`Runners Preparing For Three Games This Week

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – A busy week stands in front of the CSU Bakersfield men's basketball team as the Roadrunners are preparing to play a trio of games over the next six days. Bakersfield's week will start and end with a pair of home games while a bus trip to Tucson, Ariz. separates the two games in the Icardo Center.

CSUB will host its home opener on Monday, Dec. 7, with tipoff against Bethesda scheduled for 4 p.m. The `Runners and the Flames are meeting for just the second time in the all-time series. Bethesda came to Bakersfield during the 2016-17 season when the `Runners handed its visitors a defeat, 105-78. Then-freshman Taze Moore was the only current `Runner to play in that game and the guard tallied five points, three assists, and three steals.

On Wednesday, Dec. 9, Bakersfield is scheduled to clash with Arizona (2-0), a squad that finished the 2019-20 season with 21 victories. CSUB has not faced Arizona since 2017 and the `Runners will be looking for their first win against the Wildcats in the fourth meeting all-time. Tip-off in Tucson is scheduled for 4 p.m. (PT) in the McKale Center.

The Idaho Vandals are scheduled to visit Bakersfield on Saturday, Dec. 12, for their annual bout with the `Runners. CSUB and Idaho (0-2) have met at least once a year for the last four years and the two teams will be playing for the eleventh time in the all-time series with an even, 5-5 split. Last December, the Vandals outlasted CSUB for a 76-70 overtime victory in Moscow, Idaho. Saturday's game is set to tip off at 1 p.m. in the Icardo Center.

As will be the case all season long, both of CSUB's home games this week will be broadcasted live on WatchESPN.com and in the ESPN app. Bakersfield's contest against Arizona will be shown on the Pac-12 Network. For links to live streams, radio broadcasts, live stats, and more information for this week's contests, visit the CSUB men's basketball schedule page. Dates, times, and locations for all games are subject to change.

~GoRunners.com~

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Players Mentioned

#4 Taze Moore: G/F; 6' 5"; Redshirt Senior

Players Mentioned

#4 Taze Moore
: 6' 5"; Redshirt Senior
: G/F

Players Mentioned

#4 Taze Moore

Players Mentioned

#4 Taze Moore