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CAL WOMEN'S BASKETBALL GOLDEN BEARS TIGERS 3-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 OVERALL WCC OVERALL PAC-12 VS 23 / RV Lindsay Gottlieb NR/NR Bradley Davis RANK (AP/USA TODAY) HEAD COACH RANK (AP/USA TODAY) HEAD COACH DATE Haas Pavilion LIVE STREAM LIVE STATS November 18 Berkeley, CA Pac-12.com/live CalBears.com SCHEDULE (W-L) BEAR NECESSITIES Overall: 3-0 • Pac-12: 0-0 After picking up a pair of wins on the road, the Cal women’s basketball team returns to Berkeley for its Home: 1-0 • Away: 2-0 • Neutral: 0-0 final home game before the Thanksgiving holiday. The Golden Bears (3-0, 0-0 Pac-12) are set to host Date Opponent Time (PT) Pacific (1-0, 0-0 WCC) at 2 p.m. PT at Haas Pavilion. Nov. 1 Westmont (Exhibition) W, 79-62 Nov. 6 Houston W, 80-79 While the Bay Area continues to experience poor air quality as a result of the fires in Butte County, Sun- Nov. 11 at Penn State W, 75-58 day’s game is still scheduled to be played as planned. We will continue to monitor the air quality inside Nov. 13 at BYU W, 70-52 Haas Pavilion and will provide updates if anything changes. Nov. 18 Pacific 2 PM Nov. 23 vs Tulane^ 4 PM The Golden Bears are off to an unbeaten start and are coming off a difficult road trip that featured Nov. 24 at San Diego^ 4 PM games at Penn State and BYU. Cal topped the Lady Lions, 75-58, on Sunday in State College, before Dec. 2 CSUN 2 PM beating BYU, 70-52, Tuesday afternoon in Provo. Point guard Asha Thomas led the Bears with 17 points Dec. 8 at St. Mary’s 2 PM and six assists, in what proved to be a milestone day for the senior from East Oakland. Playing in her Dec. 16 UCSB 2 PM 100th career game for the Golden Bears, Thomas reached the 1,000-point milestone with a pair of Dec. 22 #2 UCONN 12 PM free throws late in the game, becoming the 30th player in Cal women’s basketball history to reach the Dec. 30 Harvard 2 PM milestone. Sophomore guard Kianna Smith added a season-high 16 points on 4-7 shooting from beyond Jan. 4 UCLA* 7 PM the arc while senior Kristine Anigwe also chipped in 16 points and grabbed 12 rebounds for her third Jan. 6 USC* 3 PM consecutive double-double. Jan. 11 at Arizona* 6 PM Jan. 13 at #22 Arizona State* 4 PM The reigning ESPNW National Player of the Week and the first Pac-12 Player of the Week for the 2018-19 Jan. 18 Washington State* 11 AM season, Anigwe is off to a tremendous start to her senior year, averaging 26.0 points per game and 15.7 Jan. 20 Washington* 2 PM rebounds per game to start the season. Anigwe is tied for the national lead with three double-doubles on Jan. 25 at Utah* 6 PM the season and currently ranks in the Top-15 nationally in both scoring and rebounding. Jan. 27 at Colorado* 12 PM Jan. 31 #7 Stanford* 8 PM Defensively, the Bears have put up strong performances in each of their last two outings. After giving up Feb. 2 at #7 Stanford* 4 PM 79 points in the season opener vs Houston, Cal has held its opponent to fewer than 60 points in each of Feb. 8 #3 Oregon* 8 PM its last two outings. Cal gave up just 52 points on Tuesday at Penn State and is outrebounding oppo- Feb. 10 #8 Oregon State* 1 PM nents by an average of 13 rebounds per game on the year. Feb. 15 at USC* 8 PM Feb. 17 at UCLA* 4 PM BEARS BY THE NUMBERS Feb. 22 #22 Arizona State* 7 PM Cal senior Kristine Anigwe has recorded a double-double in every game so far this season, tied Feb. 24 Arizona* 2 PM for the most by any player in the nation so far this season. Dating back to last year, Anigwe has Mar. 1 at Washington* 7 PM now posted a double-double in her last four outings for the Golden Bears, tied for the longest such Mar. 3 at Washington State* 12 PM 3 streak of her career. Mar. 7-10 Pac-12 Tournament TBD Mar. 22-25 NCAA 1st & 2nd Rounds TBD Sophomore guard Kianna Smith matched her career-best, knocking down four three-pointers in Cal’s Mar. 29-1 NCAA Regionals TBD win at BYU. Smith, who scored just 9 points through Cal’s first two games of the season combined, Apr. 5-7 NCAA Final Four TBD 4 had a season-high 16 points in Cal’s win over the Cougars, going 4-7 from three point range and 4-4 from the floor. Smith previously hit four threes last season vs Manhattan. ^ San Diego Thanksgiving Tournament The Golden Bears have won 17 of their last 18 home games in non-conference play, their * Pac-12 Conference game only loss in that stretch coming on November 25, 2017 against 23rd-ranked Missouri. Cal Home games in bold played at Haas Pavilion has won each of its last four non-conference games at Haas Pavilion, including an 80-79 win All times are PST and subject to change 17 over Houston to open the 2018-19 season. COACHING STAFF Head Coach .........Lindsay Gottlieb (Eighth season) Cal has held its opponents to an average of 55.5 points per game during the Bears’ ............................................................ Brown, 1999 road trip, holding both Penn State and BYU to fewer than 60 points. This marks just the Assoc. Head Coach... Charmin Smith (12th season) 55.5 fourth ime in the last three seasons that Cal has held its opponents to fewer than 60 .........................................................Stanford, 1997 points in back-to-back games, and the first since January 2018. Assistant Coach .................Kai Felton (Eighth season) ..........................................Randolph-Macon, 2000 Hitting a pair of free throws with 46 seconds left to play against BYU, senior Asha Thom- Assistant Coach ..... Wendale Farrow (Third season) as reached the 1,000-point milestone, becoming the 30th player in program history ......................................... Eastern Michigan, 2009 1002 to hit the mark. Thomas added another pair of free throws to move her scoring total to 1,002 career points, averaging just over 10 PPG in her 100 career outings. 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 NOVEMBER 18: CAL vs PACIFIC BEAR ESSENTIALS SCOUTING THE TIGERS • Pacific also enters Sunday’s game unbeaten GENERAL INFORMATION Location .................................... Berkeley, CA 94720 on the season. The Tigers began the year with Founded ............................................................ 1868 an 83-80 victory over UC Davis after their pre- Enrollment ...................................................... 40,173 viously scheduled season-opener vs William Colors .................................Blue (282) & Gold (116) Jessup was cancelled Nickname .............................................Golden Bears • Pacific used a big third quarter to down the Series record: Cal leads, 24-2 Mascot ................................................................ Oski defending Big West champions, outscoring UC Davis, 30-17, in the third quarter alone LAST 5 MEETINGS UNIVERSITY PERSONNEL • Pacific held a 19-point lead with less than Date ............ Result ................Location Chancellor .......................................... Carol T. Christ 12/10/17 ....W, 92-85 ...... Stockton, CA Director of Athletics four minutes left to play and was able to ...................H. Michael Williams 11/16/14 ....W, 84-64 ...... Stockton, CA Senior Women’s Administrator ... Jenny Simon-O’Neill weather a furious comeback attempt Conference .................................................Pacific-12 • Senior guard Ameela Li led Pacific with a 12/7/13 ......W, 68-66 (OT) Berkeley, CA Website ............................................... CalBears.com career-high 27 points, going 10-19 from the 11/17/98 ....W, 66-58 ....... Oakland, CA floor and 4-9 from beyond the arc. 11/24/97 .... L, 64-63 ...... Stockton, CA COACHING STAFF • Sophomore Brooklyn McDavid added a Head Coach ...........Lindsay Gottlieb (Eighth season) career-best of her own with 24 points TEAMS THIS SEASON ..............................................................Brown, 1999 • Valerie Higgins added a double-double with CAL ................................................ UOP Record at Cal (Seasons) ............. 159-76 (8 seasons) 75.0...................PPG ..................... 83.0 Overall Record (Seasons) .......215-115 (11 seasons) 13 points and 10 rebounds. Assoc. Head Coach.....Charmin Smith (12th season) • Li, the reigning WCC Player of the Week, 63.0...............Opp PPG ................. 80.0 ..........................................................Stanford, 1997 was an Honorable Mention WCC selection last 465.3 ............... RPG ..................... 42.0 Assistant Coach .................. Kai Felton (Eighth season) season and one of three starters returning 44.4 ................FG pct ................... 38.2 ............................................Randolph-Macon, 2000 from last season 28.1 .............3-pt FG pct ............... 33.3 Assistant Coach .......Wendale Farrow (Third season) 79.2.................FT pct ................... 90.0 ...........................................Eastern Michigan, 2009 • McDavid also earned All-WCC Honorable Mention last season and collected WCC 16.3 .............Assists PG ................ 12.0 PROGRAM INFORMATION All-Freshmen honors. 6.7 ................Steals PG ................ 15.0 NCAA Tournament Appearances ...............................13 • Pacific went 15-17 last season, reaching the 3.0 ............... Blocks PG ...................0.0 1990, ‘92, ‘93, ‘06, ‘07, ‘08, ‘09, ‘12, ‘13, ‘14,‘15, semifinals of the WCC Tournament ‘17, ‘18 • The Tigers led the conference in scoring, NEXT TIME OUT Best NCAA Tournament Showing ..... Final Four (2013) averaging 75.2 points per game last season. Last NCAA Tournament Appearance 2018 (1st Round) • Cal will head south for Thanksgiving, • Bradley Davis, a 1995 Cal graduate, is in his Best WNIT Showing....................... Champions (2010) participating in the University of San First Season of Women’s Basketball .............. 1973-74 fourth season as head coach of the Tigers and Diego Thanksgiving Tournament hosted at Arena (Capacity) ..................