Arizona Wildcats guard Caleb Love (1) is surrounded by teammates and Rem Bakamus, assistant coach, left, after hitting a last second shot to take the game into overtime during a game against Iowa State at McKale Center in Tucson, Ariz. on January 27, 2025. Arizona won in overtime 86-75.

Arizona guard Caleb Love went from goat to hero in 2 seconds late Monday night vs No. 3 Iowa State, hitting perhaps the shot of the year.

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 sank a 55-foot shot at the buzzer in regulation to force overtime and then made two more 3-pointers in the extra session to lead Arizona to a 86-75 victory over No. 3 Iowa State on Monday in Tucson,

Arizona basketball shocked the Iowa State Cyclones and tied a school record after a huge overtime on Monday night.

The Arizona Wildcats upset No. 3 Iowa State 86-75 at the McKale Memorial Center in Tucson, Ariz., on Monday night thanks in part to the best buzzer beater

Caleb Love hit a tying heave from beyond halfcourt at the end of regulation and made two more 3-pointers in overtime, finishing with 22 points and lifting Arizona to an 86-75 win over No. 3 Iowa State on Monday night.

Caleb Love hit a game-tying heave from beyond half court at the end of regulation and made two more 3-pointers in overtime, finishing with 22 points and lifting Arizona to an 86-75 win over No. 3 Iowa State on Monday night.

Caleb Love made a half-court buzzer-beater to force overtime. He made two more threes in OT to help Arizona upset No. 3 Iowa State 86-75.

ASU responded by ripping off 15 straight victories after head coach Ned Wulk took over the Sun Devils in 1957. Wulk, the winningest head coach in ASU men's basketball history, was eventually inducted into the Sun Devil Hall of Fame in 1982 and was instrumental in this golden period of ASU basketball.

Share Tweet Longtime Tucson sports scribe Anthony Gimino, recently with AllSportsTucson.com and PHNX Sports following a career with the Arizona Daily Star and Tucson Citizen, discussed his opinion of the most memorable long-range plays involving Arizona athletics following Caleb Love’s backcourt shot against Iowa State on Monday night at McKale.