Postseason play starts Sunday at the Cal Pac Championship

California Pacific Conference Men's Basketball Championship
Hosted by University of Antelope Valley

Opening Round

#5 UC Merced Bobcats (9-11)
vs.
#4 Cal Maritime Keelhaulers (12-9)

Sunday, February 27 – 2 p.m.
Pioneer Event Center – Lancaster, Calif.

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NOTE: The team with the better seed is the designated home squad for respective games.

Remaining Men's Basketball Championship Schedule

Participating Teams
#1 Seed - Saint Katherine
#2 Seed - Simpson
#3 Seed - Antelope Valley
#4 Seed - Cal Maritime
#5 Seed - UC Merced
#6 Seed - Benedictine-Mesa

Sunday, February 27 – Opening Round
Game 1: Cal Maritime vs. UC Merced (2 p.m.)
Game 2: Antelope Valley vs. Benedictine-Mesa (4:30 p.m.)

Monday, February 28 – Semifinal Round
Game 3: Saint Katherine vs. Game 1 Winner (5 p.m.)
Game 4: Simpson vs. Game 2 Winner (7:30 p.m.)

Tuesday, March 1 – Championship Game
Game 5: Game 3 Winner vs. Game 4 Winner (7:30 p.m.)
 

Fan/Visitor Information

• Games will take place at the Pioneer Event Center (45000 Valley Central Way, Lancaster).
• Fans/visitors must wear face coverings at all times while inside any University of Antelope Valley facility, regardless of vaccination status.
• In addition to an All-Session Pass for $20, single-session tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children under 12 and participating students with a valid college ID.
• Parking is available in lots that surround the Pioneer Event Center.

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VALLEJO, Calif. – Cal Maritime will face a unique situation when it heads to Lancaster, California, to open the Cal Pac Men's Basketball Championship on Sunday, at 2 p.m., at the Pioneer Events Center since both originally-scheduled head-to-head games, and subsequent attempts to schedule these matchups, were postponed (and eventually canceled) due to COVID protocols.

These local rivals will battle for a spot in Monday's 5 p.m. semifinal versus top-seeded Saint Katherine; the winner of that game will advance to Tuesday's 7:30 p.m. championship contest.

For the Keelhaulers, Sunday's Championship opener marks their second trip to Lancaster in as many weeks since the final game of the regular season took place at Antelope Valley this past Monday. That game against the Pioneers capped a three-game road swing that also included matchups at Simpson and La Sierra.

Due to a COVID-canceled 2020-21 season, Sunday's game is the first between Cal Maritime and the Bobcats since February 29, 2020, when UC Merced advanced to the championship game of the 2020 Cal Pac Men's Basketball Championship. That result also extended the Bobcats' head-to-head win streak to four games.

In addition to facing one another for the first time this season, both teams enter tournament play with a split of their last four games. For UC Merced, those results took place throughout the first three weeks of February; the Keelhaulers played that exact number of games over a 10-day timespan.

Senior guard Mason Westlake leads the Bobcats with his 16.3 points per game average, followed by freshman guard Jayson Wiltz at 114 ppg. Junior forward Kingsley Obiorah and sophomore forward Jaron Mertle are the team's top rebounders at 8.0 and 6.5 per game.