After an exhilarating win on Friday over Cal Baptist, many Cal fans thought that a 4-0 start to the 2019-2020 season would inevitably follow close behind. What we were not prepared for was the gritty battle fought between the Bears and the Prairie View A&M Panthers that ensued tonight. Fans in Haas Pavilion this evening had to buckle in and prepare their adrenal glands for another close finish, right on the heels of Cal’s OT win against UNLV last week.
The game featured a topsy-turvy 10 lead changes, and the Bears at many times just seemed dysfunctional. Our squad went on stretches for minutes at a time without scoring- this was not because of shooting inaccuracies, as our shooting percentages were not terrible (39% overall and 40% behind the arc).