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BRUINS #10/10 UCLA VS GOLDEN BEARS CALIFORNIA 9-13 (1-10 Pac-12) 20-2 (9-2 Pac-12) 2019-20 SCHEDULE Sunday, February 7, 2020 2:00 p.m. PT Overall: 9-13• Pac-12: 1-10 Home: 7-7• Away: 2-6• Neutral: 0-0 Haas Pavilion Pac-12 Networks DATE OPPONENT TIME (PT) Oct. 27 Bejing Normal (Exhibition) W, 95-77 Nov. 3 Vanguard (Exhibition) W, 79-55 BEARS TO BATTLE BRUINS IN BERKELEY Nov. 8 at Harvard L, 56-53 While its comeback fell short on Friday night, the Cal women’s basketball team will look Nov. 10 at #5 UConn L, 72-61 to bounce back quickly, hosting No. 10 UCLA at 2 p.m. PT on Sunday. The Golden Bears Nov. 17 UC Riverside W, 84-61 (9-13, 1-10 Pac-12) opened the weekend slate with a 75-67 loss to USC on Friday night Nov. 21 at San Diego State W, 74-48 while the Bruins (20-2, 9-2 Pac-12) are coming off a 79-69 victory over No. 6 Stanford at Nov. 24 #20 Arkansas W, 84-80 Maples Pavilion. Nov. 29 North Carolina Central^ W, 90-69 Nov. 30 Long Beach State^ W, 68-45 Dec. 7 Boston University W, 73-62 The series between the California schools has been tightly contested as of late, with Dec. 14 Santa Clara W, 69-65 eight of the last ten meetings between the schools decided by eight points or fewer. The Dec. 21 #14 Kentucky L, 63-61 Bruins have had the better of the matchup as of late, winning the last five head-to-head Dec. 29 Grand Canyon W, 72-53 meetings between the teams, including an overtime win in Berkeley last season. Jan. 3 Washington* L, 67-64 Jan. 5 Washington State* L, 96-75 Cal looks to flip the script against its in-state rival and snap a six-game home losing Jan. 10 at #5 Stanford* L, 73-40 streak. The Bears also look to pick up another upset victory as they face their sixth top- Jan. 12 #5 Stanford* L, 79-65 10 opponent of the season. Cal is 1-7 overall this season against ranked opponents, Jan. 17 at #8 Oregon State* L, 81-44 with an 84-80 win over No. 20 Arkansas on November 24. Jan. 19 at #6 Oregon* L, 105-55 Jan. 24 Utah* L, 71-62 Cal nearly ended the skid on Friday night, but came up short in a tightly-contested Jan. 26 Colorado* L, 62-50 battled with USC. The Bears got off to strong start and led by one at the half. However, Jan. 31 at Washington State* L, 92-66 the Trojans took control in the third quarter with a 13-3 run and were able to capitalize Feb. 2 at Washington* W, 81-74 OT on 20 Cal turnovers on the day. Senior Jaelyn Brown led the Bears with 22 points in the Feb. 7 USC* L, 75-67 loss, also adding eight rebounds and a career-high seven assists. Brown connected on Feb. 9 #10 UCLA* 2 p.m. four three-pointers on the day, helping Cal match its season-high with nine treys on the Feb. 14 at Colorado* 6 p.m. night. Redshirt senior Sara Anastasieska had another strong showing for the Bears with Feb. 16 at Utah* 11 a.m. Feb. 21 #3 Oregon* 6 p.m. 16 points while junior forward Alaysia Styles had 10 points for her second consecutive Feb. 23 #9 Oregon State* 2 p.m. game in double-figures. Freshman Cailyn Crocker added eight points for the Bears off Feb. 28 at #19 Arizona State* 7 p.m. the bench, all of which came in the second half. Mar. 1 at #12 Arizona* 11 a.m. Mar. 5-8 Pac-12 Tournament TBD Cal’s lone returning starter from last season, Brown leads the Bears and ranks 10th in the conference in scoring with 14.5 points per game. Brown also leads the Pac-12 in ^ Cal Classic at Haas Pavilion free throw percentage (84.5 percent) and scored 13 points in her most recent outing * Pac-12 Conference game against UCLA, going 5-8 from the floor. Home games in bold are played at Haas Pavilion All times are PST and subject to change BEARS BY THE NUMBERS FAST FACTS Eight of the last 10 matchups between Cal and UCLA have been decided by 8 COACHING STAFF Head Coach ..................................... Charmin Smith points or fewer, with three of those games going to overtime. The two games ......(1st season as head coach; 13th season at Cal) 8 between the Bears and Bruins last season had a combined 27 lead changes. .......................................................Stanford, 1997 Assistant Coach ....................Kai Felton (Ninth season) Cal matched its season high with nine made three-pointers in Friday’s loss ...........................................Randolph-Macon, 2000 Assistant Coach ....... Wendale Farrow (Fourth season) to USC. The Bears, who average just 5.3 three-pointers per game on the 9 season, went 9-22 (41%) from beyond the arc on Friday. ..........................................Eastern Michigan, 2009 Assistant Coach .................April Phillips (1st season) ...........................................................Xavier, 2010 Senior Jaelyn Brown scored 22 points against the Trojans, her sixth 20-point performance of the season and the 7th of her Cal career. Brown nearly had ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS 22 a triple double, adding 8 rebounds and 7 assists to go with 4 threes. Assistant Director ................................... MC Barrett Email ................................ [email protected] For the second consecutive game, the Bears shot better than 40% from Cell ..................................................510-697-9153 the floor, connecting on 41.5 percent (22-53) of field goal attempts Mailing Address ........ 343 Haas Pavilion, Berkeley, CA 41.5 against USC. Cal is shooting 36.6% from the floor in Pac-12 play. ................................................................... 94720 FEBRUARY 9 • CAL WOMEN’S BASKETBALL VS UCLA INSIDE THE SERIES BEAR ESSENTIALS Series record: Bruins lead, 54-23 INSIDE THE SERIES UNIVERSITY INFORMATION Last Meeting: February 17, 2019 Location ............................... Berkeley, Calif. UCLA won, 80-74 Founded ............................................ 1868 Enrollment ...................................... 42,519 • UCLA has won five straight against the Bears Nickname ...............................Golden Bears and seven of the last eight meetings between Colors .................Blue (282) and Gold (123) the teams overall Series record: Bruins lead, 54-23 Affiliation ............................. NCAA Division I • Eight of the last 10 meetings between the Conference .................................. Pacific-12 teams have been decided by eight points or LAST 5 MEETINGS Chancellor ............................. Carol T. Christ fewer, including overtime games in 2015, Date .............. Result .......................Location Director of Athletics ................. Jim Knowlton 2016, and 2019 2/17/19.........L, 80-74 .........Los Angeles, CA Senior Women’s Administrator ..................... • The two meetings between the teams last 1/4/19 ...........L, 84-79 (OT) .......Berkeley, CA .....................................Jenny Simon-O’Neill season saw a combined 15 ties and 27 lead 3/2/18 ...........L, 77-74 ................ Seattle, WA Ticket Office Phone ................800-GO-BEARS 1/19/18 ........L, 60-52 .........Los Angeles, CA Official Web Site ..............www.CalBears.com changes 12/31/17 ......L, 82-46 ...............Berkeley, CA Facility (Capacity) ......Haas Pavilion (11,877) • Cal’s last win over UCLA came in Berkeley on February 3, 2017, when the Bears knocked off the 13th-ranked Bruins, 80-77 TEAMS THIS SEASON PROGRAM HISTORY • Cal’s five-game losing streak against the CAL ........................................................ UCLA First Season ..................................1973-74 66.3............................PPG ....................... 74.0 NCAA Tournament Appearances ............... 14 Bruins is its second-longest active losing 70.4........................Opp PPG ...................60.0 ..1990, ‘92, ‘93, ‘06, ‘07, ‘08, ‘09, ‘12, ‘13, streak against any Pac-12 opponent (lost 9 in RPG .................................. ‘14, ‘15, ‘17,’18, ‘19 a row to Oregon State) 38.4............................ .......................42.0 Best NCAA Tournament Showing .... Final Four 39.7..........................FG pct .....................40.4 ....................................................... (2013) SCOUTING THE BRUINS 30.1 ......................3-pt FG pct .................28.2 74.7 .......................... FT pct .....................72.2 Last NCAA Appearnace .....2019 (2nd Round) • UCLA heads to Berkeley coming off a mar- 14.7 ...................... Assists PG .................16.5 ................................................... (L, Baylor) quee win on Friday night, beating Stanford, 6.6 ......................... Steals PG ..................10.0 Best WNIT Showing ......... Champions (2010) 79-69, on the Farm 16.4 .................... Turnovers PG ...............11.7 • Junior forward Michaela Onyenwere led all 3.6 .........................Blocks PG .................... 2.9 TEAM INFORMATION scorers with 29 points and added 10 rebounds 2018-19 Overall Record ......................20-13 for her sixth double-double of the season Home ....................................................9-5 • Onyenwere averaged 26.0 points and 8.5 SCOUTING THE BRUINS CONT. Away ....................................................7-7 rebounds per game in two matchups with the • UCLA is a perfect 11-0 at home this season, Neutral ..................................................4-1 but is 4-2 on the road in Pac-12 play 2018-19 Pac-12 Record (Finish) ......9-9 (7th) Bears last season • Head coach Cori Close is in her ninth 2018-19 Pac-12 Tournament Finish ............... • Onyenwere leads the Bruins and ranks sec- ............................Quarterfinals (L, Stanford) ond in the conference in scoring at 19.8 points season in Westwood and has led the