BERKELEY (AP) – Jaylon Tyson scored 23 of his career-high 30 points in the second half as the California men’s basketball team erased a 20-point deficit to defeat Colorado 82-78 in Haas Pavilion on Wednesday night.
It was the Golden Bears’ largest comeback victory since Feb. 14, 2009 when they trailed by 22 in the first half of an eventual 82-75 win over Stanford in Berkeley. On Wednesday, Cal (6-10, 2-3 Pac-12) trailed 40-20 with 2:09 remaining in the first half and by 14 at the intermission before taking its first lead, 63-62, on a Tyson dunk with 5:38 left in the contest.
“We are going to have many more wins that are impressive over skilled opponents. This is the start,” Cal head coach Mark Madsen said. “I know we’re going to hit a pothole or two, but I’ll tell you this; we’re going to fight, fight, fight every step of the way.”
Colorado (11-5, 2-3) built a 14-point lead in the first half behind a 15-point effort by Eddie Lampkin Jr, and the Buffaloes were up by 16 points, 52-36 after a J’Vonne Hadley layup with 15 minutes left in the second half. But Colorado went scoreless for almost four minutes while Cal scored 11 unanswered points to start a 20-6 run that pulled the Bears within two, 58-56 with 8:16 left.
A 3-pointer by Jalen Cone with 2:32 left put Cal in front for good, 73-70. Tristan da Silva hit a 3-pointer with 25 seconds left to get Colorado within…
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