MERCED, Calif. – Cameron Brown tallied a career-high 23 points and ten rebounds to lead the University of California, Merced men's basketball team to a 76-62 win over Simpson University on Tuesday night inside the Joseph Edward Gallo Gymnasium.

With the win, the Bobcats (7-3, 5-0) are 5-0 in Cal Pac play for the second time in program history.

UC Merced never trailed in the game and led by at least ten points for 26 of the final 27 minutes, including by as many as 20 points at the 54-34 mark. Also of note, the Bobcats shot exactly 50% from the floor in both halves.

Brown scored his career-high 23 points on 71% (10-14) shooting and made two of his three three-pointers, while his ten rebounds gave him his third double-double in just five Cal Pac games.

Chris Bramah and DeDrick Martin scored nine points each and combined to shoot 70% from the field. Jayson Wiltz also had nine points in part due to a pair of three-pointers. Wiltz also had a four-point play in the first half.

Myles Haynes added seven points and five rebounds, while Jaron Mertle and Blake Hudson pitched in six points each. Mertle hauled in nine rebounds to go along with his scoring output.

Other notables include five points from Tiler Fears and two steals each from Hudson and Josiah Ajiake.

Head coach Kevin Pham's squad led 9-4 after five minutes and extended their advantage to 19-10 by the first media timeout. The Bobcats lead was between six and nine points for the next few minutes until a Wiltz triple gave UC Merced their first double figure lead of the night at 25-14 with seven minutes remaining in the first half.

Back-to-back buckets by Brown gave the Bobcats a 15-point lead, which was then trimmed down to eleven points at intermission at 35-24.

Simpson cut the Bobcats lead down to single digits a couple times early in the second half but the Bobcats took a double figure lead for good on a Brown layup. Brown's layup started an 11-0 run putting UC Merced up by a game-high 20 points, 52-32 with 12:21 to play.

UC Merced led 58-40 midway through the half and by 19 points at 68-49 inside of four minutes on their way to victory.

The Bobcats have now won four of their five Cal Pac games by 14 or more points.

UC Merced shot 50% from the field, 35% from downtown, and 67% from the charity stripe in the victory.

Up next, UC Merced will start a three-game road trip at University of Antelope Valley at the Pioneer Event Center in Lancaster, Calif., on Thursday, January 4. Tipoff between the only undefeated teams left in the Cal Pac is set for 7:30pm.