Crabbe, the leading scorer in the Pac-12 Conference, got into a heated exchange with Cal Coach Mike Montgomery early in the second half but regained his composure and rallied the Golden Bears (16-9, 8-5 in Pac-12 play) to their third consecutive victory. Crabbe scored 10 points over the final 41/2 minutes and helped Cal close the game with a 25-7 run.
"An emotional game was going on at the time and I guess he was just trying to motivate me," said Crabbe, who also had 10 rebounds and six steals. "But everything's fine. It's under the bridge. He's my coach, no hard feelings. We're just going to keep moving on."
J.T. Terrell scored 17 points and Byron Wesley scored 16 for the Trojans (12-14, 7-6). USC made only two baskets over the final six minutes.
The win helped the Bears inch ahead of the Trojans into a fourth-place tie with Arizona State in the conference.
It didn't come easily or without drama.
Montgomery appeared to yell at Crabbe during a timeout with 16 minutes 31 seconds to play then shoved his star player in the chest with both hands. Crabbe had to be restrained and pushed off the court into a tunnel by Cobbs. Crabbe didn't re-emerge until after the game had resumed. He took a spot on the end of Cal's bench before Montgomery put him back in.
"Worked, didn't it?" Montgomery said of the exchange with Crabbe. "Allen had come down twice went to the wrong side of the court and his guy shot two threes. I was trying to get him going. Probably overdid it a little bit but Allen's my guy. We can't win if he is not ready to play."
Cobbs scored on a three-point play and Richard Solomon made a jump shot and a dunk to make it 47-39. Cobbs then scored Cal's next six points and Crabbe made a jump shot, cutting the Trojans lead to 54-47.
"Crabbe and Cobbs got going, they got some good looks and they knocked them down," USC Coach Bob Cantu said. "I think [Crabbe] is the best player in the league. He's a tremendous talent and can always get going."
USC, which nearly blew a 14-point lead in Thursday's win over Stanford, extended its lead to 61-51 after Wesley's fourth three-point basket of the game. The sophomore guard had made only nine shots from beyond the arc this season before making four of six against Cal.
It wasn't enough.
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