On Feb. 12, 2005 the Chico State men's basketball team turned in one of the most amazing performances in program history, coming from 14 points down in the final two minutes to force overtime before beating nationally-ranked Cal State San Bernardino at Coussoulis Arena.
 
Exactly 10 years to the night the Wildcats did it again.
 
After rallying from 14 down in the second half to force overtime, Mike Rosaroso railed a baseline 3-pointer in front of the Chico State bench with one-tenth of a second left to lift the Wildcats to a 73-72 win Thursday night in San Bernardino. Those were the only three points the senior point guard scored all night.
 

"I walked out of the locker room with (Rosaroso) and I told him 'That's a memory that will last a lifetime'," Chico State Head Coach Greg Clink told Mike Baca on the AM-1290 KPAY Postgame Show.
 
The former Chico State player and assistant coach went on to share a memory of his own about that game 10 years ago.
 
"I was an assistant coach at UC Davis at the time and always followed the Wildcats. I can remember going to the website and hearing that phenomenal comeback. I had no idea that was 10 years ago tonight. It makes it that much more special," Clink told Baca.
 
In the 2015 version of the "Comeback at Coussoulis" Chico State trailed by 45-31 with 15:02 to play. But they responded with a 21-6 run and took the lead on a Robert Duncan 3-pointer with 6:37 remaining.
 
That was the first of six times the lead would change hands in a four-minute stretch. Tanner Giddings' free throw tied the game at 62 with 1:57 remaining in regulation and turned out to be the final point before overtime.
 
Cal State San Bernardino misfired on three shots in the final minute and then Jordan Semple's shot at the buzzer rimmed off.
 
Chico State's overtime comeback rivaled its effort in regulation. The Wildcats trailed by four with one minute remaining before a Duncan jumper cut the lead in half with 45 ticks to play.
 
With just a 10-second differential between the shot and game clock, the Coyotes chose to milk it and settled for a long 3-pointer. Drew Kitchens was fouled attempting to grab the rebound. He went to the line to try to tie it, but missed the first of two free throws. So the lead was still one when Jacob Thomas went to the line with 10 seconds left, having made his first 12 charity shots of the night on his way to a game-high 29 points. He made the first but missed the second.
 
Semple snared the rebound and threw out outlet pass to Duncan, who sprinted up the floor before passing to Jalen McFerren. The fearless freshman drove from the wing and whipped a pass to Rosaroso in the corner.
 
"I don't know how he made that pass," Rosaroso said. "He threw it through two defenders and I heard behind me 'Shoot it! Shoot it! Gotta let it go!' I got knocked to the ground so I couldn't see if it went in. I only knew from the reaction on the bench that it was good. That was the biggest shot of my career."
 
Rosaroso had missed his only other three shots of the night, including a 3-point attempt just 49 seconds before.
 
It was that kind of night for the Wildcats, who won despite 15 missed free throws and a combined 2-for-17 shooting night from Rosaroso and Semple.
 

Chico State improved to 17-5 overall and 14-3 in the California Collegiate Athletic Association with its 10^th straight win. Three of those have come in overtime. The run started with a 75-73 overtime victory against the Coyotes in Chico on Jan. 10. Rosaroso's triple with 1:49 remaining in overtime gave the Wildcats the lead for good that night.
 
Since winning just six times in the first 30 matchups against Cal State San Bernardino, the Wildcats have now won nine of 10 against the Coyotes since the start of the 2011-12 season.
 
The 10-game winning streak is the program's longest since 2003 and tied for the third longest ever. Only the 1931-32 and 1932-33 teams that combined to win 13 in a row and the 1954-55 squad that won 11 straight boast longer streaks.
 
The Wildcats also stretched their lead in the race for the CCAA Championship to a game and a half over idle Cal Poly Pomona.
 
Two-time reining CCAA Player of the Week Robert Duncan dropped 22 points on 7-of-11 shooting to lead the Wildcats. He also had a career-high seven rebounds, to go along with four assists and two steals. Giddings finished with 15 points and six rebounds and Kitchens chipped in 13 points. Semple grabbed a game-high 12 rebounds and the Wildcats enjoyed a 41-35 edge on the glass. They finished with a 13-4 advantage in second-chance points and outscored the Coyotes in the paint 30-22.
 
The Coyotes had their four-game winning streak snapped and ended their home unbeaten streak at seven, falling to 10-10 overall and 10-7 CCAA.
 
The Wildcats get a chance to repay the last team that beat them with the play at Humboldt State Saturday night. Tipoff is scheduled for 7:30.