Huskies-Bears Recap

Cal needed a win to stay on top of the conference. If they had lost, then they would have slid into the masses of second place teams. Instead, they impressively defeated the Huskies 93-81.




The Huskies kept it even early on, as they led 15-14 with 13:45 left in the first half. Cal would proceed to go on a 8-0 run to take a 22-15 lead, and they would extend it all the way to 29-17. The Huskies would close to 29-25, before the Bears blitzed them to take a 48-34 halftime lead.



In the second half, the Huskies would never come from within 9. As a matter of fact, they didn’t come that close from the 5:02 mark on. But the most encouraging sign was the fact that Cal held a lead for the whole second half and never blew it. The Golden Bears were not willing to lose this game.



Jerome Randle did it all for the Bears. He scored 33 points, shot 63% and only had 2 turnovers despite playing 39 minutes. Jerome scored 21 of his 33 in the first half. He also did an admirable job defensively on Huskie star Isaiah Thomas, holding the talented sophomore to 43% shooting and not letting him bring his team back into the game.



Jamal Boykin turned in the game the Bears need if they are to go deep in the tourney. Boykin scored 20 points and nabbed 11 rebounds in one of his best games on the year. While Randle may be Player of the Game, Boykin definitely deserves an honorable mention.



For the Bears, 86 of their 93 points came from the starting lineups. And this was with Theo Robertson shooting 2-7 from the field. The bench didn’t play too well, but we still pulled out a W.



Defensive intensity was the key to the win. The Bears were able to shoot 51.7% from the field, and 37.5 from 3. While it wasn’t a great defensive performance, they still held UW to 43.3% shooting and 25% from 3.



Go Bears!