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Cal Men’s Basketball: Golden Bears End Regular Season with a 66-69 Loss Against Oregon State
The California Golden Bears (3-28, 2-18 Pac-12) closed their common season with a 66-69 loss to the Oregon State Beavers (11-20, 5-15 Pac-12) in Corvallis, Ore., Saturday night time.
The defeat, California’s fifteenth loss in a row, was significantly heartbreaking, because the Golden Bears led many of the sport. The visiting workforce began the sport with depth, securing a 15-3 run and going into halftime with a 36-28 scoreline.
The Golden Bears’ lead stretched to 16 factors after back-to-back three-point photographs from guard Joel Brown and ahead Grant Newell with 3:44 remaining within the first half. Brown scored a career-high 22 factors, whereas Newell had 10 on the night.
However Oregon State regrouped after halftime and rallied to sneak away with the win.
Oregon State first-year ahead Glenn Taylor, Jr., scored a career-high 28 factors, with 17 of these factors within the second half. With 12:31 remaining within the sport, he downed 4 straight from the charity stripe to carry California’s result in only a single level. Then, Beaver Jordan Pope made a jumper within the paint and a free throw to make it 52-50 for Oregon State.
Certainly, the distinction between the 2 sides was the freebies from the road. California shot 46% (22 of 48) from the sector, besting Oregon State’s 43% (20 of 47), however the Beavers sunk 83% of their free-throw makes an attempt. In distinction, the Golden Bears accomplished 68% of their foul photographs.
“We did all of it besides the final cease,” mentioned California head coach Mark Fox within the post-game press convention. “I’m simply actually dissatisfied for everyone, for as we speak, and actually, the season.”
California ends its season with a 3-28 document, the worst in historical past.
Coach Fox added: “That accountability goes on the coach. It’s not the gamers’ fault.”
The Golden Bears will play at the very least yet one more sport this season. California travels to Las Vegas subsequent week because the twelfth seed within the Pac-12 Males’s Basketball Match.