At this point, Jerod Haase barely blinks when asked about his team’s defensive prowess.
“Daejon [Davis] and Bryce [Wills] are as good of a tandem defensively as there is in college basketball,” said Haase, matter-of-factly. Cal’s top guards can certainly attest to that after tonight.
Matt Bradley and Kareem South entered the game leading the Golden Bears in scoring and shooting the ball at impressive clips. Thanks to Bryce, Daejon and friends, they combined to go 1-11 in the first half, and just 6-24 for the game. But that doesn’t even paint the full picture of how disruptive the defense was in this one.