National Basketball Association
California 70, UC Santa Barbara 50
When: 10:30 PM ET, Monday, December 19, 2011
Where: Haas Pavilion, Berkeley, California
Officials:
# Michael Reed, # Bobby McRoy, # Ruben Ramos
Attendance:
9876
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Justin Cobbs scored 25 points and Allen Crabbe added 19 as California never trailed in cruising past visiting UC Santa Barbara 70-50 on Monday.
UCSB (5-4) got to within 43-33 with 16:07 on a field goal by Jaime Serna, but California (10-2), which won its fourth consecutive game, took control immediately after that. Cobbs and Crabbe combined for 13 points during a 16-0 run that put the Bears up 59-33.
The Bears were nearly perfect from the field at the start of the game. Led by Crabbe, who hit his first three 3-point attempts, California knocked down their first six from behind the arc, and 12 of their first 17 shots overall in building first-half leads of 33-16 on a field goal by Harper Kamp at the 5:46 mark and as large as 37-19 on two of Justin Cobbs’ 11 first-half points.
Meanwhile, California continued to find a way to shut down some of the country’s top scorers. Like they did Friday against Damian Lillard of Weber State, holding the nation’s leading scorer to his season-low point total, the Bears clamped down on the country’s fourth-leading scorer Orlando Johnson, keeping the senior guard to 4-for-13 shooting and only nine points, 13 below his season average.
James Nunnally led the Gauchos with 10 points.
Top Game Performances
UC Santa Barbara |
|
California |
James Nunnally 10 |
Scoring |
Justin Cobbs 25 |
Kyle Boswell 2 |
Assists |
Brandon Smith 7 |
James Nunnally 6 |
Rebounds |
David Kravish 9 |
Lewis Thomas 2 |
Free Throws Made |
Harper Kamp 4 |
Orlando Johnson 1 |
Steals |
David Kravish 3 |
Orlando Johnson 1 |
Blocks |
David Kravish 2 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
UC Santa Barbara
|
50 |
40.4 |
2-13 |
6-11 |
8 |
26 |
2 |
2 |
13 |
California
|
70 |
48.1 |
11-20 |
7-9 |
13 |
28 |
3 |
5 |
9 |