HONOLULU -- Charlie Moore scored 15 points to lead four players in double figures and California pulled away from Princeton 62-51 in the Pearl Harbor Invitational Tuesday.
Jabari Bird scored 11 of his 13 points after halftime and Sam Singer and Grant Mullins added 11 points apiece for the Golden Bears (7-1).
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Moore, a freshman point guard, shot 6 of 9 from the field and scored 10 points after halftime.
Princeton took a 46-44 lead following Henry Caruso's 3-pointer from the left corner with 7:45 left to play, but California answered with an 11-1 run that was capped by a backdoor reverse layup by Bird off an assist from Moore.
Devin Cannady scored 16 points and Spencer Weisz added 10 for the Tigers (2-4).
Princeton closed out the first half on a 4-0 run to take a 20-18 lead into halftime.
There were 12 ties and 15 lead changes in the game.
California dominated Princeton in both points in the paint (34-12) and bench scoring (24-7).
BIG PICTURE
California: The Golden Bears were a woeful 10 of 23 from the free-throw line. They made just 1 of 3 from the charity stripe in the first half and only 9 of 20 in the second. They entered the game averaging 67.5 percent for the season.
Princeton: The Tigers came into the contest averaging 9.6 3-pointers made per game, but made just 1 of 11 attempts from behind the arc in the first half and finished 6 of 26 for the game.
UP NEXT
California will look to extend its win streak to six games when it takes on Seton Hall Wednesday.
Princeton will play Wednesday against Hawaii, the first time the two schools have met.