TUCSON, Ariz –  The Cal women's basketball team closed out the regular season in thrilling fashion, knocking off13^th-ranked Arizona 55-4 on Sunday at the McKale Center. Senior Jaelyn Brown scored Cal's final six points of the game, including the game-winning putback with 13.7 second left in regulation to give the Golden Bears (11-18, 3-15 Pac-12) their second Top-25 win of the season. Cal's win over the Wildcats (23-6, 12-6 Pac-12) marked the Bears' first road win over a ranked opponent since beating No. 8 Louisville on the road on November 15, 2015.

Brown scored seven of her 10 points in the fourth quarter, including six points over the final 1:11 of the game. Freshman guard Jazlen Green led the Bears with 17 points, 13 of which came in the first half as Cal led the Wildcats by as many as 14 points. Classmate Evelien Lutje Schipholt matched her career-high with 11 rebounds, as the Bears outrebounded the Wildcats, 42-34. Cal held a 14-6 advantage in offensive rebounds and received 28 points off the bench.

Three players scored in double-figures for the Wildcats, led by 17 points from redshirt junior Aari McDonald. The leading scorer in the conference this season at 20.5 points per game, McDonald score nine of her 11 points from the foul line, and put the Wildcats up 54-53 with 25 seconds left to play. Cal drew a foul on the ensuing possession and put senior center CJ West on the foul line with 16 seconds to go. West missed both attempts but Brown soared in for the offensive rebound, putting the Bears in front for good. 

Coming off a loss to No. 24 Arizona State on Friday night, Cal got off to a hot start on Sunday. Cal opened the game on a 4-0 run and held the Wildcats without a field goal for the first 7:51 of the game. The Bears kept Arizona to just 1-10 shooting from the floor in the opening quarter, and the Wildcats connected on just 1 of their first 15 field goal attempts on the day.

On the other end, Green paced the Bears' offense and connected on her first three attempts from the floor. Green knocked down back-to-back threes to give the Bears a 16-10 lead at the end of the first quarter. Cal carried its momentum matched its largest lead of the day at 28-14, after a pair of free throws by Green. However, the Wildcats responded with a 12-2 run to close the half, capped by a three-pointer just before the buzzer by Dominique McBryde. Cal's offense stalled in the closing stages of the first half, going 0-5 from the floor over the final five minutes of the half.

The Wildcats extended their run into the second half and took their first lead of the day after a lay-up by McDonald, and led by as many as five points late in the third. Cal retook the lead on its opening possession of the fourth quarter after an elbow jumper by freshman Cailyn Crocker. The fourth quarter saw seven ties and three lead changes, until Brown put the Bears up for good and McDonald's three-point attempt on the last possession missed the mark.

With the regular season complete, the Bears now turn their sights to Las Vegas and the 2020 Pac-12 Women's Basketball Tournament. Cal is the 12 seed and will take on five seed Arizona State (20-10, 10-8 Pac-12) at 11:30 a.m. PT on Thursday at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in the opening game of the tournament. Cal and Arizona State have played six times previously in the Pac-12 Tournament, with the Bears holding a 5-1 advantage in the postseason series. The winner of Thursday's matchup between the Golden Bears and Sun Devils will face four-seed Arizona on Friday at 11:30 a.m. PT for a spot in Saturday's semifinals.

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