Cal falls behind early, never recovers
Cal struggled at home Wednesday night, falling 96-69 to Central Arkansas at Haas Pavilion in the first-ever meeting between the schools.
Don Coleman scored 20 points to lead Cal (5-5), and Marcus Lee added 11 points, five rebounds and four blocks.
The game was sloppy on both sides early before Central Arkansas went on a 24-6 run to take control.
Cal made only two buckets over the final 11 minutes of the first half and committed a season-high 22 turnovers in the game — one more than they had made baskets (21).
“Major, major setback,” Cal coach Wyking Jones said. “We have to go back and figure it out. We’re young but we can’t keep using that as an excuse. We’re better than we showed tonight.”
Jordan Howard scored 26 points, including five 3-pointers, and had six assists, as Central Arkansas bounced back from losses Arkansas-Little Rock and USF by a combined eight points to rout the Bears.
WASHINGTON 74, KANSAS 65>> Matisse Thybulle hit five 3-pointers and scored 19 points, as the Huskies upset the second-ranked Jayhawks in Kansas City, Missouri. Noah Dickerson added 13 points and 14 rebounds for Washington (72), which knocked Kansas (7-1) from the ranks of the unbeaten. Lagerald Vick had a career-high 28 points for Kansas, doing almost
all his damage in the middle of the Huskies’ 2-3 zone. But he didn’t get a whole lot of help as the Jayhawks went 5 for 20 from the 3-point arc. LOYOLA-CHICAGO 63, FLORIDA 59 >> Aundre Jackson scored 23 points, Cameron Krutwig added 14, and the visiting Ramblers (9-1) stunned the fifth-ranked Gators (5-3), handing them a third consecutive loss. The Gators shot 36.9 percent from the field, missed 17 of 19 3-point attempts and finished with seven assists. The Ramblers were much more efficient, shooting 52 percent from the field and making half their 12 shots from behind the arc.
BYU 80, ILLINOIS STATE 68 >> TJ Haws scored 20 points as the host Cougars (7-2) won their fourth straight. COLORADO 75, NEW MEXICO 57>> Dominique Collier led the Buffaloes (7-1) to the win in Boulder.
UCLA CANCELS GAME WITH MONTANA >> UCLA canceled its game with Montana because of wildfires in the Los Angeles area.
Women
MITCHELL SETS OHIO STATE SCORING MARK >> Kelsey Mitchell became Ohio State’s career scoring leader scorer in the first quarter and fnished with 30 points to help the 12th-ranked Buckeyes (9-2) beat host Florida (5-4) 103-77. Mitchell, the national scoring leader with a 26.1 average, needed eight points to tie Jantel Lavender’s record of 2,818, and she broke it on a runner in the lane. Mitchell finished the game with 2,840 points.