Despite their one-point advantage going into halftime, the California Golden Bears (7-11, 2-9 Pac-12) lost to the Arizona State Devils (5-8, 2-5 Pac-12), 68-72, Thursday night.
California finished the first half strong, despite being shooting only 35.1% compared to Arizona State's 42.9%. Junior forward Andre Kelly was responsible for California's lead, with back-to-back scores with 1:39 remaining in the game. He brought the home team's lead down to a single point with a fast-break dunk and put his side ahead with a layup just 43 seconds later.
Kelly finished the evening with a double-double: 16 points, 13 rebounds, one assist and one steal.
California star-scorer Matt Bradley also had a double-double. He put up a game-high 26 points, including three out of eight three-point attempts completed, 10 rebounds and one assist.
Despite the eye-popping stats, the Sun Devils pulled away in the second half, giving the Golden Bears only four minutes and 12 seconds of game-time with a lead.
With the loss, California's third-straight, the Golden Bears fall to last place in the Pac-12 Conference standings. They will face off against an Arizona Wildcats team, fresh off a 64-73 loss against the Stanford Cardinal.
Preview of a future rant: when you're down multiple possessions and there's somewhere around 1:30 to a 1:00 left in the game, not fouling is bad strategy. Also, not shooting 3s is bad strategy. Doing BOTH of those things is AWFUL strategy. More later. Sigh.
I don't have cable so I haven't seen a single game this season. Why are we still turning the ball over at such a prodigious level? This seems to me a big issue that plagues the Fox tenure both seasons. Looks like Bradley is the biggest offender, I'm guessing because he's playing hero ball and opponents are doubling him.
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Preview of a future rant: when you're down multiple possessions and there's somewhere around 1:30 to a 1:00 left in the game, not fouling is bad strategy. Also, not shooting 3s is bad strategy. Doing BOTH of those things is AWFUL strategy. More later. Sigh.
I think next time, we should try scoring more than the opponent.
This is my first time watching Cal basketball this year. Who else is up in this place?
I don't have cable so I haven't seen a single game this season. Why are we still turning the ball over at such a prodigious level? This seems to me a big issue that plagues the Fox tenure both seasons. Looks like Bradley is the biggest offender, I'm guessing because he's playing hero ball and opponents are doubling him.
At the 9:48 mark, Andre Kelly had an offensive rebound and scored, but the score was credited to ASU. They never corrected it
Just single handedly keyed a 6 point swing
Man Hyder stinks
Sometimes I feel like I'm talking to myself.
I'm liking Kelly
ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-basketball! -John Tesh's brother