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Stojakovic scores 16 to help Cal beat Cal State Bakersfield 86-73

AP
Nov 05, 2024

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) Andrej Stojakovic scored 16 points, Jovan Blacksher Jr. added 15 for California on Monday night and the new-look Golden Bears beat Cal State Bakersfield 86-73 in the season opener for both teams.

BJ Omot had 13 points, DJ Campbell scored 12 and Mady Sissoko 10 for Cal.

Jemel Jones led Cal State Bakersfield with 22 points, Corey Stephenson scored 17 and Marvin McGhee III 13. Shakir McGhee III grabbed 10 rebounds to go with nine points.

Jones made a jumper that capped a 9-3 spurt and trimmed CSUB's deficit to 78-71 with 59 seconds to play but Stojakovic, a Stanford transfer five-star recruit and McDonald’s all-American in 2023, Blacksher, a graduate transfer from Grand Canyon, and Campbell each made 2 of 2 from the free-throw line from there to seal it.

Minnesota transfer Joshua Ola-Joseph threw down a dunk that made it 9-8 with 14:22 left in the first half and the Golden Bears led the rest of the way.

Fidelis Okereke threw down a dunk that trimmed Bakersfield’s deficit to 32-26 with 3:38 left in the first half but Blacksher answered with a 3-pointer and then a layup to give Cal an 11-point lead a minute later. before he and Omot hit back-to-back 3s to close the first half and make it 46-28.

Cal welcomed 10 new scholarship players via the transfer portal, including its entire starting five.

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1st Half
CSUB
Roadrunners
28
CAL
Golden Bears
46

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Tom Mark vs. Mady Sissoko (Jovan Blacksher Jr. gains possession)
19:56	+3	Andrej Stojakovic makes three point jump shot (DJ Campbell assists)	0-3
19:25		Tom Mark misses two point jump shot
19:23		Golden Bears defensive rebound
19:01		Andrej Stojakovic misses two point jump shot
18:59		Fidelis Okereke defensive rebound
18:50	+2	Corey Stephenson makes two point layup	2-3
18:29	+2	Andrej Stojakovic makes two point layup	2-5
18:05		Marvin McGhee III turnover (Andrej Stojakovic steals)
17:48		Andrej Stojakovic misses three point jump shot
17:46		Marvin McGhee III defensive rebound
17:18	+3	Marvin McGhee III makes three point jump shot	5-5
16:52		Andrej Stojakovic misses two point jump shot
16:50		Marvin McGhee III defensive rebound
16:39		Kadar Waller misses two point jump shot
16:37		Andrej Stojakovic defensive rebound
16:27		Jovan Blacksher Jr. misses three point jump shot
16:25		Gloire Goma defensive rebound
16:25		Joshua Ola-Joseph personal foul
15:58		Corey Stephenson misses two point jump shot
15:56		Jovan Blacksher Jr. defensive rebound
15:44		Gloire Goma shooting foul (Joshua Ola-Joseph draws the foul)
15:44		TV timeout
15:44	+1	Joshua Ola-Joseph makes regular free throw 1 of 2	5-6
15:44	+1	Joshua Ola-Joseph makes regular free throw 2 of 2	5-7
15:21		Jemel Jones misses two point jump shot
15:19		Joshua Ola-Joseph defensive rebound
15:00		Joshua Ola-Joseph misses three point jump shot
14:58		Jemel Jones defensive rebound
14:42	+3	CJ Hardy makes three point jump shot (Jemel Jones assists)	8-7
14:22	+2	Joshua Ola-Joseph makes two point dunk (Jovan Blacksher Jr. assists)	8-9
14:03		CJ Hardy offensive foul
14:03		CJ Hardy turnover (offensive foul)
13:53	+3	Jovan Blacksher Jr. makes three point jump shot	8-12
13:23	+3	Shakir Odunewu makes three point jump shot (Kadar Waller assists)	11-12
13:02		Andrej Stojakovic misses three point jump shot
13:00		Shakir Odunewu defensive rebound
12:55		Lee Dort blocks Jemel Jones's two point layup
12:53		Andrej Stojakovic defensive rebound
12:51		Kadar Waller shooting foul (Andrej Stojakovic draws the foul)
12:51	+1	Andrej Stojakovic makes regular free throw 1 of 2	11-13
12:51	+1	Andrej Stojakovic makes regular free throw 2 of 2	11-14
12:28	+2	Jemel Jones makes two point jump shot	13-14
12:09	+3	BJ Omot makes three point jump shot (Christian Tucker assists)	13-17
11:53		Tom Mark misses two point jump shot
11:51		Lee Dort defensive rebound
11:27		BJ Omot misses three point jump shot
11:25		Kadar Waller defensive rebound
11:24		BJ Omot blocks Marvin McGhee's two point layup
11:24		Roadrunners offensive rebound
11:24		TV timeout
11:09		Shakir Odunewu misses three point jump shot
11:07		Corey Stephenson offensive rebound
10:55		Jemel Jones turnover (BJ Omot steals)
10:48		Christian Tucker misses two point jump shot
10:46		Rytis Petraitis offensive rebound
10:46		Rytis Petraitis misses two point layup
10:46		Golden Bears offensive rebound
10:45		Corey Stephenson shooting foul (Lee Dort draws the foul)
10:45	+1	Lee Dort makes regular free throw 1 of 2	13-18
10:45	+1	Lee Dort makes regular free throw 2 of 2	13-19
10:28		Rytis Petraitis personal foul
10:28	+2	Jemel Jones makes two point jump shot	15-19
10:12	+2	Jeremiah Wilkinson makes two point layup	15-21
9:54		Jemel Jones misses two point jump shot
9:52		BJ Omot defensive rebound
9:34		Jeremiah Wilkinson misses three point jump shot
9:32		Jemel Jones defensive rebound
9:21		Corey Stephenson offensive foul
9:21		Corey Stephenson turnover (offensive foul)
9:10		Fidelis Okereke blocks BJ Omot's two point layup
9:08		Golden Bears offensive rebound
9:04		Jeremiah Wilkinson misses three point jump shot
9:02		Rytis Petraitis offensive rebound
9:01		Jaden Alexander personal foul
8:53		DJ Campbell misses three point jump shot
8:51		BJ Omot offensive rebound
8:39		Gloire Goma shooting foul (Mady Sissoko draws the foul)
8:39		Mady Sissoko misses regular free throw 1 of 1
8:39		Marvin McGhee III defensive rebound
8:24		Jaden Alexander misses two point jump shot
8:22		Corey Stephenson offensive rebound
8:11		CJ Hardy misses three point jump shot
8:09		DJ Campbell defensive rebound
7:54	+2	DJ Campbell makes two point jump shot	15-23
7:41		TV timeout
7:32		CJ Hardy turnover (Mady Sissoko steals)
7:21		Jovan Blacksher Jr. misses three point jump shot
7:19		Corey Stephenson defensive rebound
7:05		CJ Hardy turnover (DJ Campbell steals)
7:05		DJ Campbell offensive foul
7:05		DJ Campbell turnover (offensive foul)
6:51	+2	Jemel Jones makes two point jump shot	17-23
6:51		DJ Campbell shooting foul (Jemel Jones draws the foul)
6:51	+1	Jemel Jones makes regular free throw 1 of 1	18-23
6:36	+2	Andrej Stojakovic makes two point layup	18-25
6:36		Marvin McGhee III shooting foul (Andrej Stojakovic draws the foul)
6:36	+1	Andrej Stojakovic makes regular free throw 1 of 1	18-26
6:25		Jeremiah Wilkinson personal foul
6:13		Kadar Waller misses two point jump shot
6:11		Shakir Odunewu offensive rebound
6:07	+2	Shakir Odunewu makes two point layup	20-26
6:07		Joshua Ola-Joseph shooting foul (Shakir Odunewu draws the foul)
6:07		Shakir Odunewu misses regular free throw 1 of 1
6:07		Jeremiah Wilkinson defensive rebound
5:55		Joshua Ola-Joseph misses three point jump shot
5:53		Jovan Blacksher Jr. offensive rebound
5:39	+2	Jovan Blacksher Jr. makes two point layup	20-28
5:12	+2	Jemel Jones makes two point jump shot	22-28
4:47	+2	Mady Sissoko makes two point layup (Jeremiah Wilkinson assists)	22-30
4:39		Roadrunners 30 second timeout
4:39	+2	Jemel Jones makes two point jump shot	24-30
4:12		Jovan Blacksher Jr. misses two point jump shot
4:12		Rytis Petraitis offensive rebound
4:12		Rytis Petraitis misses three point jump shot
4:10		Jemel Jones defensive rebound
4:05		Cameron Clark flagrant 1 (Rytis Petraitis draws the foul)
4:05		Cameron Clark turnover
4:05		TV timeout
4:05	+1	Rytis Petraitis makes flagrant free throw 1 of 2	24-31
4:05	+1	Rytis Petraitis makes flagrant free throw 2 of 2	24-32
3:55		Lee Dort offensive foul
3:38		BJ Omot turnover
3:38	+2	Fidelis Okereke makes two point dunk (Jemel Jones assists)	26-32
3:22		Fidelis Okereke blocks Jovan Blacksher Jr.'s two point layup
3:22		Golden Bears offensive rebound
3:22	+3	Jovan Blacksher Jr. makes three point jump shot (Christian Tucker assists)	26-35
3:00		Jemel Jones turnover (Christian Tucker steals)
2:43		Jovan Blacksher Jr. misses three point jump shot
2:41		Andrej Stojakovic offensive rebound
2:38	+2	Jovan Blacksher Jr. makes two point layup	26-37
2:28		Marvin McGhee III personal foul
2:08		Marvin McGhee III turnover
2:08		Fidelis Okereke blocks Christian Tucker's two point layup
2:06		Fidelis Okereke defensive rebound
2:04	+2	Corey Stephenson makes two point layup	28-37
2:04		Andrej Stojakovic shooting foul (Corey Stephenson draws the foul)
2:04		Corey Stephenson misses regular free throw 1 of 1
2:02		Andrej Stojakovic defensive rebound
1:48		BJ Omot misses three point jump shot
1:46		Mady Sissoko offensive rebound
1:46		Jemel Jones shooting foul (BJ Omot draws the foul)
1:44	+1	BJ Omot makes regular free throw 1 of 3	28-38
1:44		BJ Omot misses regular free throw 2 of 3
1:44	+1	BJ Omot makes regular free throw 3 of 3	28-39
1:28		Jaden Alexander misses two point jump shot
1:26		Shakir Odunewu offensive rebound
1:23		Shakir Odunewu misses two point jump shot
1:21		Jaden Alexander offensive rebound
1:16		Shakir Odunewu misses two point layup
1:14		Shakir Odunewu offensive rebound
1:05		Shakir Odunewu misses two point layup
1:05		Mady Sissoko defensive rebound
1:05		Shakir Odunewu personal foul (Mady Sissoko draws the foul)
1:05		Mady Sissoko misses regular free throw 1 of 2
1:05	+1	Mady Sissoko makes regular free throw 2 of 2	28-40
0:52		Corey Stephenson misses two point jump shot
0:50		Golden Bears defensive rebound
0:43	+3	Jovan Blacksher Jr. makes three point jump shot	28-43
0:24		Jaden Alexander misses two point jump shot
0:21		Jovan Blacksher Jr. defensive rebound
0:01	+3	BJ Omot makes three point jump shot (Jovan Blacksher Jr. assists)	28-46
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
CSUB
Roadrunners
45
CAL
Golden Bears
40

Time		Play	Score
19:49		Joshua Ola-Joseph personal foul
19:29		Jemel Jones misses three point jump shot
19:27		Jovan Blacksher Jr. defensive rebound
18:59		Joshua Ola-Joseph misses two point layup
18:57		Jemel Jones defensive rebound
18:57		Marvin McGhee III turnover
18:34		Joshua Ola-Joseph offensive foul
18:34		Joshua Ola-Joseph turnover (offensive foul)
18:34	+3	Marvin McGhee III makes three point jump shot	31-46
18:24	+2	Mady Sissoko makes two point dunk (Jovan Blacksher Jr. assists)	31-48
17:58	+2	Fidelis Okereke makes two point jump shot	33-48
17:37		Jemel Jones personal foul
17:35	+2	Mady Sissoko makes two point jump shot (DJ Campbell assists)	33-50
17:08		Marvin McGhee III turnover (back court violation)
16:59		Jovan Blacksher Jr. turnover (Marvin McGhee III steals)
16:41	+3	Marvin McGhee III makes three point jump shot	36-50
16:31		BJ Omot misses three point jump shot
16:29		Roadrunners defensive rebound
16:09		Kadar Waller misses two point jump shot
16:07		Kadar Waller offensive rebound
15:47	+2	Marvin McGhee III makes two point jump shot	38-50
15:34	+3	DJ Campbell makes three point jump shot (Andrej Stojakovic assists)	38-53
15:19		Fidelis Okereke misses two point jump shot
15:17		Mady Sissoko defensive rebound
15:17		Mady Sissoko offensive foul
15:17		Mady Sissoko turnover (offensive foul)
15:17		TV timeout
15:03		Jemel Jones misses two point jump shot
15:01		Shakir Odunewu offensive rebound
14:56		Marvin McGhee III misses three point jump shot
14:54		BJ Omot defensive rebound
14:52		CJ Hardy shooting foul (BJ Omot draws the foul)
14:52	+1	BJ Omot makes regular free throw 1 of 2	38-54
14:52		BJ Omot misses regular free throw 2 of 2
14:52		Marvin McGhee III defensive rebound
14:32	+2	Jemel Jones makes two point layup	40-54
14:32		DJ Campbell shooting foul
14:32	+1	Jemel Jones makes regular free throw 1 of 1	41-54
14:19		Jovan Blacksher Jr. misses two point jump shot
14:17		Jemel Jones defensive rebound
14:08		Tom Mark misses two point dunk
14:06		Shakir Odunewu offensive rebound
14:03		Shakir Odunewu misses two point layup
14:03		Shakir Odunewu offensive rebound
14:03		Lee Dort shooting foul (Shakir Odunewu draws the foul)
14:03	+1	Shakir Odunewu makes regular free throw 1 of 2	42-54
14:01	+1	Shakir Odunewu makes regular free throw 2 of 2	43-54
13:47		Jovan Blacksher Jr. turnover (Jemel Jones steals)
13:47		Jemel Jones turnover
13:22		Lee Dort turnover
13:08		Shakir Odunewu misses two point jump shot
13:06		Christian Tucker defensive rebound
12:49	+2	BJ Omot makes two point layup	43-56
12:27		CJ Hardy misses two point jump shot
12:25		BJ Omot defensive rebound
12:12	+2	Rytis Petraitis makes two point layup	43-58
11:53	+2	Shakir Odunewu makes two point dunk (Jemel Jones assists)	45-58
11:46		Jeremiah Wilkinson misses two point layup
11:44		Tom Mark defensive rebound
11:44		Rytis Petraitis personal foul
11:44		TV timeout
11:31		Marvin McGhee III misses three point jump shot
11:29		Golden Bears defensive rebound
11:04	+2	Rytis Petraitis makes two point dunk (Mady Sissoko assists)	45-60
10:09		Mady Sissoko blocks Corey Stephenson's two point layup
10:09		Corey Stephenson offensive rebound
10:09		Corey Stephenson misses two point layup
10:09		Corey Stephenson offensive rebound
10:09	+3	Jemel Jones makes three point jump shot	48-60
10:09		Corey Stephenson personal foul
10:03		Jeremiah Wilkinson misses two point jump shot
10:01		Roadrunners defensive rebound
9:43		Mady Sissoko shooting foul (Shakir Odunewu draws the foul)
9:43		Shakir Odunewu misses regular free throw 1 of 2
9:43		Shakir Odunewu misses regular free throw 2 of 2
9:43		Lee Dort defensive rebound
9:13		Shakir Odunewu personal foul
9:09		Jovan Blacksher Jr. turnover
8:56		DJ Campbell shooting foul (Jemel Jones draws the foul)
8:56		Jemel Jones misses regular free throw 1 of 2
8:56		Jemel Jones misses regular free throw 2 of 2
8:56		Golden Bears defensive rebound
8:38	+2	BJ Omot makes two point dunk (Lee Dort assists)	48-62
8:28		Andrej Stojakovic personal foul (Corey Stephenson draws the foul)
8:28	+1	Corey Stephenson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	49-62
8:28		Corey Stephenson misses regular free throw 2 of 2
8:28		Andrej Stojakovic defensive rebound
8:22		Andrej Stojakovic turnover (Tom Mark steals)
8:15		Tom Mark turnover
8:07	+2	Lee Dort makes two point dunk (Jovan Blacksher Jr. assists)	49-64
7:44		Corey Stephenson turnover
7:44		TV timeout
7:31		Jovan Blacksher Jr. misses two point jump shot
7:29		Lee Dort offensive rebound
7:24		Fidelis Okereke personal foul (Lee Dort draws the foul)
7:24		Lee Dort misses regular free throw 1 of 2
7:24		Lee Dort misses regular free throw 2 of 2
7:24		Fidelis Okereke defensive rebound
7:03		Kadar Waller turnover (DJ Campbell steals)
6:59		Kadar Waller personal foul (DJ Campbell draws the foul)
6:59	+1	DJ Campbell makes regular free throw 1 of 2	49-65
6:59		DJ Campbell misses regular free throw 2 of 2
6:59		Shakir Odunewu defensive rebound
6:42	+2	Corey Stephenson makes two point layup	51-65
6:37		Jemel Jones personal foul (DJ Campbell draws the foul)
6:37	+1	DJ Campbell makes regular free throw 1 of 2	51-66
6:37	+1	DJ Campbell makes regular free throw 2 of 2	51-67
6:13		Marvin McGhee III misses three point jump shot
6:11		Lee Dort defensive rebound
6:00		DJ Campbell misses two point layup
5:58		Shakir Odunewu defensive rebound
5:51		Lee Dort shooting foul (Corey Stephenson draws the foul)
5:51	+1	Corey Stephenson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	52-67
5:51	+1	Corey Stephenson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	53-67
5:37		BJ Omot misses three point jump shot
5:35		Lee Dort offensive rebound
5:33		Fidelis Okereke personal foul (Lee Dort draws the foul)
5:33		Lee Dort misses regular free throw 1 of 1
5:33		Shakir Odunewu defensive rebound
5:25		Jemel Jones misses two point jump shot
5:23		Lee Dort defensive rebound
5:16		Marvin McGhee personal foul (Andrej Stojakovic draws the foul)
5:16	+1	Andrej Stojakovic makes regular free throw 1 of 2	53-68
5:16	+1	Andrej Stojakovic makes regular free throw 2 of 2	53-69
5:02		BJ Omot personal foul (Corey Stephenson draws the foul)
5:02		Corey Stephenson misses regular free throw 1 of 2
5:02	+1	Corey Stephenson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	54-69
5:02		Golden Bears 30 second timeout
5:02		TV timeout
5:02		Jovan Blacksher Jr. turnover (Jemel Jones steals)
4:46	+3	Corey Stephenson makes three point jump shot	57-69
4:22		Jovan Blacksher Jr. misses three point jump shot
4:20		Mady Sissoko offensive rebound
4:10		DJ Campbell misses two point layup
4:08		Mady Sissoko offensive rebound
4:07		Andrej Stojakovic misses two point jump shot
4:05		Mady Sissoko offensive rebound
4:05		Marvin McGhee III personal foul (Mady Sissoko draws the foul)
4:05	+1	Mady Sissoko makes regular free throw 1 of 2	57-70
4:05	+1	Mady Sissoko makes regular free throw 2 of 2	57-71
3:54		Jemel Jones turnover (DJ Campbell steals)
3:50	+2	DJ Campbell makes two point layup	57-73
3:38		Roadrunners 30 second timeout
3:28	+3	Jemel Jones makes three point jump shot (Marvin McGhee III assists)	60-73
3:13		BJ Omot turnover (Marvin McGhee steals)
3:03		BJ Omot shooting foul (Marvin McGhee III draws the foul)
3:03	+1	Marvin McGhee III makes regular free throw 1 of 2	61-73
3:03	+1	Marvin McGhee III makes regular free throw 2 of 2	62-73
2:35	+2	Jovan Blacksher Jr. makes two point layup	62-75
2:15		Jemel Jones misses two point layup
2:13		Fidelis Okereke offensive rebound
2:08	+2	Fidelis Okereke makes two point layup (Corey Stephenson assists)	64-75
2:08		Roadrunners 30 second timeout
1:51		Fidelis Okereke personal foul (Andrej Stojakovic draws the foul)
1:51	+1	Andrej Stojakovic makes regular free throw 1 of 2	64-76
1:51	+1	Andrej Stojakovic makes regular free throw 2 of 2	64-77
1:40	+2	Corey Stephenson makes two point jump shot	66-77
1:17		Andrej Stojakovic misses two point layup
1:15		Marvin McGhee defensive rebound
1:11	+3	Marvin McGhee makes three point jump shot (Jemel Jones assists)	69-77
1:11		Roadrunners 30 second timeout
1:09		Gloire Goma personal foul (Mady Sissoko draws the foul)
1:09		Mady Sissoko misses regular free throw 1 of 2
1:09	+1	Mady Sissoko makes regular free throw 2 of 2	69-78
0:57	+2	Jemel Jones makes two point jump shot	71-78
0:54		Golden Bears 30 second timeout
0:54		Marvin McGhee personal foul (Christian Tucker draws the foul)
0:54	+1	Christian Tucker makes regular free throw 1 of 2	71-79
0:54	+1	Christian Tucker makes regular free throw 2 of 2	71-80
0:42	+2	Corey Stephenson makes two point jump shot	73-80
0:37		Corey Stephenson personal foul (Andrej Stojakovic draws the foul)
0:37	+1	Andrej Stojakovic makes regular free throw 1 of 2	73-81
0:37	+1	Andrej Stojakovic makes regular free throw 2 of 2	73-82
0:32		Jemel Jones turnover (bad pass)
0:32		Jemel Jones personal foul (Jovan Blacksher Jr. draws the foul)
0:32	+1	Jovan Blacksher Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2	73-83
0:32	+1	Jovan Blacksher Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2	73-84
0:21		Corey Stephenson misses two point layup
0:21		DJ Campbell defensive rebound
0:21		Corey Stephenson personal foul (DJ Campbell draws the foul)
0:21	+1	DJ Campbell makes regular free throw 1 of 2	73-85
0:21	+1	DJ Campbell makes regular free throw 2 of 2	73-86
0:12		Marvin McGhee III misses three point jump shot
0:10		Andrej Stojakovic defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

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