BUCKHANNON, W.Va. (Nov. 13) – The California (PA) men's basketball team featured a trio of players with at least 15 points while posting a 96-70 victory at West Virginia Wesleyan on Monday night in non-conference action.
RECORDS/SERIES
• The Vulcans improve to 3-0 this season after playing three games in four days.
• The Bobcats fall 1-2 overall while scoring over 90 points in their initial two contests.
• Cal has won three-straight meetings in the series with WVWC, spanning over six years.
STATS
• Redshirt sophomore
Bryson Lucas set a career high with 19 points on 8-of-14 shooting.
• He also tied his career high of nine rebounds and added four assists, one block and two steals while playing 30 minutes.
• Sophomore
KJ McClurg scored 19 points behind seven-of eight from the free-throw line and collected eight rebounds and two assists.
• Senior
Jermaine Hall, Jr. finished with 17 points on 8-of-12 shooting in 19 minutes, while redshirt senior
Zyan Collins posted 10 points, three rebounds and eight assists.
GAME ACTION
• Cal posted a 14-4 run early in the first half after making six-of-seven from the floor to take a 25-11 lead at the 10:39-mark.
• The Vulcans extended the first-half lead to as many as 23 points, 40-17, with 3:15 left before the break behind a 15-3 run over five minutes.
• Cal took a 47-25 lead into halftime after shooting over 50 percent from the floor and holding WVWC to just 1-of-13 from beyond the arc.
• The Vulcans maintained a 20-plus point advantage throughout the duration of the second half and led by as many as 28 points.
• Cal shot an identical field-goal percentage from the floor in both halves and finished the game shooting 54.3 percent (38-of-70) while collecting 20 assists.
• The Bobcats made only 3-of-25 attempts (12.0 percent) from long range.
• WVWC junior Raphael Houssou led the team with 12 points behind 8-of-10 from the free-throw line.
NEXT
• The Vulcans are idle for over a week before traveling to face Lincoln (Pa.) on Nov. 22 in Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, at 1 p.m.
