BERKELEY --- California Baptist University capped off its first road trip of the season on Friday, as the Lancers fell to the Golden Bears of Cal Berkeley, 82-62.
The Lancers are now 2-2 on the season, while the Bears improve to 3-0 for the first time since the 2016-17 season.
Ferron Flavors Jr. finished with a team-high 11 points and seven rebounds, while Milan Acquaah was the final Lancer in double figures with 10.
The Golden Bears were led by Grant Anticevish, who put together a career-best 23 points on 9-11 shooting and a perfect 5-5 from deep. Matt Bradley, who came into the game as the Bears' top scorer (24.0ppg), finished with 16 points and five rebounds.
Cal found its groove in the second half, as the home team shot 68 percent from the field (17-25). The Golden Bears ended their night in Haas Pavilion, shooting 57 percent from the field, 55 percent from the 3-point line, and 86 percent from the charity stripe. Â
The Lancers did well in the first half, as they went into the locker room tied with the Golden Bears at 40-40.
The Golden Bears opened the game on a 9-2 run and pushed their lead to 12, 18-6, at the 15:05 mark. CBU was able to settle in, though, and claw away at the lead after Milan Acquaah found Omar Lo for the fast break alley-oop dunk.
The alley-oop from Acquaah to Lo helped spark a 12-3 run for the Lancers and cut the deficit to two at the 5:27 mark. It was Lo who ended the series with two free throws.
Cal was able to push its lead back up to six, 38-32, at the 2:27 mark, but a Reed Nottage three put the momentum back on the Lancers' side. Acquaah made back-to-back layups to put the Lancers within a possession, and Flavors knocked down his third three of the half with 27 seconds left.
CBU finished the game shooting a perfect 14-14 from the free-throw line.
The Lancers will head back home to Riverside, where they will host the 2K Empire Classic on Nov. 22-23. The homestand will start on Nov. 22 as the Lancers will play their next 10 of 11 games at the CBU Events Center.Â
