BERKELEY - Though she'd already logged 49 minutes and 54 seconds of a physically and emotionally draining double-overtime thrill ride against UCLA, Cal women's basketball player Asha Thomas knew just how to react when she saw teammate MaAne Mosley track down the game's final rebound.
No matter how tired the Bears were, Thomas' emotional fist pump came not only as muscle memory, it also told the emotional story of one of the best games Cal fans have seen in a long, long time.
Playing a non-conference game against a quality Pac-12 foe, No. 21/20-ranked Cal came through when it mattered most, outlasting the No.