Cal-Washington Postgame Notes

MBB2/28/2019 11:43 PM | By: Cal Athletics

Cal-Washington Postgame Notes

Cal-Washington Postgame Notes

  • Starters – Paris Austin, Darius McNeill, Matt Bradley, Justice Sueing and Connor Vanover.
  • Cal defeated a Top 25 team for the first time since a win over USC in Los Angeles on Jan. 8, 2017. It was Cal's first home victory over a Top 25 opponent since Oregon on February 11th, 2016.
  • California's win against Washington marked their first victory since Dec. 21, 2017 – a win over San Jose State, and first Pac-12 win since defeating Oregon State on February 3rd, 2018.
  • California set a season-high assist total with 22. The team's previous season-high of 20 came against San Jose State on December 21st.
  • Three Golden Bears scored in figures - Darius McNeill (19), Connor Vanover (18) and Justice Sueing (14).
  • Sueing set a new career-best assists total with 6. Sueing had already matched hisprevious career-high of 4 assists by the end of the first half.
  • Vanover finished with a career-best 18 points. He went 8-15 from the floor.
  • McNeill extended his streak of at least one 3-pointer made to 18 consecutive games, going 4-7 from behind the arc. McNeill also recorded his 12th game of the season with at least three or more 3-pointers.
  • In Cal's last meeting with Washington, the Huskies held the Bears to one three-pointer in 15 attempts. In tonight's meeting, Cal finished the evening going 8-15 from three-point range.
  • The Bears outrebounded the Huskies 29-26, marking the second time this season that Cal has outrebounded an opponent. The last time California pulled down more rebounds than the opponent came against San Diego State, outrebounding the Aztecs 27-26.
  • Cal shot 55.6 percent (30-54), its second-best clip of the season behind a 56.9 percent (29-51) clip against St. John's.
  • Cal's 30 field goals match the Bears' most all season. Cal went 30-61 against Stanford.
  • Washington, who normally averages 9.0 steals per game, was held to just five steals. Meanwhile, Cal tallied 8 steals.
  • As a team, Cal went 8-15 from 3-point range after going just 1-15 in their previous meeting with Washington.
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