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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.

Arizona needed a prayer, and guard Caleb Love answered. His buzzer beater to force overtime helped push Arizona past No. 3 Iowa State.

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,

The Wildcats star not only hit a pair of back-to-back 3-pointers in overtime that finally put No. 3 Iowa State away, but he drained a ridiculous desperation buzzer-beater from well beyond the half-court line to even force the extra period.

Arizona basketball star Caleb Love opened up on his miracle shot to force overtime in the win against No. 3 Iowa State.

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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.

Love’s greatest moment as a Tar Heel, though, came in the 2022 Final Four against arch-rival Duke. As UNC clung to a 75-74 lead in the final 30 seconds, Love drained a deep 3-pointer that proved to be the final dagger.