Michelle Onyiah scored 21 points and the Cal women’s basketball team rolled to a 72-63 win over Boston College on Thursday night at Haas Pavilion to reach 20 victories for the first time since the 2018-19 season.

Cal (20-6, 8-5 ACC) has five regular season games remaining, including three more at home where they are 13-1. This is the 16th time Cal has won at least 20 games in a season. The 2012-13 team that reached the semifinals of the NCAA Tournament holds the school record with 32 victories.

Onyiah also had 11 rebounds for her seventh double-double of the season and became the 32nd Cal player to score 1,000 career points.

Cal dominated the Eagles (13-14, 4-10 ACC) inside, out-scoring BC 38-18 in the paint and finished with a 40-28 edge in rebounds.

Marta Suárez added 18 points and nine rebounds for the Bears, who shot 50.0% for the game while limiting Boston College to just 32.2% from the field.

Cal, which is tied for seventh in the ACC standings, has five regular season games remaining. The Bears face Syracuse on Sunday at 3 p.m. at Haas Pavilion.

Stanford 79, Syracuse 58 >> Brooke Demetre scored 11 of her 14 points in the first quarter as the Cardinal earned a much-needed win at Maples Pavilion on Thursday night.

Stanford (12-12, 4-9 ACC) has five more regular season games remaining to bolster its chances to reach the NCAA Tournament for a 37th consecutive season. The Cardinal have the second-longest active NCAA streak in the nation to Tennessee, which has played in all 42 NCAA Tournaments.

The Cardinal entered the game on a three-game losing streak but came out firing against the Orange (10-14, 4-9 ACC), opening the game on an 8-1 run and taking a 27-13 lead in the first quarter. Stanford never trailed.

Stanford had five double-digit scorers, led by Elena Bosgana (18 points and 11 rebounds). Chloe Clardy also had a double-double, contributing 14 points and 12 assists without committing a turnover in 39 minutes.

Up next for Stanford is Boston College at 2 p.m. on Sunday at Maples Pavilion.

Santa Clara 54, Pepperdine 46 >> Malia Latu scored a game-high 15 points and Olivia Pollerd added 13 points as the Broncos completed a regular-season sweep of Pepperdine at Leavey Center.

The Broncos (14-12, 8-8 WCC) led by as many as 18 points before the Waves (8-16, 3-12 WCC) made a late push, scoring the final seven points of the game.

Latu scored in double-digits for the 11th time in 12 games for the Broncos.

SCU is tied for seventh in the WCC standings, but is just a game out of fourth place with four remaining. The Broncos play Saturday at last-place San Diego and then have road games at fourth-place Oregon State and second-place Portland before ending the regular season at home against conference-leading Gonzaga.

Portland 71, Saint Mary’s 69 >> The Gaels had five players in double figures for the first time this season, but 10 turnovers in the second half – six in the fourth quarter – allowed the visiting Pilots to overcome a 14-point deficit and spoil the Gaels’ upset bid against the WCC’s second-place team.

Emily Foy scored a team-high 17 points and Kennedy Johnson added 12 for SMC (12-12, 8-7). The Gaels can move into a tie for fourth place with idle Oregon State with a win at Pepperdine (8-17, 3-13 WCC) today.

Men

GONZAGA 88, USF 77 >> Malik Thomas scored 26 points and USF was tied with the Bulldogs at halftime in Spokane, but the Gonzaga led by double-digits for much of the second half to hold off the Dons in a showdown for second place in the WCC behind Saint Mary’s with three weeks remaining in the regular season.

USF (20-7, 10-4 WCC) end the regular season against Gonzaga (19-7, 10-3 WCC) at Chase Center on March 1.

Gonzaga (19-7, 10-3) Graham Ike had 18 points in Gonzaga’s 88-77 win against San Francisco on Thursday night.

Ryan Beasley added 16 points and two steals for San Francisco. Tyrone Riley IV also had 11 points and six rebounds.

HONOR FOR STANFORD’S RAYNAUD >> Stanford senior Maxime Raynaud, who leads the country with 20 double-doubles, has been named to the Jersey Mike’s Naismith Trophy Men’s College Player of the Year Midseason Team. He’s also on the lists for the Wooden Award Late Midseason Top-20, the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year top-10 and to the Oscar Robertson Trophy watchlist.

Raynaud leads the ACC in scoring (19.9 ppg) and rebounding (11.5 rpg), and he ranks third nationally in rebounds and 13th in scoring.