Mady Sissoko had career highs with 21 points and 15 rebounds to lead Cal to an 82-71 victory over Boston College to end a five-game losing streak.
Cal 82, Boston College 71
BERKELEY — Mady Sissoko had career highs with 21 points and 15 rebounds to lead Cal to an 82-71 victory over Boston College on Saturday night to end a five-game losing streak.
Boston College opened the second half on a 15-3 run to take its first lead, 46-45 with 14:31 remaining, and had a 54-53 edge with 10:39 left. Later, Andrej Stojakovic and Jeremiah Wilkinson each hit a 3-pointer and Sissoko scored five straight points in an 11-0 run to give the Golden Bears a 72-60 lead with about four minutes left. Boston College got within seven points twice inside the final two minutes but no closer.
Jovan Blacksher Jr. added 18 points for Cal (13-16, 6-12 Atlantic Coast Conference). Stojakovic finished with 15 points and Wilkinson had 14.
Donald Hand Jr. shot 10 of 10 from the free-throw line and scored 19 points to lead Boston College (12-17, 4-14), which is 0-9 in ACC road games this season. Luka Toews added 14 points off the bench for the Eagles. Dion Brown had 12 points to go with 10 rebounds.
Blacksher made three 3-pointers and scored 12 points to help Cal build a 42-31 lead at the break. Toews scored 12 points to pace Boston College.
Cal entered in 15th place and Boston College 16th in the conference. The top 15 of the 18 teams in the ACC qualify for the conference tournament.
Cal was 0-3 in the series dating to 1987. Boston College won the previous meeting, 64-60 on Dec. 21, 2019, at Chase Center in San Francisco.
On Wednesday, Boston College hosts No. 13 Clemson and Cal plays at No. 19 Louisville.
Stanford 73, SMU 68
STANFORD — Maxime Raynaud scored 26 points, including a spectacular follow slam with 8.7 seconds left, and Stanford defeated SMU 73-68 on Saturday.
The Mustangs had a 13-0 run to erase a 10-point deficit and take a 60-57 lead midway through the second half. But after Chuck Harris hit a jumper for a 68-67 lead with 3:35 remaining, SMU missed its last four shots and had a critical turnover.
Benny Gealer and Oziyah Sellers both scored to put the Cardinal up 71-68 with 2:18 to play. It was late in the shot clock when Ryan Agarwal put up a desperation 3-pointer for Stanford and as the ball bounced high off the rim Raynaud flew in unimpeded from behind the arc for the game-sealing basket.
Gealer, who made 5 of 6 3-pointers, had 17 points for the Cardinal (19-10, 11-7 Atlantic Coast Conference).
Harris scored 17 points for the Mustangs (21-8, 12-6), Kario Oquendo added 15 points and Matt Cross had 13.
Stanford had 11 3s but just two free throws while SMU went 16 of 22 from the line.
There were six ties and seven lead changes in the first half before the Cardinal went on a 15-2 run, taking a 36-26 lead on a jumper by Sellers with 5:11 to go.
Gealer drilled a 3-pointer to up Stanford’s lead to 43-30 but the Mustangs closed with three 3s to pull within 45-39 at the half.
The Cardinals are at Notre Dame on Wednesday and close the regular season at No. 19 Louisville next Saturday. SMU finishes with home games against Syracuse on Tuesday and Florida State on Saturday.
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