2012-13 CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEAR WOMEN’S BASKETBALL For release: April 3, 2013 University of California Athletic Communications Office • 349 Haas Pavilion • Berkeley, Calif. 94720 • (510) 642-5363 • Fax: (510) 643-7778 Asst. Director (Women’s Basketball): Miquel Jacobs • Cell: (510) 316-7401 • E-mail: [email protected] California Advances to First Final Four in Program History SCHEDULE AND RESULTS GAME #36/#37 - NCAA FINAL FOUR 32-3 Overall | 17-1 Pac-12 [2] California (32-3) vs. [5] Louisville (28-8) 15-1 Home | 12-1 Away | 5-1 Neutral New Orleans Arena • New Orleans, La. No. 6 AP | No. 6 ESPN/USA Today Coaches Sunday, Apr. 7 • 3:30 p.m. PT - NCAA Final Four Game 36 Winner vs. [1] Connecticut (33-4) / [1] Notre Dame (35-1) NOVEMBER New Orleans Arena • New Orleans, La. 1 Vanguard (Exh.) W, 98-57 Tuesday, Apr. 7 • 5:30 p.m. PT - NCAA Championship 9 Lehigh W, 80-48 Radio: CalBears.com All-Acess (Dave Lewis) 15 St. Mary’s W, 89-41 TV: ESPN (Dave O’Brien, Doris Burke, Holly Rowe, Rebecca Lobo) 19 Cal Poly W, 87-61 23 Eastern Washington W, 91-58 24 Georgetown W, 72-56 30 at Old Dominion (Cox 11) W, 63-47 Second-seeded California’s dream season concludes this weekend in New Orleans when the Bears play in the program’s first NCAA Final Four. The Bears take on fifth- DECEMBER seeded Louisville in Sunday’s national semifinal at 3:30 p.m. (PT) on ESPN at New 2 at #4 Duke L, 63-77 Orleans Arena. One-seeds Notre Dame and Connecticut will square off in the other 7 at CSU Bakersfield W, 84-46 national semifinal with the winners of the two games meeting on Tuesday, April 9 for 17 at Northwestern W, 71-65 the 2013 NCAA Women’s National Championship. 21 #19 Kansas W, 88-79 28 George Washington W, 70-43 The Pac-12 Co-Champions defeated Fresno State (90-76) and South Florida (82-78 OT) in Lubbock, Texas, to earn the program’s second Sweet 16 bid and defeated ANUARY J LSU (73-63) and Georgia (65-62 OT) in Spokane to become just the third Pac-12 team 4 at Utah* (P12N) W, 55-50 to advance to a Final Four. The Bears entered the tournament as the only non-No. 6 at #20/25 Colorado* (P12N) W, 53-49 8 #5/4 Stanford* (P12N) L, 53-62 1 seed in the country to defeat one of the four No. 1 seeds in the regular season, a 13 at #5/4 Stanford* (ESPN2) W, 67-55 feat Cal accomplished by knocking off Stanford (No. 1, Spokane Regional) 67-55, a 17 USC* (P12N) W, 71-63 (OT) victory that ended the Cardinal’s 81-game conference winning streak. 20 #14/15 UCLA* (ESPNU) W, 70-65 25 #20/23 Colorado* (P12N) W, 59-56 California is 2-0 vs the Big East this season with a non-conference win over 27 Utah* W, 71-54 Georgetown (72-56) and an NCAA Second Round overtime victory against South Florida (82-78). The Bears are 1-4 against Big East teams in NCAA Tournament play. FEBRUARY 1 at Oregon State* W, 60-38 A CALIFORNIA WIN IN SUNDAY’S SEMIFINAL WOULD: 3 at Oregon W, 72-45 * Advance California to the NCAA Championship for the first time in program history 8 Arizona State* (P12N) W, 66-53 * Give Cal 33 victories -- improving upon the current program best record 10 Arizona* W, 91-86 * Give Lindsay Gottlieb (57-13) her 58th victory as California head coach - increasing 15 at #15/16 UCLA* (P12N) W, 79-51 upon the best two-year win total in program history (Joanne Boyle won 54 games 17 at USC* (P12N) W, 72-64 between 2007-09 with identical 27-7 records those two seasons) 22 Oregon* (P12N) W, 77-55 * Give Lindsay Gottlieb her sixth NCAA Tournament win (5-1) - all other Cal coaches 24 Oregon State* (P12N) W, 58-56 28 at Washington State* W, 73-60 combine for four NCAA Tournament wins * Make Lindsay Gottlieb the third Pac-12 coach to reach an NCAA Championship MARCH game and the fastest to do so in her second season (Tara Vanderveer, Linda Sharp) 2 at Washington* W, 78-50 8 vs. USC (P12N)# W, 78-59 CAL BEARS ROSTER NOTES 9 vs. No. 13/14 UCLA (P12N)# L, 58-70 23 vs. Fresno State$ W, 90-76 PROBABLE STARTERS 25 vs. South Florida$ W, 82-78 (OT) 30 vs LSU% W, 73-63 ## Name Pos. Ht. Yr. PPG RPG Notes APRIL 15 Brittany Boyd G 5-9 Soph. 12.6 5.5 Avg 13.8pt - 8reb - 7ast - 2st in NCAA’s 1 vs Georgia% W, 65-62 (OT) 23 Layshia Clarendon G 5-9 Sr. 16.4 4.0 Wade Trophy Finalist; 22.5ppg in NCAA 7 vs Louisville& 3:30 p.m. 2 Afure Jemerigbe G 6-0 Jr. 7.4 3.0 14p, career high 8r in Regional Final 25 Gennifer Brandon F 6-2 R-Jr. 12.3 11.2 22 Points shy of 1000-1000 club 33 Talia Caldwell C 6-3 Sr. 9.1 7.3 2 Rebounds shy of 1000-1000 club * Pacific-12 Conference match | All times PST # Pac-12 Tournament (Seattle, WA) FF THE ENCH $ NCAA First/Second Rounds (Lubbock, TX) O B 21 Reshanda Gray F 6-3 Soph. 8.5 5.2 Career NCAA avg: 11p-7r (6 gms) % NCAA Third/Fourth Rounds (Spokane, WA) 4 Eliza Pierre G 5-7 Sr. 2.6 3.0 Pac-12 All-Defensive Team & NCAA Final Four (New Orleans, LA) 30 Mikayla Lyles G 5-8 Jr. 3.2 1.2 Cal’s top 3pt threat 40 Justine Hartman F 6-2 Soph. 2.7 1.5 Confident catch-and-release shooter 5 Avigiel Cohen G 6-0 Jr. 0.7 0.2 Career High 5pts vs Oregon CallWBBall @CalWBBall @CalCoachG AP TOP 25 POLL ESPN/USA TODAY COACHES POLL CAL POLL PROGRESSION RK TEAM RECORD LW RK TEAM RECORD LW RECORD AP COACHES RPI 1. Baylor (40) 32-1 1 1. Baylor (30) 32-1 1 2. Notre Dame 31-1 2 2. Notre Dame 31-1 2 Preseason -- 13 15 - 3. Connecticut 28-4 3 3. Connecticut 28-4 3 Nov 12 1-0 12 12 - 4. Stanford 31-2 4 4. Stanford 31-2 4 5. Duke 30-2 5 5. Duke 30-2 5 Nov 19 2-0 11 11 - 6. California 28-3 6 6. California 28-3 6 7. Kentucky 27-5 7 7. Kentucky 27-5 7 Nov 26 5-0 10 11 - 8. Penn State 25-5 8 8. Penn State 25-5 8 9. Texas A&M 24-9 9 9. Tennessee 24-7 9 Dec 3 6-1 11 11 - 10. Tennessee 24-7 10 10. Maryland 24-7 10 Dec 10 7-1 9 11 - 11. UCLA 25-7 11 11. Texas A&M 24-9 12 12. Maryland 24-7 12 12. UCLA 25-7 11 Dec 17 8-1 8 9 - 13. North Carolina 28-6 13 13. Georgia 25-6 13 14. Georgia 25-6 14 14. South Carolina 24-7 15 Dec 24 9-1 8 8 - 15. Delaware 30-3 15 15. Dayton 27-2 14 Dec 31 10-1 7 7 - 16. Louisville 24-8 16 16. Delaware 30-3 16 17. South Carolina 24-7 17 17. Louisville 24-8 17 Jan 7 12-1 7 7 4 18. Dayton 27-2 18 18. North Carolina 28-6 18 19. Colorado 25-6 19 19. Colorado 25-6 19 Jan 14 13-2 7 7 5 20. Green Bay 29-2 20 20. Green Bay 29-2 20 21. Purdue 24-8 21 21. Purdue 24-8 21 Jan 21 15-2 7 7 4 22. Syracuse 24-7 22 22. Syracuse 24-7 22 Jan 28 17-2 6 6 4 23. Iowa State 23-8 23 23. Iowa State 23-8 23 24. Nebraska 23-8 24 24. Florida State 22-9 24 Feb 4 19-2 6 6 5 25. Florida State 22-9 25 25. Nebraska 23-8 25 Feb 11 21-2 6 6 6 Others receiving votes: LSU 55, Michigan State Others receiving votes: Marist 18; Middle Tennes- 40, Gonzaga 36, Oklahoma State 12, Florida 3, see 9; Princeton 5; San Diego State 5; Toledo 5; Feb 18 23-2 6 6 6 Quinnipiac 3, Toledo 3, San Diego State 2, Marist 2, Gonzaga 4; South Florida 4; DePaul 3; Villanova 2; Princeton 1, Albany 1, Chattanooga 1 Hampton 1; Liberty 1; Michigan State 1; Oklahoma Feb 25 25-2 6 6 8 State 1; St. John’s 1 Dropped from rankings: None Mar 4 27-2 5 5 8 Dropped from rankings: None Mar 11 28-3 6 6 9 Mar 18 28-3 6 6 9 2012-13 CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Exp. Hometown (Prev. School) 1 Tierra Rogers G 5-11 SR HS San Francisco, Calif. (Sacred Heart Cathedral) 2 Afure Jemerigbe G 6-0 JR 2V Stockton, Calif. (St. Mary’s) 4 Eliza Pierre G 5-7 SR 3V Pasadena, Calif. (John Muir) 5 Avigiel Cohen G 6-0 JR 1V Ramat HaSharon, Israel (Rothberg) 15 Brittany Boyd G 5-9 SO 1V Berkeley, Calif. (Berkeley) 21 Reshanda Gray F 6-3 SO 1V Los Angeles, Calif. (Washington Prep) 23 Layshia Clarendon G 5-9 SR 3V San Bernadino, Calif.