Cal hosts Northwestern State after Ola-Joseph's 21-point game

Updated Dec. 14, 2024 3:43 a.m. ET
Associated Press

Northwestern State Demons (5-5, 2-0 Southland) at California Golden Bears (6-4, 0-1 ACC)

Berkeley, California; Saturday, 3 p.m. EST

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Golden Bears -14.5; over/under is 144.5

BOTTOM LINE: Cal hosts Northwestern State after Joshua Ola-Joseph scored 21 points in Cal's 88-80 loss to the Cornell Big Red.

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The Golden Bears have gone 5-2 at home. Cal ranks ninth in the ACC in rebounding averaging 33.9 rebounds. Lee Dort leads the Golden Bears with 6.8 boards.

The Demons are 2-4 on the road. Northwestern State has a 2-3 record in games decided by at least 10 points.

Cal's average of 8.2 made 3-pointers per game this season is only 0.8 more made shots on average than the 7.4 per game Northwestern State allows. Northwestern State has shot at a 46.8% clip from the field this season, 0.9 percentage points less than the 47.7% shooting opponents of Cal have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Andrej Stojakovic averages 1.7 made 3-pointers per game for the Golden Bears, scoring 18.8 points while shooting 32.7% from beyond the arc.

Jon Sanders is averaging 13.3 points for the Demons.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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