By JANIE McCAULEY
AP Sports Writer

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) -- Arizona and California have gone to the
wire so many times of late, it's no wonder things turned testy.



Kyle Fogg hit a go-ahead 3-pointer under pressure with 1:19 to
play and finished with 23 points, Jesse Perry added a key basket
with 45.2 seconds left and Arizona knocked Cal out of the Pac-12
lead with a wild 78-74 victory Thursday night.



Harper Kamp scored a season-high 22 points for the Golden Bears
(17-6, 7-3), who were handed their first home loss of the season
at raucous Haas Pavilion a few days short of a year after the
teams went to triple overtime in Arizona's 107-105 win.



The emotional win was big for the Wildcats, who had lost three
of five.



"That is what you want your team to do when you are dealt a lot
of blows," coach Sean Miller said. "I thought our energy was
what it needed to be to have a chance to win, and fortunately,
the ball bounced the right way for us, which that might have
been the first time in quite a while."



Cal's Jorge Gutierrez, who scored 18 points, had to be held back
from the Arizona bench with 4:46 remaining after landing hard
trying to chase down a loose ball. Gutierrez could be seen
yelling at Wildcats assistant coach Joe Pasternack - a former
Cal assistant - and was pushed away as Arizona players stepped
in to defend their side. Both head coaches came to midcourt to
speak with Gutierrez.



"In his opinion one of the coaches on the other team did
something he shouldn't," Cal's Mike Montgomery said.



Kamp didn't see the play, but said Gutierrez thought he had been
targeted.



"He felt like Coach P said something and maybe extended his leg
and tried to kick him," Kamp said.



Several police officers ran onto the court after the final
buzzer as a precaution with the crowd of 9,690 especially feisty
and frustrated with the officiating crew, which made a quick
exit.



Arizona might have lost backup point guard Jordin Mayes for the
season after re-injuring his left foot that he broke previously.
An X-ray was scheduled for Friday, Miller said.



Washington is now alone atop the conference standings after
rallying for a 71-69 home win against UCLA earlier Thursday.



"I look at Cal as the best team in our conference only because
they have earned the right to be called that," Miller said.



Nick Johnson added 11 points for Arizona (15-8, 6-4) in the lone
meeting of the season between the rivals under the new Pac-12
schedule. The Wildcats, who led by as many as 14 in the second
half, shot 54.9 percent to help overcome being outrebounded
37-27.



Arizona sure has a knack for pulling out the close ones against
Cal.



"Coach really stuck with us and had faith in us," Fogg said. "He
let us know we could beat these guys."



Cal leading scorer Allen Crabbe, who was wearing a walking boot
on his right foot Tuesday and sat out that day's practice, hit a
3-pointer with 7:50 left to get the Bears back within 66-60.
Gutierrez followed with four straight points to make it a
two-point game before Fogg hit the first of two important 3s in
crunch time.



Perry, Arizona's leading scorer with 16.2 points per game, wound
up with 18 in a physical, foul-filled game as the teams opened
the second half of the Pac-12 schedule.



There were 41 personal fouls called.



"I think the physical play threw us off our game," Montgomery
said. "We fought back but we shouldn't have been that far
behind. We outrebounded them. We just couldn't make plays down
the stretch. We had it. We need to get better shots and keep our
poise and we didn't do that."



The Wildcats ended the first half by making 14 of 16 shots, and
they scored on 14 consecutive possessions during one stretch.



"I know teams give up runs, but that was unacceptable," Kamp
said.



Cal used a 16-3 run to take a 22-9 lead midway through the first
half, a span in which Arizona's Perry missed four straight free
throws. But the Wildcats then used a 13-2 burst to stay close,
getting dunks from Solomon Hill and Brendon Lavender and five
straight points by Fogg.



After several close calls in the final minutes of the first
half, the officiating crew was booed for more than a minute once
the halftime buzzer sounded. Montgomery stayed on the court to
argue after his players had headed for the locker room.



Arizona earned a pair of two-point victories against the Bears
last season, including the triple-overtime triumph last Feb. 5
that was still plenty fresh - among the Wildcats' most memorable
games in recent memory and the Bears' toughest defeats.



Arizona is 7-4 on the tough Bay Area road trip over the last six
seasons, with a game at Stanford on Saturday.



The Wildcats have won 22 of the last 27 matchups in the series
with Cal overall.