SEATTLE, Wash. – The California men's basketball team looks to return to the Bay Area with its first road win of the season as it faces Washington at 3 p.m. PST on Saturday at Alaska Airlines Arena.
 
The Golden Bears (3-14, 2-4 Pac-12) have won three of their past five games but saw a two-game winning streak snapped with a 66-51 loss at Washington State on Wednesday night in Pullman. Cal, which shot 52.5% from the floor and 51.9% from 3-point range during a recent four-game homestand from Dec. 21 to Jan. 6, was held to 35.8% shooting in the loss to the Cougars.
 
Washington (10-8, 2-5) ended a five-game losing streak with a 86-69 victory over Stanford at home on Thursday.
 
Roxy Bernstein and Eldridge Recasner will have the call for the Pac-12 Network.
 
GAME INFORMATION

• Date & Time: Saturday, January 14 | 3 p.m. PST
• Location: Seattle, Washington | Alaska Airlines Arena
• Watch: Pac-12 Network | Roxy Bernstein (PxP) & Eldridge Recasner (Analyst)
• Listen: 810 AM & The Varsity App | Rich Cellini (PxP)
• Live Stats: StatBroadcast

 
NOTEWORTHY

• Cal hasn't won at Washington since Feb. 18, 2016 (78-75). The Bears are 0-5 in road games against the Huskies since that victory.
• The Bears are limiting opponents to 27.8% shooting from 3-point range in nine games since the start of December. In three of those games, Cal held Arizona, Utah and Colorado – three of the Pac-12's top five 3FG% teams – to a combined 21.5% from deep. Cal is sixth in the Pac-12 and 83rd nationally in 3FG% defense (31.0%) on the season.
• The Bears are averaging 12.3 assists per game in their past six games, 3.4 more than they averaged over the first 11 games of the season.
• Graduate guard DeJuan Clayton's impact has been felt since his Cal debut on Dec. 29 as he's averaged 11.8 points and 3.5 assists per game. He owns a 5-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio in the past two games and scored a game-high 26 points (6-of-8 3PT) vs. Stanford on Jan. 6.
• Senior forward Kuany Kuany is shooting 58% (15-of-26) while averaging 12.8 PPG and 5.0 RPG in the past five games.
• Senior guard Joel Brown's versatility has been evident of late, as he's averaged 9.4 PPG, 3.8 RPG and 3.6 APG in the past eight games.
• Cal is third in the Pac-12 in free-throw percentage (74.7%) with at least 12 makes in 10 of 17 games.
• The Bears' most recent win – a 92-70 victory against Stanford on Jan. 6 – was highlighted by a school-record-tying 16 made 3-pointers on 72.7% shooting (16-of-22). The 72.7% clip was the best single-game percentage on record for a Pac-12 team when attempting at least 20 3-pointers.
• Starting guard and leading scorer Devin Askew (16.1 PPG) has missed five of the past eight games, including three in a row, due to illness/injury. Askew is averaging 18.3 PPG in Pac-12 play and leads all NCAA Division I players in the largest improvement in PPG from the 2021-22 season (2.1 at Texas) to the 2022-23 season (16.1 at Cal).
• Cal head coach Mark Fox was an assistant coach under Lynn Nance at Washington from 1991-93.

 
UP NEXT
The Bears return to Berkeley to host Oregon at 7 p.m. PST on Wednesday, Jan. 18. The contest will be televised on the Pac-12 Network.
 
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