Utes Set to Wrap-Up Bay Area Trip at Cal on Saturday

Saturday, January 26

Berkeley, Calif.

6:00 PM

University of Utah

California

Utes Set to Wrap-Up Bay Area Trip at Cal on Saturday

1/25/2019 5:58 PM | Men's Basketball

Complete Game Notes (PDF)

Utes and Golden Bears will tip-off at 5 p.m. PT

GAME 19: Utah (10-8, 4-2) at California (5-14, 0-7)

WHERE: Berkeley, Calif. (Haas Pavilion)

WHEN: Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019

TIP-OFF: 5 p.m. PT

TELEVISION: ESPNU / WatchESPN (Eric Rothman and Adrian Branch

RADIO: ESPN700 / Utah Radio Sports Network (Bill Riley and Jimmy Soto)

FAST BREAKS
• Utah will hit the road for Pac-12 play for the second time this season as the Utes head to the Bay Area to take on both Stanford and California.
• Utah will meet-up with Stanford this Thursday, Jan. 24, and will conclude the week at California on Saturday, Jan. 26.
• Utah is coming off a 78-69 home win over Colorado this past Sunday, while Stanford is coming off a win over Washington State and California dropped a league game to Washington.
• Utah Freshman Timmy Allen registered the first double-double of his career in Utah's win over Colorado on Sunday, posting 21 points and 10 rebounds.
• Senior Sedrick Barefield led the Utes with 22 points on Sunday, notching 20+ points for the fifth time this season and for the 10th time in his career.

THE GAME
Utah (10-8, 4-2 Pac-12) will close its road trip though the Bay Area taking on the California Golden Bears (5-14, 0-7 Pac-12) this Saturday, Jan. 26. The contest is set to tip-off at 5 p.m. PT from Haas Pavilion.

COVERING THE RUNNIN' UTES
Saturday's contests will air on the Utah Athletics Radio Network (ESPN 700 AM) with Bill Riley and Jimmy Soto announcing. Saturday's contest at California will be aired live on ESPNU with Eric Rothman providing play-by-play and Adrian Branch serving as the color commentator.

SCOUTING CALIFORNIA
California is 5-14 on the season overall, which includes an 0-7 record in Pac-12 play ... the Golden Bears have dropped eight straight games, with its last win coming against San Jose State back on Dec. 21, 2018 ... all five of Cal's wins have come at home, as the Bears hold a 5-5 record at Haas Pavilion this season ... Cal is currently 0-3 against Pac-12 teams at home ... Justice Sueing is one of four Cal players averaging double figures, leading the team with 14.0 points per game ... he also leads the squad with 6.1 rebounds per game ... Austin Paris (13.1 ppg), Darius McNeill (11.6) and Matt Bradley (10.4) are the remaining players for Cal averaging double-digit scoring efforts on the year ... Paris leads the team with 82 total assists and his 4.7 assists per game ranks fourth in the league ... Andre Kelly leads Cal and ranks sixth in the Pac-12 with a .604 field goal shooting percentage ... the Bears average 70.2 points per game, but give up 79.1 points to opposing teams ... the Bears shoot .433 from the field overall, .346 from beyond the arc and .745 from the free throw line.

UTAH vs. CALIFORNIA SERIES HISTORY
Utah and Cal have split the previous four meetings and the all-time series is currently tied at 15-15. Utah won the only meeting between the two teams last season, downing the Golden Bears 77-43 in Salt Lake City. Utah is 3-8 all-time when facing the Bears in Berkeley, which includes having dropped the previous two meetings. Utah's last win against Cal at Haas Pavilion was a 63-59 victory back on March 5, 2014. Utah's other two wins in Berkeley came back in 1940 and 2007.

UP NEXT
Utah returns home next week to host both Oregon schools. The Utes will host the Oregon Ducks this coming Thursday, Jan. 31, before closing out the week against the Oregon State Beavers on Saturday, Feb. 2.