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GAME 17: WASHINGTON CALIFORNIA men's basketball Assistant Director of Athletic Communications (Men’s Basketball contact): Mara Rudolph Cell: (510) 384-6574• Email: [email protected] • Twitter: @MaraRudolph7 Website: CalBears.com • Facebook: Facebook.com/CalMensBball • Twitter: @CalMensBball • Instagram: @CalMensBball SCHEDULE CALIFORNIA Washington WASHINGTON OVERALL: 11-5• PAC-12: 2-2 GOLDEN BEARS (11-5, 2-2 Pac-12) HUSKIES (8-7, 1-2 Pac-12) HOME: 9-2 • AWAY: 1-1 • NEUTRAL: 1-2 Date .............Thursday, Jan. 12 Time ...........................6 p.m. PT DATE OPPONENT TIME Venue ..................Haas Pavilion NOV. 3 CAL BAPTIST (EXH) W, 81-73 Location ............Berkeley, Calif. NOV. 11 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE W, 82-53 TV ........................................FS1 NOV. 16 UC IRVINE W, 75-65 (OT) (XX Nov. 21 vs. San Diego St.% L, 77-65 Radio ..California Golden Bears NOV. 25 WYOMING W, 71-61 Sports Network - KSFO 640 AM NOV. 27 SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA W, 67-55 (Todd McKim, Jay John) NOV. 30 LOUISIANA TECH W, 68-59 (OT) Live Stats ............ CalBears.com DEC. 3 ALCORN STATE W, 83-59 Dec. 6 vs. Princeton^ W, 62-51 Dec. 7 vs. Seton Hall^ L, 60-57 DEC. 10 UC DAVIS W, 86-61 With a .500 record in Pac-12 play and road upset of No. 25 USC, California men’s basketball returns DEC. 17 CAL POLY W, 81-55 home to the friendly confines of Haas Pavilion looking to continue its momentum swing against DEC. 21 #12 VIRGINIA L, 56-52 Washington. The Golden Bears host the Huskies on Thursday at 6 p.m. live on FS1 and on the radio DEC. 30 #18 ARIZONA* L, 67-62 on KSFO 560 AM. JAN. 1 ARIZONA ST.* W, 81-65 Jan. 5 at #4 UCLA* L, 81-71 The Bears are one of three teams with a 2-2 record early in league play after a key win in Trojan Jan. 8 at #25 USC* W, 74-73 Territory in a back-and-forth bout with No. 25 USC on Sunday night, while Washington sits at 1-2 after JAN. 12 WASHINGTON* (FS1) 6 P.M. dropping its first two Pac-12 games to Washington State and Oregon before defeating Oregon State. JAN. 14 WASHINGTON ST.* (P12N) 1 P.M. Jan. 19 at Oregon* (ESPN/2) 6 p.m. Sophomore forward Ivan Rabb, an AP Preseason All-American appearing on multiple major award Jan. 21 at Oregon St.* (P12N) 7:30 p.m. watch lists, has been stellar in his second swing in the Pac-12. The Oakland, Calif. product is JAN. 29 STANFORD* (ESPNU) 5:30 P.M. averaging 17.5 points and 14.8 rebounds in four games of conference action, and also leads the FEB. 2 UTAH* (P12N) 6 P.M. Bears in steals (5) in that timespan. Fellow sophomore Don Coleman is coming off a strong weeked in FEB. 5 COLORADO* (ESPNU) 1:30 P.M. SoCal, which saw him average 13.5 points, including a career-high 15 points and five rebounds at No. Feb. 8 at Arizona St.* (ESPNU) 8 p.m. Feb. 11 at Arizona* (ESPN/2) TBD 4 UCLA. Feb. 17 at Stanford* (FS1) 7 p.m. FEB. 22 OREGON* (ESPN2) 6 P.M. HOW TO FOLLOW THE ACTION: Thursday’s contest airs live on Fox Sports 1, with Aaron Goldsmith, Casey FEB. 24 OREGON ST.* (FS1) 7 P.M. Jacobsen and Kristen Balboni on the call. The California Golden Bears Sports Network has the radio Mar. 2 at Utah* (ESPNU) 8 p.m. call from Todd McKim and Jay John on KSFO 560 AM. Follow the Bears on social media for a behind- Mar. 4 at Colorado* (P12N) 11 a.m. the-scenes look at Facebook.com/CalMensBball and on Twitter and Instagram @CalMensBball. Mar. 8-11 at Pac-12 Tournament TBD % at Golden1 Center (Sacramento, Calif.) ^ Pearl Harbor Invitational (Honolulu, Hawaii) FAST FACTS * Pac-12 Conference game Home games in BOLD Aside from Cal’s one-point win over No. 25 USC on Sunday evening, all of the Golden Bears’ All times listed PT and subject to change 9 wins have been decided by nine or more points. THE BEAR FACTS Don Coleman averaged 13.5 points in Cal’s two league games in Los Angeles. The COACHING STAFF 13 5 sophomore transfer scored a career-best 15 points, all in the second half, at No. 4 Head Coach ....... Cuonzo Martin (3rd season) . UCLA. Purdue, 2000 Record at Cal: 52-31 Career Record:176-113 (7 seasons) With 41 blocks this season, Kingsley Okoroh is one blocked shot away from moving into Assoc. Head Coach... Tracy Webster (3rd season) 41 10th among Cal’s single-season blocks leaders. He is also currently seventh in career Assistant Coach .....Wyking Jones (2nd season) blocks with 102. Assistant Coach .......Tim O’Toole (1st season) Ivan Rabb currently ranks eighth in the country in defensive rebounds per game with a TEAM INFORMATION 2015-16 Overall Record ...........................23-11 8th 8.36 average. He is 11th in overall rebounds per game, averaging 10.8. 2015-16 Pac-12 Record (finish) .....12-6 (T3rd) Starters Returning/Lost ..............................2/3 Letterwinners Returning/Lost .....................7/3 Cal leads the Pac-12 in field goal percentage defense (38.7) and total rebounds per game Facility ..................Walter A. Haas, Jr. Pavilion 1 (40.94). The Bears also rank in the Top 20 in the country among those categories. Capacity .............................................. 11,858 2016-17 CALIFORNIA MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME 17: WASHINGTON QUICK FACTS BEAR NECESSITIES: CAL'S TOP STORYLINES GENERAL INFORMATION SCOUTING THE HUSKIES Location: Berkeley, CA Last Meeting: The Bears won their fifth straight against the Huskies in a 78-75 triumph in Seattle on Feb. Founded: 1868 18. 2016 Enrollment: 38,204 Series Record: California leads, 83-78 Colors: Blue (282) & Gold (116) Washington’s 2016-17 Record: 8-7, 1-2 Pac-12 Washington’s Last Game: Earned the program’s first Pac-12 win of the season vs. Oregon State, 87-61 Nickname: Golden Bears • The Huskies rank eighth in NCAA action in three-point FG percentage at 41.4 percent Mascot: Oski • Freshman Markelle Fultz is responsible for 45.3 percent of UW’s points this season, averaging 22.1 points per outing, which ranks 11th in the country and first among freshmen UNIVERSITY PERSONNEL •David Crisp (14.1 ppg) and Noah Dickerson (11.6 ppg) are also averaging in double figures for UW. Chancellor: Nicholas Dirks • Dickerson is tallying 8.4 rebounds per game. • Malik Dime, who started 12 games for the Huskies this season, including the last five, is out for four-five Director of Athletics: H. Michael Williams weeks with a broken finger. Senior Women’s Administrator: Jenny Si- mon-O’Neill CAL RECORDS AGAINST WASHINGTON Conference: Pacific-12 Points: 33, Ryan Anderson, Feb. 2, 2008 33, Jerome Randle, Feb. 11, 2010 Rebounds: 21, Ansley Truitt, Feb. 13, 1971 COACHING STAFF FG: 14, Michael Pitts, Feb. 24, 1983 Head Coach: Cuonzo Martin (3rd season) 14, Gene Ransom, Jan. 12, 1978 Purdue, 2000 3P: 6, Amit Tamir, Jan. 2, 2004 Assoc. Head Coach: Tracy Webster (3rd season) FT: 14, Patrick Christopher, Jan. 16, 2010 Wisconsin, 1995 Assistant Coach: Wyking Jones (2nd season) SERIES NOTES Record at Cal: 42-26 Loyola Marymount, 1995 Last 10 meetings: 6-4 Assistant Coach: Tim O’Toole (1st season) Most points, Cal: 96, 1982-83 Fairfield, 1987 Most points, UW: 109, 2010-11 Largest margin, Cal: 40, 1959-60 TEAM INFORMATION Largest margin, UW: 33, 2004-05 Longest Cal win streak: 8, 1956-57 to 1959-60 Starters Returning/Lost: 2/3 Longest UW win streak: 8, 1950-51 to 1952-53 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 7/3 Current Streak: 5, Cal Facility: Walter A. Haas, Jr. Pavilion (11,858) NCAA Tournament Appearances: 19 LAST TIME OUT 1946, 57, 58, 59, 60, 90, 93, 94, 96, 97, 2001, Cal upset No. 25 USC, 74-73, for its first true road win over a ranked opponent since 2013 • Ivan Rabb made the game-winning free throw, going 2-2 at the stripe with 5.2 seconds remaining, 02, 03, 06, 09, 10, 12, 13, 16 before reigstering the game-winning block over Jordan McLaughlin in the final second of the game. Best NCAA Tournament Showing: Champions (‘59) • Rabb led the Bears with 17 points and eight rebounds, plus a career-high three steals. Best NIT Tournament Showing: Champions (‘99) • Charlie Moore (16 points), Jabari Bird (12) and Don Coleman (12) also scored in double figures. • Grant Mullins matched a season-high five assists. 2015-16 IN REVIEW • Kingsley Okoroh tallied three blocks to become Cal’s seventh player to log 100+ blocks in his career, 2015-16 Overall Record: 23-11 finishing the night with 102 all-time blocks. Home: 18-0 | Away: 4-7 |Neutral: 1-4 RABB NAMED PLAYER OF THE WEEK 2015-16 Pac-12 Record: 12-6/T-3rd After powering Cal to an upset of No. 25 USC, Ivan Rabb earned the first Pac-12 Player of the Week 2015-16 Pac-12 Tournament Finish: T3rd, Lost in honors of his career this week. With Cal down 73-72 in the waning seconds of the USC game, Rabb hit the semifinals to Utah, 82-78 (OT) both of his free throws to give the Bears a 74-73 edge. The Trojans began mounting their comeback with 5.2 seconds on the clock and as Jordan McLaughlin went up for the final shot with one second remaining, Postseason: NCAA First Round Rabb blocked the shot. It was one of two blocks he logged after picking up four fouls, earning his fourth foul at 9:44 of the second half.