Behind program-record 18 3-pointers, Cal takes down Stanford with largest Big Game margin of victory in 42 years

BERKELEY — Stephen Curry wasn’t in the building on Friday night in Berkeley. But he might as well have been.

On a night where Cal rained a program-record 18 3-pointers, the Bears beat Stanford 83-63 for the first time in five years of Big Game play. It was the largest margin of victory for Cal in the series since 1982.

So is there a changing of the guard underway in this storied rivalry? At least for one night, it was more like a hostile takeover.

“Stanford was the favorite in the spread,” said Cal coach Charmin Smith.