Overview
- Dai Dai Ames scored 21 points as John Camden added 15 and Chris Bell 12 in a 74-56 home win.
- Lee Dort grabbed 14 rebounds with four blocks, reported as career highs, while helping hold Columbia to 16 first-half points.
- Cal forced 12 first-half turnovers and used a 13-0 run to build a 28-16 halftime lead it never relinquished.
- The result marked a ninth straight victory and closed nonconference play at 12-1, the program’s best start since the 1960 Final Four era.
- Connor Igoe led Columbia with 16 points and Mason Ritter had 10, while Justin Pippen returned for Cal with eight points, five assists and two steals.