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EAST STROUDSBURG – Five players scored in double figures, led by 18 from freshman guard Whis Grant and a career-high 16 from senior forward Eric Bryan, and East Stroudsburg University shot 30-for-32 from the foul line in an 86-71 win over California on Saturday in PSAC men's basketball at Koehler Fieldhouse.

Senior guard Russell Graham III had 11 points and six assists, junior forward Terrance King had 10 points and junior forward Duane Johnson had nine points, eight rebounds and six assists to round out the starting five. Freshman forward Lamont Tillery led the bench effort with a career-high 11 points and junior guard Gerald Bridges, Jr. had  seven points after scoring a career-high 13 in a 65-64 loss to defending PSAC champion IUP on Friday night.

The Warriors (6-5, 3-3 PSAC) broke the game open early with leads of 9-0, 14-3 and 21-6 and led by 18 – 45-27 – at halftime. California replied with an 11-0 run to start the second half and closed within four points twice midway through the period, trailing 58-54 with eight minutes remaining, before the Warriors buried the Vulcans with a 13-0 run over the next three minutes.

ESU, a PSAC Final Four participant the last two seasons, has split each of its first three PSAC crossover weekends to take a 3-3 conference record into a trip to Lock Haven and Edinboro on January 6-7. The Warriors beat Cal for just the second time in school history, moving to 2-12 in the series, but have won two of the last three meetings.

Seven Warriors scored at least seven points, with Johnson and Bridges joining the double-figure scorers, and all eight players who scored in the game were in the scoring column by halftime as ESU shot 55.6 percent (15-for-27) in the first 20 minutes.

At the foul line, ESU's 93.8 percent performance (30-for-32) is its best with at least 20 attempts in 10 seasons under head coach Jeff Wilson, who earned his 147th career win.

The Warriors were 10-for-10 at the line in the first half and 20-for-22 in the second half. They made their first 19 free throws in the game with both misses coming from Graham, who was 7-for-9 to lead ESU in makes and attempts. Bryan was 6-for-6 and three players were 4-for-4 – Bridges, Johnson and Tillery.

Freshman Tynell Fortune scored 19 points, Mitchell Weedon had 12 and Travon Vann had 11 to lead California, which got 42 of its 71 points from its bench including the contributions of Fortune and Weedon. The Vulcans shot 17-for-30 in the second half after going just 10-for-30 with 12 turnovers in the first half as the Warriors opened a lead of as many as 19 points.

ESU will host USP in a non-conference game on Monday, Dec. 19 at 6 p.m. at Koehler Fieldhouse.