BERKELEY (AP) – Jalen Celestine hit 3 of 4 free throws in the final minute to lift California to a 73-71 win over Stanford in front of a crowd of 8,710 in Haas Pavilion on Friday night.
 
The victory made first-year Cal coach Mark Madsen, a former Stanford standout, a winner over his alma mater in his first game facing the Cardinal.
 
"It felt great – you had students from all across campus," Madsen said. "You had fraternities and sororities here. You had different clubs. An unbelievable turnout from the Cal band. Just gratitude to everyone who came out and let's continue to invite them out."
 
Stanford built a 10-point lead on Kanaan Carlyle's jumper four minutes into the second half made it 50-40, but the Golden Bears answered with a 10-0 run fueled by a pair of Jaylon Tyson jumpers and tied the game with 12:43 left on a Jalen Cone jumper.
 
Stanford answered with a 7-0 run on two Andrej Stojakovic layups and a Jared Bynum 3. Fardaws Aimaq's jumper with 7:13 left put Cal up, 62-60, but Spencer Jones tied again with two free throws at the five-minute mark. Tyson suffered a leg injury with 9:39 remaining and despite subbing back into the game at the 6:50 mark, he left the game with 5:47 to go and did not return. The Bears tied the game on a pair of free throws from Aimaq with 2:53 left and Celestine hit a jumper to make it 70-68.
 
Brandon Angel hit two free throws with 1:10 left to put Stanford up for the final time, 71-70. Celestine made two free throws with 58 seconds left and added the second of two free throws with seven seconds left to set the final margin.
 
Six players reached double figures in scoring for Cal (9-12, 4-5 Pac-12). Tyson finished with 14 points, seven under his 21-points-per-game average, in 28 minutes. Aimaq had 13 points and 12 rebounds – his 13th double-double of the season – and Celestine hit 4 of 5 from the line and finished with 12 points. Newell's 11 points and 10 rebounds marked his first double-double of the season while Keonte Kennedy added 11 points as well. Cone chipped in 10 points by hitting 8 of 9 from the line. 

Jones led Stanford (10-9, 5-4) with 13 points. Angel and Carlyle each scored 12 and Maxime Raynaud added 11.

Cal travels to the southwest for two games next week, first facing Arizona on Feb. 1 in Tucson.
 
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