GAME 23: STANFORD | FEB. 5 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 CALIFORNIA vs. No. 15 Stanford NO. 15 STANFORD OVERALL: 11-11 • PAC-12: 2-9 GOLDEN BEARS (11-11, 2-9 Pac-12) Date .................... Friday, Feb. 5 CARDINAL (18-5, 8-3 Pac-12) Time ........................... 7 p.m. PT DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT Venue ..................Haas Pavilion 11/8 WESTMONT (EXH) W, 91-39 Location ............Berkeley, Calif. 11/13 at Austin Peay State W, 67-58 Broadcast ........Pac-12 Network 11/15 at #8 Louisville (ESPN3) W, 75-71 Live Stream ........................None 11/20 UC RIVERSIDE W, 64-58 Radio ..................KALX 90.7 FM 11/22 CAL POLY W, 82-57 Live Stats ............ CalBears.com 11/27 #10 Texas A&M$ L, 75-58 11/28 Liberty$ W, 77-72 12/5 ST. MARY’S % L, 64-63 12/6 SACRAMENTO STATE% W, 117-99 12/12 NEBRASKA (P12N) W, 87-80 (OT) 12/21 #19 UCLA (P12N) W, 108-104 (2OT) 12/30 CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE W, 106-44 PROBABLE STARTERS (BASED ON LAST GAME) 1/2 at #17 Arizona St.* (P12N) L, 57-49 1/4 at Arizona* (P12N) L, 57-52 No. Player Pos. Ht. Yr. PPG RPG APG 1/8 COLORADO* (P12N) W, 64-35 1 Asha Thomas G 5-4 FR 9.0 3.6 5.2 1/10 UTAH* L, 84-79 24 Courtney Range F 6-3 JR 13.9 6.3 1.5 1/15 at #12 Oregon St.* (P12N) L, 70-48 3 Mikayla Cowling G/F 6-2 SO 12.1 4.9 3.7 1/17 at Oregon* L, 69-59 12 Penina Davidson F 6-3 SO 5.3 3.5 0.9 1/22 at #20 UCLA* (P12N) L, 75-56 1/24 at USC* (P12N) L, 61-47 31 Kristine Anigwe C/F 6-4 FR 20.0 9.3 1.2 (BPG) 1/29 WASHINGTON ST.* (P12N) W, 74-71 1/31 #25 WASHINGTON* (P12N) L, 75-65 FAST FACTS 2/2 at Stanford* (P12N) L, 53-46 BY THE NUMBERS 2/5 STANFORD* (P12N) 7 P.M. • Cal split the Battle of the Bay series with 2/12 ARIZONA STATE* 7 P.M. Stanford last year, taking a win at Stanford 2/14 ARIZONA* (P12N) 12 P.M. and losing at home. 2/19 at Utah* (P12N) 5 p.m. 9 • The Bears have split the Battle of the Bay Courtney Range is 9 three-pointers 2/21 at Colorado* (P12N) 11 a.m. series twice in head coach Lindsay Gottlieb’s 2/26 OREGON* 7 P.M. away from breaking into the top 10 in 2/28 OREGON STATE* (P12N) 11 A.M. coaching career -- in 2013-14 and in 2012- three-point field goals made in a single 3/3-6 Pac-12 Tourney (P12N, ESPN) TBD 13. season. (Next up: 46 made, Chris 3/18-21 NCAA 1st & 2nd Rounds TBD • Kristine Anigwe led Cal in Tuesday’s Holten (1988-89) and Alexis Gray- 3/26-28 NCAA Regionals TBD meeting with Stanford, scoring 17 points with Lawson (2008-09). 4/3-5 NCAA Final Four TBD seven rebounds $ South Point Shootout (Las Vegas, Nev.) • Cal shot 28.6 percent in the loss at Stanford, % Cal Classic (Berkeley, Calif.) but held the Cardinal to 34.6 percent .500 * Pac-12 Conference game With an 11-11 record, Cal is .500 at Home games in BOLD A CALIFORNIA WIN WOULD 20 or more games into the season for All times listed PT and subject to change • Give Cal a 20-66 all-time record against the first time since 2004-05. the Cardinal bear bits • Be Cal’s third win over Stanford in Lindsay COACHING STAFF Gottlieb’s head coaching career. Gottlieb is 8 Head Coach ............. Lindsay Gottlieb (Fifth season) 2-9 against the Cardinal. The Bears held Stanford to eight Brown, 1999 first-quarter points on Tuesday, the Assoc. Head Coach....Charmin Smith (Ninth season) • Be Cal’s FIRST-ever home win over the Cardinal’s second-lowest output this Stanford, 1997 Cardinal in Gottlieb’s career. Assistant Coach ..................... Kai Felton (Fifth season) • Be Cal’s first HOME win over Stanford season. Stanford scored only 7 points Randolph-Macon, 2000 since 2008-09, when Cal won 57-54 at Arizona State in January. Assistant Coach ....... Jeff Cammon (Second season) Alcorn State, 2003 • Be Cal’s 11th HOME win over the Cardinal TEAM INFORMATION in the all-time series. 2013-14 2014-15 Overall Record...........................24-10 • Be Cal’s first win over a ranked team Stanford last swept both regular- 2014-15 Pac-12 Record (finish) .....13-5 (T3rd) opponent since the double overtime win season games against the Golden Starters Returning/Lost ..............................2/3 against No. 19 UCLA on Dec. 21, 2015 Letterwinners Returning/Lost .....................5/5 Bears in 2013-14. Facility ..................Walter A. Haas, Jr. Pavilion • Improve Cal’s record to 3-6 against ranked Capacity ...............................................11,877 opponents. 2015-16 CALIFORNIA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME 23: STANFORD QUICK FACTS BEAR NECESSITIES: CAL'S TOP STORYLINES, STREAKS & TRENDS GENERAL INFORMATION Cal held Stanford to just 34.6 percent shooting on Tuesday, but fell 53-46. Just three days later, the Location: Berkeley, CA Golden Bears (11-11, 2-9 Pac-12) will get another crack at the Cardinal (18-5, 8-3 Pac-12) in the Battle of Founded: 1868 the Bay finale. The second game in the series tips off at 7 p.m. on Friday from Haas Pavilion and airs live Enrollment: 37,581 on the Pac-12 Network. Mary Murphy and Krista Blunk have the call on Pac-12 Network. Colors: Blue (282) & Gold (116) Nickname: Golden Bears Friday’s promotions include a Chinese New Year Celebration. Cal freshman and Beijing, China product Mascot: Oski Chen Yue, who is pursuing a degree in marketing and business, helped plan the promotions to help celebrate her country’s special holiday. The first 1,000 fans will receive a lucky gold envelope (modeled UNIVERSITY PERSONNEL after China’s lucky red envelopes) filled with a surprise. Promotions also include a halftime lion dance act, and in-game videoboard features related to the Chinese New Year. Chancellor: Nicholas Dirks Director of Athletics: H. Michael Williams Live stats will be available on CalBears.com, and for behind-the-scenes photos and updates, follow the @ Senior Women’s Administrator: Jenny Si- CalWBball Twitter and Instagram accounts. mon-O’Neill Arena (Capacity): Haas Pavilion (11,877) Conference: Pacific-12 ON THE RECORD Lindsay Gottlieb at Cal Lindsay Gottlieb Career Cal Program All-Time COACHING STAFF 115-45 171-84 680-557 Head Coach: Lindsay Gottlieb (5th season) Brown, 1999 Assoc. Head Coach: Charmin Smith (9th season) RANKINGS ROUNDUP Stanford, 1997 The Bears are unranked in the Associated Press and USA Today Coaches polls. Assistant Coach: Kai Felton (5th season) Randolph-Macon, 2000 A LOOK AT THE CARDINAL Assistant Coach: Jeff Cammon (2nd season) Series Record: Stanford leads, 66-19 Arizona State, 2003 Last Meeting: Stanford won, 53-46, on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016 Cal stifled the Cardinal on defense, holding Stanford to 53 points on 34.6 percent (18-52) shooting, but TEAM INFORMATION suffered its own offensive woes to shoot 28.6 percent (16-56). Kristine Anigwe led Cal with 17 points Starters Returning/Lost: 2/3 and seven rebounds, and Courtney Range chipped in 15 points of her own. Cal held Stanford to only Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 5/5 eight points in the first quarter, its second-fewest of the season, but turned in two nine-point quarters on offense. Facility: Walter A. Haas, Jr. Pavilion (11,877) Need to Know: NCAA Tournament Appearances: 11 • Stanford’s only losses in conference have come to the top three teams in the conference -- Arizona ‘90, ’92, ’93, ’06, ’07, ‘08, ‘09, ‘12, ‘13, ‘14, ‘15 State, Oregon Staate and UCLA Best NCAA Tournament Showing: Final Four (‘13) • The Cardinal has been held under 40 points in two Pac-12 games -- at Arizona State (49-31) and at Best WNIT Tournament Showing: Champions (‘10) UCLA (56-36). • Lili Thompson tallied 57 points last weekend to earn this week’s Pac-12 and ESPNW Player of the Week 2014-15 IN REVIEW nod. Thompson scored 11 points against the Bears Tuesday. 2014-15 Overall Record: 24-10 • Karlie Samuelson led Stanford with 15 points in this season’s first Battle of the Bay meeting. She shot Home: 12-5 | Away: 9-4 |Neutral: 3-1 3-4 from beyond the arc. 2014-15 Pac-12 Record: 13-5/T-3rd • Erica McCall had a double-double against the Bears Tuesday with 11 points and 13 rebounds. 2014-15 Pac-12 Tournament Finish: 2nd, Lost in • Kaylee Johnson added another 15 boards against Cal. the finals to Stanford, 61-60 Postseason: NCAA Second Round FRESHMAN PHENOMS Kristine Anigwe is making her case as the best freshman in the country as one of the nation’s standouts Athletic Communications in several categories. Heading into this week’s Battle of the Bay series, Anigwe: Mailing Address: 349 Haas Pavilion • Leads the Pac-12 and is 11th in the nation for field goal percentage (58.1 percent) Berkeley, CA 94720 • Most double-doubles of any freshman in the nation with 10 this season, ranking 23rd nationally. Assistant Athletic Communications Director: • Third-highest scoring freshman in the country, averaging 20.1 points per game.