Bears Host Utes Thursday
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Grant Anticevich and the Golden Bears return to Haas Pavilion to host Utah on Thursday.

Bears Host Utes Thursday

Cal Aims For Regular-Season Sweep Of Utah

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BERKELEY – California will try to complete a regular-season sweep of Utah when the two teams clash at 3 p.m. PT on Thursday, Feb. 11 at Haas Pavilion. The game will be televised on the Pac-12 Networks with Ted Robinson and Mike Montgomery on the call.
 
The Golden Bears' most recent win came against Utah on Jan. 16 in Salt Lake City as they scored 50 second-half points to storm past the Utes, 72-63. Cal (7-14, 2-12 Pac-12) now has the chance to earn its first regular-season sweep of Utah since 2012-13.
 
Utah (8-7, 5-6 Pac-12) is 3-1 since falling to Cal on Jan. 16, having defeated Washington State and Colorado on the road before earning a home win against Arizona last Thursday, Feb. 4.
 
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  • A win against Utah on Thursday would be Cal's third straight in the series dating back to last season.
  • The last time Cal hosted Utah, the Bears came away with an 86-79 overtime victory at Haas Pavilion. The trio of Matt Bradley, Grant Anticevich and Andre Kelly scored a combined 53 points in that win.
  • In four games since returning to the starting lineup following an ankle injury, Matt Bradley is averaging 21.5 points per game and shooting 53.5 percent (15-for-28) from 3-point range. Bradley is tied for second among Pac-12 players with eight 20-point performances despite missing seven total games this season.
  • Cal has played the most conference games of any Pac-12 school this season (14).
  • Cal shot 84.2 percent (16-for-19) from the free throw line last Saturday at Stanford, it's second-best percentage this season. All 19 attempts came in the second half while Jarred Hyder, Joel Brown and Matt Bradley combined to make 14-of-15 attempts.
  • Despite an uncharacteristic 3-for-12 shooting night at Stanford on Feb. 7, Andre Kelly still ranks third in the Pac-12 in overall field-goal percentage (57.7) and field-goal percentage against conference foes (61.0).
  • Cal ranks second in the Pac-12 with 156 3-pointers made, highlighted by 41 by Ryan Betley and 39 by Makale Foreman.
  • Grant Anticevich will play in his 100th career game Thursday vs. Utah.
  • Four Bears – Matt Bradley, Jarred Hyder, Ryan Betley and Joel Brown – scored in double figures Saturday at Stanford. It was the third time this season that Cal had four players score in double figures, the other two times being against Utah (Jan. 16) and Northwest (Nov. 26).
 
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