Chris Bell scored a game-high 22 points to help visiting Cal end a two-game losing streak by beating Boston College 86-75 Saturday.
Bell made 6 of 10 3-point attempts. Cal (18-8, 6-7 ACC) shot 30 of 54 from the field in the win, which included 14 of 29 (48.3%) from 3-point range.
Dai Dai Ames and John Camden each finished with 15 points for the Bears, who never trailed in the game. Camden also had a game-high nine rebounds.
Fred Payne led Boston College (9-16, 2-10 ACC) with 16 points and five rebounds, but the Eagles’ losing streak reached six games. Boston College hasn’t won since it beat Pittsburgh 65-62 on Jan. 21.
Chase Forte scored 14 points while Jayden Hastings added 12 points and eight rebounds and Luka Toews notched 12 points and five assists for Boston College.
The Eagles played without No. 2 scorer Donald Hand Jr., who sustained a knee injury during the first half of Wednesday night’s 70-64 loss to Stanford. Hand, in his fourth season with Boston College, started each of his team’s first 24 games and averaged 13.8 points and 5.0 rebounds.
Cal used a 9-0 run to take a 15-4 lead 6:11 into the contest. Boston College has trailed by double digits during the first half in 12 of its 25 games.
Cal had a 43-23 advantage with 1:49 left in the first half, but Boston College scored the final five points in the half to trail 43-28 at the break. Cal made 7 of its 16 3-point attempts in the first 20 minutes while turning eight Boston College turnovers into 10 points.
The Eagles trimmed their deficit to 11 points when a Forte free throw made it 66-55 with 8:09 to play, but they failed to get closer than nine the rest of the way. After a Toews jumper cut Cal’s lead to 80-71, Camden answered with a 3-pointer that put the Bears up 83-71 with 1:55 left.
