BERKELEY – Lars Thiemann scored 16 points and Kuany Kuany added 10 as a short-handed California squad was defeated by Eastern Washington, 50-48, on Wednesday night at Haas Pavilion.
 
The Golden Bears (0-10) were without leading scorer Devin Askew, who averages 18.3 points per game, and freshman big man ND Okafor due to health and safety protocols. An already injury-riddled team, Cal had just eight scholarship players active for Wednesday's contest.
 
Tyreese Davis scored 14 points and Casey Jones had 10 points and a career-high 14 rebounds for the Eagles, who moved to 4-5 overall with their first road victory of the season and just their fifth win against a Pac-12 opponent in school history. Eastern Washington never trailed.
 
Cal trailed by 45-36 before a 7-0 run – keyed by back-to-back buckets from Thiemann – brought it back within two at the 3:09 mark. Joel Brown pulled the Bears within a one-point deficit with 1:05 remaining and eventually tied the game at 48 by making 1-of-2 attempts at the free throw line with 33 seconds on the clock. It was EWU's Davis who scored the go-ahead basket with 24 seconds left. After a missed free throw by the Eagles, Brown missed a potential winning 3-pointer at the buzzer.
 
After posting a 27-20 halftime lead, Cedric Coward buried a 3-pointer with 16:22 remaining and Eastern Washington built its biggest lead at 34-22.
 
Angelo Allegri added 11 points for Eastern Washington. Steele Venters, the Eagles' leading scorer, fouled out after scoring four points.
 
Brown finished with eight points, eight rebounds, five assists and two steals.
 
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Cal hosts Butler at 2 p.m. PST Saturday, Dec. 10 in Haas Pavilion. The first all-time meeting between the two programs will be televised on the Pac-12 Network.
 
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