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HIGHLANDERS UC RIVERSIDE VS GOLDEN BEARS CALIFORNIA 0-2 (0-0 Pac-12) 1-3 (0-0 Big West) 2019-20 SCHEDULE Sunday, November 17, 2019 5 p.m. PT Overall: 0-2• Pac-12: 0-0 Home: 0-0• Away: 0-2• Neutral: 0-0 Haas Pavilion CalBears.com (Live Stream) DATE OPPONENT TIME (PT) Oct. 27 Bejing Normal (Exhibition) W, 95-77 Nov. 3 Vanguard (Exhibition) W, 79-55 BEARS HOST HIGHLANDERS AT HAAS Nov. 8 at Harvard L, 56-53 After opening the 2019-20 season with a pair of games on the East Coast, the Cal Nov. 10 at #5 UConn L, 72-61 women’s basketball team returns to Berkeley, hosting UC Riverside on Sunday at Nov. 17 UC Riverside 5 p.m. 5 p.m. PT. The Golden Bears (0-2, 0-0 Pac-12) look to pick up their first win in the Nov. 21 at San Diego State 6:30 p.m. Charmin Smith era in Sunday’s home opener against the Highlanders (1-3, 0-0 Big Nov. 24 #23 Arkansas 2 p.m. West). Nov. 29 North Carolina Central^ 1 p.m. Nov. 30 Penn State or Long Beach^ TBA Cal returns to Berkeley after a road-swing to open the season. Following a 56-53 Dec. 7 Boston University 2 p.m. Dec. 14 Santa Clara 4:30 p.m. defeat at Harvard in last Friday’s season opener, the Golden Bears put up an impres- Dec. 21 #13 Kentucky 4 p.m. sive showing in their most recent outing, a 72-61 defeat to No. 5 Connecticut. Cal Dec. 29 Grand Canyon 7 p.m. kept the perennial title-contender UConn within striking distance throughout the first Jan. 3 Washington* 7 p.m. half, before the Huskies pulled away in the third quarter. Jan. 5 Washington State* 12 p.m. Jan. 10 at #3 Stanford* 7 p.m. Cal redshirt senior Sara Anastasieska led all scorers with 25 points, setting a new Jan. 12 #3 Stanford* 5 p.m. career high. Anastasieska – who missed the majority of the last two seasons with Jan. 17 at #7 Oregon State* 7 p.m. injury – went 5-for-10 from beyond the arc, part of a 9-for-23 performance for the Jan. 19 at #1 Oregon* 2 p.m. Bears from three-point range. Jan. 24 Utah* 12 p.m. Jan. 26 Colorado* 12 p.m. Junior forward Alaysia Styles also had a standout day for Cal, finishing with a ca- Jan. 31 at Washington State* 7 p.m. reer-high 13 points and a team-high nine rebounds as Cal battled the Huskies on the Feb. 2 at Washington* 12 p.m. boards. Feb. 7 USC* 7 p.m. Feb. 9 #11 UCLA* 2 p.m. Anastasieska and Styles are two of eight letterwinners returning for the Bears. Feb. 14 at Colorado* 6 p.m. Senior guard/forward Jaelyn Brown returns to the Cal starting lineup, while centers Feb. 16 at Utah* 11 a.m. Chen Yue and CJ West bring veteran presence in the post. Feb. 21 #1 Oregon* 6 p.m. Feb. 23 #7 Oregon State* 2 p.m. Feb. 28 at #20 Arizona State* 7 p.m. Cal’s newcomers have also made their mark on the young season. Point guard Mar. 1 at Arizona* 11 a.m. Leilani McIntosh has started both games so far this season and registered a game- Mar. 5-8 Pac-12 Tournament TBD high five steals in the season-opener at Harvard. Forward Evelien Lutje Schipholt has a team-high 13 points against the Crimson while rookie guard Cailyn Crocker also ^ Cal Classic at Haas Pavilion finished in double-figures against the Crimson. * Pac-12 Conference game Home games in bold are played at Haas Pavilion All times are PST and subject to change BEARS BY THE NUMBERS FAST FACTS Cal heads into the home-opener vs UC Riverside having won its last two COACHING STAFF games at Haas Pavilion to close out the 2018-19 season. Cal swept No. 17 Head Coach ..................................... Charmin Smith Arizona State and Arizona at Haas Pavilion to close out last season’s home ......(1st season as head coach; 13th season at Cal) 2 .......................................................Stanford, 1997 slate. Assistant Coach ....................Kai Felton (Ninth season) Cal has posted a winning record at Haas Pavilion for 16 consecutive seasons, ...........................................Randolph-Macon, 2000 including a 9-5 mark at home in 2018-19. The last time the Bears did not have a Assistant Coach ....... Wendale Farrow (Fourth season) 16 winning record at home was 2002-03, going 6-7 in games played in Berkeley. ..........................................Eastern Michigan, 2009 Assistant Coach .................April Phillips (1st season) ...........................................................Xavier, 2010 Sunday’s game marks the official Haas Pavilion debut for Cal’s four new- comers - Leilani McIntosh, Evelien Lutje Schipholt, Caily Crocker, and Jazlen ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS 4 Green. McIntosh has started both games this season while Green looks to Assistant Director ................................... MC Barrett make her Golden Bear debut after missing the first two games with injury. Email ................................ [email protected] Redshirt senior Sara Anastasieska scored a career-high 25 points in the Cell ..................................................510-697-9153 Bears’ most recent outing at No. 5 UConn. Anastasieska is the only Cal Mailing Address ........ 343 Haas Pavilion, Berkeley, CA 25 player other than Kristine Anigwe to score 25 or more points on the road n ................................................................... 94720 the last two seasons. NOVEMBER 17 • CAL WOMEN’S BASKETBALL VS UC RIVERSIDE INSIDE THE SERIES BEAR ESSENTIALS Series Record: Cal leads, 6-1 INSIDE THE SERIES UNIVERSITY INFORMATION Last Meeting: November 18, 2016 Location ............................... Berkeley, Calif. Cal won, 71-56 Founded ............................................ 1868 Enrollment ...................................... 42,519 • Sunday’s game will be the eighth meeting Nickname ...............................Golden Bears all-time between the Bears and Highlanders Overall: Cal leads, 6-1 Colors .................Blue (282) and Gold (123) • Cal has won the last five head-to-head Affiliation ............................. NCAA Division I meetings between the schools including the Conference .................................. Pacific-12 LAST 4 MEETINGS last two meetings between the teams at Haas Chancellor ............................. Carol T. Christ DATE ................RESULT ............................. SITE Pavilion Director of Athletics ................. Jim Knowlton 11/18/16 .... W, 71-56 ...........Berkeley, CA Senior Women’s Administrator ..................... 11/20/15 .... W, 64-58 ...........Berkeley, CA .....................................Jenny Simon-O’Neill SCOUTING THE HIGHLANDERS 11/15/07 .... W, 65-49 ......... Riverside, CA Ticket Office Phone ................800-GO-BEARS • UC Riverside heads to Berkeley with an 1/31/07 ...... W, 58-51 ...........Berkeley, CA Official Web Site ..............www.CalBears.com overall record of 1-3 on the season and look- Facility (Capacity) ......Haas Pavilion (11,877) ing to snap a two-game losing streak • The Highlanders are coming off a 76-59 loss NEXT TIME OUT PROGRAM HISTORY to Pac-12 foe USC their last time out • Cal will head back on the road for a mid- First Season ..................................1973-74 • The host Highlanders trailed by just eight week matchup on Thursday at San Diego All-Time Record (W-L) ..................... 744 - 601 points entering the third quarter, before USC State NCAA Tournament Appearances ............... 14 pulled away in the fourth to secure the victory • The Bears will tipoff against the Aztecs at ..1990, ‘92, ‘93, ‘06, ‘07, ‘08, ‘09, ‘12, ‘13, • Marina Ewodo led Riverside with a 16-point, 6:30 p.m. PT on November 21 in their final .................................. ‘14, ‘15, ‘17,’18, ‘19 12-rebound double-double in the defeat while road game of the non-conference slate. Best NCAA Tournament Showing .... Final Four ....................................................... (2013) Kelani Cooper (11 points) and Jannon Otto Last NCAA Appearnace .....2019 (2nd Round) (10 points) also scored in double-figures in the BEARS IN THE POLLS ................................................... (L, Baylor) loss. • Cal was picked to finish 11th in the Pac-12 Best WNIT Showing ......... Champions (2010) • A senior from Pau, France, Ewodo leads UC Preseason Coaches Poll and 10th in the Pac- Riverside in scoring, averaging 14.8 points 12 Preseason Media Poll TEAM INFORMATION per game on the season. Ewodo is also they 2018-19 Overall Record ......................20-13 team’s top three-point threat on the year, NO. 1 PUBLIC UNIVERSITY shooting 47% (7-15) from beyond the arc this Home ....................................................9-5 • For the fifth straight year, UC Berkeley tops season Away ....................................................7-7 the list of public universities in global rank- Neutral ..................................................4-1 • Daphne Gnago, a redshirt sophomore from ings by U.S. News & World Report. 2018-19 Pac-12 Record (Finish) ......9-9 (7th) Thomery, France, is second on the team in • For the third year in a row, the campus 2018-19 Pac-12 Tournament Finish ............... scoring at 11.0 points per game on the year. ranks fourth-best overall among publics ............................Quarterfinals (L, Stanford) • Interim head coach Seyram Bell was a for- and private, trailing only Harvard, MIT, and 2018-19 Postseason ...............NCAA 2nd Rd mer standout as a player at UC Riverside and Stanford ................................................... (L, Baylor) still ranks fourth in program history with 1,426 Letterwinners Returning/Lost .................8/6 career points. Starters Returning/Lost .........................1/4 COACHING STAFF Head Coach ...... Charmin Smith (1st season) .........................(13th season overall at Cal) ........................................... Stanford, 1997 2019-20 UC RIVERSIDE HIGHLANDERS Record at Cal (Seasons) .................0-1 (1st) NO. NAME POS. HT. YR. HOMETOWN (LAST SCHOOL) Overall Record (Seasons) ........................0-1 Assistant Coach ...... Kai Felton (Ninth season) 0 Ann Jernigan G 5-6 RS-SR Orlando, FL ( Old Dominion) ............................... Randolph-Macon, 2000 2 Marina Ewodo F 6-2 SR Pau, France (LJ Mermoz Montpellier HS) Assistant Coach ...................Wendale Farrow 3 Tianna Eaton G 5-10 JR Walnut, CA (Rowland HS) ......(Fourth season; Eastern Michigan, 2009) 5 Lauryn Pointer G 5-7 SO Los Angeles, CA (Junipero Serra HS) Assistant Coach ...