ATLANTA (Interstat) — The California Golden Bears used a strong second half to defeat the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 76-65 in a men’s Atlantic Coast Conference basketball game Wednesday night at Hank McCamish Pavilion.

California, which trailed 36-32 at halftime, outscored Georgia Tech 44-29 after intermission. Dai Dai Ames led the Golden Bears with 18 points. Kowacie Reeves scored 19 points for the Yellow Jackets. Lamar Washington added 10 assists for Georgia Tech.

California improved to 21-8. Georgia Tech fell to 11-19. Attendance was 4,124.