GAME 5 & 6: South Point Shootout| Nov. 27-28 CALIFORNIA women's basketball Assistant Director of Athletic Communications (Women’s Basketball contact): Mara Rudolph Cell: (510) 384-6574• Email: [email protected] • Twitter: @MaraRudolph7 Website: CalBears.com • Facebook: Facebook.com/CalWBball • Twitter: @CalWBball • Instagram: @CalWBball SCHEDULE NO. 16/15 CALIFORNIA SOUTH POINT SHOOTOUT NO. 10/9 TEXAS A&M OVERALL: 4-0 • PAC-12: 0-0 GOLDEN BEARS (4-0, 0-0 Pac-12) Venue .......... South Point Arena AGGIES (4-0, 0-0 SEC) Location ............Las Vegas, NV DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT 11/8 WESTMONT (EXH) W, 91-39 No. 10/9 Texas A&M 11/13 at Austin Peay State W, 67-58 Date .......Fri, Nov. 27 | 12 p.m. 11/15 at #8 Louisville (ESPN3) W, 75-71 Live Stream .. SportToursLive.net 11/20 UC RIVERSIDE W, 64-58 Live Stats ..... SportToursLive.net 11/22 CAL POLY W, 82-57 LIBERTY MUSTANGS (2-2, 0-0 Big South) 11/27 #10 Texas A&M$ 12 p.m. Liberty 11/28 Liberty$ 2:15 p.m. Date ..Sat, Nov. 28 | 2:15 p.m. 12/5 ST. MARY’S % 2 P.M. Live Stream .. SportToursLive.net 12/6 SAC ST./VILLANOVA % TBD Live Stats ..... SportToursLive.net 12/12 NEBRASKA (P12N) 5 P.M. 12/21 UCLA (P12N) 6 P.M. 12/30 CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE 7 P.M. With a 4-0 record for the sixth time in the last 10 seasons, No. 16 California women’s basketball looks 1/2 at Arizona State* (P12N) 6 p.m. to keep its streak alive with a pair of matchups in Las Vegas at the South Point Hotel and Casino’s 1/4 at Arizona* (P12N) 7 p.m. annual South Point Shootout. Cal meets No. 10 Texas A&M and Liberty during the Thanksgiving 1/8 COLORADO* (P12N) 7 P.M. weekend tourney. 1/10 UTAH* 2 P.M. 1/15 at Oregon State* (P12N) 8 p.m. The Golden Bears, who are ranked in the top 20 for the first time since 2014, face their second top 10 1/17 at Oregon* 2 p.m. opponent in a meeting with Texas A&M (4-0) to open the South Point Shootout. The Bears meet the 1/22 at UCLA* (P12N) 6 p.m. Aggies on Friday at noon, followed by a Saturday contest against Liberty (2-2) set for 2:15 p.m. Both 1/24 at USC* (P12N) 2 p.m. games will be played at the South Point Arena. 1/29 WASHINGTON STATE* (P12N) 6 P.M. 1/31 WASHINGTON* (P12N) 2 P.M. 2/2 at Stanford* (P12N) 7 p.m. A live stream as well as live stats can be accessed at SportToursLive.net. Follow the @CalWBball 2/5 STANFORD* (P12N) 7 P.M. twitter and Instagram accounts for updates along with behind-the-scenes photos and information. 2/12 ARIZONA STATE* 7 P.M. 2/14 ARIZONA* (P12N) 12 P.M. BEAR NECESSITIES CAL'S TOP STORYLINES STREAKS & TRENDS 2/19 at Utah* (P12N) 5 p.m. : , 2/21 at Colorado* (P12N) 11 a.m. 2/26 OREGON* 7 P.M. RANKINGS ROUNDUP FAST FACTS 2/28 OREGON STATE* (P12N) 11 A.M. Cal checked into the Top 20 this week for the first 3/3-6 Pac-12 Tourney (P12N, ESPN) TBD time since March 4, 2014. The Bears are ranked • Courtney Range leads the Bears 3/18-21 NCAA 1st & 2nd Rounds TBD No. 16 in the Associated Press poll, and No. 15 in with 17.3 ppg, 10 more points than her 3/26-28 NCAA Regionals TBD the USA Today Coaches poll average over her first two years at Cal 4/3-5 NCAA Final Four TBD (7.0 ppg). • Asha Thomas lead’s Cal’s freshmen $ South Point Shootout (Las Vegas, Nev.) A LOOK AT TEXAS A&M % Cal Classic (Berkeley, Calif.) Series Record: Texas A&M leads, 2-1 with 15.3 ppg after scoring a career- * Pac-12 Conference game Previous Meeting: Cal lost, 74-58, on Dec. 4, 2010 high 19 against Cal Poly. Home games in BOLD Texas A&M’s Last Outing: Texas A&M moved to 4-0 for • Thomas is second among all Pac- All times listed PT and subject to change the eighth time in nine years after defeating TCU 12 freshmen for scoring and No. 12 82-78 thanks in part to a 23-point performance by overall. Courtney Walker. Walker was one of three Aggies bear bits • Cal is off to a 4-0 start for the third in double digures, joined by Jordan Jones and COACHING STAFF Courtney Williams. Jones was one assist shy of a time in head coach Lindsay Gottlieb’s Head Coach ............. Lindsay Gottlieb (Fifth season) double-double with nine assists plus five rebounds tenure, and the sixth time in the last 10 Brown, 1999 seasons. Assoc. Head Coach....Charmin Smith (Ninth season) on the evening. The Aggies shot nearly 51 percent Stanford, 1997 from the field and turned the ball over nine times. • Cal is averaging 72 points per game, Assistant Coach ..................... Kai Felton (Fifth season) • Walker leads the Aggies with an 18.0 points per while holding opponents to 61 points Randolph-Macon, 2000 game average, shooting .596 (28-47) this season. per game. Assistant Coach ....... Jeff Cammon (Second season) • Williams (14.3 ppg) and Jones (12.0 ppg) are • Only one opponent -- Louisville -- has also averaging double-figure scoring totals. Arizona State, 2003 scored more than 60 points against the TEAM INFORMATION • Khaalia Hillsman leads Texas A&M with 28 2014-15 Overall Record...........................24-10 rebounds, and Jones paces the Aggies with 28 Bears. 2014-15 Pac-12 Record (finish) .....13-5 (T3rd) assists. • The Bears are averaging 44 Starters Returning/Lost ..............................2/3 • Texas A&M is outscoring opponents 82.2-60.2. rebounds per game, 11 more than their Letterwinners Returning/Lost .....................5/5 • Head coach Gary Blair is one win away from his opponents’ 33 rpg. Facility ..................Walter A. Haas, Jr. Pavilion 700th career win. Capacity ...............................................11,877 2015-16 CALIFORNIA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAMES 5 & 6: SOUTH POINT SHOOTOUT QUICK FACTS A LOOK AT LIBERTY GENERAL INFORMATION Series Record: N/A Previous Meeting: Have not met. Location: Berkeley, CA Liberty’s Last Outing: A 33-point performance by James Madison’s Jazmon Gwathmey downed Liberty’s Founded: 1868 chances at victory as the Lady Flames lost 72-56 at JMU. Liberty post player Ashley Rininger led her Enrollment: 37,581 squad with 12 points as one of two Lady Flames in double figures, alongside Katelyn Adams. Liberty Colors: Blue (282) & Gold (116) turned the ball over 20 times and notched just 30 rebounds and four steals while shooting 38.8 percent Nickname: Golden Bears for the game, including a 58.3 percent performance from the line. Mascot: Oski • Rininger was named the Big South Preseason Player of the Year, and Sadalia Ellis was a Preseason All- Big South second team selection. UNIVERSITY PERSONNEL • Rininger (15.3 ppg, 8.3 rpg) leads Liberty, followed by Ellis (14.5 ppg, 3.0 apg, 2.75 spg) Chancellor: Nicholas Dirks • The Lady Flames are on a two-game losing streak after scoring below 60 points in their most recent Director of Athletics: H. Michael Williams weekend of play. • Liberty is 0-2 all-time against Pac-12 squads. Senior Women’s Administrator: Jenny Si- mon-O’Neill Arena (Capacity): Haas Pavilion (11,877) LAST TIME OUT Conference: Pacific-12 No. 21 Cal Bears hit a program-record 14 threes in an 82-57 rout of Cal Poly to improve to 4-0 on the season. Sophomores Gabby Green (4-8) and Mikayla Cowling (4-4) and freshman Asha Thomas (4-6) led COACHING STAFF Cal’s hot shooting from downtown with four triples apiece as the Bears toppled a 20-year team record, besting their team-high of 13 three-pointers set in December 1995. The Bears surged ahead in the third Head Coach: Lindsay Gottlieb (5th season) quarter with 26 points, then ran away with the game as nine of Cal’s 18 fourth-quarter points came off of Brown, 1999 threes, including another three-consecutive treys in a one-minute span. Assoc. Head Coach: Charmin Smith (9th season) Stanford, 1997 Assistant Coach: Kai Felton (5th season) NEXT UP Cal returns to Berkeley for a second weekend of tournament play, where the Bears host the Four Points Randolph-Macon, 2000 Sheraton Emeryville Classic featuring Saint Mary’s, Sacramento State and Villanova. Cal opens the Assistant Coach: Jeff Cammon (2nd season) tournament agains the Gaels at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 5th. The consolation game featuring the Arizona State, 2003 losers of Cal-Saint Mary’s and Sacramento State-Villanova begins at 1 p.m. Sunday, followed by the championship game at 3 p.m. TEAM INFORMATION Starters Returning/Lost: 2/3 BEARS SWEEP PAC-12 WEEKLY HONORS Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 5/5 Golden Bear players swept the weekly Pac-12 women’s basketball honors as junior Courtney Range Facility: Walter A. Haas, Jr. Pavilion (11,877) was voted Player of the Week and rookie Kristine Anigwe earned a Freshman of the Week nod. Range NCAA Tournament Appearances: 11 averaged a near double-double in the opening weekend of play with 21 points and 9 rebounds per game, ‘90, ’92, ’93, ’06, ’07, ‘08, ‘09, ‘12, ‘13, ‘14, ‘15 including a team-high 19 points in Cal’s upset of No. 8 Louisville. Anigwe racked up 19 points of her own Best NCAA Tournament Showing: Final Four (‘13) against the Cardinals on top of eight rebounds, added to 11 points and another eight boards against Best WNIT Tournament Showing: Champions (‘10) Austin Peay State.