BROOKLYN, N.Y. (AP) -- California men's basketball couldn't overcome its slow start, and the Golden Bears fell to Temple, 76-59, Tuesday in the third-place game of the GotPrint.com Legends Classic presented by Old Trapper.
Darius McNeill led the Bears with 12 points, including a 3-for-5 clip from three-point range. He hit a combined eight threes in back-to-back games at the Legends Classic.
McNeill was one of four Bears in double figures, with
Andre Kelly,
Matt Bradley and
Paris Austin chipping in 10 apiece.
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Temple's Quinton Rose scored 14 of his 23 points in the second half and Shizz Alston Jr. turned in a double-double.
Rose made 11 of 20 shots and the Owls (5-1) shot 54 percent, including 9 of 21 from the arc for 43 percent. Alston, who had three 3-pointers, grabbed 10 rebounds. He scored nine points and Nate Pierre-Louis scored all nine of his in the second half when the Owls pulled away after leading 32-28 at halftime.
Pierre-Louis scored five points and Alston four in a 9-0 run that left the Owls up 72-54 with two minutes left.
Cal returns home to host Santa Clara on Monday, Nov. 26 at 6 p.m. The game airs on the Pac-12 Networks.
