Senior guard Kayla Williams led all players in points, rebounds and assists Sunday afternoon as the Cal women’s basketball team continued to roll through its nonconference schedule.
Williams scored 18 points, collected eight boards and dished out six assists in a 71-45 win over Austin Peay at Haas Pavilion, improving the Golden Bears’ record to 11-1 (1-0 ACC).
With one game left before continuing ACC play, it is Cal’s best start since it began the 2016-17 season 13-1.
Securing its fifth straight win, Cal knocked down nine 3-pointers to take a 42-28 lead into halftime, then held the Governors to just 17 points after intermission.
Williams, with 11.4 points per game, is one of five Golden Bears averaging double figures this season. But the only other player to reach the benchmark in Sunday’s win was freshman guard Zahra King, who poured in a career-best 13 points on 4-for-5 shooting off the bench. Williams converted seven of her eight attempts from the field to lead the team in scoring for the third time this season.
The Golden Bears wrap up their nonconference slate Saturday against Fordham.
Santa Clara 63, North Texas 58 >> Santa Clara survived a ferocious fourth-quarter comeback and a season-high 25 points from North Texas senior Tomisha Lampkin to take a three-game winning streak into WCC play, which begins this weekend.
Lampkin’s 25 points led both teams, but the Broncos got double figures from Hannah Rapp (16), Olivia Pollerd (13) and Kaya Ingram (12), in addition to a game-high 10 rebounds from Georgia Grigoropoulou, who finished two points shy of a double-double.
The Broncos held a 13-point advantage to begin the fourth quarter but saw it whittled down to two, 57-55, with 30 seconds to play. However, Ingram sank all six of her free throw attempts to withstand the comeback attempt.
Santa Clara opens conference play Thursday against Saint Mary’s.
Sacramento State 66, San Jose State 39 >> The Spartans suffered their third loss in a row, which turned ugly late.
While SJSU trailed by 11 entering the final quarter, the Spartans knocked down only 2-of-12 attempts from the field in the final period while being outscored 21-5. Over the course of their three-game losing streak, they have lost all three contests by double-digits and been outscored by a total margin of 225-158, or 22.3 points per game.
Men’s basketball
No. 12 Oregon 79, Stephen F. Austin 61 >> Brandon Angel had 15 points and six rebounds as No. 12 Oregon defeated Stephen F. Austin 79-61.
Angel, a 6-foot-9 senior transfer from Stanford, was 4 for 5 from the field and 6 for 7 from the line for the Ducks (10-1), who bounced back from their first loss of the season against UCLA last weekend.
Supreme Cook and Jadrian Tracey scored 14 points apiece for Oregon while Nate Bittle added 13 points in 18 minutes before fouling out.
USF 76, Loyola-Chicago 66 >> In a neutral-site game a short drive from their opponent’s campus, the Dons dealt Loyola-Chicago its first loss of the season at the MKE Tip-Off in Milwaukee’s Fiserv Forum behind a season-high 35 points from senior guard Malik Thomas.
All but nine of Thomas’ points came in the second half as the Dons (9-2) outscored the Ramblers (8-1) 52-38 to erase a four-point deficit at intermission. He converted eight of his 10 attempts from the field after halftime as well as nine of 10 from the free-throw line.
It was a tale of two halves for the Dons, who were held to 9-of-24 (37.5%) from the field in the first half (2-of-9 from 3) but shot 55.2% in the second half while draining 7 of their 12 3-point attempts. Ryan Beasley and Marcus Williams also each contributed 11 points.
USF will remain in the Midwest for its next game, Wednesday at Bradley, before hosting Montana on Saturday in its final tune-up of the nonconference schedule.
Boise State 67, Saint Mary’s 65 (Saturday) >> Despite holding leads with less than 30 seconds left in regulation and overtime, Saint Mary’s (9-2) was handed its second defeat of the season.
Climbing back from a 13-point first-half deficit, the Gaels took a 59-57 lead with 21 seconds left when Mikey Lewis buried a stepback 3-pointer. But Boise State forced overtime with a pair of free throws and sank six of its eight attempts from the foul line in the extra period to seal the win.
Senior guard Augustas Marciulionis led all Gaels with 17 points to go along with six assists in their first road contest of the season.
Saint Mary’s returns home to host Merrimack on Thursday and Utah State on Sunday in its final tune-ups before beginning WCC play.
San Jose State 107, Cal Poly 100 (Saturday) >> Sadaidriene Hall recorded a career-high 33 points and his first double-double of the season to lead San Jose State (6-6, 0-1 MWC) to a 107-100 overtime victory over Cal Poly (5-7, 0-2 Big West) at the Provident Credit Union Event Center.
Trailing 91-88, Donavan Yap tapped a loose ball out to Hall, who then knocked down the game-tying 3 with three seconds remaining in regulation, forcing overtime. His 33 points and 14 made field goals were the most recorded in a game by any player in the Mountain West this season, to pair with 11 rebounds, four assists and a season-high three steals.
With 23 points and 10 rebounds, Josh Uduje also contributed his first career double-double and reach the 20-point threshold for the sixth time in 12 games this season.
It was the Spartans’ first game with two double-doubles since Dec. 9, 2020.
Following a 117-80 win over Lincoln on Monday, the Spartans scored in triple-digits in consecutive games for the first time in school history.
Golf
Tavatanakit and Knapp team up for win >> Patty Tavatanakit holed a 25-foot birdie putt and Jake Knapp gave them the lead on the next hole with a tough pitch to set up birdie as the UCLA duo combined for a 7-under 65 for a one-shot victory in the Grant Thornton Invitational in Naples, Fla.
They won on their respective tours on the same day this year — Knapp at the Mexico Open, Tavatanakit at the Honda LPGA Thailand — and were equally impressive as a team, especially down the stretch at Tiburon Golf Club.
Jeeno Thitikul and Tom Kim shot 64 to finish alone in second.