CARDINAL DEFEAT BRUINS AT BUZZER

It was a wild swing of emotions, one clutch play followed by another.

Tyger Campbell looked like the hero in one instant, making an old-fashioned three-point play to put No. 24 UCLA ahead of Stanford by a point in overtime.

Jalen Hill made it seem as if it would hold up, blocking a shot to preserve the Bruins’ advantage with eight-tenths of a second left.

Then came the inbounds pass that could haunt UCLA for eternity.

Michael O’connell threw it. Oscar da Silva caught it on a backdoor play, slicing through the paint for a layup that gave the Cardinal a 7372 victory over the Bruins on Saturday at Kaiser Permanente Arena in Santa Cruz.

While Da Silva’s teammates swarmed him in celebration under the basket, the Bruins waited for confirmation that the basket counted.

It was good, and UCLA’S lengthy winning streak was over.

The Bruins (12-3, 8-1 Pac-12) persevered through a game in which they played poorly for long stretches, but ended up watching their seven-game winning streak and unbeaten start to conference play end in inglorious fashion.

“We got what we deserved,” UCLA coach Mick Cronin said.

Not even an insanely hot stretch from sophomore guard Johnny Juzang in which he propped up his team with 21 consecutive points on the way to a career-high 27 could sustain their winning streak.

Campbell looked like he was going to make UCLA a winner when he made a floater in the lane and got fouled with 5.5 seconds left in overtime, sinking the free throw to give the Bruins a 7271 lead. Hill then stepped over to block Jaiden Delaire’s shot out of bounds with eight-tenths of a second left.

As a warning shout of “Lob!” could be heard from the Bruins’ bench, it was a line-drive pass to Da Silva that was UCLA’S undoing. Da Silva finished with 26 points on a day the severely short-handed Cardinal (9-5, 5-3) needed every point.

Stanford was missing three of its top five scorers. Point guard Bryce Wills was out with a leg injury and guard Daejon Davis and forward Ziaire Williams were out for unspecified reasons.

USC 76, California 68: Freshman Evan Mobley scored 17 of his season-high 25 points in the second half, Tahj Eaddy added 18 points and visiting USC (12-3, 6-2) beat California (7-10, 2-8). Mobley made 12 of 15 from the free-throw line and also had eight rebounds, two steals and two blocks.

Colorado 70, Washington State 59: Evan Battey had 16 points on 6-of-11 shooting, Mckinley Wright IV added all 12 of his points in the second half, and visiting Colorado (12-4, 6-3) rallied from an 18-point, firsthalf deficit to beat Washington State (9-6, 2-6).

Oregon State 75, No. 21 Oregon 64: Ethan Thompson scored 19 points, going 12 of 14 from the line, as the visiting Beavers (8-5, 4-3) topped the Ducks (9-3, 4-2).

West Coast Conference

No. 1 Gonzaga 95, Pacific 49: Drew Timme scored 22 points and freshman Jalen Suggs came close to a tripledouble as Gonzaga crushed Pacific for its 19th consecutive win dating to last season. Gonzaga (15-0, 6-0) won its 47th consecutive home game. Daniss Jenkins scored 17 points for Pacific (5-3, 2-2).

Saint Mary’s 67, San Francisco 63: Logan Johnson had 20 points as Saint Mary’s (11-5, 2-3) narrowly defeated the host Dons (10-8).

Santa Clara 72, Loyola Marymount 69: Josip Vrankic had 24 points and 12 rebounds as Santa Clara (9-4, 3-2) edged past the host Lions (7-6, 2-3).

BYU 65, Pepperdine 54: Brandon Averette scored 15 points and added six rebounds and five assists as host BYU (13-3, 4-1) pulled away late from Pepperdine (6-7, 2-2).

Mountain West

San Jose State 83, New Mexico 71: At St. George, Utah, Sebastian Mendoza, Jalen Dalcourt, Ralph Agee and Trey Smith scored 16 points apiece and San Jose State (3-11, 1-9) defeated New Mexico (5-9, 1-9).