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Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at 9:17 p.m. STOCKTON, Calif. - Patrick Christopher had game-high totals of 22 points and nine rebounds Wednesday night to lead California to a 79-54 victory over Pacific.

Category: Sports > Winter > Basketball Comments More than a few NBA scouts made their way out to Haas Pavilion Saturday night to watch Iowa State's Craig Brackins.

Patrick Christopher had 20 points and 11 rebounds, and Jerome Randle added 18 points as California defeated Iowa State 82-63 on Saturday night.

Category: Sports > Winter > Basketball Comments Cal men's basketball coach Mike Montgomery said at the beginning of the season that his team didn't have a powerful inside presence.

Category: Sports > Winter > Basketball Comments Coach Mike Montgomery is back to the drawing board.

Photo credit: AP PHOTO - Denis Poroy No shift in the top four, but we've got a whole lot of movement starting at No.

After suffering two big losses last week, the Golden Bears came home needing to get back into the win column quickly.

Patrick Christopher scored a season-high 23 points, Omondi Amoke added 15 points and eight rebounds and California beat Jacksonville 79-47 on Tuesday night.

Category: Sports > Winter > Basketball Comments The Cal men's basketball team played two games in New York this weekend and returned with three losses.

Evan Turner finished with 26 points, 14 rebounds and six assists, as 15th-ranked Ohio State took a 76-70 win over No.13 California in the consolation game of the 2K Sports Classic benefiting Coaches vs.

Cal wasn't searching for a moral victory after Friday's 76-70 loss to Ohio State in the third-place game of the Coaches vs.

It hasn't been a smooth start to the season for California. Its next game doesn't figure to get much easier with second-leading scorer Theo Robertson already ruled out.

California's Jerome Randle celebrates a score as he runs upcourt during the first half of the 2K Sports Classic on November 11 in Berkeley, Calif.

Category: Sports > Winter > Basketball Comments The Cal men's basketball team has already taken the court at Haas Pavilion a few times this season, and its starting lineup looks almost exactly like the one it fielded last season.

Category: Sports > Winter > Basketball Comments For seniors Jerome Randle and Patrick Christopher, this season will decide their NBA futures.

Detroit's starters were taller than Cal at all five positions Wednesday night, but it didn't matter at the free throw line.

Thirteenth-ranked Cal played well enough at the end of the first half and start of the second to beat Murray State 75-70 at Haas Pavilion on Monday night.

THOUGH LOFTY national prognostications have placed the bar for Cal basketball at a height never seen during the Ben Braun years, it would be unfair to place full blame on the man who spent 12 years coaching the Golden Bears.

A Cal basketball season that comes with more expectations and promise than any this decade opens tonight, not with a glamorous trip to Madison Square Garden but against an opponent with a modest profile and solid resume.

Category: Sports > Winter > Basketball Comments When the Cal men's basketball team starts season play in the 2K Sports Classic, committing 16 turnovers will probably matter.