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Bears open season with 87-60 route of CSU Bakersfield Roadrunners

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Cal Bears guard Justin Pippin finished with 15 points against the CSU Bakersfield Roadrunners at Haas Pavilion in Berkeley on Mon Nov 3, 2025 (Cal Bears X photo)

Monday, Nov. 3, 2025

Haas Pavilion, Berkeley, California

CSU Bakersfield Roadrunners 60 (0-1)

California Golden Bears 86 (1-0)

By Stephen Ruderman

BERKELEY–The Bears opened their season with a dominant 87-60 win over the CSU Bakersfield Roadrunners in what was the team’s 300th win in their history Haas Pavilion.

Newcomer John Camden led the scoring with 22 points. Dai Dai Ames followed Camden with 18 points, and Justin Pippen and Lee Dort both scored 15.

There was once again massive turnover over the off-season, as Stephon Marbury II, Rytis Petraitis and Lee Dort are the only three players from last season to return this season. Here’s an interesting tidbit. With the departure of Andrej Stojakovic, Peja Stojakovic’s son, the Bears got another son of a longtime NBA player in Justin Pippen, the son of six-time NBA champion and seven-time NBA all-star Scottie Pippen.

However, Head Coach Mark Madsen is here for his third season with the club, following a pair of subpar seasons in his first two seasons. You actually have to hand it to Madsen, who inherited a team that went a miserable 3-29 in the 2022-2023 season. 13-19 and 14-19 are not exactly the best seasons, but they were vast improvements over the season prior to Madsen’s arrival, and he played a big role in the team’s improvement.

The Bears would open up at home against the CSU Bakersfield Roadrunners for the second year in a row. This was the third-straight season in which the Bears played the Roadrunners. The Bears won their matchups against the Roadrunners in each of the last two seasons, and it was obvious from the onset that tonight would be no different.

Cal got off to a quick 10-0 start, but for whatever reason, they just sputtered in the middle part of the first half. Camden started the scoring with a three-ball just 13 seconds in. Ames, Dort and Pippen also contributed to the Bears’ 10-0 start. In fact, those four combined to score 70 of the Bears’ 87 points.

The Bears then stumbled in the middle minutes of the first half, as the Roadrunners went on a 16-8 run to cut Cal’s lead to 18-16. However, the Bears finally regained their momentum in the latter part of the first half, and went into halftime up 37-26.

In the second half, the Bears put the game away, and there was literally no real drama. Though to give both teams credit, despite the Bears’ 27-point win, both teams played their hearts out until the very-last second.

The Bears win their opener for the third year in a row.

The Bears will be rewarded for the rigorous ACC travel schedule with 12 of their first 13 games being in the Bay Area.

Cal will take on the Wright State Raiders in their second game of the season Thursday night here at Haas Pavilion. For those of you wondering, Wright State is in Fairborn, Ohio. Tipoff will be at 7 p.m.

Stanford Extends Winning Streak Beating Bakersfield 63-50 in Santa Cruz

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The Stanford Cardinal forward Ziaire Williams (3) defends against the Bakersfield Roadrunners during Mon Dec 21, 2020 game at Kaiser Permanente Arena in Santa Cruz (gostanford.com photo)

By Barbara Mason

Monday night the Stanford Cardinal were looking for a win to add to their three game winning streak as they took on the Bakersfield Roadrunners. The Cardinal are scoring an average of 74.3 points per game while the Roadrunners are close with an average of 72.8 points. Bakersfield expected to lean on Shaun William who is averaging 17 points a game while the Cardinals were looking to Oscar da Silva who comes into this game with a 20.3 average per game. They also have Dejon Davis and Ziaire Willams both double-digit scorers.

A predicted comfortable home victory came to be as the Cardinal dismissed the Roadrunners. The Cardinal are a legitimate Pac 12 contender and they lived up to that in this game. The Roadrunners struggle when they play above average teams and this game proved no different.

The final score was 63-50 as Stanford won both halves. The Cardinals dominated in the first half 30-22 and 33-28 in the second half, a more competitive half for the Roadrunners. Stanford got some nice points from Ziaire Williams with 17, Bryce Wills with 14 and Oscar da Silva with 10. It was a nice game for da Silva although it did break his three game stretch of scoring 20-plus points per game.

Midway through the first half the Cards took the lead for good and never looked back. It was a solid performance by the Stanford Cardinals extending their winning streak to four games.

The Cards are on a roll after beating the Arizona Wildcats Saturday night snapping a 20 game losing steak to the Wildcats in a wild 78-75 win. Stanford will be looking to extend their winning streak to five in their next game. The Cardinals will resume Pac-12 play on December 31 taking on Oregon State in Oregon.