California Golden Bears vs. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

Mar 4, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
CAL	32	44	76
GT	36	29	65

Game Recap

Ames, Dort continue Cal's surge with 79-65 win over Georgia Tech. Dai Dai Ames scored 18 points and Lee Dort scored 16 points and California beat Georgia Tech 79-65 on Wednesday night for the Bears' fourth win in the last five games.

Player Stats

CALIFORNIA	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
22Chris Bell	26	4-12	0-7	2-4	1	1	2	1	0	3	10
2John Camden	32	3-7	2-6	4-4	10	2	2	0	1	5	12
34Lee Dort	28	8-11	0-0	0-1	6	0	0	2	2	2	16
10Justin Pippen	31	0-7	0-2	0-0	2	8	3	1	4	3	0
7Dai Dai Ames	31	6-11	2-3	4-4	3	3	0	0	0	2	18
23Sammie Yeanay	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
8Milos Ilic	12	2-3	0-1	0-2	5	1	1	0	0	3	4
3Semetri Carr	14	2-2	1-1	3-4	4	1	0	0	0	1	8
1DeJuan Campbell	18	3-10	0-3	2-2	1	1	1	0	1	1	8
21Nolan Dorsey	6	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
TOTAL	-	28-6443.8%	5-2420.8%	15-2171.4%	34	19	9	4	9	20	76

GEORGIA TECH	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
11Baye Ndongo	27	3-5	0-0	2-4	6	1	0	0	7	4	8
14Kowacie Reeves Jr.	36	6-12	5-9	2-2	6	1	0	1	2	4	19
1Lamar Washington	36	2-7	0-3	4-5	8	10	3	0	1	3	8
0Akai Fleming	33	4-12	1-5	7-7	1	2	1	1	2	3	16
3Jaeden Mustaf	34	3-7	0-1	4-5	8	2	0	0	1	2	10
8Cole Kirouac	13	2-2	0-0	0-1	1	0	0	2	2	1	4
12Kam Craft	5	0-3	0-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7Chas Kelley III	16	0-3	0-1	0-0	3	0	1	0	2	3	0


TOTAL	-	20-5139.2%	6-2227.3%	19-2479.2%	33	16	5	4	17	20	65

Play-by-Play

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1st halfCALGT

(20:00) Start game.
(19:59) Jump Ball won by Georgia Tech.
(19:59) Jump Ball lost by California.
+3 (19:39) Kowacie Reeves Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Lamar Washington assists).
03
(19:11) Chris Bell misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(19:08) Jaeden Mustaf Defensive Rebound.
+2 (19:01) Akai Fleming makes driving layup (Kowacie Reeves Jr. assists).
05
+2 (18:41) Lee Dort makes 2-foot dunk (Dai Dai Ames assists).
25
+3 (18:21) Kowacie Reeves Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jaeden Mustaf assists).
28
+2 (18:01) Lee Dort makes layup (John Camden assists).
48
(18:01) Foul on Baye Ndongo.
(18:01) Lee Dort misses free throw 1 of 1.
(17:59) Baye Ndongo Defensive Rebound.
+2 (17:40) Baye Ndongo makes 9-foot floating jump shot (Lamar Washington assists).
410
(17:25) Lee Dort bad pass turnover.
+3 (17:12) Kowacie Reeves Jr. makes 24-foot three point jumper (Lamar Washington assists).
413
(17:00) Chris Bell misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(16:57) Lamar Washington Defensive Rebound.
(16:38) Jaeden Mustaf misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(16:34) Justin Pippen Defensive Rebound.
(16:34) Dai Dai Ames misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(16:34) Jaeden Mustaf Defensive Rebound.
(16:14) Lamar Washington misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(16:11) Milos Ilic Defensive Rebound.
(16:08) Foul on Jaeden Mustaf.
(16:00) Justin Pippen out of bounds bad pass turnover.
+3 (15:32) Akai Fleming makes 24-foot three point jumper (Lamar Washington assists).
416
+2 (15:02) DeJuan Campbell makes driving layup.
616
(14:47) Kowacie Reeves Jr. misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(14:44) John Camden Defensive Rebound.
(14:37) Milos Ilic misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(14:34) Kowacie Reeves Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(14:23) Cole Kirouac bad pass turnover.
(13:56) DeJuan Campbell misses driving layup.
(13:53) California Offensive Rebound.
(13:46) Chris Bell misses 23-foot three point step back jumpshot.
(13:46) Akai Fleming Block.
(13:41) Lamar Washington Defensive Rebound.
(13:39) Akai Fleming misses layup.
(13:36) Milos Ilic Defensive Rebound.
+2 (13:34) Chris Bell makes 2-foot dunk (DeJuan Campbell assists).
816
(13:20) Kam Craft misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(13:16) Milos Ilic Defensive Rebound.
(13:02) DeJuan Campbell misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(12:59) Kowacie Reeves Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(12:46) Kowacie Reeves Jr. misses 10-foot floating jump shot.
(12:44) Georgia Tech Offensive Rebound.
(12:35) Foul on Milos Ilic.
+1 (12:35) Kowacie Reeves Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2.
817
+1 (12:35) Kowacie Reeves Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2.
818
(12:14) Dai Dai Ames misses 10-foot floating jump shot.
(12:10) Baye Ndongo Defensive Rebound.
(12:03) Chas Kelley III misses driving layup.
(12:03) Lee Dort Block.
(11:59) Nolan Dorsey Defensive Rebound.
(11:56) Lee Dort misses layup.
(11:56) Kowacie Reeves Jr. Block.
(11:52) Baye Ndongo Defensive Rebound.
(11:40) Kam Craft misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(11:36) DeJuan Campbell Defensive Rebound.
(11:28) Lee Dort misses layup.
(11:25) Chas Kelley III Defensive Rebound.
(11:21) Kowacie Reeves Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(11:17) Semetri Carr Defensive Rebound.
(10:57) DeJuan Campbell misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(10:54) Baye Ndongo Defensive Rebound.
(10:29) Baye Ndongo bad pass turnover.
(10:13) Foul on Justin Pippen.
(10:13) Justin Pippen turnover.
(10:02) Lamar Washington bad pass turnover.
(10:02) Justin Pippen Steal.
(9:58) Lee Dort bad pass turnover.
(9:58) Lamar Washington Steal.
+2 (9:54) Lamar Washington makes layup.
820
+2 (9:31) Lee Dort makes 2-foot dunk (Justin Pippen assists).
1020
(9:15) Foul on Baye Ndongo.
(9:15) Baye Ndongo turnover.
(9:03) Dai Dai Ames misses driving layup.
(9:03) Cole Kirouac Block.
(9:02) California Offensive Rebound.
(8:56) Foul on Kowacie Reeves Jr..
+1 (8:56) John Camden makes free throw 1 of 2.
1120
+1 (8:56) John Camden makes free throw 2 of 2.
1220
(8:34) Cole Kirouac bad pass turnover.
(8:34) Chris Bell Steal.
+2 (8:31) Chris Bell makes layup.
1420
(8:20) Akai Fleming misses driving layup.
(8:17) Milos Ilic Defensive Rebound.
(8:07) John Camden bad pass turnover.
+2 (8:05) Kowacie Reeves Jr. makes layup (Lamar Washington assists).
1422
(7:51) Justin Pippen misses driving layup.
(7:48) John Camden Offensive Rebound.
+2 (7:47) John Camden makes 3-foot tip in layup.
1622
+3 (7:28) Kowacie Reeves Jr. makes 24-foot three point jumper (Lamar Washington assists).
1625
(7:13) John Camden misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(7:08) Jaeden Mustaf Defensive Rebound.
(7:03) Akai Fleming misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(6:59) John Camden Defensive Rebound.
(6:49) John Camden misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(6:45) Jaeden Mustaf Defensive Rebound.
(6:40) Jaeden Mustaf misses alley oop dunk.
(6:40) Chris Bell Block.
(6:36) Milos Ilic Defensive Rebound.
+2 (6:23) Milos Ilic makes layup (Dai Dai Ames assists).
1825
+2 (6:07) Cole Kirouac makes 2-foot dunk (Akai Fleming assists).
1827
(5:41) Chris Bell misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(5:38) Lamar Washington Defensive Rebound.
(5:17) Kowacie Reeves Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(5:13) John Camden Defensive Rebound.
(5:10) Justin Pippen misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(5:06) Lamar Washington Defensive Rebound.
(4:45) Baye Ndongo misses layup.
(4:45) Lee Dort Block.
(4:41) Lee Dort Defensive Rebound.
(4:38) DeJuan Campbell misses 20-foot pullup jump shot.
(4:34) Jaeden Mustaf Defensive Rebound.
(4:33) Foul on John Camden.
(4:27) Foul on Chas Kelley III.
(4:27) Chas Kelley III turnover.
+2 (4:13) Lee Dort makes layup (Sammie Yeanay assists).
2027
+2 (3:56) Akai Fleming makes 5-foot pullup jump shot (Jaeden Mustaf assists).
2029
(3:56) Foul on Dai Dai Ames.
+1 (3:56) Akai Fleming makes free throw 1 of 1.
2030
(3:27) Justin Pippen misses 5-foot floating jump shot.
(3:24) Sammie Yeanay Offensive Rebound.
(3:10) Foul on Cole Kirouac.
+1 (3:10) Chris Bell makes free throw 1 of 2.
2130
+1 (3:10) Chris Bell makes free throw 2 of 2.
2230
(2:57) Chas Kelley III misses 13-foot floating jump shot.
(2:54) John Camden Defensive Rebound.
+2 (2:48) DeJuan Campbell makes driving layup.
2430
(2:29) Akai Fleming bad pass turnover.
(2:29) Chris Bell Steal.
+2 (2:26) Chris Bell makes 3-foot dunk (Justin Pippen assists).
2630
(2:04) Foul on Chris Bell.
+3 (2:00) Kowacie Reeves Jr. makes 23-foot three point jumper (Lamar Washington assists).
2633
(1:41) Chris Bell misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(1:37) Semetri Carr Offensive Rebound.
+2 (1:35) Semetri Carr makes driving layup.
2833
(1:20) Lamar Washington misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(1:16) Lee Dort Defensive Rebound.
(1:14) Foul on Akai Fleming.
+1 (1:14) Semetri Carr makes free throw 1 of 2.
2933
+1 (1:14) Semetri Carr makes free throw 2 of 2.
3033
(1:06) Foul on Semetri Carr.
(0:59) Akai Fleming misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(0:54) John Camden Defensive Rebound.
+2 (0:50) Lee Dort makes 2-foot dunk (John Camden assists).
3233
+2 (0:28) Jaeden Mustaf makes driving layup (Akai Fleming assists).
3235
(0:28) Foul on Lee Dort.
+1 (0:28) Jaeden Mustaf makes free throw 1 of 1.
3236
(0:03) Dai Dai Ames misses 6-foot floating jump shot.
(0:03) Cole Kirouac Block.
(0:01) Chas Kelley III Defensive Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

CAL

76Points65

28-64(43.8%)Field Goal(%)20-51(39.2%)

5-24(20.8%)3-Point(%)6-22(27.3%)

15-21(71.4%)Free Throw(%)19-24(79.2%)

40(8)Rebounds(Offensive)35(4)

19Assists16

9Steals5

4Blocks4

9Turnovers17

20(0)Fouls(Technical)20(0)

14Largest Lead12

Game Details

Wednesday, March 4, 2026 · 7:00 PM

McCamish Pavilion · Atlanta, GA

attendance: 4,124 (48.0%)

tv: ESPNU

spread: CAL -2.5

over/under: 154.5