Cal Men's Basketball Preview: Bears travel to Corvallis

The quintessential must-win game

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Second half underway. 👊

Date: Wednesday February 9th, 2022 (8PM ESPNU)

Opponent: Oregon State Beavers

Record: 3-17 (Conference: 1-9)

Standings: 12th in Pac-12

KenPom Ranking: #222

Opponent Team Stats: 67.8PPG/31.6RPG/12.1APG/6.2SPG/12.5TPG

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Key Players: 

• Dashawn Davis

  • Guard (6-foot-2/185lbs)

  • Junior

  • 9.2PPG/3.8RPG/5.2APG/2.3TPG/1.4SPG

  • 42.5%-FG/12.0%-3PT/63.4%-FT

• Warith Alatishe

  • Forward (6-foot-8/210lbs)

  • Senior

  • 10.1PPG/6.0RPG/1.5APG/1.9TPG

  • 52.3%-FG/40.0%-3PT/44.7%-FT

• Jarod Lucas

  • Guard (6-foot-4/195lbs)

  • Junior

  • 13.7PPG/2.3RPG/1.0APG/1.0SPG/1.2TPG

  • 42.9%-FG/40.8%-3PT/85.7%-FT

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Expected Starting 5

• Guard Dashawn Davis

• Guard Jarod Lucas

• Forward Glenn Taylor

• Forward Maurice Calloo

• Center Roman Silva

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The Bears really need a win. That might be an understatement of the current situation. Cal has gone on a 10 game losing streak. The second-longest streak in the last 5 seasons. This should be a game the Bears win. Scratch that. This is a must-win against the worst team in the conference. The Bears are better or even with the Beavers in every statistical category. With all hopes of an improved season out the window, now it’s all about making sure we aren’t battling for the basement of the conference to end the season. This is only one of two games KenPom predicts the Bears to win out of their remaining seven games. Not much more needs to be said. Even with the loss of Andre Kelly for the season, the Bears need to win these types of games with their style of grind-it-out games.

And if you missed there Bears’ last game against Washington State make sure to check out the recap.

Cal can't complete comeback in loss to Wazzu

Cal’s Win Probability and Score according to KenPom: 53% (68-67 Win)