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WILDCATS #13/14 ARIZONA

vs GOLDEN BEARS 2019-20 SCHEDULE 12-18 (3-15 Pac-12) 23-6 (12-6 Pac-12) Overall: 12-18• Pac-12: 3-15 Friday, March 6, 2020 11:30 a.m. PT Home: 7-10• Away: 4-8• Neutral: 1-0 Mandalay Bay Events Center Pac-12 Networks DATE OPPONENT TIME (PT) Oct. 27 Bejing Normal (Exhibition) W, 95-77 Nov. 3 Vanguard (Exhibition) W, 79-55 Nov. 8 at Harvard L, 56-53 WE MEET AGAIN Nov. 10 at #5 UConn L, 72-61 12-SEED CAL TAKES ON 4-SEED Nov. 17 UC Riverside W, 84-61 Nov. 21 at San Diego State W, 74-48 ARIZONA FOR SPOT IN THE SEMIS Nov. 24 #20 Arkansas W, 84-80 Nov. 29 North Carolina Central^ W, 90-69 After making history on Thursday morning in the opening round of the Pac-12 Tourna- Nov. 30 Long Beach State^ W, 68-45 ment, the Cal women’s team looks to extend its hot streak on Friday, taking Dec. 7 Boston University W, 73-62 on No. 13 Arizona in the quarterfinals of the 2020 Pac-12 Tournament. The Golden Dec. 14 Santa Clara W, 69-65 Bears (12-18, 3-15 Pac-12) and Wildcats (23-6, 12-6 Pac-12) square off at 11:30 a.m. Dec. 21 #14 Kentucky L, 63-61 PT at the Mandalay Bay Events Center for a spot in Saturday’s semifinal. This will be the Dec. 29 Grand Canyon W, 72-53 second meeting between the schools in the last six days, with the Bears upsetting the Jan. 3 Washington* L, 67-64 13th-ranked Wildcats in Tucson on Sunday in the final game of the regular season. The Jan. 5 Washington State* L, 96-75 victory marked Cal’s first Top-25 road win since 2015, as the Bears handed the Wildcats Jan. 10 at #5 Stanford* L, 73-40 just their third home loss of the season. Jan. 12 #5 Stanford* L, 79-65 Jan. 17 at #8 Oregon State* L, 81-44 Jan. 19 at #6 Oregon* L, 105-55 Riding the momentum from the win in Tucson, Cal opened the Pac-12 Tournament with Jan. 24 Utah* L, 71-62 a 71-67 victory over No. 24 Arizona State on Thursday morning. With the win over the Jan. 26 Colorado* L, 62-50 5-seed Sun Devils, the Golden Bears became just the second 12-seed to win a game in Jan. 31 at Washington State* L, 92-66 the Pac-12 Tournament, joining Arizona, who did so in 2012. Feb. 2 at Washington* W, 81-74 OT Feb. 7 USC* L, 75-67 Arizona State, who beat Cal 77-54 last Friday in Tempe, led the Bears by as many as 15 Feb. 9 #10 UCLA* L, 74-70 OT points in the second quarter and took an 11-point lead into the locker room at halftime. Feb. 14 at Colorado* L, 64-57 However, the Golden Bears responded in the second half, outscoring the Sun Devils, 50- Feb. 16 at Utah* W, 88-74 35 over the final 20 minutes. Cal took control of the game with a 20-0 run that spanned Feb. 21 #3 Oregon* L, 93-61 from the 1:41 mark in the third quarter until there was 8:47 left in the fourth. Senior Feb. 23 #15 Oregon State* L, 76-63 Jaelyn Brown led all players with 22 points, scoring 11 in the fourth quarter alone as Feb. 28 at #24 Arizona State* L, 77-54 Cal knocked off a Top-25 opponent for the second consecutive game. The Bears – who Mar. 1 at #13 Arizona* W, 55-54 had not won back-to-back games since mid-December – have now knocked off ranked Mar. 5 1st Rd vs #24 Arizona St% W, 71-67 teams in each of their last two outings, their first time doing so since 2013. Mar. 6 Qtrs vs #13 Arizona% 11:30 a.m. Mar. 7 Semis vs TBD (ORE/UTAH) 6:00 p.m. Freshman guard Cailyn Crocker scored all 20 of her points in the second half, going 4-9 ^ Cal Classic at Haas Pavilion * Pac-12 Conference game from the floor, 3-5 from three, and 9-10 from the foul line over the final 20 minutes of % 2020 Pac-12 Tournament (Las Vegas, NV) action. Home games in bold are played at Haas Pavilion All times are PST and subject to change BEARS BY THE NUMBERS FAST FACTS COACHING STAFF Friday’s matchup will be the first meeting ever between the Bears and the Head Coach...... Charmin Smith Wildcats in the Pac-12 Tournament. Entering this season, Arizona was the ...... (1st season as head coach; 13th season at Cal) 1 only conference team Cal had yet to face in the conference tournament...... Stanford, 1997 Assistant Coach...... Kai Felton (Ninth season) With Thursday’s upset win over 5-seed Arizona State, Cal became just the ...... Randolph-Macon, 2000 second 12-seed in conference history to win a game at the Pac-12 Tourna- Assistant Coach...... Wendale Farrow (Fourth season) 2 ment. In 2012, 12-seed Arizona upset 5-seed UCLA in the opening round...... Eastern Michigan, 2009 The Wildcats lost to the 4-seed Sun Devils in the quarterfinals. Assistant Coach...... April Phillips (1st season)...... Xavier, 2010 Senior Jaelyn Brown matched her career-high with 5 steals in Thursday’s win Communications Director...... MC Barrett over the Sun Devils, also matching Cal’s Pac-12 Tournament single-game 5 record in the process. Email...... [email protected] Cell...... 510-697-9153 Freshman guard Cailyn Crocker scored all 20 of her points in the second half, Mailing Address...... 343 Haas Pavilion, Berkeley, CA . helping Cal overcome an 11-point deficit for its largest come-from-behind win ...... 94720 20 of the year. This was Crocker’s second career 20-point outing. PAC-12 TOURNAMENT • QUARTERFINALS vs ARIZONA INSIDE THE SERIES BEAR ESSENTIALS Series record: Bears lead, 38-31 INSIDE THE SERIES UNIVERSITY INFORMATION Last Meeting: March 1, 2020 Location...... Berkeley, Calif. Cal won, 55-54 Founded...... 1868 Enrollment...... 42,519 • Cal leads the overall series 38-31, and has Nickname...... Golden Bears won 24 of the last 26 meetings between the Series record: Bears lead, 38-31 Colors...... Blue (282) and Gold (123) teams Affiliation...... NCAA Division I • Cal won the lone regular season matchup LAST MEETING Conference...... Pacific-12 between the schools on Sunday, a 55-54 Chancellor...... Carol T. Christ Date...... Result...... Location victory in Tucson Director of Athletics...... Jim Knowlton 3/1/20...... W, 55-54...... Tucson, AZ • The Bears and Wildcats split the series last Senior Women’s Administrator...... 2/24/19...... W, 82-76 (OT)...... Berkeley, CA season, with each team winning on its home ...... Jenny Simon-O’Neill 1/11/19...... L, 60-55...... Tucson, AZ court Ticket Office Phone...... 800-GO-BEARS 1/26/18...... W, 63-39...... Berkeley, CA • Friday’s matchup will be the first meeting Official Web Site...... www.CalBears.com 1/7/18...... W, 53-51...... Tucson, AZ Facility (Capacity)...... Haas Pavilion (11,877) ever between the schools in the Pac-12 Tour- nament • Four of the last five meetings between the TEAMS THIS SEASON PROGRAM HISTORY CAL...... ARIZ First Season...... 1973-74 Bears and Sun Devils have been decided by single-digits 65.9...... PPG...... 68.4 NCAA Tournament Appearances...... 14 70.9...... Opp PPG...... 55.0 ..1990, ‘92, ‘93, ‘06, ‘07, ‘08, ‘09, ‘12, ‘13, . 37.7...... RPG...... 34.0 ...... ‘14, ‘15, ‘17,’18, ‘19 SCOUTING THE WILDCATS 39.0...... FG pct...... 43.8 Best NCAA Tournament Showing..... Final Four . • Arizona returns to action following Sunday’s 30.9...... 3-pt FG pct...... 34.1 ...... (2013) home loss to the Bears Last NCAA Appearnace...... 2019 (2nd Round) 74.8...... FT pct...... 78.7 • Prior to the Senior Day loss to Cal, the ...... (L, Baylor) 13.7...... Assists PG...... 13.3 Wildcats knocked off No. 4 Stanford, 73-72, in Best WNIT Showing...... Champions (2010) 6.8...... Steals PG...... 10.5 overtime for the program’s first win ever over a 15.6...... Turnovers PG...... 13.7 Top-5 opponent TEAM INFORMATION 3.5...... Blocks PG...... 4.2 • Arizona is led by redshirt Junior Aari Mc- 2018-19 Overall Record...... 20-13 Home...... 9-5 Donald, the leading scorer in the conference and one of the top scorers in the nation this NEXT UP Away ...... 7-7 • The winner of Friday’s quarterfinal Neutral...... 4-1 season at 20.3 points per game matchup will face the winner of the sec- 2018-19 Pac-12 Record (Finish)...... 9-9 (7th) • McDonald - an All-Pac-12 selection and the 2018-19 Pac-12 Tournament Finish...... 2020 Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year - ond-round matchup between top-seeded ...... Quarterfinals (L, Stanford) also leads the conference in steals (2.5 steals Oregon and eight-seed Utah in Saturday’s 2018-19 Postseason...... NCAA 2nd Rd . per game) semifinal ...... (L, Baylor) • Sophomore post Cate Reese is second on • Cal lost both meetings earlier this season Letterwinners Returning/Lost...... 8/6 the team in scoring at 13.1 points per game, with the Duck, and split the season series Starters Returning/Lost...... 1/4 and leads the Wildcats in rebounding at 7.6 with the Utes, with each team winning on its rebounds per game home court COACHING STAFF • Arizona leads the conference in scoring • Cal is 3-0 all-time vs Oregon in the Pac-12 Head Coach...... Charmin Smith (1st season) defense (55.0 PPG) and steals (10.5 steals Tournament, with the last matchup coming in ...... (13th season overall at Cal) per game) 2008 ...... Stanford, 1997 • The Bears are 1-0 against the Utes in the Record at Cal (Seasons)...... 11-18 (1st) • Arizona is the four-seed, its best seed since the conference moved to 12 teams Pac-12 Tournament, with the lone meeting Overall Record (Seasons)...... 11-18 coming in 2016 Assistant Coach...... Kai Felton (Ninth season) • Head coach Adia Barnes is in her fourth ...... Randolph-Macon, 2000 season as head coach at her alma mater Assistant Coach...... Wendale Farrow ...... (Fourth season; Eastern Michigan, 2009) Assistant Coach..... April Phillips (1st season) CAL IN THE PAC-12 TOURNAMENT ...... Xavier, 2010

PROJECTED STARTERS WE ARE CALIFORNIA NO. NAME POS. YR. NOTES When referring to any California athletic team, 1 Leilani McIntosh G FR 8 points in the first half; 5 assists on the day please use either “California” or “Cal” to 2 Cailyn Crocker G FR Scored all 20 of her points vs ASU in the 2nd half denote the Institution and “Golden Bears” or 4 Alaysia Styles F JR Scoreless in 20 minutes of action vs ASU “Bears” when indicating the mascot. Please 30 CJ West C SR Scored all 3 pts vs ASU at the foul line (3-4) refrain from using names such as UC Berkeley, California-Berkeley, Cal-Berkeley, or Cal State 33 Jaelyn Brown G/F SR Scored 11 of her 22 pts in the 4th quarter Thursday Berkeley. KEY RESERVES 10 Jazlen Green G FR Scored 10 of her 14 points in Cal’s 20-0 run 24 Evelien Lutje Schipholt FR Game-high 3 blocked shots against Sun Devils 2 CALBEARS.COM | TWITTER: @CALWBBALL | INSTAGRAM: @CALWBBALL PAC-12 TOURNAMENT • QUARTERFINALS vs ARIZONA LAST TIME OUT A CALIFORNIA WIN WOULD... CAL THIS SEASON • Cal made it back-to-back wins over • Make Cal the first No. 12 seed to reach ranked teams, knocking off No. 24 and the semifinals of the Pac-12 Tournament OVERALL Overall Record ...... 12-18 5-seed Arizona State, 71-67, in the open- and just the The Wildcats upset No. 5 Home ...... 7-10 ing round of the Pac-12 Tournament seed UCLA, 61-57 in the First Round be- Away ...... 4-8 • With the win, Cal became just the sec- fore falling to 4-seed Arizona State in the Neutral ...... 1-0 ond No. 12 seed to win a game at the Pac- Quarterfinals Leading at Halftime ...... 9-3 12 Tournament and the first sicne 2012 • Send Cal through to the Pac-12 Tour- Trailing at Halftime ...... 2-13 • The Bears pulled off their largest come- nament semifinal for the 10th time in Tied at Halftime ...... 1-2 from-behind win of the year, erasing a program history and the first since 2016, Leading after 1st Quarter...... 10-3 Trailing after 1st Quarter...... 2-13 15-point deficit to avenage a loss to the when the Bears reached the semifinals as Tied after 1st Quarter...... 0-2 Sun Devils earlier in the week in Tempe the 10-seed. Cal has lost in the quarterfi- Leading after 3rd Quarter...... 11-1 • After scoring just 21 points total in the nals each of the last three seasons Trailing after 3rd Quarter...... 1-17 first half, the Bears outscored the Sun • Mark the second consecutive season Tied after 3rd Quarter...... N/A Devils 50-35 over the final 20 minutes, and fourth time overall that a double-digit Score 70 points, or more ...... 9-2 including a 20-0 run over a span of 2:54 seed has reached the semifinals of the Hold opponent under 70 points ...... 9-5 seconds from late in the third quarter until Pac-12 Tournament Hold opponent under 60 points ...... 4-1 early in the fourth • Washington did so in 2019 as the 11- Against Ranked Opponents ...... 3-10 • Cal senior Jaelyn Brown led all scorers seed with 22 points - 11 of which came in the • Give the Bears three consecutive wins AGAINST OPPONENTS fourth quarter - and matched her ca- Post Higher FG Percentage ...... 8-1 over Top-25 opponents for the first time Post Lower FG Percentage ...... 4-17 reer-high with 5 steals since 2013 Post Same FG Percentage...... N/A • Freshman Cailyn Crocker added 20 Post More Rebounds ...... 11-5 points - all coming in the second half - Post Fewer Rebounds ...... 1-11 while fellow freshman Jazlen Green added CROCKER GETS COOKING Post Same Rebounds...... 0-2 • After going scoreless in the first half on 14 in the upset win Post More Turnovers ...... 4-10 Thursday, freshman guard Cailyn Crocker Post Fewer Turnovers ...... 7-6 scored all 20 of her points in the second Post Same Turnovers...... 1-2 WE MEET AGAIN half of the Bears’ upset win over the Sun Post More Assists ...... 9-5 • Cal closed the regular season in dra- Devils Post Fewer Assists ...... 3-13 matic fashion, upsetting No. 13 Arizona, • It was the second career 20-point perfor- 55-54, on Sunday afternoon in Tucson mance for Crocker, who is averaging 16.2 MISCELLANEOUS • The win was Cal’s second Top-25 victory points per game over the Bears’ last six Longest Win Streak ...... W7 of the season and marked Cal’s first road outings Longest Losing Streak ...... L9 Current Active Streak ...... W2 win over a Top-25 opponent since 2015, snapping a streak of 24 consecutive loss- Most Points in a Quarter...... 30 Cailyn Crocker - Thursday vs Arizona State Fewest Points in a Quarter...... 3 es to ranked teams 1st Half 2nd Half Most Points in 1st Half ...... 51 • Jaelyn Brown hit the game-winning put- Pts 0 20 Fewest Points in 1st Half ...... 15 back with 1:11 left in regulation, following FG-A 0-4 4-9 Most Points in 2nd Half ...... 50 up a missed free thrown to give the Bears 3-pt FG-A 0-1 3-5 Fewest Points in 2nd Half ...... 20 the victory FT-A 0-0 9-10 Most Points Allowed in a Quarter...... 31 • Brown scored 7 of her 10 points in the Reb 2 4 Fewest Points Allowed in a Quarter...... 5 Most Points Allowed in 1st Half ...... 57 second half, including Cal’s final 6 points of the game in the win Fewest Points Allowed in 1st Half ...... 14 Most Points Allowed in 2nd Half ...... 51 • Cal led by as many as 14 points in the INSIDE THE RUN • Trailing 35-46 with 1:41 left in the third Fewest Points Allowed in 2nd Half ...... 23 second quarter, before the Wildcats came- Largest Deficit Faced (Overall)...... 53 back and took the lead in the third quarter against Arizona State, Cal went on a 20-0 run, taking a 55-46 lead with 8:47 Largest Deficit Overcome to Win...... 15 • Arizona led by as many as 5 points and Largest Lead (Overall)...... 28 left in regular to reclaim its first lead since held a one-point lead over the Bears enter- Largest Lead Blown (In Loss)...... 10 2-0 in the opening stages of the game ing the fourth quarter • The win was the first time this season • During the run Cal went 7-9 from the CAL VS OTHER CONFERENCES that Cal has comeback to win a game floor and 4-4 from the foul line Pac-12...... 4-15 when trailing entering the fourth quarter • Jazlen Green scored 10 of Cal’s 20 Big West...... 2-0 SEC...... 1-1 • Cal’s Jazlen Green and Arizona’s Aari Mc- points during the run, going 3-4 from the floor and 4-4 from the foul line WAC...... 1-0 Donald led all scorers with 17 points each ...... 1-0 • Green opened the game 4-5 from the • Jaelyn Brown added 7 points in the run while Cailyn Crocker had 3 MEAC...... 1-0 floor and scored 13 points in the first half, Mountain West...... 1-0 going 3-3 from three to start the game • During the run, Cal forced Arizona State Patriot League...... 1-0 • Cal held Arizona to just one field goal into 7 turnovers, which the Bears convert- American Athletic...... 0-1 in the first quarter, as the Wildcats went ed into 16 points off turnovers Ivy League...... 0-1 1-10 from the floor to open the game and • Arizona State committed 16 turnovers in connected on only 1 of their first 15 field the second half, compared to 5 in the first goal attempts half

2019-20 CAL WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES 3 PAC-12 TOURNAMENT • QUARTERFINALS vs ARIZONA BROWN IN THE RECORD BOOKS • Senior Jaelyn Brown led all scorers with 22 points in Thursday’s win over Arizona CAL IN THE PAC-12 TOURNAMENT State, her 8th 20-point performance of the season and her highest-scoring outing AT A GLANCE ever in the Pac-12 Tournament Overall record...... 21-18 • Brown became the 31st player in Cal women’s basketball history to score 1,000 Best Finish...... Runner-up (last in 2015) career points, reaching the milestone in the third quarter against Oregon on February Earliest Exit...... First Round (2002) 23 at Haas Pavilion. She is currently 27th on Cal’s all-time scoring list Highest Seed...... 2 (last in 2014) • Brown earned All-Pac-12 honorable mention after leadin the Bears and ranks 13th Lowest Seed...... 12 (2020) in the Pac-12 in scoring this season, averaging a career-high 14.8 points per game • Brown scored Cal’s final 6 points in the upset at Arizona on Sunday and 11 points RECORD BY TOURNAMENT OPPONENT in the fourth quarter on Thursday vs ASU Arizona...... N/A • The 6’1” senior from Murrieta, California, has played in every game during her Cal Arizona State...... 6-1 career and has made 129 consecutive appearances for the Bears entering Friday’s Colorado...... 2-0 quarterfinal Oregon...... 3-0 Oregon State...... 0-1 Cal All-Time Scoring List Stanford...... 0-7 1. Kristine Anigwe (2016-19) 2,591 points UCLA...... 0-6 ... USC...... 2-1 25. Courtney Johnson (1998-01) 1,077 Utah...... 1-0 26. Laura Baker (1988-91) 1,072 Washington...... 4-0 27. Jaelyn Brown (2017-pres) 1,066 Washinton State...... 3-1

MISCELLANEOUS STATS CAL PAC-12 TOURNAMENT RECORDS 20-PT GAMES POINTS...... 2019-20...... Career Team...... 83 (2014 vs Washington State) Jaelyn Brown...... 8...... 9 Player...... 34 (Kristine Anigwe, 2017 vs USC) Cailyn Crocker...... 2...... 2 FIELD GOALS Sara Anastasieska...... 2...... 2 Team...... 34 (2019 vs WSU) CJ West...... 1...... 1 Player...... 12 (Kristine Anigwe, 2019 vs WSU) 3-POINT FIELD GOALS Team...... 11 (2004 vs Oregon) DOUBLE-DOUBLES Player...... 5 (KiKi Williams, 2004 vs Oregon) ...... 2019-20...... Career FREE THROWS CJ West...... 3...... 4 Team...... 25 (2013 vs USC) Jaelyn Brown...... 3...... 3 Player..... 10 (last, Kristine Anigwe, 2016 vs UCLA) Alaysia Styles...... 1...... 1 REBOUNDS Evelien Lutje Schipholt...... 1...... 1 Team...... 53 (2013 vs USC) Chen Yue...... 1...... 1 Player...... 16 (last, Kristine Anigwe, 2019 vs WSU)

ASSISTS GAMES LEADING TEAM IN SCORING Team...... 22 (last, 2016 vs Arizona State) (SHARED & OUTRIGHT) Player...... 10 (Nihan Anaz, 2004 vs Oregon) ...... 2019-20...... Career STEALS Jaelyn Brown...... 17...... 19 Team...... 13 (2011 vs Arizona State) Jazlen Green...... 4...... 4 Player. 5 (Eliza Pierre, 2011 vs Arizona State) Cailyn Crocker...... 4...... 4 BLOCKED SHOTS Sara Anastasieska...... 3...... 3 Team...... 9 (2017 vs USC) Alaysia Styles...... 2...... 2 Player...... 4 (Kristine Anigwe, 2017 vs USC) CJ West...... 2...... 2 Evelien Lutje Schipholt...... 1...... 1 Mi’Cole Cayton...... 0...... 1 2019 TOURNAMENT IN REVIEW First Round – Thursday, March 7 GAMES LEADING TEAM IN REBOUNDING #7 California 77, #10 Washington 58 Quarterinals - Friday, March 8 (SHARED & OUTRIGHT) #2 Stanford 72, #7 California 54 ...... 2019-20...... Career CJ West...... 11...... 15 Evelien Lutje Schipholt...... 10...... 10 Jaelyn Brown...... 6...... 7 Alaysia Styles...... 3...... 7 Chen Yue...... 3...... 3 Sara Anastasieska...... 1...... 1 Leilani McIntosh...... 1...... 1 Cailyn Crocker...... 1...... 1 Jazlen Green...... 1...... 1

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