Justin Cobbs scored 17 points, Richard Solomon got 6 of his 12 points down the stretch to help fuel a pivotal rally and California beat Georgia Tech 68-57 on Friday night to advance to the championship game of the DirecTV Classic.
Allen Crabbe added 13 points and five assists for Cal, which is off to a 5-0 start. Cal's opponent in Sunday's title game will be Pacific, which beat St. Mary's 76-66 earlier Friday and topped Xavier 70-67 in Thursday's first-round game. The Golden Bears got to the semifinal round with a 73-70 win over Drake.
Mfon Udofia had 16 points and Kammeon Holsey came off the bench to score 14 for Georgia Tech (3-1), which shot 39% from the field, was 2 of 15 from 3-point range and was outrebounded 41-29.
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Backup quarterbacks Justin Thomas and Tim Byerly led the Gold squad to a 22-10 win Friday night over starting quarterback Vad Lee's White squad in Georgia Tech's spring game in front of about 5,000 frigid...
Backup quarterbacks Justin Thomas and Tim Byerly led the Gold squad to a 22-10 win Friday night over starting quarterback Vad Lee's White squad in Georgia Tech's spring game in front of about 5,000 frigid fans in...
Olivier Hanlan set an Atlantic Coast Conference tournament record for freshmen with 41 points and Boston College beat Georgia Tech 84-64 on Thursday in the first round.
Olivier Hanlan set an Atlantic Coast Conference tournament record for freshmen with 41 points and Boston College beat Georgia Tech 84-64 on Thursday in the first round.
