Tipoff Is At 7PM
BERKELEY – The California women’s basketball team (9-3) hosts its Pac-12 home conference opener on Saturday against No. 18 Arizona. Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. and the game can be viewed on Pac-12 Network.
This Saturday’s game marks the 73rd all-time meeting between the two programs with Cal holding a 38-34 series lead, although Arizona has won the last three contests. Cal’s last win came on March 1, 2020 in a 55-54 road win when Arizona was ranked No. 13.
GAME INFORMATION
- Date & Time: Saturday, Dec. 31 | 7 P.M. PT
- Location: Berkeley, CA. | Haas Pavilion
- Watch: Pac-12 Network
- Live Stats: StatBroadcast
QUICK HITS
- In the 90-69 loss at No. 2 Stanford:
- Jayda Curry led three Bears in double-figure scoring with 20 points (18 in the second half) including three 3-pointers, followed by Leilani McIntosh’s 17 and Evelien Lutje Schipholt’s 13.
- Cal shot 43.9 percent from deep, the highest percentage allowed by Stanford, which ranks 10th nationally in field goal defense, for an opponent so far this season.
- Cal held Stanford to just 29.2 percent from 3-point range, its fourth lowest percentage of the season. The Cardinal rank 27th nationally in 3-point percentage.
- The 69 points the Bears put up were the third highest total allowed by the Cardinal all season.
- Against Top 10 opponents: In addition to No. 2 Stanford, Cal also faced then No. 9 Notre Dame on Nov. 12 and scored the most 3-pointers (9) and points (79), had the most assists (17) and steals (12 – only opponent to register double-digit steals) against Notre Dame among any of its opponents this season. Opponents include No. 7 Virginia Tech, No. 9 UConn and No. 15 Maryland.
- Team national rankings: 40th FG% (45.4), 51st rebounding margin (+7.1), 56th scoring (75.5), 61st assists per game (15.9)
- Cal is averaging 75.5 points per game (56th in the country), the highest average in program history since the 1999-00 season.
- Through 12 games, the Bears have done a great job distributing the ball, while keeping turnovers low. Nationally they rank 49th in asst/to ratio (1.11), 61st in assists per game (15.9) and 60th in fewest turnovers per game (14.2).
- With three 3-pointers against Stanford, Curry kept her streak of consecutive regular season games with at least one 3-pointer going at 34 games. Her streak is the longest among all active Pac-12 players and is tied for the…
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