UC San Diego Tritons at California Golden Bears
· NCAA Men's BasketballCal has 26-point lead erased before beating UC San Diego 71-67
Cal and UC San Diego met for the third consecutive season, with the Tritons winning the past two matchups.
Aimaq threw down an alley-oop dunk, off a nice pass by Jaylon Tyson, to give Cal a 65-61 lead. Emmanuel Tshimanga made two free throws for UCSD, but Jalen Celestine answered with a 3-pointer for a five-point lead.
Tshimanga made two more free throws and Cal turned it over, leading to Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones' layup to get UCSD within 68-67 with 22 seconds left. Keonte Kennedy hit two free throws for Cal — which started the game going 6 of 14 from the stripe — for a 70-67 lead.
Tyler McGhie was short on a 3-pointer for UCSD and Celestine sealed it by making 1 of 2 free throws.
Tyson came off the bench to score 13 points for California (4-7). Celestine scored 12 and Kennedy had 10 points, five assists, three steals and two blocks.
Cal scored the opening 10 points of the game and extended its lead to 21-2. The Golden Bears also went on a 9-0 run to take its biggest lead of the game at 34-8.
UC San Diego scored 21 of the first 27 points of the second half to get within 50-48. Cal went without a point for over five minutes, missing six straight shots, during UCSD’s 14-0 run.
UCSD took its first lead of the game at 56-55 on Bryce Pope’s deep 3-pointer with 8:55 remaining, erasing Cal’s 26-point advantage.
McGhie had 20 points and five 3-pointers for UC San Diego (6-6). Pope added 14 points.
Six of UC San Diego’s seven field goals in the first half were from behind the 3-point arc. The Tritons shot just 25% from the field, while Cal went 18 of 30 (60%).
Cal, which concluded its noncoference schedule, will open Pac-12 Conference play against No. 4 Arizona on Dec. 29. The Bears were coming off an 88-78 loss to hot-shooting Ole Miss in San Antonio last Saturday.
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Matchup Prediction
Recent Plays
2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 67 - 71 |
2nd 0:00 | End of 2nd half | 67 - 71 |
2nd 0:00 | California Deadball Team Rebound. | 67 - 71 |
2nd 0:00 | Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones missed Jumper. | 67 - 71 |
2nd 0:09 | Jalen Celestine made Free Throw. | 67 - 71 |
Statistics
UCSD | CAL | |
---|---|---|
19-57 | FG | 26-54 |
33.3 | Field Goal % | 48.1 |
11-33 | 3PT | 10-22 |
33.3 | Three Point % | 45.5 |
18-25 | FT | 9-18 |
72.0 | Free Throw % | 50.0 |
43 | Rebounds | 30 |
14 | Offensive Rebounds | 5 |
29 | Defensive Rebounds | 25 |
14 | Assists | 19 |
4 | Steals | 9 |
0 | Blocks | 5 |
13 | Turnovers | 9 |
0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
13 | Total Turnovers | 9 |
0 | Technical Fouls | 2 |
0 | Total Technical Fouls | 2 |
0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
14 | Points Off Turnovers | 16 |
5 | Fast Break Points | 19 |
14 | Points in Paint | 32 |
15 | Fouls | 18 |
3 | Largest Lead | 26 |
Game Information
Location: Berkeley, CA
Attendance: 2,516 | Capacity:
2023-24 Big West Conference Standings
TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
---|---|---|---|
UC Irvine | 17-3 | - | 24-10 |
UC San Diego | 15-5 | 2 | 21-12 |
UC Davis | 14-6 | 3 | 20-13 |
Hawai'i | 11-9 | 6 | 20-14 |
Long Beach State | 10-10 | 7 | 21-15 |
UC Riverside | 10-10 | 7 | 16-18 |
Cal State Northridge | 9-11 | 8 | 19-15 |
UC Santa Barbara | 9-11 | 8 | 16-15 |
Cal State Bakersfield | 8-12 | 9 | 13-19 |
Cal State Fullerton | 7-13 | 10 | 14-18 |
Cal Poly | 0-20 | 17 | 4-28 |
2023-24 Atlantic Coast Conference Standings
TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
---|---|---|---|
North Carolina | 17-3 | - | 29-8 |
Duke | 15-5 | 2 | 27-9 |
Virginia | 13-7 | 4 | 23-11 |
Pittsburgh | 12-8 | 5 | 22-11 |
Clemson | 11-9 | 6 | 24-12 |
Syracuse | 11-9 | 6 | 20-12 |
Wake Forest | 11-9 | 6 | 21-14 |
Virginia Tech | 10-10 | 7 | 19-15 |
Florida State | 10-10 | 7 | 17-16 |
NC State | 9-11 | 8 | 26-15 |
Boston College | 8-12 | 9 | 20-16 |
Georgia Tech | 7-13 | 10 | 14-18 |
Notre Dame | 7-13 | 10 | 13-20 |
Miami | 6-14 | 11 | 15-17 |
Louisville | 3-17 | 14 | 8-24 |