Shepherd, Kelly lead Cal past Beavers 73-61 in Pac 12 opener

Updated Dec. 3, 2021 12:49 a.m. ET

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BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Jordan Shepherd and Andre Kelly combined for 45 points, 33 in the second half and California opened Pac-12 play with a 73-61 win over Oregon State on Thursday night.

Kelly had eight points in the first five minutes of the second half when he and Shepherd combined for a 12-1 Golden Bear run. Then they scored the final 13 Cal points over the last four minutes to hold off the Beavers.

and Kelly 20 for the Golden Bears (4-4). Grant Anticevich added 12 points. Kelly grabbed 13 rebounds for his fourth double-double and Shepherd eight boards as Cal had a 42-24 rebounding advantage.

The Beavers (1-7) had scored the last 12 points of the first half to pull within 34-33. But Kelly and Shepherd's 12-1 pushed the lead to 46-34.

Shepherd also scored inside to cap a 6-0 burst that made it 56-40 with 8:37 to play. Oregon State outscored Cal 11-2 to get within 60-53 with 4:10 to play but Kelly and Shepherd both had baskets down the stretch and combined to go 9 of 10 from the foul line.

Warith Alatishe scored 21 points and grabbed eight rebounds for the Beavers and Dashawn Davis scored 14.

Cal shot 54% in the second half went Kelly went 6 of 7 and scored 16 points and Shepherd was 5 of 9.

Oregon State went 12 of 31 (39%), including 1 of 8, from 3-point range. The Beavers were also outscored by 10 at the foul line.

Cal plays at Utah on Sunday when Oregon State is home against No. 11 Arizona.

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