Poor air causes Cal, USF to cancel games

Two men’s basketball games in the Bay Area were called off because of poor air quality from wildfires in Paradise.

Cal canceled its basketball game against Detroit Mercy on Thursday night because the Air Quality Index was well over the threshold of 200 — the very unhealthy range. A significant amount of smoke infiltrated Haas Pavilion leading to the cancellation.

USF postponed its game tonight against Arizona State because of unhealthy air quality as well. The schools are working on finding alternate plans for the game. WEBER STATE 85, SAN JOSE STATE 77 » Christian An- igwe scored 20 points and grabbed 13 rebounds, including six on the offensive end, for the Spartans (1-2) in the first round of the Junkanoo Jam in the Bahamas. The victory was the 249th for Weber State coach Randy Rahe, the career wins leader in the Big Sky Conference in his 13th season with the Wildcats. UC IRVINE 61, SANTA CLARA 49 » Tahj Eaddy and Keshawn Justice scored 11 points apiece in the Broncos’ (0-2) loss at home. Santa Clara led 26-24 at the half but faltered in the second half. NO. 21 TCU 77, FRESNO STATE 69 » Desmond Bane scored 23 points on 10-of-15 shooting, including the go-ahead 3- pointer, as the host Horned Frogs (3- 0) topped the Bulldogs (1-1). Braxton Huggins had 18 points and New Williams 17 for Fresno State. UTAH 98, MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE 63 » Parker Van Dyke scored 16 points off the bench, while Donnie Tillman tallied 12 points, nine rebounds and seven assists to lead the host Utes (2-1). MEMPHIS’ AZAB DIES OF LEUKEMIA » Memphis player Karim Sameh Azab has died in Memphis, seven months after announcing he had leukemia. He was 22. From Giza, Egypt, Azab played 15 games for Memphis last season as a reserve. BOEHEIM’S SON GETS NO RESPECT » Buddy Boeheim, Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim’s son, had his last name misspelled on his jersey in No. 15 Syracuse’s 83-76 loss to UConn. The freshman’s name was spelled Boheim.

Women

NO. 7 STANFORD 96, USF 62 » Kiana Williams scored 11 of her 21 points in the third quarter, and the host Cardinal (3-0) routed the Dons, who are led by third-year head coach Molly Goodenbour and assistant Katy Steding. Both were part of past Stanford national championship teams.

Alanna Smith scored nine of her 18 points in the first three minutes of the fourth quarter for the Cardinal. Stanford made 15 3-pointers on the heels of a record matching 16 in a victory over Idaho on Sunday.