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THURSDAY, JANUARY 7 • 7 P.M. PT • HAAS PAVILION • BERKELEY, CALIF. BROADCAST: PAC-12 NETWORK • RADIO: KGO 810 AM • LIVE STATS: CALBEARS.COM CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS 5-6 0-4 MARK FOX -- OVERALL PAC-12 HEAD COACH RANK (AP) SCHEDULE HOME: 4-1 • AWAY: 0-5 • NEUTRAL: 1-0 • PAC-12: 0-4 WASHINGTON STATE COUGARS DATE OPPONENT (TV) TIME (PT)/RESULT 8-1 1-1 KYLE SMITH -- Nov. 25 Colorado State ^ CANCELED OVERALL PAC-12 HEAD COACH RANK (AP) Nov. 25 at Oregon State L, 63-71 Nov. 26 vs. Northwest ^ W, 86-61 NOV. 30 NICHOLLS STATE W, 60-49 DEC. 3 #25 ARIZONA STATE * L, 62-70 Dec. 6 at UCLA * L, 56-76 Dec. 9 at Pepperdine L, 62-74 FRONT PAGE NEWS DEC. 13 SAN FRANCISCO W, 72-70 DEC. 19 CSUN W, 87-56 THE OPENING TIP THE SERIES Dec. 22 at Boston College CANCELED » Cal hosts Washington State at 7 p.m. PT on » Series: Cal leads, 81-51 DEC. 22 SEATTLE U W, 70-65 Thursday, Jan. 7 in Berkeley. » Record at Cal: 46-18 Dec. 31 at #21 Oregon * L, 69-82 » Pac-12 Network will carry the game with Ted Robinson » Last Meeting: 66-57 win at WSU, 02/19/20 Jan. 2 at Oregon State * L, 64-73 (PxP) & Don MacLean (analyst) on the call. » Last 10 Meetings: 7-3 JAN. 7 WASHINGTON STATE * (Pac-12 Network) 7 P.M. » Rich Cellini (PxP) & Todd McKim (analyst) will call » Most Points, Cal: 102, 1970-71 JAN. 9 WASHINGTON * (Pac-12 Network) 12 P.M. the game for the California Golden Bears Sports » Most Points, WSU: 101, 1991-92 Jan. 13 at Colorado * (Pac-12 Network) 6 p.m. Network on KGO 810 AM and via TuneIn. » Largest Margin, Cal: 41, 1972-73 Jan. 16 at Utah * (ESPN/2/U) 7 p.m. » Largest Margin, WSU: 25, 2017-18 JAN. 21 UCLA * (ESPN/2/U) TBD TOP STORYLINES » Longest Cal win streak: 13, 1921-22 to 1959-60 JAN. 23 USC * (Pac-12 Network) TBD » Cal is 4-1 at home this season and 16-6 since » Longest WSU win streak: 5, 1990-91 to 1992-93 Jan. 28 at Arizona State * (FS1) TBD the start of the 2019-20 season. That includes a » Current streak: 3, Cal Jan. 30 at Arizona * (Pac-12 Network) TBD 6-4 mark against Pac-12 foes. FEB. 4 STANFORD * (ESPN/2/U) TBD » The Bears have won three straight meetings against Individual records vs. Washington State: FEB. 11 UTAH * (Pac-12 Network) TBD Washington State, but are seeking their first Pac-12 » Points: 48, Ed Gray, Feb. 22, 1997 FEB. 13 COLORADO * (ESPN/2/U) TBD win of the 2020-21 season. » Rebounds: 20, Bob Presley, Jan. 10, 1968 Feb. 18 at Washington State * (Pac-12 Network) TBD » Cal has been plagued with injuries to two of its top » FG: 14, Ed Gray, Feb. 22, 1997 Feb. 20 at Washington * (ESPN/2/U) TBD players over the past month. Matt Bradley » 3P: 7, Jason Kidd, March 12, 1994 FEB. 25 OREGON STATE * (Pac-12 Network) TBD FEB. 27 OREGON * (FS1) TBD missed two games on Dec. 19 and Dec. 22 7, Jerome Randle, Jan. 14, 2010 Mar. 6/7 at Stanford * (FS1) TBD before returning to the court at Oregon, only » FT: 16, Ed Gray, Feb. 22, 1997 Mar. 10-13 Pac-12 Tournament + TBD to suffer another injury on Jan. 2 at Oregon State. Grant Anticevich (appendectomy) has missed Last 10 meetings: ^ - Neutral contest at Oregon State (Corvallis, Ore.) the last four games. 1/29/15 W 76-67 Pullman * - Pac-12 Conference contest 3/11/15 W 84-59 Las Vegas + - Neutral contest at T-Mobile Arena (Las Vegas, Nev.) A WIN WOULD... 2/21/16 W 80-62 Pullman BOLD - Home contest at Haas Pavilion » Be Cal’s fourth straight against Washington State. 1/14/17 W 58-54 Berkeley All times listed PT & subject to change » Snap a two-game losing streak in conference play. 1/13/18 L 53-78 Pullman » Be Cal’s first Pac-12 win of the year. 2/22/18 L 76-78 Berkeley LAST GAME’S STARTERS » Improve Cal’s home record to 5-1 this season. 1/17/19 L 59-82 Pullman 3/2/19 W 76-69 Berkeley JOEL BROWN 1/9/20 W 73-66 Berkeley 5.4 PPG - 2.9 RPG - 3.7 APG 2/19/20 W 66-57 Pullman MATT BRADLEY 17.8 PPG - 4.7 RPG - 1.8 APG BY THE NUMBERS RYAN BETLEY 10.1 PPG - 4.1 RPG - 1.5 APG ANDRE KELLY 16-6 3 70+ Cal is 16-6 overall at Haas Pavilion The Bears have won three straight The Bears are 4-0 this season when 8.7 PPG - 6.3 RPG - 0.6 APG under head coach Mark Fox since games against the Cougars dating back scoring 70 or more points, most the start of the 2019-20 season. to March 2, 2019. Cal’s sweep of WSU in recently including a 70-65 victory over That includes a 6-4 record against 2019-20 marked the Bears’ first Pac-12 Seattle U on Dec. 22. Cal has also LARS THIEMANN Pac-12 foes. The Bears are 4-1 at series sweep since 2017. defeated Northwest, San Francisco 4.2 PPG - 3.6 RPG - 0.5 APG home so far this season. and CSUN in such instances. Assistant Director, Athletic Communications (Men’s Basketball contact): Gerrit Van Genderen Cell: (510) 697-7235 // Email: [email protected] // 355 Haas Pavilion, Berkeley, CA 94720 CAL MEN’S BASKETBALL 2020-21 GAME NOTES QUICK FACTS TALE OF THE TAPE THE BASICS CAL CATEGORY WASHINGTON STATE Location Berkeley, CA 5-6 (0-4 Pac-12) RECORD 8-1 (1-1 Pac-12) Founded 1868 68.3 SCORING AVERAGE 70.2 Enrollment 42,510 Colors Blue (282) & Gold (116) 45.9 (263-573) FIELD GOALS 40.2 (208-517) Nickname Golden Bears 33.3 (80-240) THREE-POINTERS 31.1 (64-206) Mascot Oski 66.2 (145-219) FREE THROWS 66.1 (152-230) Conference Pac-12 34.0 REBOUNDING AVERAGE 43.8 Facility Walter A. Haas, Jr. Pavilion (11,858) 12.9 ASSISTS AVERAGE 11.6 UNIVERSITY PERSONNEL 14.4 TURNOVER AVERAGE 14.4 Chancellor Carol Christ 5.5 STEAL AVERAGE 6.4 Director of Athletics Jim Knowlton 1.6 BLOCK AVERAGE 4.3 Senior Women’s Administrator Jenny Simon-O’Neill Sport Administrator Brian Mann COACHING STAFF WHAT TO KNOW Head Coach Mark Fox ABOUT THE COUGARS » Bradley increased his points per game by 6.7 points (Eastern New Mexico ‘91, Kansas ‘96) » Thursday marks WSU’s first road game of the season. Their (10.8 in 2018-19 to 17.5 in 2019-20). He’s third among Record at Cal: 19-24 (2nd season) first nine games have all been played in Pullman. major conference returning players in PPG from last year. Career Record: 305-200 (16th season) » The Cougars suffered their first loss of the year in double Assistant Coach Andrew Francis (2nd season) OT to Arizona on Jan. 2. HYDER IN THE MIX Assistant Coach Chris Harriman (2nd season) » WSU owns the nation’s top FG% defense (34.2) and is » After the NCAA granted a waiver to allow all DI Assistant Coach Marty Wilson (3rd season) sixth nationally in rebounds per game (43.78). student-athletes to compete immediately, sophomore » Efe Abogidi is the Pac-12 leader in rebounds per guard Jarred Hyder made his Cal debut on Dec. 19. TEAM INFORMATION game (9.0). He was named conference Freshman of the » Hyder tallied 6 points & 3 assists in 17 minutes played Starters Returning/Lost 3/2 Week on Dec. 28. in the debut and added 5 points & 3 assists vs. Seattle U. Letterwinners Returning/Lost 10/7 » Hyder had season-highs of 12 points and 4 rebounds at Newcomers 5 TEAM EFFORT Oregon State on Jan. 2. 2019-20 Overall Record 14-18 » Despite being without Matt Bradley (missed Dec. 19 » Hyder transferred from Fresno State, where he started Home: 12-5 game, Dec. 22 game & second half of Jan. 2 game) 24 of 26 games played and averaged 9.1 points, 2.6 Road: 1-10 and Grant Anticevich (missed last four games) due to rebounds and 3.1 assists in 31.9 minutes per game. Netural 1-3 injury, Cal has proved resilient. 2019-20 Pac-12 Record (Finish) 7-11 (10th) » Playing without Bradley and Anticevich, the 1K CLUB 2019-20 Pac-12 Tournament Finish W, 63-51, Stanford Bears defeated both CSUN (Dec. 19) and Seattle U (Dec. » Three Bears - Matt Bradley (Dec. 9), Ryan Betley 2019-20 Postseason Canceled, COVID-19 22) with total team efforts. (Dec. 13) and Makale Foreman (Dec. 19) - reached » Grad transfers Makale Foreman and Ryan Betley totaled 1,000 career points in consecutive games in December. PROGRAM HISTORY 42 points on 13-22 shooting while Joel Brown added 10 » Bradley, having played his entire career at Cal, is the 48th NCAA Championships 1 (1959) points (5-5 shooting), 8 assists, 6 rebounds and 2 steals player in program history to join the 1K Club and the first NCAA Runner-Up Finishes 1 (1960) in Cal’s 31-point win over CSUN. since Jabari Bird in 2016-17. NCAA Final Fours 3 (1946, 59, 60) » Cal’s 70-65 win vs. Seattle U (Dec. 22) took a bit » Betley scored the first 944 points of his career at Penn.