Cal (10-5, 2-2 Pac-12) vs. Washington (8-7, 1-2 Pac-12)

Thursday, Jan. 10 | 6 PM PT | Haas Pavilion | Berkeley, Calif.

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With a .500 record in Pac-12 play and road upset of No. 25 USC, California men's basketball returns home to the friendly confines of Haas Pavilion looking to continue its momentum swing against Washington. The Golden Bears host the Huskies on Thursday at 6 p.m. live on FS1 and on the radio on KSFO 560 AM.

The Bears are one of three teams with a 2-2 record early in league play after a key win in Trojan Territory in a back-and-forth bout with No. 25 USC on Sunday night, while Washington sits at 1-2 after dropping its first two Pac-12 games to Washington State and Oregon before defeating Oregon State.

Sophomore forward Ivan Rabb, an AP Preseason All-American appearing on multiple major award watch lists, has been stellar in his second swing in the Pac-12. The Oakland, Calif. product is averaging 17.5 points and 14.8 rebounds in four games of conference action, and also leads the Bears in steals (5) in that timespan. Fellow sophomore Don Coleman is coming off a strong weeked in SoCal, which saw him average 13.5 points, including a career-high 15 points and five rebounds at No. 4 UCLA. 

HOW TO FOLLOW THE ACTION: Thursday's contest airs live on Fox Sports 1, with Aaron Goldsmith, Casey Jacobsen and Kristen Balboni on the call. The California Golden Bears Sports Network has the radio call from Todd McKim and Jay John on KSFO 560 AM. Follow the Bears on social media for a behind-the-scenes look at Facebook.com/CalMensBball and on Twitter and Instagram @CalMensBball.

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SCOUTING THE HUSKIES

Last Meeting: The Bears won their fifth straight against the Huskies in a 78-75 triumph in Seattle on Feb. 18. 2016
Series Record: California leads, 83-78
Washington's 2016-17 Record: 8-7, 1-2 Pac-12
Washington's Last Game: Earned the program's first Pac-12 win of the season vs. Oregon State, 87-61
• The Huskies rank eighth in NCAA action in three-point FG percentage at 41.4 percent
• Freshman Markelle Fultz is responsible for 45.3 percent of UW's points this season, averaging 22.1 points per outing, which ranks 11th in the country and first among freshmen
•David Crisp (14.1 ppg) and Noah Dickerson (11.6 ppg) are also averaging in double figures for UW.
• Dickerson is tallying 8.4 rebounds per game.
• Malik Dime, who started 12 games for the Huskies this season, including the last five, is out for four-five weeks with a broken finger.

CAL RECORDS AGAINST WASHINGTON
Points: 33, Ryan Anderson, Feb. 2, 2008
33, Jerome Randle, Feb. 11, 2010
Rebounds: 21, Ansley Truitt, Feb. 13, 1971
FG: 14, Michael Pitts, Feb. 24, 1983
14, Gene Ransom, Jan. 12, 1978
3P: 6, Amit Tamir, Jan. 2, 2004
FT: 14, Patrick Christopher, Jan. 16, 2010

SERIES NOTES
Record at Cal: 42-26
Last 10 meetings: 6-4
Most points, Cal: 96, 1982-83
Most points, UW: 109, 2010-11
Largest margin, Cal: 40, 1959-60
Largest margin, UW: 33, 2004-05
Longest Cal win streak: 8, 1956-57 to 1959-60
Longest UW win streak: 8, 1950-51 to 1952-53
Current Streak: 5, Cal

LAST TIME OUT

Cal upset No. 25 USC, 74-73, for its first true road win over a ranked opponent since 2013
• Ivan Rabb made the game-winning free throw, going 2-2 at the stripe with 5.2 seconds remaining, before reigstering the game-winning block over Jordan McLaughlin in the final second of the game.
• Rabb led the Bears with 17 points and eight rebounds, plus a career-high three steals.
• Charlie Moore (16 points), Jabari Bird (12) and Don Coleman (12) also scored in double figures.
• Grant Mullins matched a season-high five assists.
• Kingsley Okoroh tallied three blocks to become Cal's seventh player to log 100+ blocks in his career, finishing the night with 102 all-time blocks.

RABB NAMED PLAYER OF THE WEEK

After powering Cal to an upset of No. 25 USC, Ivan Rabb earned the first Pac-12 Player of the Week honors of his career this week. With Cal down 73-72 in the waning seconds of the USC game, Rabb hit both of his free throws to give the Bears a 74-73 edge. The Trojans began mounting their comeback with 5.2 seconds on the clock and as Jordan McLaughlin went up for the final shot with one second remaining, Rabb blocked the shot. It was one of two blocks he logged after picking up four fouls, earning his fourth foul at 9:44 of the second half. Earlier in the week, Rabb logged a career-high 20 rebounds at No. 4 UCLA to make him the first Golden Bear with 20+ rebounds since Leon Powe's 20 vs. USC on March 9, 2006.

Rabb led his teammates by averaging a double-double with 17.0 points per game and 14.0 rebounds per game in the second week of Pac-12 play.

BIRD SOARS TOWARD 1,000

Senior guard Jabari Bird is looking to be the first Bear this season to join Cal's 1,000-point club. Bird, who currently owns 981 career points, would be the 47th Golden Bear to score 1,000 points in his Cal career. The Bears lost two 1,000-point club members last season with the departures of Tyrone Wallace (1,613) and Jordan Mathews (1,202).

PARTY LIKE A BLOCK STAR

Kingsley Okoroh is climbing up the Cal career record charts for his prowess in protecting the rim. Okoroh has moved into sole possession of No. 7 all-time with 102 career blocks. With 41 blocks this season, Okoroh has already surpassed his previous single-season high of 33 blocks across 34 games in 2015-16.

Cal Career Blocked Shots Leaders
1. David Kravish (2012-15) -- 226
2. Michael Stewart (1994-97) -- 207
3. DeVon Hardin (2005-08) -- 132
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6. Tom Schneiderjohn (1976-79) -- 105 
7. Kingsley Okoroh (2014-present) -- 102
8. Brian Hendrick (1990-93) -- 98

Cal Single-Season Blocked Shots Leaders
1. David Kravish (2014)    73
2. David Kravish (2013)    63
3. Michael Stewart (1994)      59
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8. DeVon Hardin (2006)     48
9. Michael Stewart (1996)     43
T10. Ivan Rabb (2016)     42
T10. Francisco Elson (1999)     42
12. Kingsley Okoroh     41

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. The Bears lead the nation in defensive rebound percentage (81.8 percent), holding opponents to just an 18.2 percent offensive rebound percentage.

Cal is also:
• 10th in defensive rebounds per game (29.56)
• 15th for rebound margin (8.3)
• 16th for total rebounds per game (40.94) 
• 17th for field goal percentage defense (38.7 percent)
• 20th for scoring defense (62.4 ppg)

GLASS ACT

Ivan Rabb, who broke the Cal freshman rebounding record last season, has continued his stellar play on the glass as a sophomore. Rabb is averaging 10.8 rebounds per game and has been on a hot streak as of late with a 14.8 rebound average in Pac-12 play. He leads the conference in rebounds per game, and also ranks second in defensive rebounds per game (8.36) behind Washington State's Josh Hawkinson (8.73).

RABBID PLAY

AP Preseason All-American Ivan Rabb is living up to his billing this season, averaging 15.4 points and 10.8 rebounds.  He ranks in the top 30 in the country in defensive rebounds per game (8th, 8.36), rebounds per game (11th, 10.8) and double-doubles (26th, 7).

Rabb started Pac-12 play with a string of three double-doubles -- all three coming with 15 or more rebounds -- including a career-best 20 boards at No. 4 UCLA. He became the first Golden Bear with 20+ boards since Leon Powe in March 2006.

In back-to-back games, Rabb scored a then-career-best 25 points in Cal's OT win over Louisiana Tech, then followed it up with a 26-point game against Alcorn State. He scored the 26 points on a 10-12 outing from the floor and 6-7 clip at the charity stripe in just 29 minutes. Rabb upped his career-high rebound total to 16 against 18th-ranked Arizona, and owns a team-best five double-doubles this season.

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. After returning from injury, Rabb posted a career-long four-game double-double streak. 

THE KING'S COURT 

Okoroh's paint presence ranks among the best in the country, where he is top 20 in two categories. Okoroh is averaging 2.56 blocked shots per game, a total that ranks 19th the nation and 3rd in the Pac-12, and his 41 total blocks this season are 19th in NCAA action.

In a four-game stretch from Nov. 21 to Nov. 30, the Derby, England native set career-highs in each game. He 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. 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 boards (12) and assist (4) totals on top of matching his career-high blocks (5).

DEFENDING THE HOME COURT

Cal's defense has been particularly stingy inside Haas Pavilion this year, with the Bears surrendering just 59.6 ppg and holding opponents to 37.5 percent shooting from the floor. Cal owns a +7.5 rebounding margin and is averaging 5.0 blocks per game on Pete Newell Court. The Bears are averaging 73.5 points at home, including five 80-point games. Individually, three Cal players are contributing 15+ point scoring averages at home: Ivan Rabb (16.6), Charlie Moore (15.5) and Jabari Bird (15.2).

NEXT UP

Cal rounds out its weekend with a Saturday matinee against the Washington State Cougars beginning at 1 p.m. and airing live on Pac-12 Network.