A late furious comeback attempt led by JuCo transfer Don Coleman (who had 15 points on 7 of 9 shooting in the 2nd half) was not enough for the California Golden Bears (10-5), now 1-2 in Pac-12 play on the young conference season. U.C. Los Angeles, ranked 4th in the country, played a dominant 1st half to lead 44-24. The UCLA Bruins (15-1, 2-1 in Pac-12 play) lost that intensity late in the second half (essentially the 4th quarter of this game) to allow the Bears back in this game. Bears got as close as 5 points with 46 seconds left, but curiously did not foul right away to stop the clock.
Late 2nd half surge not enough as Cal falls 81-71 to 4th ranked UCLA
