Cal (5-1) vs. Alcorn State (2-4)

Saturday, Dec. 3 | 1 PM PT | Haas Pavilion | Berkeley, Calif.

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BERKELEY -- With a perfect record at home for the month of November in the books, California men's basketball wraps up a four-game Haas Pavilion homestand against Alcorn State on Saturday at 1 p.m. The Golden Bears look to keep their 24-game home-winning streak intact, a streak that ranks sixth-best in the nation.

The Bears clawed their way to a third-straight win in the second overtime game at Haas Pavilion this season, battling Louisiana Tech to a 68-59 victory. AP Preseason All-American Ivan Rabb collected a career-high 25 points and pulled down a season-best 13 boards in his fourth consecutive double-double performance of the season. Charlie Moore added 19 points.

Cal is 21-2 in non-conference home games under head coach Cuonzo Martin and 62-5 on Pete Newell Court vs. non-Pac-12 opponents since the start of the 2009-10 campaign.

HOW TO FOLLOW THE ACTION: Tickets for the game can be purchased  in advance via CalBears.com or by calling (800) 462-3277. The game will be televised live on Pac-12 Network and online via Pac-12.com/live and the Pac-12 Now app, with Guy Haberman and Don MacLean on the call. The California Golden Bears Sports Network (KGO 810 AM) has the radio call from Todd McKim and Jay John. Follow the Bears on social media for a behind-the-scenes look at all the action at Facebook.com/CalMensBball and on Twitter and Instagram @CalMensBball.

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SCOUTING THE BRAVES

Last Meeting: The Bears won, 91-57, on Nov. 14, 2014 in Cuonzo Martin's first game as Cal's head coach
Series Record: Cal leads, 2-0
Alcorn State's  2016-17 Record: 2-4
Alcorn State's Last Game: Fell at San Francisco, 78-65
• Alcorn State currently carries a two-game losing streak and will take on Cal in the third of a six-game road stretch
• Three players are averaging double-digit point totals: Marquis Vance (13.5 points per game), Reginal Johnson (12.5 ppg) and Denzel Dulin (11.2 ppg)
• Vance (6.8 rebounds per game) and Johnson (6.7 rpg) lead their team in boards
• Johnson led Alcorn State's effort against USF, scoring 15 points and posting 9 rebounds
• The Braves are averaging 67.0 ppg

A LOOK AT THE ALL-TIME SERIES:
1980-81: W, 77-73 (N)
2014-15: W, 91-57 (H)

LAST TIME OUT

Cal clawed its way to a 68-59 overtime win against Louisiana Tech in Berkeley
• The Bears outscored the Bulldogs 11-2 in overtime to seal the win.
• Ivan Rabb logged his fourth double-double with a career-high 25 points and season-high 13 rebounds.
• Kingsley Okoroh pulled down a career-best 12 rebounds and also saw personal bests in assists (4) and blocks (5), while coming one point shy of his career-high point total.
• Charlie Moore scored in double figures for the fifth consecutive game.

WORKING OVERTIME

With the season just underway, California has already played two overtime games in Haas Pavilion for the first time since 2013-14. The Bears are 2-0 in overtime games at Haas this season, defeating UC Irvine 75-65 and Louisiana Tech 68-59. Cal is outscoring opponents 24-5 in overtime this season.

The Bears are 3-2 in extra time under head coach Cuonzo Martin. In 2015-16, Cal went 1-2, including a 1-1 record in OT on the road added to an overtime loss against Utah in the Pac-12 Tournament in Las Vegas.

BEARS BUILD ON DEFENSIVE PROWESS

With defense as a staple of head coach Cuonzo Martin's program, California is once again emerging as a force on the floor. where the Bears rank among the nation's elite in four different categories. Cal is 8th in defensive rebounds per game (31.83), and the Bears own an +11.5 rebound margin over their opponents, good for ninth in the nation. Cal's field goal defense is also ninth in the nation as the Bears are limiting opponents to scoring just 35.5 percent of their shots. The Bears are averaging 44.33 total rebounds per game, putting them at 10th in the nation. 

SEEING DOUBLE-DOUBLE

AP Preseason All-American Ivan Rabb currently carries a career-long four-game double-double streak, which is tied for 11th in the country, after pouring in a career-high 25 points on top of a season-best 13 rebounds against Louisiana Tech. Rabb is averaging 18.3 points and 11.0 rebounds in four appearances.

Rabb made his return to the Cal lineup for the first time this season against San Diego State, where he came off the bench and logged a team-high 30 minutes of action. Though Rabb had just three points in the first half on a 3-5 performance at the charity stripe, he finished the game only two points shy of his career-high total with 19 points. 

Dating back to 2015-16, Rabb has a double-double in eight of his last 10 games. 

KING'S COURT

Kingsley Okoroh is enjoying a productive stretch that has seen the junior center set career-highs in each of the last four games. The Derby, England product started the string off by setting a personal-best rebound total of 9 against San Diego State, and followed the performance with a career-high 5 blocks against Wyoming on Friday. He capped off the week by matching both his career-best point (10) and rebound (9) totals and setting a new personal-best mark for assists with 3 against Southeastern Louisiana. Against Louisiana Tech, Okoroh set new career-high board (12) and assist (4) totals on top of matching his career-high blocks (5).

Okoroh checks in at 17th in the nation in blocks per game (3.0) and 24th for total blocks (18).

CHARLIE BUCKETS

Charlie Moore scored 38 points to break Shareef Abdur-Rahim's 20-year-old freshman scoring record en route to Cal's 75-65 overtime victory against UC Irvine. The Cal rookie went 10-20 from the field and an impressive 15-17 at the charity stripe to top Abdur-Rahim's Cal record of 33 points as a freshman, set against Northern Arizona on Nov. 25, 1995. Moore's points were the most by a Cal player since Jerome Randle had 39 at Washington State on Jan. 14, 2010, and the fourth-highest total among all freshmen in Pac-12 history. His 38 points were the fifth-most in NCAA Division I action, and the most by any Pac-12 player through two weeks of the season.

Moore was named Pac-12 Player of the Week in week No. 2 for his effort against UC Irvine, becoming the first freshman to win the award since Arizona's Allonzo Trier on Dec. 14, 2015. Moore is Cal's first frosh to earn conference Player of the Week honors since Leon Powe on Jan. 26, 2004.

Since his season debut, which saw Moore grab six points and one assist, the Chicago, Ill. product has scored in double figures in five consecutive games and ranks third in the country among freshmen for points per game with 20.0 ppg.

WELCOME TO MY HAAS

With Cal's most recent home win, the Bears have extended their homecourt winning streak to 24 games when including a victory from the final contest of the 2014-15 campaign. The run is the second-longest in school history and tied for the sixth-longest current streak in the country.

Cal's Longest Homecourt Win Streaks
1. 26 -- Dec. 27, 1958 to Dec. 16, 1960
2. 24 -- March 1, 2015-current
3. 17 -- Feb. 20, 2011 to Jan. 29, 2012 and Feb. 2, 2002 to Feb. 15, 2003

Nation's Longest Active Homecourt Win Streaks
1. 45 -- Kansas
2. 42 -- Kentucky
3. 31 -- South Dakota State
4. 30 -- Stephen F. Austin
5. 29 -- Oregon
T6. 24 -- Virginia
T6. 24 -- Cal
T8. 21 -- Akron
T8. 21 -- Indiana

NEXT UP

California heads to Hawaii for a pair of games at the Pearl Harbor Invitational, where the Bears will play at the storied Bloch Arena on Dec. 6 and Dec. 7 to commemorate "a date which will live in infamy." The Bears open the invitational against Princeton on Tuesday and take on Seton Hall on Wednesday. Both games will be televised live on Fox Sports 1.