard to give this one back,” Cal coach Ben Braun said. “We were frustrated that we had two games with pretty good leads and lost.”
UCLA’s second straight defeat dealt a serious blow to its hopes of being a No. 1 seed in next week’s NCAA tournament.
