By Jeremy Kahn

AP Photo: Arizona’s Dusan Ristic (left) and Cal’s Ivan Rabb (right) battle for rebound in Saturday’s night’s game

BERKELEY-Coming off their hard fought 75-70 victory over the Arizona State Sun Devils, the California Golden Bears looked for the sweep of the Arizona schools.

Jordan Matthews scored 28 points, while Jaylen Brown added 15 points and the Golden Bears defeated the number 12th ranked Arizona Wildcats 74-73 before a sellout crowd of 11,877 at Haas Pavilion.

Brown gave the Golden Bears their final lead of the game with 18 seconds remaining in the game, as he hit one of two free throws; however Gabe York missed the potential game-winning jumper and Matthews secured the defensive rebound and the student section stormed the floor after the upset victory.

This was the first win by the Golden Bears over the Wildcats since February 1, 2014, when the Golden Bears defeated the then number one ranked Wildcats 60-58 at Haas Pavilion.

Despite falling behind by six points on multiple occasions in the first half, the Golden Bears fought back to get within two points at the half, as Jordan Mathews hit his second three-pointer of the game.

Unfortunately, both Kingsley Okoroh and Kameron Rooks each picked up three fouls in the first half.

Senior guard Tyrone Wallace missed his second straight game, as he out with a broken bone in his right hand.

With the win, the Golden Bears up their record at Haas Pavilion up to 13-0, their best start since the 2011-2012 season when their won their first 14 games on their way to a 17-1 record on Pete Newell Court at Haas Pavilion.

Okoroh was forced to the bench just 13 seconds into the second half, as he picked his fourth foul and was replaced by Rooks.

Jabari Bird gave the Golden Bears a 38-37 lead in the early moments of the second half, as he hit a three-pointer.

Brown extended the Golden Bears lead up to 40-37, as he hit two of three free throws after being fouled on a three-point attempt Kadeem Allen.

Bird hit another three, as the Golden Bears extended their lead up to six points, forcing Miller to call his second timeout after a 8-0 run by the Golden Bears that sent the Haas Pavilion crowd into a frenzy.

The Golden Bears increased their lead to nine points, as Matthews hit back-to-back three pointers to extend the Golden Bears to 51-42, but the Wildcats would not go away.

Before you knew it, the Wildcats went on a 7-0 run to cut the Golden Bears lead down to 51-49, but the Golden Bears were not fazed.

The Golden Bears then went on a 9-2 run to extend the back to nine, and the Golden Bears never gave into the bigger Wildcats.

After Matthews hit two free throws to extend the lead up to 64-59, the Wildcats went right down the floor and Mark Tollefsen cut the Golden Bears down to two, as the transfer from the University of San Francisco and Danville native hit a big three-pointer.

The Wildcats refused to go away, as the Wildcats tied it up late on two different occasions; however the Golden Bears refused to give in to the Wildcats.

York led the Wildcats with 15 points, while Kaleb Tarczewski scored 12 before fouling out when Brown went to the line and hit one of free throws.