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Matt Bradley (pictured) and the Golden Bears will look to end their road trip to the state of Arizona on a high note Saturday vs. the Wildcats.
MBB1/29/2021 9:08 AM | By: Cal Athletics
Bears Face Wildcats On Road Saturday
Cal Looks To Snap Three-Game Skid
TUCSON, Ariz. – California will finish its road swing through the desert with a 2 p.m. PT game at Arizona on Saturday, Jan. 30 at the McKale Center. The Pac-12 Networks will carry the game with Roxy Bernstein (PxP) and Robert Ehsan (analyst) on the call.
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The Golden Bears (7-11, 2-9 Pac-12) are coming off of their third consecutive loss of eight points or less Thursday at Arizona State and will look to snap the skid in Tucson, where they haven't won since 2013. Double-double performances by
Matt Bradley (26 points, 10 rebounds) and
Andre Kelly (16 points, 13 rebounds) highlighted the first leg of Cal's road trip Thursday.
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Arizona (12-4, 6-4 Pac-12) suffered a home loss to Stanford Thursday. The Saturday clash will be the Wildcats' third game of the week, as they hosted rival Arizona State on Monday.
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- Saturday is the only regular-season meeting between Cal and Arizona. The Wildcats have won eight in a row in the head-to-head series with the Bears' last victory coming on Jan. 23, 2016 in Berkeley. Cal's last win in Tucson was on Feb. 10, 2013.
- Leading scorer Matt Bradley scored 26 points Thursday in his second game back from injury. He missed five consecutive games from Jan. 7-21 and seven of nine games from Dec. 19-Jan. 21.
- Cal dominated the rebounding battle at Arizona State Thursday, 43-29. A season-high 15 offensive boards by the Bears highlighted the performance. Both Bradley and Andre Kelly hauled in double-digit rebounds en route to their first double-doubles of the season.
- Cal earned its first road win of the season at Utah on Jan. 16. The Bears scored 50 second-half points to rally past the Utes, 72-63.
- Despite a cold shooting night Thursday at Arizona State, Grant Anticevich is averaged 16.6 points on 61.2 percent shooting during the previous three games (Jan. 16-23). Anticevich tied the school record for the most 3-pointers without a miss for the second time in his career on Jan. 21 vs. UCLA. He went 5-for-5 against Cal Baptist on Nov. 15, 2019. Amit Tamir (vs. ASU, 2003) and Eric Vierneisel (vs. Washington, 2008) were also 5-for-5.
- Kelly is second in the Pac-12 in overall field goal percentage (60.3) and conference-only field goal percentage (66.2).
- Makale Foreman (39) and Ryan Betley (37) are ranked 1-2 among Pac-12 players in 3-pointers made this season. Cal leads all Pac-12 teams with 135 3-pointers made this season.
- Joel Brown set career highs in points (15) and rebounds (7) in Cal's loss vs. USC on Jan. 23. He continues to lead the Pac-12 in steals (30).
- The Bears are 6-0 this season when scoring 70 or more points, most recently including Pac-12 victories at Utah and vs. Washington.
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