Dai Dai Ames' 3-pointer with 12:02 to play gave Cal the lead for good, John Camden led the way with 20 points and the Golden Bears survived a scare from Presbyterian in a 67-57 victory Tuesday night in the opening round of the Empire Classic in Berkeley, Calif.

Lee Dort aided the Cal cause with 15 points and Chris Bell had 14 for the Golden Bears (4-1) in the opener of the four-team, round-robin event that also features co-host UCLA and Sacramento State.

After a tightly contested first 28 minutes in which neither team led by more than seven, Presbyterian's Carl Parrish gave the visitors a 44-43 lead with a 3-pointer.

Ames countered with his only 3-pointer of the game 15 seconds later, and when Camden drilled a trey of his own, Cal had a 49-44 lead.

Camden, who had 22 points in his Cal

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