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CAL WOMEN'S BASKETBALL GOLDEN BEARS TAR HEELS 19-12 9-9 18-14 8-8 OVERALL ACC OVERALL PAC-12 VS NR/NR Lindsay Gottlieb NR/NR Sylvia Hatchell RANK (AP/USA TODAY) HEAD COACH RANK (AP/USA TODAY) HEAD COACH DATE Ferrell Center BROADCAST LIVE STREAM LIVE STATS Saturday, March 23 Waco, TX ESPN2 WatchESPN.com NCAA.com SCHEDULE (W-L) BEAR NECESSITIES Overall: 19-12 • Pac-12: 9-9 Home: 9-5 • Away: 7-6 • Neutral: 3-1 March Madness is here! The Cal women’s basketball team begins play in the NCAA Tournament on Sat- Date Opponent Time (PT) urday, taking on the University of North Carolina at 2:30 p.m. CT/12:30 p.m. PT at the Ferrell Center in Nov. 1 Westmont (Exhibition) W, 79-62 Waco, Texas. The Golden Bears (19-12, 9-9 Pac-12) are making their third consecutive trip to the NCAA Nov. 6 Houston W, 80-79 Tournament and are the eight-seed in the Greensboro Regional, set to square off against the nine-seed Nov. 11 at Penn State W, 75-58 Tar Heels (18-14, 8-8 ACC). This is Cal’s 14th trip overall to the NCAA Tournament and the Bears’ seventh Nov. 13 at BYU W, 70-52 in eight seasons under head coach Lindsay Gottlieb. Nov. 18 Pacific$ W, 81-69 Nov. 23 vs Tulane^ W, 65-57 After falling in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament last season, the Bears look to get back in the Nov. 24 at San Diego^ W, 70-53 win column in 2019 while playing in a very familiar setting. This is Cal’s third trip to Waco in the last six Dec. 2 CSUN W, 67-42 seasons, competing at the Ferrell Center in both the 2014 and 2017 NCAA Tournaments. Eight members Dec. 8 at Saint Mary’s W, 81-78 (OT) of Cal’s current squad were on the team in 201 when the Bears upset 8-seed LSU in the First Round. Dec. 16 UCSB W, 69-45 Two of those key returners are now seniors: center Kristine Anigwe and guard Asha Thomas. Dec. 22 #1 UCONN L, 76-66 Dec. 30 Harvard L, 85-79 An ESPNW Second Team All-America and the 2019 Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year, Anigwe leads Jan. 4 UCLA* L, 84-79 (OT) the nation in both rebounding (16.3 rebounds per game) and double-doubles (31), while also being one Jan. 6 USC* W, 66-59 of the most potent scorers in the country at 22.9 points per game. Anigwe enters the NCAA Tournament Jan. 11 at Arizona* L, 60-55 with a streak of 32 consecutive double-doubles, the fourth-longest streak in Division I women’s basket- Jan. 13 at #19 Arizona State* L, 62-61 ball history. Jan. 18 Washington State* W, 77-63 Jan. 20 Washington* W, 79-70 Anigwe’s dominance on the inside is complemented by Cal’s guard corps, led by Thomas, who holds Jan. 25 at #21 Utah* L, 87-74 Cal’s career three-point record. Thomas is second on the team in scoring this season at 10.3 points per Jan. 27 at Colorado* W, 80-60 game and went 6-for-9 from beyond the arc in Cal’s First Round NCAA Tournament game in 2017. Along Jan. 31 #8 Stanford* W, 81-80 with Thomas, the Bears have been bolstered by the addition of graduate transfer Recee Caldwell, who Feb. 2 at #8 Stanford* L, 75-50 grew up in San Antonio and spent the bulk of her collegiate career at Texas Tech. Caldwell is averaging Feb. 8 #3 Oregon* L, 105-82 10.0 points per game on the year and shooting 41 percent from beyond the arc since the start of the Feb. 10 #7 Oregon State* L, 82-74 2019 calendar year. Feb. 15 at USC* L, 86-76 Feb. 17 at UCLA* L, 80-74 BEARS BY THE NUMBERS Feb. 22 #17 Arizona State* W, 69-60 The Bears are making their third consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament and their third trip Feb. 24 Arizona* W, 82-76 (OT) to Waco in the last six seasons. In 2014, the Bears were the 7-seed in Waco and beat 10-seed March 1 at Washington* W, 71-65 Fordham in the opening round before falling to 2-seed Baylor in the Second Round. In 2017, the March 3 at Washington State* W, 80-58 3 9th-seeded Bears upset 8-seed LSU, 55-52, in the First Round before falling to Baylor. March 7 vs Washington State# W, 77-58 March 8 vs #7 Stanford# L, 72-54 Saturday’s First Round matchup will be the fourth meeting all-time between the Golden Bears March 23 vs North Carolina@ 12:30 PT and Tar Heels, and their first ever matchup in the postseason. North Carolina has won two of March 25 vs Baylor/ACU@ TBD 4 the previous three meetings between the schools, the most recent coming in Chapel Hill on March 29-1 NCAA Regionals@ TBD December 30, 1999. $ At Maples Pavilion Cal is making its 14th trip overall to the NCAA Tournament and its seventh in eight seasons ^ San Diego Thanksgiving Tournament under head coach Lindsay Gottlieb. The Bears have advanced past the First Round in eight of * Pac-12 Conference game their previous 13 trips to the NCAA Tournament, including five of their last six trips to the Big # Pac-12 Tournament 14 Dance. Cal’s best showing at the NCAA Tournament came in 2013, with a trip to the Final Four. @ NCAA Tournament COACHING STAFF Cal senior Kristine Anigwe enters the NCAA Tournament on a 32-game double-double streak, Head Coach .........Lindsay Gottlieb (Eighth season) the longest-active streak in the nation and the fourth-longest in the history of women’s Divi- ............................................................ Brown, 1999 32 sion I basketball. Anigwe leads the nation with 31 double-doubles this season and is the only Assoc. Head Coach... Charmin Smith (12th season) player in Division I basketball - male or female - with a double-double in every game this year. .........................................................Stanford, 1997 Assistant Coach .................Kai Felton (Eighth season) Anigwe enters the weekend with 506 total rebounds this season, the third-most in a single ..........................................Randolph-Macon, 2000 season in Pac-12 history and tied for tenth all-time in Division I women’s basketball history. Assistant Coach ..... Wendale Farrow (Third season) 506 Anigwe leads the nation in rebounding at 16.3 rebounds per game this season and needs ......................................... Eastern Michigan, 2009 just 14 boards to break the Pac-12 single-season record of 520 rebounds. Assistant Director of Athletic Communications (Women’s Basketball contact): MC Barrett Cell: 510-697-9153 // Email: [email protected] // 343 Haas Pavilion, Berkeley, CA 94720 2 NCAA TOURNAMENT: 1st ROUND vs UNC BEAR ESSENTIALS INSIDE THE SERIES Series Record: Tar Heels lead, 2-1 GENERAL INFORMATION Last Meeting: Location .................................... Berkeley, CA 94720 Dec. 30, 1999 - UNC won, 70-65 Founded ............................................................ 1868 Enrollment ...................................................... 40,173 • Saturday’s game will be the fourth meeting Colors .................................Blue (282) & Gold (116) all-time between North Carolina and Cal and their Nickname .............................................Golden Bears first match-up ever in the postseason Series record: Tar Heels lead, 2-1 Mascot ................................................................ Oski • UNC has won two of the previous three meet- ings between the schools, the last of which came LAST 3 MEETINGS UNIVERSITY PERSONNEL during the 1999-00 season Date ..........Result ...................Location Chancellor .......................................... Carol T. Christ • This will be Cal’s first game of the season 12/30/99 ..L, 70-65 ...... Chapel Hill, NC Director of Athletics ............................. Jim Knowlton 12/28/87 ..W, 77-72 ..........Berkeley, CA Senior Women’s Administrator ... Jenny Simon-O’Neill against an ACC opponent and North Carolina’s Conference .................................................Pacific-12 third game of the year against a Pac-12 team 12/19/85 ..L, 77-67 ...... Chapel Hill, NC Website ............................................... CalBears.com • The Tar Heels lost to Colorado, 86-74, on No- vember 18 and beat UCLA, 83-49, on November TEAMS THIS SEASON COACHING STAFF 22 in the opening game of the Paradise Jam CAL ................................................. UNC Head Coach ...........Lindsay Gottlieb (Eighth season) • UNC is 6-3 against the Pac-12 over the last five 72.4...................PPG .......................72.8 ..............................................................Brown, 1999 seasons, and has won three of its last four match- 68.9...............Opp PPG ...................72.1 Record at Cal (Seasons) ............. 178-88 (8 seasons) Overall Record (Seasons) .......234-127 (11 seasons) ups against schools from the conference 39.2.................. RPG .......................35.3 Assoc. Head Coach.....Charmin Smith (12th season) • Cal is 1-2 over the last five seasons against 44.2 ................FG pct .....................40.7 ..........................................................Stanford, 1997 the ACC, with its last win coming over 8th-ranked 35.3.............3-pt FG pct .................31.4 Assistant Coach .................. Kai Felton (Eighth season) Louisville on November 15, 2015 70.3.................FT pct .....................74.5 ............................................Randolph-Macon, 2000 15.5 .............Assists PG ..................14.3 Assistant Coach .......Wendale Farrow (Third season) 4.4 ................Steals PG .................... 7.8 ...........................................Eastern Michigan, 2009 SCOUTING THE TAR HEELS 3.6 ............... Blocks PG ....................3.3 • North Carolina returns to the NCAA Tournament PROGRAM INFORMATION for the first time since 2015 and is making its NCAA Tournament Appearances ...............................14 1990, ‘92, ‘93, ‘06, ‘07, ‘08, ‘09, ‘12, ‘13, ‘14,‘15, 27th appearance all-time BATTLE OF THE BRAINS ‘17, ‘18, ‘19 • The Tar Heels earned an at-large bid after In addition to their athletic success, Cal Best NCAA Tournament Showing ..... Final Four (2013) finishing 8th in the ACC Last NCAA Tournament Appearance 2018 (1st Round) • North Carolina opened the 2019 ACC Tourna- and North Carolina are widely regarded Best WNIT Showing......................