Butler faces Cal following Bates' 22-point showing

Published Dec. 9, 2022 2:42 a.m. ET

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Butler Bulldogs (7-3) at California Golden Bears (0-10, 0-2 Pac-12)

Berkeley, California; Saturday, 5 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Butler plays the California Golden Bears after Manny Bates scored 22 points in Butler's 71-61 victory against the Yale Bulldogs.

The Golden Bears have gone 0-6 in home games. Cal allows 65.8 points to opponents and has been outscored by 8.2 points per game.

The Bulldogs are 0-1 on the road. Butler is second in the Big East allowing 63.8 points while holding opponents to 42.9% shooting.

TOP PERFORMERS: Devin Askew is scoring 18.3 points per game and averaging 3.8 rebounds for the Golden Bears. Lars Thiemann is averaging 13.2 points and 6.4 rebounds while shooting 56.2% for Cal.

Jayden Taylor is averaging 14.8 points and 1.6 steals for the Bulldogs. Chuck Harris is averaging 14.5 points for Butler.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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