Cal Claims three hundredth Win At Haas Pavilion In 87-60 Victory Over CSU Bakersfield

BERKELEY — Led by John Camden’s 22-point night time, California males’s basketball staff churned out its three hundredth win at Haas Pavilion with a well-balanced 87-60 victory over visiting CSU Bakersfield tonight (Nov. 3). The Golden Bears’ 87 factors had been essentially the most in a season opener since 2015 and featured 4 gamers in double figures on the night time. Cal opens the 2025-26 season with a 1-0 mark.

The Bears shot a steamy 54.2 p.c from the ground and served up 20 assists whereas holding CSUB to 35.8 p.c from the ground and forcing 17 turnovers out of the Roadrunners. Cal additionally outrebounded the guests 37-29, thanks partly to a nine-rebound night time from Lee Dort, who additionally added a career-high 15 factors together with 4 assists. After Camden’s game-high 22 factors, which included a trio of 3-pointers, Dai Dai Ames served up 18 factors. Justin Pippen, in the meantime, had a profession night time with 15 factors and 7 assists. The Roadrunners had two gamers end in double figures — Ronald Jessamy and Dailin Smith with 16 factors apiece.

The Bears opened up a 10-0 run sparked by graduate switch John Camden’s first factors at Cal on a 3-pointer. Justin Pippen and Dai Dai Ames additionally buried their first buckets as Bears alongside the best way, whereas Lee Dort added three factors in that early Cal surge. The Roadrunners broke by way of with a toss from the stripe however would not rating from the ground till the 14:45 mark to make it 12-4. Pippen would discover newcomer Milos Ilic down low for his first rating with Cal to get the Bears up 18-6 at 12:55. CSUB kicked into gear subsequent, nevertheless, mounting a 10-0 run of its personal to make it a two-point recreation with 9:25 on the clock. Camden responded with one other three and drained the and-one to get the Bears again in an offensive groove. An 8-0 Cal rally would come quickly after, capped by a steal and end from Pippen to get the Bears out forward 30-18 with 5:21 left within the first half. Joining the scoresheet for the Bears within the subsequent stretch had been newcomer Nolan Dorsey and senior Rytis Petraitis, with Ilic getting the final phrase of the half with a rating down low to make it a 37-26 Cal lead on the break.

The first Bears to get to double digits on the night time had been Camden and Dort, who each featured prominently in Cal’s opening three minutes of the second half. Camden crossed the road with a 3-pointer whereas Dort adopted up a booming dunk with a profitable journey to the stripe to internet a 48-28 Cal benefit. CSUB noticed solely free throws fall till getting a bucket to go at 14:40. That received the Runners going because the guests carved down the deficit to 54-41 at 12:51. Pippen and Dai Dai Ames stole the present quickly after, nevertheless, combining forces for an 11-0 Cal surge that ballooned the Bear benefit to 70-46 with 8:20 to play. Bell struck from past the arc for his first Bear 3-pointer throughout the ultimate three minutes of play, and Mantas Kocanas grew to become the seventh Cal newcomer to attain on the night time together with his bucket with 1:05 to go, serving to to prime off the highly effective 87-60 ultimate victory for the Bears.

NEXT: Cal stays dwelling for one more nonconference bout this week, internet hosting Wright State in a 7 p.m. tipoff on Thursday (Nov. 6) at Haas Pavilion.

NOTABLE:

– Tonight’s win marked the 300ths recorded by the Bears in Haas Pavilion.

– Seven Cal newcomers scored their first factors as Bears tonight: Dai Dai Ames (18 factors), Chris Bell (5), John Camden (22), Nolan Dorsey (2), Milos Ilic (4), Mantas Kocanas (2) and Justin Pippen (15).

– With 15 factors tonight, SO Justin Pippen set his new profession excessive.

– With 15 factors tonight, SR Lee Dort set his new profession excessive.

– Cal’s 27-point margin of victory was its largest since an 87-56 win over Cal State Northridge on Dec. 19, 2020 at Haas Pavilion.

– Cal’s 87 factors scored was essentially the most in a season opener since a 97-67 win over Rice on Nov. 13, 2015.

– Cal HS Mark Madsen now has 98 profession wins — two away from his a centesimal as a head coach.