Chris Bell scored 21 points and Justin Pippen added a career-high 16 as California cruised to a 91-67 win over Sacramento State on Friday in Berkeley, Calif.

Dai Dai Ames also scored 16 points for Cal (5-1), which led by as many as 34 points and never looked back after taking control midway through the first half. John Camden scored 14 points and Milos Ilic had a team-high nine rebounds.

The Bears improved to 4-0 all-time against Sacramento State (3-4), which was picked to finish seventh in the Big Sky preseason coaches' poll.

Brandon Gardner led the Hornets with 19 points off the bench, including four 3-pointers. Freshman forward Mark Lavrenov scored 14 points in his first career start, and Prophet Johnson had 12 points and 11 rebounds.

The sharp-shooting Bears connected on 50.8% of t

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