CORVALLIS, ORE. — The California men’s basketball team came up against a hot-shooting Oregon State squad in exhibition action tonight, falling 89-76 to the Beavers in Corvallis. Sammie Yeanay led the Golden Bears with a double-double on 24 points and 10 rebounds, but it was the Beavers’ balanced and productive attack that proved the difference.
Oregon State shot 51.5 percent overall with a 50-percent clip from 3-point range to help the Beavers lead it 46-36 at halftime. Cal had two players in double figures by the break as Nojus Indrusaitis and Sammie Yeanay scored 12 point apiece in those first 20 minutes, although the Bears were down on the boards 24-14 and were shooting 40 percent overall to trail their hosts. The Beavers stayed the course on the offensive end, finishing up at 52.4 percent to outpace Cal’s final 35.3 percent outing from the floor. OSU made 13 three in the win, while the Bears landed nine.
Oregon State manufactured an 8-0 run midway through the first half to take a lead that it would not relinquish down the stretch. The Beavers led by as much as 21 during the second half before the Bears carved that down. OSU finished with 10 players in the scoring column to Cal’s seven scorers. Yeanay led all players with his 24 points, while Nojus Indrusaitis added 17 and Jordan Ross scored 11 for the Bears. The Beavers received 17 from Daniel Freitag along with 14 from Chris Johnson, 12 from Jemai Lake and 10 from Josiah Lake II to help keep the hosts ahead of the Bears in this one.
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Cal now lines up for its official season opener next, heading back to home turf at Haas Pavilion to host Adams State in a 5 p.m. tilt on Nov. 2 in Berkeley.
