California 73-69 SMU (Feb 25, 2026) Final Score

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SMU MustangsSMU

69–73

Final

California Golden BearsCAL

Team Season Averages

SMU MustangsLeads 2 of 4

California Golden BearsLeads 2 of 4

Offense

50.0%Field goal percentage44.6%

Defense

77.5Points allowed per game70.6

3-Point

37.9%Three-point percentage37.6%
76.1%Free throw percentage78.4%

Highlighted values lead the matchup; for points allowed, turnovers and similar stats, lower is better.

Odds

Sportsbook	Spread (CAL)	Total	SMU ML	CAL ML
DDraftKings	+4.5	163.5	-192	+160
FFanDuel	+3.5	163.5	-200	+164
BBetMGM	+4.5	163.5	-200	+165
CCaesars	+4.5	163.5	-195	+162
BBetRivers	+4.5	163.5	-190	+150
FFanatics	+4	163	-190	+160
KKalshi	+3.5	162.5	-170	+167
PPolymarket	+3.5	162.5	-174	+174

Game Information

Venue to be announced

Stadium

Feb 25, 2026

10:00 PM EST

Gametime weather

Conditions pending

Rankings

Team	Overall	Offense	Defense	Rebound	3-Point
SMU	35th	13th	111th	56th	18th
CAL	42nd	111th	39th	194th	24th

Matchup

SMUCAL

27Games played27
4Rest days4

Scores

Team	H1	H2	T
SMU	33	36	69
CAL	38	35	73

Team Stats

SMUStatCAL

69Points73
25-55 (45.5%)FG26-65 (40.0%)
8-21 (38.1%)3PT9-32 (28.1%)
11-26 (42.3%)FT12-15 (80.0%)
41Rebounds30
13Assists17
4Steals7
3Blocks3
14Turnovers7

Player Stats

SMU

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Boopie MillerG	38	17	6	4	0	0	3	6/12	2/2	3/4	—
Corey WashingtonF	33	14	9	1	1	0	1	4/9	3/6	3/8	—
Jaron Pierre Jr.G	34	13	4	3	0	1	4	4/11	1/5	4/6	—
Samet YigitogluC	32	11	8	1	1	0	1	5/6	0/0	1/6	—
B.J. EdwardsG	16	5	4	3	1	0	2	2/5	1/2	0/0	—
Jermaine O'Neal Jr.F	18	5	1	0	1	1	1	2/5	1/3	0/0	—
Sam WaltersF	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	1/2	0/1	0/0	—
Jaden ToombsC	22	2	8	1	0	1	2	1/5	0/2	0/2	—
Trey UtterG	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Nigel WallsF	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
B.J. Davis-RayG	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Chance PuryearF	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Billy White IIIF	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Mitchell HolmesF	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Niccolo Kalischer-StorkG	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—

CAL

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Justin PippenG	34	24	4	5	3	1	1	8/19	2/10	6/7	—
Chris BellF	34	20	3	1	2	0	2	7/12	4/8	2/2	—
John CamdenF	33	14	3	3	0	0	0	5/11	2/7	2/2	—
Lee DortF	22	7	10	2	1	1	0	3/5	0/0	1/2	—
Milos IlicC	15	3	2	1	0	0	0	1/3	1/2	0/0	—
Dai Dai AmesG	28	2	3	2	1	1	3	1/10	0/4	0/0	—
Mantas KocanasC	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1/1	0/0	0/0	—
Sammie YeanayF	7	1	2	1	0	0	1	0/1	0/0	1/2	—
BJ FisherG	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Jovani RuffG	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Luke ButlerG	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Jorell ClarkG	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Nolan DorseyG	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/2	0/1	0/0	—
Semetri CarrG	18	0	3	2	0	0	0	0/1	0/0	0/0	—
DeJuan CampbellG	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Rytis PetraitisF	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Stephon Marbury IIG	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Dhiaukuei Manyiel DutF	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—

Scoring Summary

84 events · 74 scoring

1st Half

18:53CAL
John Camden makes 16-foot pullup jump shot
0-2
18:25CAL
Chris Bell makes 24-foot three point jumper (Milos Ilic assists)
0-5
18:08SMU
Samet Yigitoglu makes 1-foot dunk
2-5
17:30CAL
Chris Bell makes 22-foot three point jumper
2-8
17:05SMU
Samet Yigitoglu makes 0-foot tip in dunk
4-8
16:39SMU
Boopie Miller makes 22-foot three point jumper (Samet Yigitoglu assists)
7-8
15:45CAL
Milos Ilic makes 24-foot three point jumper (Chris Bell assists)
7-11
15:22SMU
Corey Washington makes layup
9-11
15:05CAL
Justin Pippen makes layup
9-13
13:08SMU
B.J. Edwards makes driving layup
11-13
12:10CAL
John Camden makes 27-foot three pointer
11-16
11:46SMU
Jaron Pierre Jr. makes 11-foot turnaround jump shot (Boopie Miller assists)
13-16
10:39CAL
Lee Dort makes layup
13-18
9:46CAL
Chris Bell makes layup (Lee Dort assists)
13-20
9:05SMU
Jermaine O'Neal Jr. makes 24-foot three point jumper (Boopie Miller assists)
16-20
8:54CAL
Chris Bell makes 24-foot three point jumper
16-23
8:05CAL
Mantas Kocanas makes layup
16-25
7:36SMU
Boopie Miller makes driving layup
18-25
7:08CAL
Chris Bell makes 13-foot floating jump shot (Dai Dai Ames assists)
18-27
6:41SMU
B.J. Edwards makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jaron Pierre Jr. assists)
21-27
5:52SMU
Jaron Pierre Jr. makes layup
23-27
5:29SMU
Corey Washington makes free throw 1 of 2
24-27
4:17SMU
Samet Yigitoglu makes layup (B.J. Edwards assists)
26-27
4:03CAL
Justin Pippen makes free throw 2 of 2
26-28
3:38CAL
Chris Bell makes layup (John Camden assists)
26-30
3:15SMU
Jermaine O'Neal Jr. makes 19-foot step back jumpshot
28-30
2:27SMU
Boopie Miller makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jaron Pierre Jr. assists)
31-30
2:01CAL
Justin Pippen makes 14-foot pullup jump shot
31-32
1:30CAL
Dai Dai Ames makes 8-foot turnaround jump shot
31-34
0:59CAL
John Camden makes layup
31-36
0:36SMU
Jaron Pierre Jr. makes driving layup
33-36
0:00CAL
Lee Dort makes 0-foot tip in dunk
33-38

2nd Half

19:39CAL
Justin Pippen makes 16-foot jumper
33-40
19:21SMU
Jaron Pierre Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
34-40
18:38SMU
Jaden Toombs makes 9-foot floating jump shot
36-40
18:21CAL
Chris Bell makes 23-foot three point jumper (John Camden assists)
36-43
17:43SMU
Jaron Pierre Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
37-43
17:05SMU
Boopie Miller makes driving layup
39-43
16:47CAL
John Camden makes 16-foot turnaround jump shot (Dai Dai Ames assists)
39-45
16:25SMU
Samet Yigitoglu makes layup
41-45
14:27SMU
Corey Washington makes 24-foot three point jumper (Boopie Miller assists)
44-45
13:51SMU
Samet Yigitoglu makes 1-foot dunk
46-45
12:10SMU
Sam Walters makes layup
48-45
11:47SMU
Boopie Miller makes driving layup
50-45
11:24CAL
Justin Pippen makes 23-foot three point jumper (Semetri Carr assists)
50-48
10:41CAL
Justin Pippen makes driving layup
50-50
10:03CAL
John Camden makes 24-foot three point jumper (Justin Pippen assists)
50-53
8:52SMU
Samet Yigitoglu makes free throw 2 of 2
51-53
8:29SMU
Boopie Miller makes free throw 2 of 2
52-53
8:11CAL
Sammie Yeanay makes free throw 2 of 2
52-54
7:17SMU
Corey Washington makes free throw 1 of 2
53-54
6:35SMU
Jaron Pierre Jr. makes 28-foot three point jumper (Corey Washington assists)
56-54
6:20CAL
Justin Pippen makes 28-foot three point jumper (Semetri Carr assists)
56-57
5:32CAL
Justin Pippen makes driving layup
56-59
5:32CAL
Justin Pippen makes free throw 1 of 1
56-60
5:04CAL
Lee Dort makes layup
56-62
4:48SMU
Boopie Miller makes driving layup
58-62
3:24SMU
Corey Washington makes 22-foot three point jumper (Jaron Pierre Jr. assists)
61-64
3:03SMU
Corey Washington makes free throw 1 of 2
62-64
3:43CAL
Chris Bell makes free throw 1 of 2
58-63
3:43CAL
Chris Bell makes free throw 2 of 2
58-64
2:25SMU
Corey Washington makes 24-foot three point jumper (Boopie Miller assists)
65-64
1:58SMU
Boopie Miller makes free throw 1 of 2
66-64
1:58SMU
Boopie Miller makes free throw 2 of 2
67-64
1:39CAL
John Camden makes free throw 1 of 2
67-65
1:39CAL
John Camden makes free throw 2 of 2
67-66
1:05CAL
Justin Pippen makes 20-foot pullup jump shot (Lee Dort assists)
67-68
0:18CAL
Justin Pippen makes free throw 1 of 2
67-69
0:18CAL
Justin Pippen makes free throw 2 of 2
67-70
0:12SMU
Jaron Pierre Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
68-70
0:12SMU
Jaron Pierre Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
69-70
0:12CAL
Nolan Dorsey subbing in for California
69-70
0:12CAL
Justin Pippen makes free throw 1 of 2
69-71
0:12CAL
Justin Pippen makes free throw 2 of 2
69-72
0:12SMU
Samet Yigitoglu subbing out for SMU
69-72
0:12SMU
Sam Walters subbing in for SMU
69-72
0:04SMU
Jermaine O'Neal Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper
69-72
0:02CAL
Lee Dort Defensive Rebound.
69-72
0:02SMU
Foul on Boopie Miller.
69-72
0:02CAL
Lee Dort makes free throw 1 of 2
69-73
0:02CAL
Lee Dort misses free throw 2 of 2
69-73
0:01SMU
Corey Washington Defensive Rebound.
69-73
0:00
End of 2nd half
69-73
0:00
End of Game
69-73

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