Notre Dame Fighting Irish at California Golden Bears: January 2, 2026

The California Golden Bears beat the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 72-71 on January 2, 2026 (2025-26 season).

Final · Played January 2, 2026 · Updated October 12, 2026 at 6:51 PM ET · StatsNext box-score records

Most points: Braeden Shrewsberry (Notre Dame Fighting Irish, 21); Dai Dai Ames (California Golden Bears, 23).

Line score

TeamH1H2Final
Notre Dame Fighting Irish314071
California Golden Bears274572

What stood out

  • The California Golden Bears' biggest edge came in the 2nd half (45-40).

Player lines

  • Brady Koehler (ND F): 5 MIN, 5 PTS, 1 REB, 0 AST, 1 3PM, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 0 TOV
  • Braeden Shrewsberry (ND G): 31 MIN, 21 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST, 5 3PM, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 0 TOV
  • Carson Towt (ND F): 28 MIN, 8 PTS, 15 REB, 2 AST, 0 3PM, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 1 TOV
  • Cole Certa (ND G): 24 MIN, 16 PTS, 2 REB, 0 AST, 3 3PM, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 1 TOV
  • Garrett Sundra (ND F): 22 MIN, 0 PTS, 3 REB, 0 AST, 0 3PM, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 0 TOV
  • Jalen Haralson (ND F): 31 MIN, 17 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST, 2 3PM, 0 STL, 1 BLK, 2 TOV
  • Kebba Njie (ND F): 12 MIN, 0 PTS, 1 REB, 0 AST, 0 3PM, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 1 TOV
  • Logan Imes (ND G): 35 MIN, 0 PTS, 8 REB, 6 AST, 0 3PM, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 1 TOV
  • Sir Mohammed (ND G): 9 MIN, 2 PTS, 1 REB, 1 AST, 0 3PM, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 1 TOV
  • Chris Bell (CAL F): 31 MIN, 15 PTS, 5 REB, 0 AST, 1 3PM, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 1 TOV
  • Dai Dai Ames (CAL G): 34 MIN, 23 PTS, 1 REB, 3 AST, 4 3PM, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 1 TOV
  • John Camden (CAL F): 31 MIN, 3 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST, 1 3PM, 1 STL, 0 BLK, 0 TOV
  • Justin Pippen (CAL G): 29 MIN, 14 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST, 3 3PM, 1 STL, 0 BLK, 0 TOV
  • Lee Dort (CAL F): 23 MIN, 4 PTS, 11 REB, 0 AST, 0 3PM, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 1 TOV
  • Mantas Kocanas (CAL C): 2 MIN, 0 PTS, 1 REB, 0 AST, 0 3PM, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 0 TOV
  • Milos Ilic (CAL C): 15 MIN, 7 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST, 0 3PM, 1 STL, 1 BLK, 0 TOV
  • Nolan Dorsey (CAL G): 18 MIN, 0 PTS, 0 REB, 0 AST, 0 3PM, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 0 TOV
  • Semetri Carr (CAL G): 17 MIN, 6 PTS, 2 REB, 3 AST, 2 3PM, 1 STL, 0 BLK, 0 TOV

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Head-to-head

No earlier meeting between these teams is in their stored recent results.

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