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SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. -- Junior point guard Darnell Johnson scored a team-high 20 points and Joseph Vines added a "double-double" of 14 points and 11 rebounds Wednesday night in The Rock's 77-64 loss to Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference-Western Division co-leader California U. of Pa.

The loss dropped SRU's overall record to 3-15 and its PSAC-West mark to 1-3.

California is now 13-4 overall and 4-0 in PSAC-West play.

Junior guard Matt Schaefer handed out a team-best five assists and Johnson dropped four dimes for SRU, which will host Shippensburg (6-14, 0-5) in a 1 p.m. division game Saturday in Morrow Field House.

The Rock was never really in Wednesday night's game as California held a 20-4 lead at the midway mark of the first half.

SRU trimmed the margin to nine, 38-29, at halftime but never got closer than six points in the final 20 minutes of action.