Cal Basketball: Cal Beats UNLV in Overtime
Cal overcame a nine-point deficit with 5:59 left in regulation time, and went on to beat UNLV 79-75 in overtime Tuesday night at Haas Pavilion,.
Matt Bradley led the Bears (2-0) with 23 points, and Kareem South added 14, including the three-pointer in overtime that put the Bears ahead to stay. UNLV falls to 1-2.
PRE-GAME: Cal, which beat Pepperdine in its opener, looks to improve to 2-0 in Tuesday’s home game against UNLV, which entered the game with a 1-1 record. The Rebels beat Purdue-Fort Wayne 86-71 and lost to Kansas State 60-56 in overtime. Tuesday’s contest is the Rebels’ first road game .
Cal was favored by 3 1/2 points over UNLV, which was picked to finish seventh in the Mountain West Conference in the preseason media poll.
Here is the rundown from the start.
Cal's starting lineup: Joel Brown, Matt Bradley, Lars Thiemann, Kareem South, Grant Anticevich. Freshman Kuany Kuany was not in uniform.
UNLV’s starting lineup: Amauri Hardy (21.0 points per game), Chiekh Mbacke Diong, Elijah Mitrou-Long, Jonah Antonio, Donnie Tillman.
Sparce crowd for the 8 p.m. start, maybe a couple thousand.
16:16 left in first half: Andre Kelly, Paris Austin enter game for Cal. UNLV 8, Cal 7
14:03 left in first half: UNLV 13, Cal 12. Matt Bradley had five points for Cal. UNLV is 6-for-8 from the field, Cal is 5-for-7.
13:15 left in first half: Cal 15, UNLV 14. Bradley with eight points. Juhwan Harris-Dyson enters the game for the first time this season for Cal.
10:17 left in first half: Cal 19, UNLV 17. Cal 8-for-13 from the field, 3-for-6 on three-pointers.
7:35 left in first half: UNLV 23, Cal 21. UNLV has not committed a turnover yet. Cal has three.
3:50 left in first half: Cal 32, UNLV 31. Bradley scored seven straight Cal points and has 15 for the game. UNLV is 4-for-8 from the foul line, and Cal has yet to attempt a free throw.
Halftime: UNLV 40, Cal 38. Donnie Tillman led UNLV with 13 points, and Matt Bradley had 15 for Cal. Cal shot 63 percent from the field in the first half and committed just five turnovers, yet still trailed. UNLV shot 59.3 percent from the floor as it had little trouble getting to the basket. The Rebels committed just one turnover in the first half, and that came with 40.3 seconds left. Cal did not shoot a single free throw in the first half, while UNLV was 4-for-8 from the line.
Paris Austin started the second half instead of Joel Brown.
15:36 left in second half: UNLV 50, Cal 47. Driving layup by Bradley cut a five-point UNLV lead to three. He has 17 points.
12:20 left in second half: UNLV 52, Cal 48. Cal attempted its first free throw of the game at the 12:20 mark.
11:33 left in second half: Cal 52, UNLV 52. A three-point shot by Joel Brown followed by one free throw by Kareem South tied the game.
9:37 left in second half: UNLV 58, Cal 54. Rebels scoredt six straight points to take the lead before Brown hit wo free throws.
8:00 left in second half: UNLV 61, Cal 54. The largest lead for either team.
4:33 left: UNLV 65, Cal 59. Bears cut a nine-point deficit to six.
3:12 left: UNLV 65, Cal 62. Three-point shot by Brown pulls Bears closer. UNLV was ahead by nine with 5:59 to go.
2:33 left: UNLV 67, Cal 63. Bradley has 18 points for Cal. UNLV has nine turnovers in the second half.
1:04 left: UNLV 67, Cal 65. Andre Kelly makes follow shot to pull the Bears within two.
:50.3 left: UNLV 67, Cal 65. UNLV miss and turnover give Cal the ball.
:33.6 left: UNLV 67, Cal 67. Bradley hits two free throws with 33.6 seconds left to tie it.
:3.6 left: UNLV 67, Cal 67. Shot clock violation on Rebels with 3.6 seconds left.
End of regulation: UNLV 67, Cal 67. Paris Austin runner in the lane at the buzzer misses. We go to overtime. Cal had an 11-2 closing run to force OT.
2:37 left in overtime: Cal 72, UNLV 67. A three-pointer by Kareem South and a jump hook by Andre Kelly put Cal ahead by five.
:21.0 left: Cal 76, UNLV 73. Rebels got within one and had possession, but could not hit a go-ahead shot. Bradley hits two free throws with 21 seconds remaining.
:15.4 left: Cal 76, UNLV 75: A bucket by Rebels Mitrou-Long reduces lead to a point.
:10.2 left in OT: Cal 77, UNLV 75. Bradley makes one free throw with 10.2 seconds left to make it a two-point game.
Elijah Mintrou-Long misses driving shot under pressure.
:1.8 left: Cal 79, UNLV 75. South makes two free throws.
Final: Cal 79, UNLV 75
