Cal knocks off another ranked team, 83-63 over No. 11 Oregon

OR coach Dana Altman sees no reason why the Golden Bears won’t push for the title, either, especially after watching the 11th-ranked Ducks suffer their worst loss of the season. After the final buzzer, there was a similar absence of answers for why they had fallen flat and had their six-game win streak was snapped so abruptly.

IN 85, No. 4 Iowa 78 • In Bloomington, Ind., Kevin “Yogi” Ferrell scored 14 points and Troy Williams added 13 and In rallied to upset Iowa 85-78 after blowing a big lead. OR was led by forward Dillon Brooks’ 17 points and forward Chris Boucher’s 11 points. Bird hit four 3-pointers in the first 20 minutes and had 16 points by halftime, which ended with Cal holding a 42-24 lead.

Shatori Walker-Kimbrough scored 23, Brionna Jones had 12 points and 11 rebounds, and Maryland (22-3, 11-2 Big Ten) beat Purdue (16-8, 7-6) for a season sweep. “That was a mistake, ” Altman said. But if they don’t figure out how to win away from home, they will face an early exit in the tournament as a lower seed. Defensively were were standing up. “We just didn’t match them”.

“There’s still so many teams in striking distance, and we have four very hard road games (in the Bay Area this weekend, and Los Angeles in early March)”, Altman told the team’s official website.

After the slow start in Berkeley, Oregon appeared shell-shocked by the early shooting display and were beaten to 12 offensive rebounds over the course of the game, which turned into 27 Cal second chance points. In fact, Altman didn’t use any of his timeouts in the first half. After the loss, he brushed aside the notion that it was a teaching moment for his group to deal with adversity. “I should have used all of them”. OR got within 35-21 on a jumper by Benjamin with 2:31 left in the first half, but Cal followed with seven straight points. “That showed I should have taken one before then”. “I waited too long”. “I hope our guys keep the edge, because that’s how we’ve been able to win a few games”.

It was also the return of Ty Wallace, Cal’s combo point guard/forward who came off the bench to play 28 minutes and contribute 10 points, eight boards and four assists. However, the Bears are 0-5 in conference road games.Cal guard Tyrone Wallace returned to action after missing five games with a broken right hand.

Bettors looking for a good total play on Thursday night in college basketball should take a peek at the Oregon-Cal matchup at 9:00PM ET.

It was a thorough beating unseen since the Ducks’ rise back to national prominence. After Saturday’s 76-61 win over Stanford, those numbers are at 62.0 and 36.4 at home.