Alcorn State Braves at California Golden Bears
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57 - 91
Martin wins in Cal debut, 91-57 over Alcorn State
Jordan Mathews scored 18 points, David Kravish added 13 points and eight rebounds and Jabari Bird had 12 points and nine assists to help Cal win its ninth consecutive season-opener.
Playing before a half-filled Haas Pavilion crowd, the Bears opened the game with a 15-0 run and took advantage of the slow start by Alcorn State while dominating in the paint and on the perimeter.
The Braves missed their first six shots, and were hit with an early technical foul for not having a player registered in the official scorer's book.
Cal finished 21-14 last season but lost leading scorer Justin Cobbs and top rebounder Richard Solomon to graduation. Coach Mike Montgomery also stepped down after six seasons with the Bears.
Alcorn State couldn't keep up.
The Braves, 12-19 a year ago and coming off their best record since 2003, shot 31.6 percent from the floor, committed 10 turnovers and were outrebounded 44-34.
LeAntwan Luckett, the Southwestern Athletic Conference preseason player of the year who averaged 15.8 points a game in 2013, had 18 points.
TIP-INS
Alcorn State: Coach Luther Riley's club plays eight of its first nine games on the road and has two games in El Paso, Texas, as part of the Sun Bowl Tournament.
California: Kravish has 182 career blocks and needs 26 blocks to break Cal's career record. The 6-foot-10 senior set the school's single-season mark in 2013 with 73. ... Dwight Tarwater, a fifth-year senior transfer from Cornell, came off the bench to make back-to-back 3-pointers late in the first half. ... Montgomery served as color analyst
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 57 - 91 |
| 2nd 0:28 | Leantwan Luckett made Free Throw. | 57 - 91 |
| 2nd 0:28 | Leantwan Luckett made Free Throw. | 56 - 91 |
| 2nd 0:28 | Foul on Nick Hamilton. | 55 - 91 |
| 2nd 0:34 | Reginald Johnson Defensive Rebound. | 55 - 91 |
Statistics
 ALCN |
 CAL |
|
|---|---|---|
| 18-57 | FG | 37-71 |
| 32 | Field Goal % | 52 |
| 3-15 | 3PT | 10-24 |
| 20 | Three Point % | 42 |
| 18-28 | FT | 7-13 |
| 64 | Free Throw % | 54 |
| 34 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 13 | Offensive Rebounds | 15 |
| 21 | Defensive Rebounds | 29 |
| 4 | Assists | 26 |
| 3 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 7 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 10 | Total Turnovers | 8 |
| 1 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 1 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 7 | Points Off Turnovers | 19 |
| 0 | Fast Break Points | 0 |
| 0 | Points in Paint | 0 |
| 15 | Fouls | 21 |
Game Information
Location: Berkeley, CA
Attendance: 7,212 | Capacity:
2025-26 Southwestern Athletic Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethune-Cookman | 14-4 | - | 17-15 |
| Southern | 11-7 | 3 | 17-17 |
| Florida A&M | 11-7 | 3 | 15-16 |
| Alabama A&M | 10-8 | 4 | 18-15 |
| Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 10-8 | 4 | 13-19 |
| Texas Southern | 10-8 | 4 | 12-18 |
| Jackson State | 10-8 | 4 | 12-21 |
| Prairie View A&M | 9-9 | 5 | 19-18 |
| Grambling | 7-11 | 7 | 14-19 |
| Alabama State | 7-11 | 7 | 10-22 |
| Alcorn State | 7-11 | 7 | 9-23 |
| Mississippi Valley State | 2-16 | 12 | 3-30 |
2025-26 Atlantic Coast Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duke | 17-1 | - | 35-3 |
| Virginia | 15-3 | 2 | 30-6 |
| Miami | 13-5 | 4 | 26-9 |
| North Carolina | 12-6 | 5 | 24-9 |
| Clemson | 12-6 | 5 | 24-11 |
| Louisville | 11-7 | 6 | 24-11 |
| NC State | 10-8 | 7 | 20-14 |
| Florida State | 10-8 | 7 | 18-15 |
| California | 9-9 | 8 | 22-12 |
| Stanford | 9-9 | 8 | 20-13 |
| Virginia Tech | 8-10 | 9 | 19-13 |
| SMU | 8-10 | 9 | 20-14 |
| Wake Forest | 7-11 | 10 | 18-17 |
| Syracuse | 6-12 | 11 | 15-17 |
| Pittsburgh | 5-13 | 12 | 13-20 |
| Notre Dame | 4-14 | 13 | 13-18 |
| Boston College | 4-14 | 13 | 11-20 |
| Georgia Tech | 2-16 | 15 | 11-20 |