So many firsts for one day. Cal beat the hated rival Cardinal to clinch an outright Pac-10 title, 71-61. The firsts involved: Cal clinches a conference title in the 3 major sports (basketball, baseball, football) since 1960. The Bears sweeped Stanford in basketball for the first time in 17 years, or since 1993. Cal went undefeated against Stanford in the 2 largest sports for the first time since 1982-1983.
Early on, the Bears were down by 3. The Golden Bears would go up by 10 (23-13). Landry Fields and Jeremy Green would lead the Cardinal back, making it 34-30. The two made the game an up and down battle.
The second half would be even early on, with neither team extending the lead past 5 for a short time. Patrick Christopher would score 3 consecutive Cal baskets to bring the lead to 61-52, and giving Cal a rather commanding lead. Drew Shiller would hit a 3 to bring it back to 61-57. Christopher would knock down another 3, to bring the lead back to 8. They would carry that lead to a 71-61 victory over the hated Cardinal.
Christopher would hit countless clutch baskets. The senior scored 23 points on 8-18 shooting, but also nabbed 7 boards. Again, he made many crucial baskets to seal the deal late.
Landry Fields certainly did his job. On the night, the senior scored 25 points and grabbing 12 rebounds. The do it all guard/forward shot 10-21 on the night and blocked 2 shots. Fields was the only force keeping the Furd in the game.
Jeremy Green looked pretty on the point side, but he missed a lot more then he made. He scored 13 shots, but on 5-15 shooting and 3-9 from 3. Green really struggled all night long, and if he had performed better his team could’ve won.
Jerome Randle did not play well at all, making not much of a case for Pac-10 Player of the Year. He scored a mere 11 points on 2-10 shooting, and turned the ball over 4 times. He assisted his teammates 5 times.
California Golden Bears, your Pac-10 Basketball Champions! Go Bears!
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