UCLA Bruins vs. California Golden Bears

Nov 25, 2025

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
UCLA	41	31	72
CAL	36	44	80

Game Recap

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.

Player Stats

UCLA	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
1Xavier Booker	32	4-9	0-0	2-4	4	0	0	3	0	1	10
5Brandon Williams	11	3-5	0-1	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	2	6
2Donovan Dent	31	1-8	0-2	1-4	4	7	1	1	6	0	3
55Skyy Clark	25	2-8	1-4	2-2	5	1	0	0	0	4	7
3Eric Dailey Jr.	35	7-15	3-7	0-1	7	3	0	0	2	2	17
24Steven Jamerson II	9	1-1	0-0	1-2	3	1	0	0	1	3	3
4Jamar Brown	29	3-7	2-5	1-1	6	1	1	1	1	4	9
8Eric Freeny	3	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
0Trent Perry	25	5-9	1-2	6-9	3	3	0	0	1	2	17
TOTAL	-	26-6440.6%	7-2231.8%	13-2356.5%	34	17	2	5	11	19	72

CALIFORNIA	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
22Chris Bell	31	6-11	5-7	5-5	6	0	2	1	1	2	22
2John Camden	25	2-5	1-2	0-0	3	1	0	1	0	0	5
34Lee Dort	16	1-2	0-0	1-2	3	0	0	1	2	5	3
10Justin Pippen	29	4-10	3-6	2-2	3	3	2	1	3	4	13
7Dai Dai Ames	24	5-12	2-4	2-2	0	0	0	0	0	4	14
31Rytis Petraitis	23	4-6	0-0	4-4	7	1	1	0	0	0	12
8Milos Ilic	23	0-0	0-0	1-5	4	4	2	0	1	2	1
3Semetri Carr	13	2-7	0-2	2-2	3	4	0	0	0	3	6
1DeJuan Campbell	16	2-5	0-1	0-0	2	2	0	0	1	3	4
TOTAL	-	26-5844.8%	11-2250.0%	17-2277.3%	31	15	7	4	8	23	80

Play-by-Play

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1st halfUCLACAL

(20:00) Start game.
(19:57) Jump Ball won by California.
(19:57) Jump Ball lost by UCLA.
(19:56) John Camden missed Three Point Jumper.
(19:51) Skyy Clark Defensive Rebound.
(19:43) Eric Dailey Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
(19:39) John Camden Defensive Rebound.
(19:33) Dai Dai Ames missed Jumper.
(19:33) Donovan Dent Block.
(19:31) Donovan Dent Defensive Rebound.
(19:31) Foul on Dai Dai Ames.
+2 (19:22) Xavier Booker made Layup. Assisted by Donovan Dent.
20
(18:58) Justin Pippen Turnover.
(18:46) Brandon Williams missed Three Point Jumper.
(18:42) Lee Dort Defensive Rebound.
(18:27) Dai Dai Ames missed Jumper.
(18:22) Chris Bell Offensive Rebound.
(18:17) Justin Pippen missed Jumper.
(18:17) Xavier Booker Block.
(18:13) Brandon Williams Defensive Rebound.
(18:04) Eric Dailey Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
(18:03) Xavier Booker Offensive Rebound.
(18:03) Foul on Lee Dort.
+2 (17:55) Xavier Booker made Layup. Assisted by Brandon Williams.
40
(17:32) Chris Bell Turnover.
(17:26) Brandon Williams missed Layup.
(17:26) Lee Dort Block.
(17:22) Eric Dailey Jr. Offensive Rebound.
(17:21) Eric Dailey Jr. missed Layup.
(17:15) Brandon Williams Offensive Rebound.
+2 (17:15) Brandon Williams made Two Point Tip Shot.
60
(17:06) Lee Dort Turnover.
+2 (16:57) Eric Dailey Jr. made Dunk. Assisted by Donovan Dent.
80
(16:32) Foul on Skyy Clark.
(16:27) Dai Dai Ames missed Layup.
(16:24) Donovan Dent Defensive Rebound.
(16:20) Donovan Dent missed Layup.
(16:20) Chris Bell Block.
(16:15) Chris Bell Defensive Rebound.
+3 (16:06) John Camden made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Milos Ilic.
83
(15:40) Donovan Dent Turnover.
(15:40) Justin Pippen Steal.
+3 (15:32) Chris Bell made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by John Camden.
86
(15:30) Technical Foul on Chris Bell.
+1 (15:30) Skyy Clark made Free Throw.
96
+1 (15:30) Skyy Clark made Free Throw.
106
+2 (15:13) Brandon Williams made Jumper. Assisted by Eric Dailey Jr..
126
(14:58) Foul on Brandon Williams.
+1 (14:58) Chris Bell made Free Throw.
127
+1 (14:58) Chris Bell made Free Throw.
128
+1 (14:58) Chris Bell made Free Throw.
129
(14:34) Donovan Dent missed Jumper.
(14:32) UCLA Offensive Rebound.
(14:32) Xavier Booker missed Jumper.
(14:32) Semetri Carr Defensive Rebound.
+2 (13:55) Semetri Carr made Layup. Assisted by Milos Ilic.
1211
(13:55) Foul on Jamar Brown.
+1 (13:55) Semetri Carr made Free Throw.
1212
(13:28) Xavier Booker missed Jumper.
(13:26) Rytis Petraitis Defensive Rebound.
(13:26) Foul on Brandon Williams.
+3 (13:11) Chris Bell made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Semetri Carr.
1215
(12:49) Trent Perry Turnover.
(12:49) Milos Ilic Steal.
+3 (12:44) Chris Bell made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by DeJuan Campbell.
1218
(12:27) Donovan Dent missed Jumper.
(12:24) DeJuan Campbell Defensive Rebound.
+2 (12:21) Rytis Petraitis made Layup. Assisted by DeJuan Campbell.
1220
+3 (12:04) Trent Perry made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Steven Jamerson II.
1520
(11:33) DeJuan Campbell missed Jumper.
(11:29) Jamar Brown Defensive Rebound.
(11:13) Eric Dailey Jr. missed Jumper.
(11:09) Steven Jamerson II Offensive Rebound.
(11:07) Foul on Chris Bell.
(11:07) Trent Perry missed Free Throw.
(11:07) UCLA Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (11:07) Trent Perry made Free Throw.
1620
(10:51) Semetri Carr missed Three Point Jumper.
(10:47) Eric Dailey Jr. Defensive Rebound.
+3 (10:31) Skyy Clark made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Eric Dailey Jr..
1920
+2 (10:05) John Camden made Jumper.
1922
(9:48) Foul on Semetri Carr.
+2 (9:32) Steven Jamerson II made Dunk. Assisted by Trent Perry.
2122
(9:08) Lee Dort missed Jumper.
(9:07) Jamar Brown Defensive Rebound.
(8:55) Steven Jamerson II Turnover.
(8:55) Rytis Petraitis Steal.
(8:48) Foul on Trent Perry.
(8:45) Foul on Eric Dailey Jr..
(8:44) Justin Pippen Turnover.
(8:44) Jamar Brown Steal.
+2 (8:36) Skyy Clark made Layup.
2322
+2 (8:10) DeJuan Campbell made Layup.
2324
(7:53) Donovan Dent Turnover.
(7:53) Justin Pippen Steal.
(7:48) Dai Dai Ames missed Three Point Jumper.
(7:45) Eric Dailey Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(7:33) Skyy Clark missed Three Point Jumper.
(7:31) UCLA Offensive Rebound.
(7:31) Foul on Lee Dort.
(7:30) Foul on Dai Dai Ames.
+1 (7:30) Trent Perry made Free Throw.
2424
+1 (7:30) Trent Perry made Free Throw.
2524
+2 (7:11) DeJuan Campbell made Layup.
2526
(6:44) Eric Dailey Jr. Turnover.
(6:33) Justin Pippen missed Layup.
(6:30) Skyy Clark Defensive Rebound.
+2 (6:13) Xavier Booker made Layup. Assisted by Skyy Clark.
2726
(5:49) Milos Ilic Turnover.
+3 (5:47) Jamar Brown made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Donovan Dent.
3026
(5:25) Semetri Carr missed Three Point Jumper.
(5:22) Xavier Booker Defensive Rebound.
(5:15) Eric Freeny missed Three Point Jumper.
(5:10) Semetri Carr Defensive Rebound.
+2 (5:05) Semetri Carr made Layup.
3028
(5:05) Foul on Eric Freeny.
+1 (5:05) Semetri Carr made Free Throw.
3029
(4:53) Foul on Milos Ilic.
+1 (4:53) Donovan Dent made Free Throw.
3129
(4:53) Donovan Dent missed Free Throw.
(4:51) Chris Bell Defensive Rebound.
(4:33) Chris Bell missed Jumper.
(4:30) Skyy Clark Defensive Rebound.
(4:27) Eric Freeny missed Layup.
(4:23) Donovan Dent Offensive Rebound.
(4:21) Skyy Clark missed Jumper.
(4:18) Milos Ilic Defensive Rebound.
(4:15) Chris Bell missed Layup.
(4:15) Jamar Brown Block.
(4:15) California Offensive Rebound.
(4:06) John Camden missed Jumper.
(4:03) Skyy Clark Defensive Rebound.
(3:57) Jamar Brown missed Three Point Jumper.
(3:54) John Camden Defensive Rebound.
(3:35) Chris Bell missed Jumper.
(3:35) UCLA Defensive Rebound.
(3:35) Foul on Milos Ilic.
+1 (3:35) Steven Jamerson II made Free Throw.
3229
(3:35) Steven Jamerson II missed Free Throw.
(3:33) Rytis Petraitis Defensive Rebound.
+2 (3:21) Rytis Petraitis made Layup. Assisted by Semetri Carr.
3231
(2:55) Skyy Clark missed Three Point Jumper.
(2:53) California Defensive Rebound.
(2:53) Foul on Steven Jamerson II.
(2:48) Milos Ilic missed Free Throw.
(2:47) Eric Dailey Jr. Defensive Rebound.
+3 (2:40) Eric Dailey Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Donovan Dent.
3531
+2 (2:24) Justin Pippen made Layup. Assisted by Milos Ilic.
3533
(2:06) Jamar Brown missed Three Point Jumper.
(2:00) Trent Perry Offensive Rebound.
+2 (1:59) Trent Perry made Layup.
3733
(1:52) Justin Pippen missed Three Point Jumper.
(1:51) UCLA Defensive Rebound.
+2 (1:35) Trent Perry made Jumper.
3933
(1:35) Foul on Semetri Carr.
+1 (1:35) Trent Perry made Free Throw.
4033
+3 (1:17) Justin Pippen made Three Point Jumper.
4036
(1:05) Foul on Justin Pippen.
(1:05) Trent Perry missed Free Throw.
(1:05) UCLA Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (1:05) Trent Perry made Free Throw.
4136
(0:48) DeJuan Campbell missed Three Point Jumper.
(0:46) Jamar Brown Defensive Rebound.
(0:31) Xavier Booker missed Layup.
(0:29) Milos Ilic Defensive Rebound.
(0:05) Semetri Carr missed Jumper.
(0:01) Eric Dailey Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(0:00) Jamar Brown missed Jumper.
(0:00) California Deadball Team Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

UCLA

CAL

72Points80

26-64(40.6%)Field Goal(%)26-58(44.8%)

7-22(31.8%)3-Point(%)11-22(50.0%)

13-23(56.5%)Free Throw(%)17-22(77.3%)

41(14)Rebounds(Offensive)35(7)

17Assists15

2Steals7

5Blocks4

11Turnovers8

19(0)Fouls(Technical)23(1)

8Largest Lead13

Game Details

Tuesday, November 25, 2025 · 10:00 PM

Chase Center · San Francisco, CA

attendance: 7,293 (40.4%)

tv: ESPN

spread: UCLA -7.5

over/under: 143.5