Thursday’s The Watch - Gold Game, Saturday’s rivalry matchup up next for men’s basketball

Game 19

UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs (8-9)
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Cal Maritime Keelhaulers (7-11)

The Watch – Gold Game

Thursday, January 26 – 7:30 p.m.
Vallejo, Calif. – PEAC Main Gym

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Game 20

Pacific Union Pioneers (2-18, 2-10 Cal Pac)
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Cal Maritime Keelhaulers (7-11, 7-5 Cal Pac)

Saturday, Jan. 28 – 8:30 p.m.
Vallejo, Calif. – PEAC Main Gym

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PEAC Main Gym — Game Day Information

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Event Admission
FREE ADMISSION FOR CAL MARITIME CADETS, FACULTY AND STAFF with a valid Port Pass.

General Admission
$7 Adults (18+)
$5 Seniors (55+)
$3 Non-Cal Maritime Students (12 and older, with valid ID)
Free admission for kids under the age of 12

Please note that only cashless payments are accepted for admission.

Event Parking
Fans and visitors can park in Lot O on game day (first parking lot on your right when you enter main campus), please note that a daily parking permit is required and available for purchase on site through a yellow permit machine located at the lot's entrance.

PEAC Main Gym Entrance
There are two entrances to PEAC Main Gym that basketball fans can use on the facility's second floor. Two sets of double doors are located across the hall from restrooms that are available for public use.

VALLEJO, Calif. – A season-long five-game homestand starts Thursday for Cal Maritime when it hosts UC Santa Cruz in the final non-conference game of the season. This is a designated The Watch – Gold Game that starts at 7:30 p.m.

Following its battle against the Banana Slugs, men's basketball will return to league play when its rivals visit Vallejo for an 8:30 p.m. clash. Please note Saturday's tip time since this is one hour later than the Keelhaulers' normal designated start time.

As the conference enters the back-half of its slate, the Keelhaulers are battling for one of the Cal Pac's six berths at its Men's Basketball Championship, hosted by Park Gilbert and slated for mid-February. With every game playing a vital role in each team's playoff push, men's basketball faces a unique luxury by ending the regular season with five games at home, out of its final seven versus league foes.

Coming off an impressive performance at UC Merced, their first victory on the Bobcats' home court since January of 2017, the Keelhaulers will compete in a game originally scheduled for November 16 until it was postponed out of an abundance of caution due to COVID.

Thursday's Gold Game will give CSUM an opportunity to build momentum for the final portion of its schedule against a UCSC squad that lost its last four games.

What started last Saturday at Colorado College continues on Thursday: Cal Maritime is the second of five straight road opponents for the Banana Slugs.

Cal Maritime is 7-9 all-time against the Banana Slugs, but earned three of those victories out of five games played on its home court. UC Santa Cruz won six of 10 games on its floor, but lost the last head-to-head matchup, 76-64, which took place on December 3, 2019.

In addition to seeking its second straight positive result, CSUM would like to break an unusual streak on Thursday since the road team emerged victorious in each of the last five games.

Two days later, the Keelhaulers will seek their seventh win in a row against their league rivals from Angwin; the desired result will lead to a sweep of the season series and help head coach Tim Bross remain undefeated against the Pioneers.

When these teams first met this season on December 8, Cal Maritime turned a 46-37 halftime lead into a 99-90 victory.

Following its overtime win at La Sierra, which took place on January 14, PUC lost its next two league games — at home against UC Merced on January 19 and at Simpson two days later — before dropping a January 24 non-conference home contest against Dominican.