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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25 • 7 P.M. PT • HAAS PAVILION • BERKELEY, CALIF. BROADCAST: PAC-12 NETWORK • RADIO: KGO 810 AM • LIVE STATS: CALBEARS.COM CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS 8-17 3-15 MARK FOX -- OVERALL PAC-12 HEAD COACH RANK (AP) SCHEDULE HOME: 6-6 • AWAY: 1-11 • NEUTRAL: 1-0 • PAC-12: 3-15 OREGON STATE BEAVERS DATE OPPONENT (TV) TIME (PT)/RESULT 11-11 7-9 WAYNE TINKLE -- 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 FRONT PAGE NEWS Dec. 9 at Pepperdine L, 62-74 DEC. 13 SAN FRANCISCO W, 72-70 THE OPENING TIP A WIN WOULD... DEC. 19 CSUN W, 87-56 » Cal returns to Berkeley to host Oregon State at » Be Cal’s second consecutive win at home. Dec. 22 at Boston College CANCELED 7 p.m. Thursday at Haas Pavilion. » Be Cal’s third home win over a Pac-12 opponent. DEC. 22 SEATTLE U W, 70-65 » The Pac-12 Network will carry the game with Ted » Improve Cal’s home record to 7-6. Dec. 31 at #21 Oregon * L, 69-82 Robinson (PxP) and Ben Braun (Analyst) on the call. » Snap a three-game losing streak to Oregon State. Jan. 2 at Oregon State * L, 64-73 » Rich Cellini (PxP) & Todd McKim (analyst) will call JAN. 7 WASHINGTON STATE * L, 60-71 the game for the California Golden Bears Sports THE SERIES JAN. 9 WASHINGTON * W, 84-78 Network on KGO 810 AM and via TuneIn. » Series: Cal leads, 89-65 Jan. 14 at Colorado * L, 60-89 » Record at Cal: 40-25 Jan. 16 at Utah * W, 72-63 TOP STORYLINES » Last Meeting: 64-73 loss at OSU, 1/2/21 JAN. 21 #24 UCLA * L, 57-61 » Cal and Oregon State are set to clash for the third » Last 10 Meetings: 6-4 JAN. 23 USC * L, 68-76 time this season on Thursday. The Beavers won » Most Points, Cal: 101, 1970-71 Jan. 28 at Arizona State * L, 68-72 each of the first two meetings on Nov. 25 - a non » Most Points, OSU: 100, 1970-71 Jan. 30 at Arizona * L, 50-71 FEB. 4 STANFORD * L, 55-70 conference contest - and on Jan. 2. » Largest Margin, Cal: 30, 1993-94 Feb. 7 at Stanford * L, 70-76 » The Bears have won nine consecutive home games » Largest Margin, OSU: 36, 1987-88 FEB. 11 UTAH * L, 75-76 against Oregon State dating back to 2010. » Longest Cal win streak: 14, 1998-99 to 2004-05 FEB. 13 COLORADO * W, 71-62 » Cal earned an impressive 71-62 win over Colorado » Longest OSU win streak: 10, 1977-78 to 1981-82 Feb. 18 at Washington State * L, 51-82 the last time the Bears were at home on Feb. 13. » Current streak: 3, OSU Feb. 20 at Washington * L, 51-62 Matt Bradley scored a career-high 29 points in the win. FEB. 25 OREGON STATE * (Pac-12 Network) 7 P.M. » Despite an uncharacteristic shooting night Individual records vs. Oregon State: FEB. 27 OREGON * (FS1) 7 P.M. (3-for-16) at Washington on Feb. 20, Matt Bradley » Points: 35, Joe Shipp, Jan. 11, 2003 Mar. 10-13 Pac-12 Tournament + TBD has impressed of late. In the 7 games prior to UW, » Rebounds: 25, Bob Presley, Feb. 24, 1968 Bradley shot 50.5 percent from the field » FG: 13, Leonard Taylor, Jan. 26, 1989 ^ - Neutral contest at Oregon State (Corvallis, Ore.) (47-for-93) and averaging 21.5 PPG. » 3P: 7, Amit Tamir, Feb. 6, 2003 * - Pac-12 Conference contest » Andre Kelly posted his second double-double of the » FT: 18, Gene Ransom, Feb. 16, 1978 + - Neutral contest at T-Mobile Arena (Las Vegas, Nev.) season in Cal’s last game at Washington, going for BOLD - Home contest at Haas Pavilion | All times listed PT & subject to change 12 points and 12 rebounds. Kelly leads Cal with Last 10 meetings: 6.6 RPG and is second with 10.2 PPG. 03/10/16 W 76-68 Las Vegas » Kelly continues to rank among Pac-12 leaders in 01/21/17 W 69-58 Corvallis LAST GAME’S STARTERS overall FG% (57.0) & conference-only FG% (59.8). 02/24/17 W 76-46 Berkeley » Freshman Jalen Celestine has started each of the 03/08/17 W 67-62 Las Vegas MAKALE FOREMAN past 4 games. He made a big impact in Cal’s win 02/03/18 W 74-70 Berkeley 8.2 PPG - 1.4 RPG - 1.7 APG over Colorado on Feb. 13, scoring a career-high 02/09/19 L 71-79 Corvallis 13 points on a trio of 3-pointers and 4 free throws 02/01/20 W 69-67 Berkeley over 33 minutes played. 03/07/20 L 56-74 Corvallis MATT BRADLEY » Joel Brown (leg) did not play for the first time this 11/25/20 L 63-71 Corvallis 18.6 PPG - 4.6 RPG - 1.5 APG season at Washington on Feb. 20. 01/02/21 L 64-73 Corvallis JALEN CELESTINE BY THE NUMBERS 2.7 PPG - 1.4 RPG - 0.7 APG KUANY KUANY 3 2 10 Cal has out-rebounded its opponents Andre Kelly recorded his second Matt Bradley is tied for the most 2.0 PPG - 1.3 RPG - 0.4 APG in three of the last four games, most double-double of the season with 20-point games among Pac-12 recently including a 40-38 advantage a 12-point, 12-rebound effort at players this season with 10, despite at Washington (2/20). Andre Kelly is Washington (2/20). He has 16 points missing 7 games (injury). He scored a LARS THIEMANN averaging 8.3 boards in that stretch & 13 boards at ASU (1/28) as well. career-high 29 points and led Cal to a 3.0 PPG - 3.0 RPG - 0.3 APG and hauled in 12 against Washington. Kelly has four career double-doubles. win vs. Colorado on Feb. 13. 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 OREGON STATE Location Berkeley, CA 8-17 (3-15 Pac-12) RECORD 11-11 (7-9 Pac-12) Founded 1868 65.7 SCORING AVERAGE 70.3 Enrollment 42,510 Colors Blue (282) & Gold (116) 42.8 (572-1338) FIELD GOALS 42.0 (532-1266) Nickname Golden Bears 32.9 (179-544) THREE-POINTERS 34.7 (155-447) Mascot Oski 68.4 (320-468) FREE THROWS 75.9 (328-432) Conference Pac-12 32.0 REBOUNDING AVERAGE 35.0 Facility Walter A. Haas, Jr. Pavilion (11,858) 12.1 ASSISTS AVERAGE 15.3 UNIVERSITY PERSONNEL 12.8 TURNOVER AVERAGE 11.4 Chancellor Carol Christ 4.6 STEAL AVERAGE 6.1 Director of Athletics Jim Knowlton 2.2 BLOCK AVERAGE 3.7 Senior Women’s Administrator Jenny Simon-O’Neill Sport Administrator Brian Mann COACHING STAFF WHAT TO KNOW Head Coach Mark Fox ABOUT THE BEAVERS BEARS RETURNING FOR 2021-22 SEASON (Eastern New Mexico ‘91, Kansas ‘96) » The Beavers have lost four of five games entering » Grant Anticevich and Makale Foreman announced Record at Cal: 22-35 (2nd season) Thursday’s contest, most recently including a 61-57 loss Wednesday that they will return to Cal for the 2021-22 Career Record: 308-211 (16th season) to Colorado at home on Feb. 20. season. Both will return as fifth-year seniors. Assistant Coach Andrew Francis (2nd season) » Oregon State leads the Pac-12 in 3-point field goal » Grad transfer Ryan Betley remains undecided on his return. Assistant Coach Chris Harriman (2nd season) percentage defense (.293). » Anticevich, Foreman and Betley - if he chooses to return - Assistant Coach Marty Wilson (3rd season) » OSU’s Ethan Thompson has averaged 15.5 points per are all enabled to do so by the NCAA DI Council’s vote game in the previous two meetings with Cal. last October to extend eligibility for winter-sport athletes. TEAM INFORMATION Starters Returning/Lost 3/2 BRADLEY LEADING THE WAY SENIOR PRESENCE Letterwinners Returning/Lost 10/7 » Matt Bradley continues to be a force, having scored 20- » Grant Anticevich has shown bursts of offensive firepower Newcomers 5 plus points in 5 of the past 8 games, including a career over the past month while continuing to build back to full 2019-20 Overall Record 14-18 high 29 against Colorado on Feb. 13. strength following an emergency appendectomy that forced Home: 12-5 » Despite a cold shooting night in Cal’s most recent game him to miss 4 games from Dec. 19-31. Road: 1-10 at UW (2/20), Bradley is putting up the numbers in an » He tallied 18 points on 7-of-12 shooting while hitting 4 Netural 1-3 efficient manner. He shot 50.5% from the field in the 7 3-pointers vs. Utah on Feb. 11. The 18 points were more 2019-20 Pac-12 Record (Finish) 7-11 (10th) games prior to the UW contest. than Anticevich scored in the previous four games combined. 2019-20 Pac-12 Tournament Finish W, 63-51, Stanford » The lefty has found his rhythm at the free throw line too, » In January, Anticevich shot lights out during a 3-game 2019-20 Postseason Canceled, COVID-19 having made 37-of-43 in the past 7 games.