As usual, Dijon Thompson did the heavy lifting with some help from Jordan Farmar, but everyone seemed to contribute something tonight. Mike Fey, although still shying away from contact at times, received the ball inside several times and was able to turn these opportunities into some points. He also had a nice putback basket late in the game to stem some Cal momentum. Josh Shipp was extremely active, especially on the offensive glass, consistently keeping the ball alive and giving us additional scoring chances. And defensively, i believe this was the Bruins' best effort of the year. Granted, Cal is no offensive juggernaut (i don't think they made a shot outside of one foot until about 8 1/2 minutes were left in the 1st half), but if the Bruins can defend like this consistently, they could make some noise come tourney time. maybe we should be willing to double in the post more often, because we looked great doing it tonite.

Going back to Thompson, he did just about everything required for the team to succeed. Maybe his most significant play was when Cal got to within 11 with a couple minutes to play, he grabbed an offensive board off a missed FREE-THROW and laid it back in. He hit several key jumpers, and he also rebounded and passed the ball well.

Anyway, this was a very encouraging win. The team was only 3 of 12 from 3-pt land and still won by 15 on the road. About the only negative was Farmar's silly technical foul late in the game. Hey Jordan, if you're gonna do something like that again, make sure it's when the other team has the ball so we don't lose possession. :)

See the AP recap and box score.