Stojakovic Scores 30 in Loss at Clemson

CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) – Andrej Stojakovic made 11 of 15 shots from the field and scored 30 points but the California men’s basketball team fell to Clemson 80-68 Saturday night at Littlejohn Coliseum.

Ian Schieffelin scored 21 points on 8-of-10 shooting and Chase Hunter added 19 points, six assists and five rebounds to lead Clemson, which improved to 12-3 overall and 4-0 in ACC play.

Cal (7-7, 0-3) has lost three consecutive games and six of its last seven.

Stojakovic scored Cal's final six points in a 10-3 spurt that made it 25-all with 6:29 left in the first half but Chauncey Wiggins scored in the lane 20 seconds later to put the Tigers back in front for good.

Jeremiah Wilkinson hit a 3-pointer with 47 seconds to go until halftime and Stojakovic added another at the buzzer to pull the Bears within three, 39-36, at the intermission. DJ Campbell's jumper to open the scoring in the second half made it a one-point game but Wiggins answered with a 3 and Jaeden Zackery followed with a layup to make it 44-38.

Hunter scored six points in a 12-4 spurt that gave Clemson a 12-point lead midway through the second half and Cal never again threatened.

Clemson shot a season-high 62% (31 of 50) from the field.

It was Stojakovic’s second 30-point game of the season – he scored a career-high 31 against Northwestern State on Dec. 14 – and his seventh time scoring 20-plus points in the past 11 contests.

Jovan Blacksher Jr. scored 13 of his 15 points in the second half for Cal and Wilkinson finished with 11.

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Cal hosts Virginia on Wednesday in its first home game in more than three weeks. Tipoff is at 8 p.m. PT at Haas Pavilion and the contest will be aired on ESPNU.

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