GAME NOTES: Following up their second win of the season over a nationally- ranked opponent, the California Golden Bears prepare for the arrival of Pac-12 Conference rival Washington State on Sunday.

Back in November, the Bears took down 23rd-ranked Syracuse during the 2K Classic in New York, and then Friday night saw the program open league play with an 81-75 triumph over Washington at home. The victory snapped a brief two-game losing streak for Cal, a squad that is completing a lengthy seven- game homestand with Sunday's matchup.

While the Golden Bears are set to hit the road next week, the team doesn't leave the state of California until Jan. 29 when it faces Washington State again, this time in Pullman.

As for the Cougars, they too kicked off their league slate two nights ago as they paid a visit to Stanford and were turned away by the Cardinal in a 71-56 final. The loss halted a modest two-game win streak for a program that is now one game under .500 and in the midst of a three-game road trip.

According to California sources, the Golden Bears lead the all-time series by a count of 76-47. The Bears, who are 43-16 at home in the series, have won three straight and eight of the last 10.

Washington State's offense was nowhere to be found during the meeting with the Cardinal two nights ago, converting a mere 14-of-43 (.326) from the floor overall and 4-of-14 (.286) behind the 3-point line. It got so bad that the Cougars made a mere 24-of-39 at the free-throw line. Josh Hawkinson was the lone double-digit scorer for the visitors with his 11 points, but he missed every single one of his seven field goal tries and needed an 11-of-15 showing at the charity stripe in order to complete the double-double as he cleared a game-high 15 rebounds.

Hawkinson is averaging a double-double with 15.3 points and 10.8 rebounds per contest, one of only a handful of players in the nation able to make that claim. He also owns a team-best 19 blocked shots, but that doesn't exactly make up for the fact that he has delivered a mere eight assists in more than 400 minutes of action. DaVonte Lacy paces the program in scoring overall with 16.6 ppg, although his 39.6 percent shooting could stand some improvement.

Despite allowing Washington to shoot 53.6 percent from the field in the first half, the Golden Bears trailed by just five points at the break and then turned the corner in the second half with both 60.9 percent accuracy from the floor and 23-of-30 at the free-throw line in order to score the upset. Jordan Mathews was responsible for a game-high 31 points, accounting for all five of Cal's 3-pointers, followed by David Kravish with 21 points and 10 rebounds. Tyrone Wallace filled in his stat line with 19 points, eight rebounds, four assists and four steals.

Mathews may have been the top performer from a scoring standpoint two nights ago, but his average of 14.1 ppg is second to Wallace who is posting 19.1 ppg. Aside from the fact that Wallace is shooting a mere 60.6 percent at the free- throw line, he has proven that he can do virtually anything the Bears ask of him; from rebounding (8.7 rpg) to passing (57 assists) and playing defense (22 steals), with all of those numbers being tops on the roster.

With Wallace and Mathews more than capable of carrying a team like California on offense, it is also important to note that the Bears have also been holding opponents to just 60.8 ppg based on 38.6 percent shooting from the field and 28.4 percent out on the perimeter, something WSU will have to keep in mind on Sunday.