CHARLOTTESVILLE — London Perrantes made a 3-pointer with 12 seconds remaining in overtime Tuesday night and No. 5 Virginia survived a poor shooting night to beat Cal, 63-62, for its ninth consecutive victory.
Anthony Gill led Virginia with 17 points, freshman Jarred Reuter scored 11 and Perrantes and Malcolm Brogdon each scored 10, but the Cavaliers made just 38.9 percent of their shots and did not lead until 1:04 was left in regulation.
Jaylen Brown scored 18 points and Jordan Mathews had 16 for the Golden Bears (9-3), whose five-game winning streak was snapped. Cal led by as many as 11 points twice in the second half, but scored just two points in the last 7:33.
In overtime, Brown and Wallace each scored three points, and a putback by Ivan Rabb gave Cal a 60-54 lead with 2:25 remaining. 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 Golden Bears, Perrantes caught a pass in front of the Cavaliers’ bench and made his second 3-pointer to complete the comeback.
The Golden Bears led, 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. The Bears pushed the lead back to seven points on three occasions, the last to 50-43, and 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.
Brown, however, hit a pair of free throws with 41.5 seconds left, and neither team scored again in regulation.
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