CALIFORNIA 60, UTAH 46: Harper Kamp had 17 points, seven rebounds and five assists as the Golden Bears won their sixth straight game to move into first place in the Pac-12.

Jorge Gutierrez scored 12 points and David Kravish added 11 for California (23-6, 13-3), which took a half-game lead over idle Washington in the race for the conference title.

Chris Hines scored 15 points, Cedric Martin tallied 11 and Jason Washburn added 10 for Utah (5-22, 2-13), which has lost eight straight games.

Cal held a 46-30 after Kamp’s basket with 12:43 to go before Utah scored nine consecutive points to cut its deficit to seven on Washburn’s hoop with 9:36 to play. Jorge Gutierrez then scored three straight points to start a 7-0 run to get the Golden Bears’ lead back up to 53-39 with 5 1/2 minutes remaining.

Utah played the Golden Bears evenly over the first 8 1/2 minutes before Cal went on a 15-6 run and took a 27-18 lead on two free throws by Kamp with 4:04 remaining. Justin Cobbs hit a last-second 3-pointer to give the Golden Bears a 35-23 halftime advantage.

The Golden Bears visit Colorado on Sunday and finish the regular season at Stanford on March 4.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Gutierrez had five assists to raise his career total to 404 to become the sixth player in Golden Bears history with more than 400. … Utah has scored less than 50 points nine times this season. … California leading scorer Allen Crabbe had just three points and missed all six field-goal attempts. … The Utes committed 18 turnovers.