Bears feeling good after wild win at San Diego St.
Saint Mary’s rolls; top-ranked Duke suffers first loss
For a few wild seconds, Cal’s players, led by Don Coleman, celebrated near midcourt as if they’d won the national championship.
The Bears earned the chance to get a little crazy by surviving a chippy final few minutes of a 63-62 victory at San Diego State after they had blown a 14-point lead on Saturday.
Juhwan Harris-Dyson made two free throws with 7.8 seconds left, and Coleman converted a 3-point play in the final minute for the Bears (4-6), who were coming off an unfathomable 27-point home loss to Central Arkansas.
Coleman was booed every time he touched the ball in the final 9 minutes after he and SDSU’s Malik Pope got tangled up on the floor. As they were untangling, Coleman kicked at Pope. Both were assessed personal fouls, but SDSU’s crowd wasn’t happy with Coleman.
Cal snapped a two-game losing streak overall and a four-game skid against SDSU (7-3).
Harrison-Dyson was fouled by Devin Watson on a layup following an SDSU turnover and made both free throws. Jeremy Hemsley missed a desperation 3-pointer at the buzzer.
Cal went cold and SDSU kept chipping away, taking a 58-56 lead on Matt Mitchell’s 3-point shot with 4:26 left.
Pope had 20 points and eight rebounds.
“We needed this one,” Coleman said. “We needed a big one to get our confidence back. We knew the last game we struggled and we knew we had to bounce
back.” SAINT MARY’S 97, SEATTLE 73» Tanner Krebs hit five 3-pointers and finished with 23 points — both career-highs — and Jock Landale had a double-double to help the Gaels (7-2) roll at McKeon Pavilion. Landale scored 20 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, and Jordan Ford added careerbests of 19 points and six assists for Saint Mary’s. BOSTON COLLEGE 89, DUKE
84» Ky Bowman finished with 30 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists to help the host and unranked Eagles upset the top-ranked Blue Devils, handing them their first loss of the season. Jordan Chatman scored 22 for BC (7-3, 1-0 Atlantic Coast Conference), hitting four straight free throws in the final 16 seconds. Gary Trent Jr. scored 25 for Duke (11-1, 0-1). Duke erased a 10-point deficit in the second half and led 79-75 with 3:30 to play. But Boston College scored 12 of the next 14 points. Duke’s Trevon Duvall drove to the basket to make it 83-81 with 31 seconds
left but then he was called for an intentional foul on Chatman. FLORIDA 66, CINCINNATI 60 » Chris Chiozza scored the final six points of the game, the fifth-ranked Gators (63) snapped a three-game losing streak with a over the 17th-ranked Bearcats (7-2). WICHITA STATE 78, OKLAHOMA STATE 66 » Landry Shamet scored a careerhigh 30 points, and the sixth-ranked Shockers (81) snapped the Cowboys’ 15-game nonconference home win streak. Wichita State made 12 of 26 3-point attempts. Tavarius Shine scored a career-high 20 points for Oklahoma State (7-2). XAVIER 96, COLORADO 69 » Trevon Bluiett scored 25 points to lead the host Musketeers (9-1) as the Buffaloes (7-2) fell behind by 26 in the first half and got no closer than 13 the rest of the way. MICHIGAN 78, UCLA 69 » Moritz Wagner scored 23 points, and Charles Matthews added 20 to help the Wolverines (8-3) overcome a 15-point second-half deficit to beat the visiting Bruins (7-2) in overtime. PORTLAND 64, SAN JOSE STATE 55 » Ryan Welage led the visiting Spartans (2-7) with 21 points. LOUISVILLE 71, INDIANA 62 » Deng Adel scored 16 points , including a key jumper with 41 seconds remaining, and Dwayne Sutton followed with a layup off a steal 12 seconds later to help the host Cardinals (62) hold off the rival Hoosiers (5-5). PORTLAND STATE 87, SANTA CLARA 84 » The visiting Vikings (8-2) ended the game with 16 consecutive field goals to erase a 17-point deficit and rally past the host Broncos (3-6). KJ Feagin led Santa Clara with 24 points. Women
UC DAVIS 74, SAINT MARY’S 50 » Sydney Raggio led the Gaels (5-3) with 14 points and eight rebounds, and Madeline Holland added 13 in the loss to the visiting Aggies (9-0).