AZTECS SAN DIEGO ST VS GOLDEN BEARS CALIFORNIA 1-2 (0-0 Pac-12) 3-2 (0-0 Mountain West) 2019-20 SCHEDULE Thurdsay, November 21, 2019 6:30 p.m. PT Overall: 1-2• Pac-12: 0-0 Home: 1-0• Away: 0-2• Neutral: 0-0 Viejas Arena Mountain West Network DATE OPPONENT TIME (PT) Oct. 27 Bejing Normal (Exhibition) W, 95-77 Nov. 3 Vanguard (Exhibition) W, 79-55 BEARS HEAD DOWN CALIFORNIA COAST Nov. 8 at Harvard L, 56-53 Coming off its first win of the season, the Cal women’s basketball team looks to Nov. 10 at #5 UConn L, 72-61 take its momentum on the road, taking on San Diego State Thursday evening at Nov. 17 UC Riverside W, 84-61 6:30 p.m. PT at Viejas Arena. Both the Golden Bears (1-2, 0-0 Pac-12) and Aztecs Nov. 21 at San Diego State 6:30 p.m. (3-2, 0-0 Mountain West) head into the matchup after successful showings their last Nov. 24 #20 Arkansas 2 p.m. time out. Cal topped UC Riverside, 84-61, on Sunday afternoon behind a dominant Nov. 29 North Carolina Central^ 1 p.m. second-half performance while San Diego State is coming off a 55-45 win over Cal Nov. 30 Penn State or Long Beach^ TBA State Fullerton. Dec. 7 Boston University 2 p.m. Dec. 14 Santa Clara 4:30 p.m. Dec. 21 #13 Kentucky 4 p.m. Sunday’s win over the Highlanders marked Cal’s first win in the Charmin Smith era. Dec. 29 Grand Canyon 7 p.m. Smith was named the program’s 10th head coach this summer after spending the Jan. 3 Washington* 7 p.m. previous 12 seasons in Berkeley as an assistant and later associate head coach. Jan. 5 Washington State* 12 p.m. Jan. 10 at #3 Stanford* 7 p.m. A strong defensive effort and well-balanced outing on the offensive end led the Gold- Jan. 12 #3 Stanford* 5 p.m. en Bears to victory on Sunday. Cal outscored UC Riverside, 48-25 in the second half, Jan. 17 at #7 Oregon State* 7 p.m. including a pivotal third quarter in qhich the Bears held the Highlanders to just 14% Jan. 19 at #1 Oregon* 2 p.m. (3-21) shooting from the floor. Jan. 24 Utah* 12 p.m. Jan. 26 Colorado* 12 p.m. On the other end of the floor, Cal found its scoring touch, pouring in a season-high Jan. 31 at Washington State* 7 p.m. 84 points with four different players in double-figures. Redshirt senior Sara Anasta- Feb. 2 at Washington* 12 p.m. sieska led the Bears in scoring for the second consecutive game, finishing with 17 Feb. 7 USC* 7 p.m. points on a 7-for-9 performance from the floor and 3-of-4 shooting from beyond the Feb. 9 #11 UCLA* 2 p.m. arc. Freshman point guard Leilani McIntosh had a career day with 15 points, five re- Feb. 14 at Colorado* 6 p.m. bounds, and five assists – all season bests – while seniors CJ West (12 points, nine Feb. 16 at Utah* 11 a.m. rebounds) and Jaelyn Brown (10 points, seven rebounds) recorded their highest-scor- Feb. 21 #1 Oregon* 6 p.m. Feb. 23 #7 Oregon State* 2 p.m. ing outings of the young season. Feb. 28 at #20 Arizona State* 7 p.m. Mar. 1 at Arizona* 11 a.m. Anastasieska – who missed the majority of the last two seasons due to injury – is Mar. 5-8 Pac-12 Tournament TBD currently ranked seventh in the Pac-12 in scoring, averaging 16.3 points per game on the season. McIntosh, a 5’5” freshman from Phoenix, Arizona, ranks second in the ^ Cal Classic at Haas Pavilion conference, averaging 3.0 steals per game. * Pac-12 Conference game Home games in bold are played at Haas Pavilion Cal heads to San Diego looking for its first road win of the 2019-20 season. All times are PST and subject to change BEARS BY THE NUMBERS FAST FACTS Freshman guard Leilani McIntosh had four steals in Sunday’s win over UC Riv- COACHING STAFF Head Coach ..................................... Charmin Smith erside, her second game this season with four or more steals. McIntosh is ......(1st season as head coach; 13th season at Cal) 4 second in the conference this season averaging 3.0 steals per game. .......................................................Stanford, 1997 Assistant Coach ....................Kai Felton (Ninth season) Cal’s defense held UC Riverside to just 3 field goals in the third quarter on ...........................................Randolph-Macon, 2000 Sunday, holding the Highlanders to just nine points on 3-for-21 shooting (14% Assistant Coach ....... Wendale Farrow (Fourth season) 3 FG pct) in the third quater. Cal outscored UCR, 48-25, in the second half. ..........................................Eastern Michigan, 2009 Assistant Coach .................April Phillips (1st season) ...........................................................Xavier, 2010 Seven different players have scored in double-figures for the Bears this sea- son, including four players with 10+ points in Sunday’s win over UCR. Sara ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS 7 Anastasieska is the only player with multiple 10+ point games this season. Assistant Director ................................... MC Barrett Email ................................ [email protected] Redshirt senior Sara Anastasieska shot a game-high 78% (7-9) from Cell ..................................................510-697-9153 the floor in Sunday’s win over UC Riverside, the highest field goal per- Mailing Address ........ 343 Haas Pavilion, Berkeley, CA 78% centage by any Cal player this season. ................................................................... 94720 NOVEMBER 21 • CAL WOMEN’S BASKETBALL AT SAN DIEGO STATE INSIDE THE SERIES BEAR ESSENTIALS Series Record: Cal trails, 2-4 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 seventh meeting Nickname ...............................Golden Bears all-time between the Golden Bears and Aztecs Overall: Aztecs lead, 4-2 Colors .................Blue (282) and Gold (123) and the first since 2001 In San Diego: Aztecs lead, 2-1 Affiliation ............................. NCAA Division I • San Diego State leads the all-time series, Conference .................................. Pacific-12 4-2, though the Bears won the most recent Chancellor ............................. Carol T. Christ LAST 5 MEETINGS matchup between the schools, a 74-60 victory Director of Athletics ................. Jim Knowlton DATE ................RESULT ............................. SITE for the Bears in Berkeley Senior Women’s Administrator ..................... 11/18/01 .... W, 74-60 ...........Berkeley, CA • Cal is 1-2 all-time playing on the road .....................................Jenny Simon-O’Neill 12/22/00 .... L, 63-49 .........San Diego, CA against San Diego State Ticket Office Phone ................800-GO-BEARS 12/3/95 ...... L, 82-70 .........San Diego, CA Official Web Site ..............www.CalBears.com 12/8/89 ...... W, 80-68 ........San Diego, CA Facility (Capacity) ......Haas Pavilion (11,877) SCOUTING THE AZTECS 3/12/81 ...... L, 77-64 .............. Malibu, CA • Coming off a victory over Cal State Fullerton PROGRAM HISTORY on Sunday, San Diego State looks to close out TEAMS THIS SEASON First Season ..................................1973-74 its three-game homestand with a victory over CAL ........................................................ SDSU All-Time Record (W-L) ..................... 745 - 603 the Golden Bears 66.0............................PPG .......................64.6 NCAA Tournament Appearances ............... 14 • The Aztecs began their three-game stretch 63.0........................Opp PPG ...................59.0 ..1990, ‘92, ‘93, ‘06, ‘07, ‘08, ‘09, ‘12, ‘13, with a 61-53 loss to Alabama A&M, before .................................. ‘14, ‘15, ‘17,’18, ‘19 43.3............................RPG .......................44.6 bouncing back with a double-digit victory over 37.1 ..........................FG pct .....................38.0 Best NCAA Tournament Showing .... Final Four the Titans ....................................................... (2013) 39.6......................3-pt FG pct .................33.3 • Redshirt senior Taylor Kalmer led San Diego Last NCAA Appearnace .....2019 (2nd Round) 76.5 .......................... FT pct .....................69.0 State with 15 points on a 3-of-4 performance ................................................... (L, Baylor) 13.0...................... Assists PG .................13.4 Best WNIT Showing ......... Champions (2010) from three, while sophomore guard/forward 6.7 ......................... Steals PG .................... 3.4 Mallory Adams added a double-double with 14 43.3.......................Blocks PG .................... 4.2 points and 12 rebounds. TEAM INFORMATION 2018-19 Overall Record ......................20-13 • Adams, a Mountain West All-Freshman selection last season, leads the Aztecs in both NEXT UP Home ....................................................9-5 • The Bears return to Haas Pavilion on Away ....................................................7-7 scoring (12.5 points per game) and rebound- Sunday, hosting No. 20 Arkansas (2-0, Neutral ..................................................4-1 ing (7.3 rebounds per game) 0-0 SEC) at 2 p.m. at Haas Pavilion 2018-19 Pac-12 Record (Finish) ......9-9 (7th) • Kalmer, who sat out last season after trans- 2018-19 Pac-12 Tournament Finish ............... ferring from Oregon State, is close behind at • Arkansas is the second of 11 teams ............................Quarterfinals (L, Stanford) 12.4 points per game currently ranked in the AP Top 25 on Cal’s 2018-19 Postseason ...............NCAA 2nd Rd • Head coach Stacie Terry-Hutson