WHITTIER, Calif. -- Whitworth completed a perfect cross-country road trip on Sunday with an 83-30 win over Caltech in the Caltech/Whittier Thanksgiving Classic.

With all five regular starters resting on the bench and not playing a minute, Whitworth's reserves dominated play against the Beavers. Point guard Jerry Beverly made 7 of 13 shots, including 4 of 8 from three point range, to score 18 points. He had eight steals and four assists as well. Freshman post Opada Opada made 8 of 12 shots to score 19 points. Nate Montgomery chipped in 10 points.

As a team the Pirates made 55.6% of their shots and limited Caltech to only 28.1% shooting from the field. Whitworth outrebounded the Beavers 35-19 and forced 36 turnovers with 27 steals.

Paxon Frady and Chris Yu lead Caltech with five points each.

Off to their best start since the 2002-03 season, the Pirates are 6-0 after traveling more than 9,000 miles across the country. Whitworth won two games at the Lee Pfund Classic hosted by Wheaton, Illinois on November 17th and 18th. Then the Bucs won both of their games at the US Bank - Whitworth Maui Classic in Hawaii on November 22nd and 23rd. The Pirates closed the trip in Southern California with the two wins at the Caltech/Whittier Thanksgiving Classic this weekend.

Whitworth will play its first home game of the 2006-07 season on Wednesday night when the Pirates host Walla Walla College at 8:00 pm.