No. 19 Cal Hosts Pittsburgh

Fans can bid on a custom-designed shooting shirt from Marta Suarez and all the players to benefit the Kay Yow Cancer Fund.

WBB2/1/2025 3:35 PM | By: Cal Athletics

Game Marks Annual Play4Kay Game

After the No. 19 California women’s basketball team (18-4, 6-3 ACC) suffered just its first loss at Haas Pavilion to No. 15 North Carolina, it will look to bounce back when it hosts Pittsburgh (9-13, 1-8) on Sunday at 2 p.m. PT at Haas Pavilion. This marks just the second meeting between the two teams with Cal having won the sole matchup in a 40-35 win on Dec. 20, 1998.
 
The game will also serve as the team’s annual Play4Kay game. The team will wear its special pink jerseys and auction player-designed shooting shirts to raise funds for the Kay Yow Cancer Fund whose mission is to raise money for life saving cancer research, fund programs that provide access to quality cancer healthcare for underserved women and unite people in the fight against all cancers affecting women.
 
A win against Pittsburgh would match head coach Charmin Smith‘s most overall (19) and conference wins (7) in a season, which she achieved last season.
 
Pittsburgh is led by second-year head coach Tory Verdi who in his first season at the helm last year helped develop then-Panther Liatu King into the ACC Most Improved Player. The Panthers feature Khadija Faye, who leads the team in scoring (17.7 points per game), rebounding (9.5 rebounds per game) and blocked shots (55).
 
Thursday’s game will be streamed on ACCNX with Ashlee Jones and Chris Sylvester on the call.
 
GAME INFORMATION

Date & Time: Sunday, Feb. 2 |2 p.m. PT
Broadcast: ACCNX
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
 
QUICK HITS
In the 65-52 loss to #15 North Carolina on Thursday:

• Ioanna Krimili became just the 17th player in the history of college women’s basketball to reach 400 3-pointers for her career.
• Krimili nailed four 3-pointers to give her 66 on the season which broke Cal’s all-time single-season record of 64 and finished with a game-high 20 points – her fourth 20-point game of the season.
• Michelle Onyiah was nearly perfect from the field (6-of-7) and finished with 14 points.
• Cal was down just two points heading into the fourth quarter but went cold from the field the rest of the way.

 
NCAA Team Rankings (as of Feb. 1)

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