California vs. UC San Diego – Game Recap – November 15, 2022 – ESPN

Bryce Pope scored 19 factors and his fifth 3-pointer with 12 seconds left helped UC San Diego blunt a California rally for a 64-62 victory on Tuesday evening for its first win of the season.

The final time they met, the Tritons earned an 80-67 victory at Haas Pavilion in Berkeley to begin the 2021-22 season.

Pope’s final 3 of the evening gave the Tritons a 64-60 lead. Following a UC San Diego timeout, Cal’s Devin Askew laid it in to cut back the deficit to 2. The Bears then referred to as timeout and fouled Jace Roquemore, who promptly missed the front-end of a 1-and-1. Askew secured the rebound however his errant 3-point heave alongside the fitting sideline sailed previous the rim.

Pope’s 3 with 7:07 earlier than intermission gave put UC San Diego (1-2) a 28-10 lead earlier than the Bears (0-3) started the lengthy climb again.

Joel Brown’s layup with 2:14 left introduced Cal inside 59-58, and he transformed one other with 58 seconds to get inside 61-60, however Cal may by no means seize the lead.

Emmanuel Tshimanga scored scored 12 factors on 5-for-6 capturing off the bench and Roquemore scored 11.

For Cal, Askew scored 13 factors, Grant Newell 12, Kuany Kuany 11 and Lars Thiemann 10.

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