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Cal Takes On Oregon State Wednesday

by calbears.com
Feb 8, 2022
The Golden Bears are seeking their first season sweep of Oregon State since 2016-17.

BERKELEY – The California men's basketball team travels north for its penultimate road trip of the regular season to face the Oregon schools, starting with Oregon State at 8 p.m. PT on Wednesday. The game will be played at Gill Coliseum in Corvallis and will be televised on ESPNU.
 
The Golden Bears are going for the season sweep of the Beavers, having earned a 73-61 home victory on Dec. 2 in the programs' first head-to-head meeting. Cal (9-15, 2-11 Pac-12) has lost 10 consecutive games since Jan. 6, most recently including a pair of home losses to the Washington schools last week. Oregon State (3-17, 1-9) is in the midst of a similar skid, having lost seven games in a row.
 
GAME INFORMATION

  • Date & Time: Wednesday, Feb. 9 | 8 p.m. PT
  • Watch: ESPNU | Eric Rothman (PxP) & Adrian Branch (Analyst)
  • Listen: KGO 810 AM (Tune-In App) | Rich Cellini (PxP) & Todd McKim (Analyst)
  • Live Stats: StatBroadcast

 
QUICK HITS

  • Cal announced on Feb. 4 that senior forward Andre Kelly is expected to miss the remainder of the 2021-22 season with an ankle injury he suffered at USC on Jan. 29. Kelly averaged 13.4 points per game and 8.4 rebounds per game while ranking in the top-10 nationally in field-goal percentage (60.7%) and had played in every game of his college career (113 games) prior to the injury.
  • The Bears' 73-61 win over Oregon State on Dec. 2 was highlighted by a 25-point, eight-rebound effort from graduate guard Jordan Shepherd, who shot 8-14 from the field. Shepherd has scored in double figures in 16 of the last 18 games and 19 times this season.
  • Cal's most recent win at Oregon State was a 69-58 victory on Jan. 21, 2017.
  • Sophomore guard Jalen Celestine scored a career-high 20 points and tied his career best with seven rebounds in Cal's loss to Washington State last Saturday. Celestine shot 7-11 from the floor to eclipse his previous best point total of 13 from last season. He's averaging 8.3 points per game in Pac-12 play, good for the fourth-most on the team.
  • With Andre Kelly expected to miss the remainder of the season due to injury, junior center Lars Thiemann has stepped into a starting role for the Bears. In three starts, Thiemann is averaging 8.3 points per game while shooting 53.3% from the floor. He scored 11 against Stanford on Feb. 1 and most recently totaled eight points, six rebounds, three blocks and two steals in 34 minutes played against WSU on Feb. 5.
  • Cal limited Stanford to 57 points Tuesday, marking the ninth time the Bears have held their opponent to 60 points or less this season.
  • Cal out-rebounded WSU 41-30 on Feb. 5 for its best margin on the glass since facing Dartmouth on Dec. 19.
  • Senior forward Grant Anticevich snapped out of a cold spell with 16 points, including four 3-pointers, against WSU on Feb. 5. Anticevich is Cal's third leading scorer (10.3 PPG) but had gone eight straight games without reaching double figures in points.
  • The Bears limited Stanford to 57 points on Feb. 1, marking the ninth time this season they've held an opponent to 60 points or less.

 
UP NEXT
Cal faces Oregon at 1 p.m. PT Saturday at Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene. The game will be televised on the Pac-12 Networks.
 
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