California Golden Bears vs UCLA Bruins

Mizzen+Main Empire Classic

5-2

Final

	1	2	T
UCLA UCLA	41	31	72
California CAL	36	44	80

California Golden BearsCaliforniaCAL

6-1

Chris Bell, Dai Dai Ames lead California past No. 18 UCLA 80-72 in Empire Classic championship game

— Chris Bell had 22 points and six rebounds and was named Most Outstanding Player, Dai Dai Ames hit two late 3-pointers on the way to 14 points, and California beat No. 18 UCLA 80-72 on Tuesday night in the Empire Classic championship game.

Nov 26, 2025, 12:31 am - AP

--UCLA

100%

--CAL

According to ESPN Analytics

John Camden missed Three Point Jumper.
Eric Dailey Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
Dai Dai Ames missed Jumper.
Xavier Booker made Layup. Assisted by Donovan Dent.
Brandon Williams missed Three Point Jumper.
Dai Dai Ames missed Jumper.
Justin Pippen missed Jumper.
Eric Dailey Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
Xavier Booker made Layup. Assisted by Brandon Williams.
Brandon Williams missed Layup.
Eric Dailey Jr. missed Layup.
Brandon Williams made Two Point Tip Shot.
Eric Dailey Jr. made Dunk. Assisted by Donovan Dent.
Dai Dai Ames missed Layup.
Donovan Dent missed Layup.
John Camden made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Milos Ilic.
Chris Bell made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by John Camden.
Skyy Clark made Free Throw.
Skyy Clark made Free Throw.
Brandon Williams made Jumper. Assisted by Eric Dailey Jr..
Chris Bell made Free Throw.
Chris Bell made Free Throw.
Chris Bell made Free Throw.
Donovan Dent missed Jumper.
Xavier Booker missed Jumper.
Semetri Carr made Layup. Assisted by Milos Ilic.
Semetri Carr made Free Throw.
Xavier Booker missed Jumper.
Chris Bell made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Semetri Carr.
Chris Bell made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by DeJuan Campbell.
Donovan Dent missed Jumper.
Rytis Petraitis made Layup. Assisted by DeJuan Campbell.
Trent Perry made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Steven Jamerson II.
DeJuan Campbell missed Jumper.
Eric Dailey Jr. missed Jumper.
Trent Perry missed Free Throw.
Trent Perry made Free Throw.
Semetri Carr missed Three Point Jumper.
Skyy Clark made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Eric Dailey Jr..
John Camden made Jumper.
Steven Jamerson II made Dunk. Assisted by Trent Perry.
Lee Dort missed Jumper.
Skyy Clark made Layup.
DeJuan Campbell made Layup.
Dai Dai Ames missed Three Point Jumper.
Skyy Clark missed Three Point Jumper.
Trent Perry made Free Throw.
Trent Perry made Free Throw.
DeJuan Campbell made Layup.
Justin Pippen missed Layup.
Xavier Booker made Layup. Assisted by Skyy Clark.
Jamar Brown made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Donovan Dent.
Semetri Carr missed Three Point Jumper.
Eric Freeny missed Three Point Jumper.
Semetri Carr made Layup.
Semetri Carr made Free Throw.
Donovan Dent made Free Throw.
Donovan Dent missed Free Throw.
Chris Bell missed Jumper.
Eric Freeny missed Layup.
Skyy Clark missed Jumper.
Chris Bell missed Layup.
John Camden missed Jumper.
Jamar Brown missed Three Point Jumper.
Chris Bell missed Jumper.
Steven Jamerson II made Free Throw.
Steven Jamerson II missed Free Throw.
Rytis Petraitis made Layup. Assisted by Semetri Carr.
Skyy Clark missed Three Point Jumper.
Milos Ilic missed Free Throw.
Eric Dailey Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Donovan Dent.
Justin Pippen made Layup. Assisted by Milos Ilic.
Jamar Brown missed Three Point Jumper.
Trent Perry made Layup.
Justin Pippen missed Three Point Jumper.
Trent Perry made Jumper.
Trent Perry made Free Throw.
Justin Pippen made Three Point Jumper.
Trent Perry missed Free Throw.
Trent Perry made Free Throw.
DeJuan Campbell missed Three Point Jumper.
Xavier Booker missed Layup.
Semetri Carr missed Jumper.
Jamar Brown missed Jumper.
Xavier Booker missed Jumper.
Lee Dort made Jumper. Assisted by Justin Pippen.
Xavier Booker missed Free Throw.
Xavier Booker made Free Throw.
Justin Pippen missed Layup.
Brandon Williams made Layup. Assisted by Donovan Dent.
Dai Dai Ames made Jumper.
Donovan Dent missed Layup.
Justin Pippen made Three Point Jumper.
Eric Dailey Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
Justin Pippen missed Three Point Jumper.
Donovan Dent made Layup. Assisted by Trent Perry.
Dai Dai Ames missed Layup.
Rytis Petraitis made Layup.
Milos Ilic missed Free Throw.
Milos Ilic made Free Throw.
Trent Perry missed Jumper.
Justin Pippen missed Three Point Jumper.
Chris Bell made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Rytis Petraitis.
Chris Bell made Free Throw.
Chris Bell made Free Throw.
Skyy Clark missed Jumper.
Justin Pippen made Free Throw.
Justin Pippen made Free Throw.
Eric Dailey Jr. made Jumper. Assisted by Donovan Dent.
Justin Pippen made Three Point Jumper.
Eric Dailey Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jamar Brown.
Rytis Petraitis made Free Throw.
Rytis Petraitis made Free Throw.
John Camden missed Jumper.
Donovan Dent missed Three Point Jumper.
DeJuan Campbell missed Layup.
Donovan Dent missed Free Throw.
Donovan Dent missed Free Throw.
Eric Dailey Jr. made Layup.
Eric Dailey Jr. missed Free Throw.
Rytis Petraitis made Free Throw.
Rytis Petraitis made Free Throw.
Donovan Dent missed Jumper.
Chris Bell made Layup. Assisted by Semetri Carr.
Trent Perry missed Jumper.
Eric Dailey Jr. missed Layup.
Chris Bell made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Semetri Carr.
Eric Dailey Jr. made Jumper. Assisted by Donovan Dent.
Semetri Carr missed Layup.
Chris Bell missed Three Point Jumper.
Lee Dort missed Free Throw.
Lee Dort made Free Throw.
Eric Dailey Jr. missed Jumper.
Semetri Carr missed Jumper.
Xavier Booker missed Free Throw.
Xavier Booker made Free Throw.
Rytis Petraitis missed Layup.
Chris Bell missed Three Point Jumper.
Jamar Brown missed Three Point Jumper.
Dai Dai Ames made Three Point Jumper.
Skyy Clark missed Jumper.
Eric Dailey Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Trent Perry.
Dai Dai Ames missed Three Point Jumper.
Trent Perry made Layup.
Trent Perry missed Three Point Jumper.
Dai Dai Ames made Jumper.
Jamar Brown made Free Throw.
Jamar Brown made Layup.
Milos Ilic missed Free Throw.
Milos Ilic missed Free Throw.
Jamar Brown made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Eric Dailey Jr..
Dai Dai Ames missed Layup.
Rytis Petraitis made Layup. Assisted by Justin Pippen.
Trent Perry made Jumper.
Donovan Dent missed Three Point Jumper.
Dai Dai Ames made Free Throw.
Dai Dai Ames made Free Throw.
Eric Dailey Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
Rytis Petraitis missed Layup.
Skyy Clark missed Three Point Jumper.
Trent Perry missed Free Throw.
Trent Perry made Free Throw.
Dai Dai Ames made Three Point Jumper.
Trent Perry missed Jumper.
Dai Dai Ames made Jumper.
Xavier Booker made Two Point Tip Shot.
Xavier Booker missed Two Point Tip Shot.

Shot Made

Shot Missed

Shot Made

Shot Missed

OpenSpreadTotalML

UCLA BruinsUCLAUCLA

(5-2)

(5-2, 0-0 Away)

-8.5

-108

California Golden BearsCALCAL

(6-1)

(6-1, 5-0 Home)

u142.5

-105

Data is currently unavailable.

NCAA Division I

Big Ten Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Michigan	19-1	-	37-3
Nebraska	15-5	4	28-7
Michigan State	15-5	4	27-8
Illinois	15-5	4	28-9
Wisconsin	14-6	5	24-11
Purdue	13-7	6	30-9
UCLA	13-7	6	24-12
Ohio State	12-8	7	21-13
Iowa	10-10	9	24-13
Indiana	9-11	10	18-14
Minnesota	8-12	11	15-18
USC	7-13	12	18-14
Washington	7-13	12	16-17
Rutgers	6-14	13	14-20
Northwestern	5-15	14	15-19
Oregon	5-15	14	12-20
Maryland	4-16	15	12-21
Penn State	3-17	16	12-20

Atlantic Coast Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
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

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