Cal Beats Arizona State, Some How, Some Way

I’m like 100% certain I saw frankcohen on tv behind the announcers!

1.Crabbe,next
2. Grit, toughness, tenacity, an unwillingness to fall ( and if they did they knew well enough to kick out to a open shooter who could nail the game away )
3. Harper’s block, just to be different.
4. Cal needs to improve its attendance.
5. What worries me the most going into the Arizona game is NOTHING because we have nothing to lose. Nobody expected us to be here. We make mistakes on both sides of the floor, we’re fractured experience-wise, and we’re not really all that talented. But we’re here. So nothing worries me, we shouldn’t be in this spot, so let’s let it rip and see how it all unfolds.

GO BEARS!!!!

To answer the questions—

1. Jorge Gutierrez — a double double with 6 assists. And he was tenacious.
2. The way that the Bears hung in even when ASU was hot and went up by 7 late in the game
3. The play of the game was a tie — Kamp’s block and Crabbe’s three.
4. What Cal needs to improve on is getting to the shooter more quickly when playing zone defense.
5. What worries me the most going into the Arizona game is stopping Derrick Williams because we can’t seem to.

1. Who is the player of the game? Why?

Jorge, for doing all of the little things, and for being the driving engine that allowed Cal to shoot their way back into the game from the line.

2. What impressed you the most about tonight’s performance by the Golden Bears?

Everything about their defense after ASU hit those 3 seemingly back breaking 3 pointers. Lights out from that point forward

3. The play of the game was Kamp’s block, with a major kudos to Crabbe for shaking off a rough game.

4. What Cal needs to improve on is

Outside shooting? We already knew that. I dunno, ASU played above their heads and had a good game plan to take away what Cal is best at (getting the ball inside to Kamp and MSF) and Cal still won.

5. What worries me the most going into the Arizona game is Derrick Williams because Derrick Williams.

More seriously, he’s awesome and already showed that we don’t really have a defender to stop him. Might be interesting to throw Solomon at him just to see what happens.

If this team wins a game at home against a team they nearly beat on the road they’ll be one game out of first in early February.

Unbelievable. Haas better be rocking on Saturday.

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1. Who is the player of the game? Why?

Absolutely, 100% has to be Jorge. He was constantly scrapping and making plays. Right from the outset he set the tone with his fearless drives to the basket. Plus he scored the most points. Crabbe’s shot put it in the refrigerator, but without Jorge we lose the game for sure.

2. What impressed you the most about tonight’s performance by the Golden Bears?

Their tenacity. ASU was shooting out of their minds, and they played some really good D on the Bears in the second half, but we didn’t give up when those 3 threes in a row could have buried us for good.

3. The play of the game was _______________.

Crabbe getting fouled on the three-point attempt, nailing his first two free throws, missing the third, and the Bears getting the rebound for Smith to hit a jumper was the turning point. Huge 4-point swing there.

4. What Cal needs to improve on is _____________.

I felt like we were out of sorts on offense. We were moving the ball around okay, but all our shots were tough. There wasn’t anything easy.

5. What worries me the most going into the Arizona game is __________ because _____________.

What worries me is a letdown because of how tense and exhausting this game was.