National Basketball Association
Santa Clara 71, California 52
When: 5:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 7, 2019
Where: Leavey Center, Santa Clara, California
Officials:
# Nate Harris, # Deldre Carr, # Klaus Endrissat
Attendance:
2326
By Field Level Media
Sophomore Guglielmo Caruso recorded his third collegiate double-double with 16 points and a career-high 12 rebounds Saturday afternoon, helping Santa Clara cruise past visiting California 71-52 on Saturday.
DJ Mitchell had 14 points, Jalen Williams 12 and Trey Wertz 10 for the Broncos (9-2), who beat their San Francisco Bay Area rival for the first time since 1994 while running their home record this season to 9-0.
Matt Bradley totaled 14 points to pace the Golden Bears (5-4), who had won three straight in the series, including 78-66 at home last November.
Cal led 16-15 after a free throw by Juhwan Harris-Dyson just past the midpoint of the first half before the Broncos took control.
Josip Vrankic hit two 3-pointers among his eight points and Caruso chipped in with six as Santa Clara used a 19-4 flurry to go up 34-20 late in the half.
Cal trailed 40-28 by halftime, then inched within 43-35 on a pair of Kareem South free throws with 15:28 remaining.
But that's as close as the Golden Bears would get, as Williams converted a three-point play to expand the margin to double digits, and the Broncos won going away.
Caruso's previous high for rebounds had been 10, recorded twice earlier this season. His career-high for points is 22, set as part of a double-double against Washington State last month.
Williams, Vrankic and Wertz each hit a pair of 3-pointers for Santa Clara, which shot 8-for-17 (47.1 percent) from beyond the arc.
Wertz also found time for a game-high five assists.
The Broncos' only two losses this season have been at Stanford and at Nevada.
Bradley's team-high point total came despite 4-for-15 shooting for Cal, which connected on just 28.6 percent of its shots overall and made only 3 of 13 3-point attempts (23.1 percent).
Cal also was out0rebounded 39-31, with Andre Kelly leading the Golden Bears in rebounds with five.
The loss kept Cal winless away from home, where it is 5-0. The Golden Bears have two neutral-court defeats among their four losses.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| California |
|
Santa Clara |
|
Matt Bradley 14 |
Scoring |
Guglielmo Caruso 16 |
|
Kareem South 3 |
Assists |
Trey Wertz 5 |
|
Andre Kelly 5 |
Rebounds |
Guglielmo Caruso 12 |
|
Matt Bradley 6 |
Free Throws Made |
Guglielmo Caruso 6 |
|
Paris Austin 2 |
Steals |
Josip Vrankic 2 |
|
Joel Brown 1 |
Blocks |
Guglielmo Caruso 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| California
|
52 |
28.6 |
3-13 |
21-26 |
7 |
28 |
1 |
10 |
17 |
| Santa Clara
|
71 |
43.1 |
8-17 |
19-23 |
12 |
37 |
2 |
4 |
20 |
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