Love has had a solid college career. He was the second leading scorer on the UNC team that made a surprise run to the Final Four in 2022 and was the best player on an Arizona team that reached the Sweet 16 last year. He might never have had a more highlight-packed game than what he did on Monday night, though.
Arizona, a preseason Top 10 team, has been looking for a big win ever since a brutal stretch in late November, when the Wildcats lost four of five games, three of them to unranked teams. Since then, they’ve won 10 of their last 11.
Caleb Love trotted back, head down, shoulders slumped after the latest of his missed 3-pointers clanged back rim.
No. 3 Iowa State finished its weekend in the Grand Canyon State with a matchup against Arizona in an effort to leave with two key wins after defeating Arizona State on Saturday. Despite a back-and-forth battle,
Arizona players and coaches kept prodding Caleb Love to keep shooting, even on a night when he missed nine of his first 10 3-pointers. So he did, making some McKale
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Arizona needed a prayer, and guard Caleb Love answered. His buzzer beater to force overtime helped push Arizona past No. 3 Iowa State.
But up two, Joshua Jefferson went one of two from the free throw line to extend the lead to three. Caleb Love received the ensuing inbounds pass and magic happened. In the blink of an eye, the game was going into overtime.
In fairness to Fraschilla, the shot certainly looked "too far" and like something that would result in a win for Iowa State, which was up three points and seemingly on the verge of sweeping a two-game road trip through the Grand Canyon State.