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Golden Nuggets: Cal Reclaims First Place in Pac-10 Standings

After the 25-0 fiasco on Thursday, Cal showed some much needed toughness and resilience in its win over UCLA.

"We've been losing games down the stretch," point guard Jerome Randle said, "so we wanted to be aggressive and get a big lead this time."

Patrick Christopher and Theo Robertson each scored 20 points, as Randle (14 points, six assists) took his foot off the pedal and calmly led the offense against UCLA's zone defense.

Cal is now 14-0 when it shoots over 46 percent.

"We started slowly, made a couple of substitutions, got some energy and started playing very well," Cal coach Mike Montgomery said. "Jerome did a marvelous job running the team. He was patient and never panicked."

The Bruins (11-12, 6-5) scored on 10 of 11 possessions early and led 22-8 eight minutes in.

That's when reserves Markhuri Sanders-Frison and Omondi Amoke gave the Bears a push, literally, around the glass and defensively.

After Montgomery had gone small and started third guard Jorge Gutierrez, Sanders-Frison and Amoke turned the game around with 12 rebounds, seven offensive. Cal outrebounded UCLA 31-23.

"That's my job, to bring some energy and be the enforcer," said the 6-foot-8, 275-pound Sanders-Frison, who also had six points and a steal in 25 minutes.

He has been bothered by back spasms and foul trouble, but he only had one foul Saturday - "a record," he said, smiling.

Sanders-Frison went barreling over a cameraman in the second half, this after he butted heads with UCLA bruiser Reeves Nelson early. Nelson, ineffective the rest of the game, was diagnosed with a concussion afterward.

Two days earlier, it was Cal that was jarred, outscored 25-0 at one point in a loss at USC. But the Bears had their own 25-point margin, a 33-8 run, against the Bruins.

After the jump we have more on Cal's win over UCLA and a recap of women's basketball's bizarre loss to UCLA (a game that was scoreless 10 minutes in).

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Did anyone attend the women’s game? Did both teams get booed off the court? Did most people leave at the half?

by Tedfordisgod on Feb 7, 2010 7:05 PM PST reply actions  

I was there and there will be a very thorough recap of it all very soon

The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS

by norcalnick on Feb 7, 2010 8:37 PM PST up reply actions  

I look forward to it – it sounds pretty amazing.

by Tedfordisgod on Feb 8, 2010 11:18 AM PST up reply actions  

It looks like Cal's in on another recruit from the same HS as Crabbe and Solomon

for 2011. Hopefully some contacts were made.

Shawn Spencer: "I’m receiving a transmission from your husband. Really more of a voicemail, if I'm being honest. A status update. Perhaps a twitter."
Burton Guster: "I believe it’s called a tweet."
Shawn Spencer: "There’s no way I’m saying that."

by PaulThomas on Feb 7, 2010 7:13 PM PST reply actions  

the great thing about wikipedia is that if you find their content lacking, there’s an easy way to upgrade it!

So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!

by ragnarok on Feb 7, 2010 9:05 PM PST up reply actions  

Rec’d for double Pain Train reference!

by MailmanJr35 on Feb 7, 2010 10:21 PM PST up reply actions  

Also to be noted is that the main Wikipedia article for American football features this picture of Nate Longshore under the caption: “A quarterback searching for opportunity to throw a pass.”

by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2010 9:17 AM PST up reply actions  

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