Cal (16-6, 7-3 Pac-12) vs. Colorado (13-10, 3-7 Pac-12)

Sunday, Feb. 5 | 1:30 PM PT | Haas Pavilion | Berkeley, Calif.

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California and Colorado will put their three-game win streaks on the line when the Golden Bears battle the Buffaloes Sunday. The action gets underway at 1:30 p.m. PT in Haas Pavilion, live on ESPNU and over the airwaves on KGO 810 AM.

Sunday's contest is the second in a Haas hoops doubleheader, which starts with Cal women's basketball hosting USC at 10:30 a.m. on Pete Newell Court.

The Buffs were winless through seven games of league play before an 85-78 victory over Oregon State sparked their current three-game win streak, which also includes a 74-65 upset of No. 10 Oregon and an 81-74 triumph at Stanford on Thursday. Meanwhile, the Bears have won three-straight dating back to a 69-58 road victory that also started with the Beavers.

Jabari Bird lifted Cal to a double-overtime win over Utah with an emphatic alley oop from Charlie Moore in the final seconds of the game. Bird is averaging 14.3 points in Pac-12 play, which includes eight double-figure outings and a pair of 20-point games, while Moore's averaging 7.5 assists in the last two games. Ivan Rabb has continued his stellar sophomore campaign by scoring in double figures in all but one conference game while leading the Pac-12 in rebounding with 12.6 rebounds through 10 games. Rabb has pulled down 14 or more rebounds in five of 10 league games.

HOW TO FOLLOW THE ACTION: ESPNU will carry Sunday's game with play-by-play and color commentary from Corey Williams and Roxy Bernstein. The California Golden Bears Sports Network has the radio call from Todd McKim and Jay John on KGO 810 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 BUFFS

Last Meeting: Colorado had the advantage, 70-62, in Boulder on Jan. 31, 2016
Series Record: Cal leads, 14-12
Colorado's 2016-17 Record: 13-10, 3-7 Pac-12
Colorado's Last Game: Claimed the Buffs' first road win of the season in league action with an 81-74 victory at Stanford
• The Buffs are averaging 76.3 points overall and 77.9 points in Pac-12 games.
• Derrick White leads the charge with an average of 18.2 points in 10 Pac-12 contests.
• Xavier Johnson (16.0 ppg) and George King (12.2) are adding double-figure contributions in league games.
• Four Colorado players scored in double figures at Stanford -- Johnson (19), White (19), Bryce Peters (13) and Tory Miller (10).
• Colorado's rebounding offense is among the top 3 in the conference at 39.2 per game.
• Colorado has two two-point overtime losses in Pac-12 play, against Washington and Washington State

CAL RECORDS AGAINST COLORADO
Points: 22, Justin Cobbs, Jan. 27, 2013
Rebounds: 16, Richard Solomon, March 13, 2014
FG: 10, Justin Cobbs, Jan. 27, 2013
3P: 5, Jordan Mathews, Jan. 1, 2016
FT: 8, Jaylen Brown, Jan. 31, 2016
8, Justin Cobbs, Feb. 26, 2012/March 8, 2014 

SERIES NOTES
Record at Cal: 11-0
Last 10 meetings: 5-5
Most points, Cal: 98, 1974-75
Most points, Colorado: 89, 2010-11
Largest margin, Cal: 33, 1959-60
Largest margin, Colorado: 25, 1986-87
Longest Cal win streak: 3, 1945-46 to 1954-55
Longest Colorado win streak: 3, 2003-04 to 2010-11;
2011-12 to 2012-13
Current Streak: 1, Colorado

LAST TIME OUT

An alley oop from Charlie Moore to Jabari Bird lifted Cal to a 77-75 win over Utah in double overtime
• Bird scored a career-high 26 points, collecting 10 of the 26 in the second overtime period.
• Ivan Rabb logged his 11th double-double of the season on 12 points and 14 rebounds. He has a double-double in each of his last seven home games.
• Charlie Moore dished out seven assists, one shy of his career-high.
• Rabb and Kingsley Okoroh each tallied three blocks, helping Cal to its sixth outing with seven or more blocks this season.
• The game was Cal's third overtime game of the season. It was Cal's first multiple overtime win in Pac-12 play since an 88-85 triple OT victory at Washington on Jan. 10, 2009. The Bears are 3-0 in OT games this season.

HALLMARK SUCCESS IN FEBRUARY

Cal's game against Utah begins another February stretch with Cuonzo Martin at the helm. His squads have historically had strong success in the month before the madness begins, with Martin-coached teams going 35-12 over the past seven seasons. That includes stops at three different schools -- Cal, Tennessee and Missouri State. At Cal, the Bears are now 12-3 in February under Martin, including a 7-0 stretch last season. During the  February 2016 run, Cal posted several impressive numbers - 80.3 ppg, a +10.6 rebounding margin and a +14.6 scoring margin. Only one of Cal's Feb. 2016 wins was by less than 12 points, and the Bears hit the 80-point barrier four times. 

WORKING OVERTIME

California has played three overtime games this season for the first time since 2013-14, and it is the first season in which all three overtimes have taken place in Haas Pavilion since 2010-11. The Bears are 3-0 in overtime games this season, including Cal's most recent double overtime outing against Utah, 77-75, on Feb. 2. Cal also defeated UC Irvine, 75-65, and Louisiana Tech, 68-59. Cal is outscoring opponents 46-25 in overtime this season.

The Bears are 4-2 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.

DOUBLE-DOUBLE STANDARDS

With seven double-doubles in 10 games of Pac-12 play, double-double point and rebound totals are making frequent appearances in Ivan Rabb's statline. Among active Pac-12 players, Rabb is now second in the conference in career double-doubles with 23, behind Washington State senior Josh Hawkinson. In the Cal record books, Rabb is fourth among all Golden Bears in the last 20 seasons, trailing Sean Lampley (1st, 30), Leon Powe (2nd, 29) and Ryan Anderson (3rd, 24).

LONG RANGER

Jabari Bird's perimeter shooting is among the best in program history. With five three-pointers at No. 11 Oregon, the senior moved into the top 10 in program history for three-point field goals made, and already ranks top 10 in three-pointer attempts. Bird has currently hit at least one three-pointer in a career-long 12 consecutive games and is 34-90 (38 percent) from beyond the arc in that span. In the record books, he checks in at:

Cal Career Three-Point Field Goals Made
1. Jerome Randle (2007-10) -- 252
2. Ryan Drew (1988-91) -- 214
3. Allen Crabbe (2011-13) -- 209
4. Jordan Mathews (2014-16) -- 201
5. Richard Midgley (2003-06) -- 183
6. Patrick Christopher (2007-10) -- 164
7. Jabari Bird (2013-present) -- 162 
8. Ayinde Ubaka (2004-07) -- 160

Cal Career Three-Point Field Goals Attempted
1. Jerome Randle (2007-10) -- 622
2. Ryan Drew (1988-91) -- 560
3. Allen Crabbe (2011-13) -- 547
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7. Ayinde Ubaka (2004-07)........................ 474
8. Joe Shipp (2000-03)............................... 464
9. Jabari Bird (2013-present) -- 441 
10. Randy Duck (1994-97) -- 423

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. 5 all-time with 116 career blocks. With 55 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
4. Solomon Hughes (1999-02) -- 122
5. Richard Solomon (2011-14) -- 119
6. Kingsley Okoroh (2014-present) -- 116
7. Tom Schneiderjohn (1976-79) -- 105 

Cal Single-Season Blocked Shots Leaders
1. David Kravish (2014) -- 73
2. David Kravish (2013) -- 63
3. Michael Stewart (1994) --  59
4. Michael Stewart (1997) --  56
5. Kingsley Okoroh (2017) --  55
6. Jamal Sampson (2002) -- 54 
T7. David Kravish (2015) -- 49
T7. Michael Stewart (1995) -- 49

MULLINS IT OVER

Graduate transfer Grant Mullins has connected on at least two 3-pointers in each of his last six games and is shooting 42.1 percent from downtown this season, a mark that ranks among the Pac-12's leaders. Mullins is eighth for three-point field goal percentage and ninth for three-point field goals made (40) through all games. He ranks seventh in three-pointers made in Pac-12 games with 24. 

BEARS BUILD ON DEFENSIVE PROWESS

With defense as a staple of head coach Cuonzo Martin's program, California has once again emerged as a force on the floor, where the Bears rank among the nation's elite. Cal is:
• 16th for rebound margin (7.3)
• 18th in defensive rebounds per game (28.32)
• 20th for scoring defense (63.0 ppg)
• 20th for total rebounds per game (40.00) 
• 20th for field goal percentage defense (39.5 percent)

RABBID PLAY

AP Preseason All-American Ivan Rabb is living up to his billing this season, averaging 15.5 points and 10.9 rebounds with 11 double-doubles this season, including seven in Pac-12 play. He ranks in the top 30 in the country in rebounds per game (8th, 10.9), defensive rebounds per game (11th, 7.90), double-doubles (22nd, 11) and total rebounds (27th, 218).

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. He has now recorded seven double-doubles in nine Pac-12 contests.

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 2.50 blocked shots per game, a total that ranks 18th the nation and 2nd in the Pac-12, and his 55 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).

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 10.9 rebounds per game and has been on a hot streak as of late with a 12.6 rebounding average in Pac-12 play. Rabb leads the conference in rebounds per game and and ranks secind in defensive rebounds per game (7.9) behind Washington State's Josh Hawkinson (8.0). In five of the 10 Pac-12 games this season, Rabb has pulled down 14 or more boards.  

NEXT UP

The Golden Bears embark on a three-game road swing that starts in the Grand Canyon State with Arizona State on Wednesday, Feb. 8 at 8 p.m., live on ESPNU.