Syracuse Orange at California Golden Bears
· NCAA Men's Basketball
75 - 66
Taylor scores 19, Starling adds 18 as Syracuse beats Cal 75-66
Syracuse (10-12, 4-7 ACC) snapped a three-game losing streak.
Jeremiah Wilkinson and Jovan Blacksher Jr. scored 20 points apiece for Cal (11-11, 4-7). Rytis Petraitis added 13 points and eight rebounds.
Starling made back-to-back layups, Taylor followed with a jumper and Elijah Moore hit a 3-pointer to make it 9-0 about three minutes into the game and Syracuse never trailed. Chris Bell scored in the lane and then hit a 3 to cap a 10-1 run that gave the Orange and 13-point lead with nine minutes until halftime.
Cal used a pair of 11-0 runs to twice get within seven points in the second half and Petraitis scored seven points in a 9-3 spurt that made it 67-61 when Blacksher made a layup with 1:14 to play but the Bears got no closer.
Andrej Stojakovic, Cal's leading scorer (18.9 points per game – third in the ACC) this season, missed his fourth consecutive game.
Syracuse returns home to play No. 2 Duke on Wednesday. Cal plays host to N.C. State on Wednesday.
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 75 - 66 |
| 2nd 0:00 | End of 2nd half | 75 - 66 |
| 2nd 0:00 | Lucas Taylor Defensive Rebound. | 75 - 66 |
| 2nd 0:03 | Jeremiah Wilkinson missed Three Point Jumper. | 75 - 66 |
| 2nd 0:08 | Lucas Taylor made Free Throw. | 75 - 66 |
Statistics
 SYR |
 CAL |
|
|---|---|---|
| 25-54 | FG | 18-63 |
| 46 | Field Goal % | 29 |
| 8-16 | 3PT | 6-35 |
| 50 | Three Point % | 17 |
| 17-20 | FT | 24-30 |
| 85 | Free Throw % | 80 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 11 | Offensive Rebounds | 17 |
| 31 | Defensive Rebounds | 20 |
| 11 | Assists | 4 |
| 4 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 13 | Total Turnovers | 6 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 10 | Points Off Turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Fast Break Points | 9 |
| 30 | Points in Paint | 20 |
| 21 | Fouls | 15 |
| 18 | Largest Lead | 0 |
Game Information
Location: Berkeley, CA
Attendance: 4,102 | Capacity:
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 |