Chris Bell scored 21 points and Justin Pippen added a career-high 16 as California cruised to a 91-67 win over Sacramento State on Friday in Berkeley, Calif.Dai Dai Ames also scored 16 points for Cal (5-1), which led by as many as 34 points and never looked back after taking control midway through the first half. John Camden scored 14 points and Milos Ilic had a team-high nine rebounds.The Bears improved to 4-0 all-time against Sacramento State (3-4), which was picked to finish seventh in the Big Sky preseason coaches’ poll.Brandon Gardner led the Hornets with 19 points off the bench, including four 3-pointers. Freshman forward Mark Lavrenov scored 14 points in his first career start, and Prophet Johnson had 12 points and 11 rebounds.The sharp-shooting Bears connected on 50.8% of their shots from the field and 39.5% (15 of 38) from 3-point range.Sacramento State took an early 12-8 lead before Cal responded with a 17-0 run to move ahead 25-12 with 11:38 left in the first half.Cal took a 41-20 lead on Bell’s trey with 5:43 remaining in the half, and the Bears held a 47-33 advantage at intermission.Bell had 17 points in the half for the Bears, who shot 48.6% from the field and 9 of 24 (37.5%) from beyond the arc in the first 20 minutes.