No. 2 UCLA Defeats No. 7 Stanford in OT

Kevin Love helped the Bruins come back from a 12-point deficit to win in overtime. (AP Images)

After the first half, you could basically hand the win to the No. 7 Stanford Cardinal. But the No. 2 UCLA Bruins regrouped and forced the game into overtime, and eventually pulled out a gutsy 77-67 victory.

The Cardinal outscored the Bruins 30-18 in the first half, but UCLA came back with a 45-33 second half to force the game into OT. They crushed the Cardinal 14-4 in OT to seal the victory.

Guard Darren Collison led the Bruins with 24 points (which included two game-tying free throws), while center Kevin Love had 17 points and 10 rebounds.

The Bruins clinched their third Pac-10 title with the win.

Despite such a horrible first half, the Bruins were able to cover the 8.5-point spread in the end.