BERKELEY – California shot a sizzling 61 percent from the field and was led by a season-high 23 points from Makale Foreman as the Bears blew past CSUN, 87-56, at Haas Pavilion on Saturday afternoon.
 
The Bears (4-4) played without their top two scorers in Matt Bradley and Grant Anticevich, but recorded their largest margin of victory since a 30-point win over Oregon State on Feb. 24, 2017. Foreman shot 7-of-14 from the field and surpassed 1,000 career points while fellow grad transfer Ryan Betley tallied a season-best 19 points on 5-of-6 shooting from behind the arc.
 
Joel Brown stuffed the box score with 10 points (5-of-5 shooting), eight assists, six rebounds and two steals. Big men Lars Thiemann (eight points, six rebounds) and Andre Kelly (seven points, seven rebounds) impacted the paint.
 
Cal shot 53 percent (9-of-17) from 3-point range and out-rebounded the Matadors 35-25. The Bears held CSUN to 35 percent shooting and converted 24 points off of turnovers.
 
CSUN (3-3) was led by 10 points and three assists from TJ Starks.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
Betley hit his first three shots from the field and the Bears made five straight attempts to build a 15-6 lead with just over 13 minutes left in the first half. Cal extended the lead by using a 9-0 run to make it 27-14 at the nine-minute mark of the opening frame.
 
Cal took two different 20-point leads late in the first and went to the locker room with a 43-25 advantage behind 15 first-half points from Foreman and 13 from Betley. The Bears shot 63 percent (15-of-24) from the field in the first 20 minutes.
 
The Bears continued the hot shooting in the second half, opening up a 56-29 lead at the first media timeout. Cal wouldn't let up from there, hitting seven straight from the field while going on a 17-2 run to take the then-biggest lead of the afternoon at 76-38 with 7:32 to play.
 
UP NEXT
Cal will host Seattle U at 2 p.m. (PT) on Tuesday, Dec. 22 at Haas Pavilion. The game will be televised on the Pac-12 Network, and will be the Bears' non-conference finale.
 
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