
Stanford Cardinal at California Golden Bears
· NCAA Men's BasketballCelestine's 3 late free throws lift California past Stanford, 73-71

The victory made first-year Cal coach Mark Madsen, a former Stanford standout, a winner over his alma mater in his first game facing the Cardinal. Stanford coach, Jarod Haase played at Cal as a freshman before transferring to Kansas.
Stanford built a 10-point lead on Kanaan Carlyle ‘s jumper four minutes into the second half made it 50-40, but the Golden Bears answered with a 10-0 run fueled by a pair of Jaylon Tyson jumpers and tied the game with 12:43 left on a Jalen Cone jumper.
Stanford answered with a 7-0 run on two Andrej Stojakovic layups and a Jared Bynum 3. Fardaws Amaq’s jumper with 7:13 left put Cal up, 62-60 but Spencer Jones tied again with two free throws at the five-minute mark. Tyson injured his leg when he landed after taking a missed 3-pointer and did not return, but the Bears tied the game on a pair of free throws from Aimaq with 2:53 left and Celestine hit a jumper to make it 70-68.
Brandon Angel hit two free throws with 1:10 left to put Stanford up for the final time, 71-70. Celestine hit two free throws with :58 seconds left and added the second of two free throws with seven seconds left to set the final margin.
Six players reached double-figure scoring for Cal (9-12, 4-5 Pac-12 Conference). Tyson finished with 14 points, seven under his 21-points-per-game average. Aimaq had 13 points and 12 rebounds and Celestine hit 4 of 5 from the line and finished with 12 points. Keonte Kennedy and Newell each added 11 points and Cone chipped n 10 points by hitting 8 of 9 from the line.
Jones led Stanford 10-9, 5-4) with 13 points. Angel and Carlyle each scored 12 and Maxime Raynaud added 11.
California travels to face No. 9 Arizona Thursday. Stanford travels to face Arizona State Thursday.
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2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 71 - 73 |
2nd 0:00 | End of 2nd half | 71 - 73 |
2nd 0:00 | Maxime Raynaud Offensive Rebound. | 71 - 73 |
2nd 0:00 | Kanaan Carlyle missed Layup. | 71 - 73 |
2nd 0:07 | Jalen Celestine made Free Throw. | 71 - 73 |
Statistics
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23-58 | FG | 25-61 |
39.7 | Field Goal % | 41.0 |
7-24 | 3PT | 5-21 |
29.2 | Three Point % | 23.8 |
18-22 | FT | 18-27 |
81.8 | Free Throw % | 66.7 |
39 | Rebounds | 39 |
5 | Offensive Rebounds | 6 |
34 | Defensive Rebounds | 33 |
11 | Assists | 8 |
3 | Steals | 6 |
1 | Blocks | 1 |
12 | Turnovers | 9 |
0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
12 | Total Turnovers | 9 |
2 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
2 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
8 | Points Off Turnovers | 13 |
9 | Fast Break Points | 11 |
28 | Points in Paint | 32 |
19 | Fouls | 18 |
10 | Largest Lead | 4 |
Game Information

Location: Berkeley, CA
Attendance: 8,710 | Capacity:
2024-25 Atlantic Coast Conference Standings
TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
---|---|---|---|
Duke | 19-1 | - | 35-4 |
Clemson | 18-2 | 1 | 27-7 |
Louisville | 18-2 | 1 | 27-8 |
SMU | 13-7 | 6 | 24-11 |
Wake Forest | 13-7 | 6 | 21-11 |
North Carolina | 13-7 | 6 | 23-14 |
Stanford | 11-9 | 8 | 21-14 |
Georgia Tech | 10-10 | 9 | 17-17 |
Florida State | 8-12 | 11 | 17-15 |
Pittsburgh | 8-12 | 11 | 17-15 |
Virginia | 8-12 | 11 | 15-17 |
Notre Dame | 8-12 | 11 | 15-18 |
Virginia Tech | 8-12 | 11 | 13-19 |
Syracuse | 7-13 | 12 | 14-19 |
California | 6-14 | 13 | 14-19 |
NC State | 5-15 | 14 | 12-19 |
Boston College | 4-16 | 15 | 12-19 |
Miami | 3-17 | 16 | 7-24 |