88 - 80 
The Golden Bears made a gallant effort at a second half comeback, but they came up short and lost to Big Red 88-80. Cal found themselves down by 23 two minutes into the second half, but the Golden Bears battled back to take the lead with 5:15 left in the game. Cornell then went on an 11-2 run after losing the lead, creating the separation needed to get the win. Joshua Ola-Joseph was the Golden Bears leading scorer with 21 points. Ola-Joseph went 5-7 from three-point range and grabbed eight rebounds. Andrej Stojakovic scored all 13 pf his points in the second half. For Cornell, AK Okereke scored a game-high 24 points to go with six rebounds, three assists, three steals, and three blocks.
