Chris Bell bombed in five 3-pointers to account for a majority of his game-high 22 points, Dai Dai Ames saved six of his 14 points for the final 1:24 and Cal captured the championship of the Empire Classic with an 80-72 upset of 18th-ranked UCLA in San Francisco on Tuesday night.

In a matchup of former Pacific-12 Conference rivals, a 3-pointer by Ames gave the Golden Bears (6-1) a 69-56 lead with 7:07 remaining before UCLA (5-2) rallied in the neutral-site contest played across the San Francisco Bay from the Cal campus in Berkeley.

Jamar Brown had a 3-pointer and a three-point play in a 13-4 burst that got the Bruins within 73-69 with still 3:19 to play.

But Ames took over from there, dropping in two free throws to stall the UCLA run, then adding a 3-pointer and a short jumper that put

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