NCAAB

Cal Poly Mustangs at California Golden Bears

· NCAA Men's Basketball
0-2, 0-2 Away
Final
73 - 91

Cal breaks game open in second half, beats Cal Poly 91-73

Cal Poly Mustangs vs. California Golden Bears: Game Highlights

Blacksher hit four 3-pointers and the Golden Bears went 11 of 26 from the arc in improving to 2-0 for the first time since the 2019-20 season they opened with four wins.

Rytis Petraitis scored 13 points off the bench and BJ Omot had 10. Lee Dort grabbed 11 rebounds to go with eight points.

Issac Jessup hit 5 of 9 3-point attempts and finished with 20 points to lead Cal Poly before fouling out. Owen Koonce added 11 points. The Mustangs made 10 of 26 3-point tries but gave up 18 turnovers, leading to 29 Cal points.

Leading by four at halftime, Cal opened the second half three consecutive 3-pointers — two from Omot — for a double-digit lead. The margin was 14 before Cal's bench provided all the points in an 11-0 run midway through the half. The Mustangs got within 12 with four minutes left but no closer.

The Mustangs hit five 3-pointers — two each from Jessup and Jarred Hyder — in the first six minutes of the game in taking a 12-point lead. Cal responded with 3s by Blacksher and Christian Tucker and eventually took the lead during a 13-2 run that included three consecutive 3s. The Bears led by as many as nine before going in the half ahead 39-35.

Cal Poly (0-2) lost its final 20 games last season and entered this season with a new coach in Mike McGeorge, who came over from Division II Colorado Mesa. He brought four players with him including Jessup, all of whom started Tuesday along with Hyder, who was at Cal for three seasons (2020-23).

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Matchup Prediction

California: 95.0%
Cal Poly: 5.0%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 73 - 91
2nd 0:00 End of 2nd half 73 - 91
2nd 0:28 Rytis Petraitis Defensive Rebound. 73 - 91
2nd 0:31 Andrej Stojakovic Block. 73 - 91
2nd 0:31 Paul Bizimana missed Layup. 73 - 91

Statistics

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22-58 FG 30-65
37.9 Field Goal % 46.2
10-26 3PT 11-26
38.5 Three Point % 42.3
19-23 FT 20-28
82.6 Free Throw % 71.4
33 Rebounds 43
10 Offensive Rebounds 14
23 Defensive Rebounds 29
11 Assists 12
4 Steals 9
2 Blocks 5
18 Turnovers 10
0 Team Turnovers 0
18 Total Turnovers 10
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
9 Points Off Turnovers 29
4 Fast Break Points 4
24 Points in Paint 32
22 Fouls 18
12 Largest Lead 25

Game Information

Haas Pavilion

Location: Berkeley, CA
Attendance: 3,203 | Capacity:

2024-25 Big West Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Hawai'i 0-0 - 4-0
UC Irvine 0-0 - 4-0
UC Santa Barbara 0-0 - 4-1
Cal State Bakersfield 0-0 - 3-1
Cal State Northridge 0-0 - 3-1
UC Davis 0-0 - 3-2
Cal Poly 0-0 - 3-3
UC San Diego 0-0 - 2-2
UC Riverside 0-0 - 2-3
Cal State Fullerton 0-0 - 1-4
Long Beach State 0-0 - 1-4

2024-25 Atlantic Coast Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Pittsburgh 0-0 - 5-0
Stanford 0-0 - 5-0
NC State 0-0 - 4-0
Notre Dame 0-0 - 4-0
Miami 0-0 - 3-0
Syracuse 0-0 - 3-0
Virginia 0-0 - 3-0
Wake Forest 0-0 - 5-1
Florida State 0-0 - 4-1
SMU 0-0 - 4-1
Boston College 0-0 - 3-1
California 0-0 - 3-1
Clemson 0-0 - 3-1
Duke 0-0 - 3-1
Louisville 0-0 - 2-1
North Carolina 0-0 - 2-1
Virginia Tech 0-0 - 3-2
Georgia Tech 0-0 - 2-2
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