Cal-Hawaii Postgame Notes

MBB3/18/2016 5:21 PM | By: Cal Athletics

Cal-Hawaii Postgame Notes

  • With today's loss, Cal finishes the season 23-11. The Bears are now 20-19 all-time in NCAA Tournament games and 12-7 in first-round contests.
  • Junior guard Jabari Bird did not play after experiencing back spasms in pregame warmups. He received treatment in the locker room during the first half and watched the second half of the game from the Cal bench.
  • Cal started a lineup of G Sam Singer, G Jordan Mathews, C Kingsley Okoroh, F Ivan Rabb and F Jaylen Brown. Mathews started in place of Bird, his first start since Cal's game at Stanford on Jan. 14 and his 19th of the season. Singer was in place of the injured Tyrone Wallace (9th start).
  • Regular starters Wallace and Bird, who did not play vs. Hawaii, combined to average 25.7 ppg this year.
  • Sam Singer scored a season-high 12 points (5-9 FG, 2-3 FT), topping his previous mark of 10 vs. Richmond on Nov. 27. His career high is 15 vs. Eastern Washington on Dec. 19, 2014.
  • Ivan Rabb grabbed 12 rebounds to extend his own freshman record to 291 this season. The 291 boards are also ninth on Cal's season list (all players).
  • With his 13 points and 12 rebounds, Rabb had his team-leading 11th double-double of the year.
  • Jordan Mathews sank three 3-pointers, giving him multiple 3-pointers 27 times in 34 games this season. He raised his career total to 201, which ranks fourth in school history, and his season total to 89, which is No. 2 behind Jerome Randle's 92 from 2009-10.
  • Mathews tied the school NCAA Tournament record with the three 3-pointers.
  • Mathews finished with a game-high 23 points, his fourth 20-point game of the year and his highest since getting 28 in a win over Arizona on Jan. 23. He raised his career total to 1,202 points, which now ranks 26th in school history.
  • Cal had one block in the game and finished the year with 160, one block shy of the school record set during the 2012-13 season.
  • Kameron Rooks finished with 8 points, his highest total since scoring eight at Washington State and his second-highest total of the year (11 vs. Stanford).
  • With two starters out of action, both Roger Moute a Bidias (26 minutes) and Brandon Chauca (eight minutes) set their season best for minutes played. Stephen Domingo also played 14 minutes, his second-highest total since Jan. 1.
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