BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) Jordan Shepherd and Andre Kelly combined for 45 points, 33 in the second half and California opened Pac-12 play with a 73-61 win over Oregon State on Thursday night. Kelly had eight points in the first five minutes of the second half when he and Shepherd combined for a 12-1 Golden Bear run.
BERKELEY – California heads to Salt Lake City for an early-season Pac-12 clash with Utah at 2 p.m. PT on Sunday, Dec. 5 inside the Jon M. Huntsman Center. The game will be broadcast on the Pac-12 Networks.
The Golden Bears (4-4, 1-0 Pac-12) are fresh off of a Pac-12-opening win against Oregon State on Thursday in Berkeley. Cal led wire-to-wire and earned its first conference-opening victory since the 2017-18 season. Utah (5-2, 0-1) has lost two straight to nationally-ranked BYU and USC after opening the season with five consecutive wins.
BERKELEY – The California men's basketball program reached new academic heights as it posted a program-record Graduation Success Rate (GSR) of 100 percent in the latest data released by the NCAA on Thursday morning. The perfect GSR mark – paired with a multi-year Academic Progress Rate score of 1,000 from the most recent report – demonstrates a full-team effort that has led to an upward trajectory in recent years.
Oregon State could go from reaching the Elite Eight last season to having an eight-game losing streak if the Beavers lose to Cal and Arizona to start the Pac-12