California (#14 AP/#13 USA Today) leaves the confines of Haas Pavilion for the first time this season when the Golden Bears travel to the Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational at the Orleans Arena. Cal will first face off with San Diego State Thursday at 9 p.m. before meeting either West Virginia or Richmond on Friday. Both contests will be televised by FOX Sports 1.

The Bears stand at 4-0 for the fourth time in the last five seasons. They've clearly enjoyed their homecourt advantage, outscoring opponents by 21 points per game (85.2-64.2) and boasting a +14.9 rebounding margin. Cal has also held all four of its opponents to 40 percent or lower shooting from the floor, with none of them scoring more than 67 points in a game.

Senior Tyrone Wallace has paced the scoring attack with 20.3 ppg and he just missed his fourth consecutive 20-point game in Monday's win over Sam Houston State when he finished with 18 points in 25 minutes of action. He is shooting an impressive 60.4 percent from the field (29-48) and leads the team with 23 assists while committing only eight turnovers.

Junior Jordan Mathews reached a season-high with 18 points vs. SHSU despite taking only five shots from the field. He benefited from a trio of three points and a 7-for-7 performance from the free throw line.

Last Time Out: Big Run Fuels 89-63 Win over Bearkats
Cal used a 15-0 run midway through the first half to turn a 23-20 edge into an 18-point advantage and cruised to an 89-63 victory over Sam Houston State Monday night at Haas Pavilion. Jaylen Brown posted his second straight double-double with 18 points and 11 rebounds - both career highs - while Jordan Mathews matched him for team scoring honors with 18 points. The Bears shot 51.7 percent from the floor and committed only six turnovers against 18 assists. Cal was also +15 in rebounding, the third time in four games this season the team has had a margin of 15 or more.

Bears Big on the Boards
Through the first four games of the season, Cal is averaging 14.9 more rebounds that its opponents, 44.2 to 29.3 per game. The Bears posted their largest differential vs. East Carolina when they were +19 (45-26), helped by 13 boards from Ivan Rabb and 10 from Jaylen Brown. Cal also opened the year +18 (48-30 against Rice and had a +15 margin vs. Sam Houston State. While the season clearly has a long way to go, a look at the record book shows that the Bears have been at least +4.0 only eight times since 1954-55, including twice in the last 40 years (+4.3 in 2011-12 and +4.6 in 1992-93). The school record came during the 1959-60 season under Pete Newell when Cal reached the NCAA Championship game with a +11.2 rebounding margin.

Wallace Reaches 20 in First 3 Games
With 20 points vs. Rice, 24 vs. UC Santa Barbara and another 20 vs. East Carolina, senior guard Tyrone Wallace became the first Cal player since Allen Crabbe in 2012-13 to score at least 20 points in the first three games of the year. Crabbe posted 27 against Cal State Bakersfield, 33 vs. Pepperdine and 20 vs. Denver. Including this year's totals, Wallace has 19 career 20-point performances.

Martin 1st Cal Coach to Open 3-0 Twice
When Cal picked up its victory over East Carolina Nov. 20, the Bears improved to 3-0 on the year and in the process made Cuonzo Martin the first coach in school history to begin his career with two consecutive 3-0 starts. Among some of the notable coaches at Cal, Nibs Price, No. 1 on the Bears' all-time wins list, dropped his first game to the Olympic Club in 1924; Pete Newell lost his third game to Pacific in 1954; Lou Campanelli lost his opener at Missouri in 1985; Ben Braun lost his second game to Kansas in 1996; and Mike Montgomery started 3-0 his first season in 2008, but lost his third game in 2009 to Syracuse.

Multiple Blocks for Ivan Rabb
Freshman Ivan Rabb leads the Bears with 12 blocks through Cal's first four games, an average of 3.0 per outing. His high game came against East Carolina Nov. 20 when he redirected five shots, and he came back with three more vs. Sam Houston State Nov. 23. Rabb has had at least two blocks in each of the Bears' contests this year.

Wallace into Cal's Top 20
With 18 points against Sam Houston State Monday, Tyrone Wallace raised his career total to 1,277 point. The effort moved him past former teammate David Kravish and into the 20th position on Cal's all-time list He needs 15 more to pass Dave Butler for the 19th spot.

17. Jackie Ridgle (1969-71). 1,343
18. Theo Robertson (2006-10) 1,315
19. Dave Butler (1983-870 1,291
20. Tyrone Wallace (2013-present) 1,277

Mathews from Downtown
Junior Jordan Mathews, who paced the Pac-12 last season when he connected at a 44.3% clip from behind the arc, has kept up the pace this season by making 9 of his 19 attempts from beyond the arc (47.4%). He was a perfect 3-for-3 on three-pointers vs. Sam Houston State, which lifted his career rate to 42.1 percent (third highest in school history). Now with 121 career triples, he is closing in on the school's top 10 with only 18 more needed to match Shantay Legans (139, 2000-02).