A jump-shooting team is bound to see lumps in its outside stroke, and the Cal men's basketball team experienced just that in the championship game of the Global Sports Classic on Saturday.

The Bears (5-1) sank just 39 percent of their shots from the field, including a season-worst mark of 6-of-19 from beyond the arc, on the way to an 80-77 loss to Florida State in Las Vegas. Cal's first loss of the season came on the heels of its first marquee win, as the Bears had raced past UNLV, 73-55, in the semifinals the day before.

"Against (the Rebels), we took them out of their comfort zone," Cal coach Mike Montgomery said. "(The Seminoles) took us out of our comfort zone. We've got a lot to learn. We didn't match their intensity level. We just didn't play well enough to win. They were the aggressor. We have to learn from it."

Led by guard Toney Douglas' 28-point effort, the Seminoles (7-0) proved to be the Bears' most formidable opponent yet, forcing Cal into 14 turnovers. Florida State led by double-digits throughout the second half before Cal made an 11th-hour surge.

After Douglas split his free throws with 13 seconds remaining, the Bears trailed 77-71. Point guard Jerome Randle-who scored 15 of his 26 points in the final two minutes-then drew a foul attempting a three and drained all of his tries from the stripe.

Florida State split its free throws on the ensuing possession, and Randle sunk both on the opposite end to cut the lead to 78-76 with seven seconds left.

After the Seminoles then missed the front end of their double bonus, Randle missed purposely on his latter attempt, only to see Florida State's Pierre Jordan come up with the crucial board.

The Seminoles enjoyed a slim 36-34 rebounding advantage for the game.

"They physically handled us," Montgomery said. "They got us back on our heels, and we didn't respond. They are a big, physical team and took us out of our offense."

Florida State's roster does stock quite a bit of size, including 7-foot-1 center Solomon Alabi and three players-forwards Jordan Demercy, Chris Singleton and Ryan Reid-who all check in at around 6-foot-8.

And they all crashed the glass. Singleton grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds, while Reid and Alabi added five and four, respectively. But no player aside from Douglas came through with double-digit scoring.

"They run at you with size," Montgomery said. "We weren't able to get very comfortable. We weren't able to get it down on the low block much."

Meanwhile, the Bears struggled to find their stroke. Guard Patrick Christopher, who was named to the all-tournament team along with Randle, scored 17 points but shot just 7-of-17 from the field and 0-of-4 from long distance.

Randle was 4-of-12, while Theo Robertson shot efficiently (6-of-10, 3-of-6 from three-point range) on his way to 16 points. Freshman guard Jorge Gutierrez was the lone backup to attempt a field goal, converting 2-of-7 for five points in 23 minutes of action.

Cal's struggles could not have been predicted the way it dominated the Rebels, against whom the Bears enjoyed their largest margin of victory on an out-of-conference opponent's home court since 1995.

Randle led the surge against UNLV with 18 points, eight assists and six boards, but four other Cal players scored in double-digits as well.

The Bears' bigs were a bit more effective against the smaller Rebels. Forward Jamal Boykin posted 15 points and eight boards, while center Max Zhang swatted three shots in six minutes.

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