2016-17 CALIFORNIA WOMEN S BASKETBALL: DECEMBER 20 VS OKLAHOMA CALIFORN women's basketball Assistant Director of Athletic Communications (Women s Basketball contact): MC Barrett Cell: (510) 697-9153 Office: (510) 643-1261 Email: mc.barrett@berkeley.edu Website: CalBears.com Facebook: Facebook.com/CalWBball Twitter: @CalWBball Instagram: @CalWBball 2016-17 SCHEDULE OVERALL: 10-0 PAC-12: 0-0 DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT 11/6 WESTMONT (EXH) W, 87-48 11/11 at Saint Mary s (CA) W, 74-67 11/14 SANTA CLARA W, 73-58 11/18 UC RIVERSIDE W, 71-56 11/20 CSU BAKERSFIELD W, 86-63 11/25 SAN FRANCISCO# W, 75-52 11/26 DUQUESNE# W, 86-66 12/4 at Nebraska W, 86-65 12/8 SACRAMENTO STATE W, 97-73 12/11 LEHIGH W, 96-63 12/19 vs Southern Miss$ W, 71-51 12/20 vs Oklahoma$ 6:45 p.m. 12/21 vs Arkansas State$ 9:15 p.m. 12/29 at Arizona* 6 p.m. 1/1 at Arizona State* (P12N) 2 p.m. 1/6 OREGON STATE* (P12N) 6 P.M. 1/8 OREGON* (P12N) 1 P.M. 1/13 at Colorado* 6 p.m. 1/15 at Utah* (P12N) 11 a.m. 1/20 ARIZONA STATE* (P12N) 8 P.M. 1/22 ARIZONA* (P12N) 1 P.M. 1/27 at Washington* (P12N) 6 p.m. 1/29 at Washington State* 12 p.m. 2/3 UCLA* (P12N) 8 P.M. 2/5 USC* 10:30 A.M. 2/10 UTAH* (P12N) 6 P.M. 2/12 COLORADO* (P12N) 3 P.M. 2/16 STANFORD* (P12N) 8 P.M. 2/19 at Stanford* (P12N) 5 p.m. 2/24 at Oregon* 6 p.m. 2/26 at Oregon State* (P12N) 11 a.m. 3/2-5 Pac-12 Tourney (P12N, ESPN) TBD 3/17-20 NCAA 1st & 2nd Rounds TBD 3/24-27 NCAA Regionals TBD 3/31-4/2 NCAA Final Four TBD # Cal Classic (Berkeley, Calif.) $ Las Vegas Tournament (Las Vegas, Nev.) * Pac-12 Conference game Home games in BOLD All times listed PT and subject to change bear bits COACHING STAFF Head Coach...Lindsay Gottlieb (Sixth season) Brown, 1999 Assoc. Head Coach...Charmin Smith (10th season) Stanford, 1997 Assistant Coach...Kai Felton (Sixth season) Randolph-Macon, 2000 Assistant Coach...Wendale Farrow (First season) Eastern Michigan, 2009 TEAM INFORMATION 2015-16 Overall Record...15-17 2015-16 Pac-12 Record (finish)...4-14 (10th) Starters Returning/Lost...4/1 Letterwinners Returning/Lost...8/1 Facility...Walter A. Haas, Jr. Pavilion Capacity...11,877 20/22 OKLAHOMA SOONERS (8-2, 0-0 Big 12) 50 Kristine 35.1 Anigwe 17 Senior 10 vs OKLAHOMA Date... Dec. 20 Time... 6:45 p.m. Venue... South Point Arena Location... Las Vegas, Nev. Live Stream...SportTours.net Live Stats...Meridix.com All-Time Series...Cal leads, 2-1 Last Meeting,... 2008-09 Current Streak...Oklahoma, W1 BEARS BY THE NUMBERS RV/24 CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS (10-0, 0-0 Pac-12) Cal puts its perfect record on the line Tuesday evening, facing No. 20 Oklahoma at 6:45 PT in the 2016 Puerto Rico Classic at the South Point Arena in Las Vegas. Tuesday s game marks the first time this season the Golden Bears will face an AP Top-25 opponent. Cal has been ranked No. 24 in the USA TODAY Coaches Poll each of the last two weeks. Tuesday s contest marks the fourth meeting all-time between the Bears and Sooners. Cal leads the series 2-1, though Oklahoma prevailed in the last meeting, an 86-75 victory on December 13, 2008. At 10-0, the Bears are off to the best start in program history and are one of only 10 undefeated teams left in Division I women s basketball. Senior Courtney Range - second on the team in both scoring and rebounding had a season-high 28 points in Monday s victory over Southern Miss, and is now just 17 points shy of reaching the 1,000-point milestone. Sophomore center Kristine Anigwe, the second leading scorer in the Pac-12, added 18 points in only 20 minutes of action against the Lady Eagles, going a perfect 7-7 from the floor. Oklahoma is 8-2 on the season, winning three straight after suffering back-to-back losses to No. 17 Kentucky and Oral Roberts in early December. Senior guard Peyton Little leads the Sooners in scoring, averaging 13.2 points per game, and is coming off a 19-point performance against the Musketeers. 51.8 14 Cal Cal is shooting 51.8 percent from the floor this season, the highest field goal percentage in Division I. The Bears shot a season-best 60 percent (39-65 FG-FGA) on Dec. 11 vs Lehigh. Anigwe scored 50 points on Dec. 8 against Sacramento State, tying the Pac-12 single-game record set by USC s Cherie Nelson in 1989 and the highest-scoring game by any player in Division I this season. Anigwe scored her 50 points in just 24 minutes of play. is averaging 23 points per game this season despite playing only 26.2 minutes per game. Her rate of 35.1 points per 40 minutes is the second-highest by any player in Division I this season, trailing Maryland s Brionna Jones by one-tenth of a point. has won 14 consecutive non-conference games, a streak that dates back to December 6, 2015. The Bears are 19-2 in non-conference since the start of last season, one of those losses coming in Las Vegas to then-no. 10 Texas A&M. Courtney Range enters Tuesday s game with 983 career points, 17 shy of becoming the 27th member of Cal s 1,000-Point club. Range played in her 100th career game on Dec. 11 vs Lehigh and is averaging 14.1 points per game on the season. Entering Tuesday, the Bears are one of just 10 teams in Division I women s basketball that remain undefeated on the season and the third unbeaten in the Pac-12. Colorado (10-0) and Utah (10-0) also remain unblemished on the year. All statistics and ranks are entering Dec. 20
2016-17 CALIFORNIA WOMEN S BASKETBALL DECEMBER 20 VS OKLAHOMA QUICK FACTS GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Berkeley, Calif. Founded: 1868 Enrollment: 38,204 Colors: Blue (282) & Gold (116) Nickname: Golden Bears Mascot: Oski UNIVERSITY PERSONNEL Chancellor: Nicholas Dirks Director of Athletics: H. Michael Williams Senior Women s Administrator: Jenny Simon-O Neill Conference: Pacific-12 COACHING STAFF Head Coach: Lindsay Gottlieb (6th season) Brown, 1999 Assoc. Head Coach: Charmin Smith (10th season) Stanford, 1997 Assistant Coach: Kai Felton (6th season) Randolph-Macon, 2000 Assistant Coach: Wendale Farrow (1st season) Eastern-Michigan, 2009 TEAM INFORMATION Starters Returning/Lost: 4/1 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 8/1 Facility: Walter A. Haas, Jr. Pavilion (11,858) NCAA Tournament Appearances: 11 90, 92, 93, 06, 07, 08, 09, 12, 13, 14, 15 Best NCAA Tournament Showing: National Semifinalists (2013) Best NIT Tournament Showing: Champion (2010) 2015-16 IN REVIEW 2015-16 Overall Record: 15-17 Home: 10-6 Away: 2-9 Neutral: 3-2 2015-16 Pac-12 Record: 4-14/10th 2015-16 Pac-12 Tournament Finish: T3rd, Lost in the semifinals to Utah, 82-78 (OT) Athletic Communications Mailing Address: 349 Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA 94720 Assistant Athletic Communications Director: MC Barrett Office: (510) 643-5846 Cell: (510) 697-9153 Email: mc.barrett@berkeley.edu WE ARE CALIFORNIA When referring to any California athletic team, please use either California or Cal to denote the institution and Golden Bears or Bears when indicating the mascot. Refrain from using names such as UC Berkeley, California-Berkeley, Cal-Berkeley, or Cal State Berkeley. BEAR NECESSITIES: CAL'S TOP STORYLINES INSIDE THE SERIES Series Record: Cal leads, 2-1 Last meeting: December 13, 2008 (Oklahoma won, 86-75) Cal won the first two meetings between the teams, both of which came in the 1980s Oklahoma prevailed in the most recent clash between the schools, an 86-75 win in December 2008 behind 18 points and 13 rebounds from Courtney Paris This is Cal s first game of the season against an AP Top-25 opponent. The Bears went 3-10 against Top 25 teams last year, their last win coming on March 4, 2016 against No. 10 Arizona State in the Pac-12 Tournament The Bears have lost three straight and 10 of their last 11 games against Big 12 opponents. Cal s lone win during that span was an 88-79 victory over No. 19 Kansas on Dec. 21, 2012 Oklahoma is 8-1 this season against unranked foes, falling to Oral Roberts, 74-67, on Dec. 4 after getting outscored 24-14 in the fourth quarter The Sooners have won two straight and three of their last four against Pac-12 opposition, falling to Stanford in the 2015 NCAA Tournament SCOUTING THE SOONERS Oklahoma is 8-2 on the season, coming off an 81-69 win over Xavier Monday at the South Point Arena The Sooners started the season 5-0 and were ranked as high as 12th in the AP Poll before suffering back-to-back losses to No. 17 Kentucky and Oral Roberts in early December. They have since won three straight Oklahoma averages 6.0 blocks per game, tied for 21st in Division I this season. Senior guard Peyton Little leads the Sooners in scoring, averaging 13.2 points per game and shooting 36.7 percent from beyond the arc Little had a game-high 19 points Monday against Xavier while Maddie Manning chipped in 17 points and 8 rebounds off the bench. Six-foot, nine-inch freshman Nancy Mulkey added 10 points and 7 rebounds in 13 minutes of action Junior center Vionise Pierre-Louis, the 2016 Big 12 Sixth Man of the Year, averages 8.6 rebounds per game and has 4 double-doubles on the year Head Coach Sherri Coale is in her 21st season at Oklahoma and earned her 450th win with the Sooners Monday against the Musketeers Oklahoma has reached the NCAA Tournament each of the last 17 seasons under Coale, falling to Kentucky in the Second Round last year as a 6 seed. A CALIFORNIA WIN WOULD... Be Cal s first win this season against an AP Top-25 opponent Give the Bears their longest win streak since Cal won a program-record 16 consecutive games form Jan. 13, 2013 to March 7, 2013 Give the 2016-17 squad sole possession of the third longest winning streak in Cal women s basketball history Longest Winning Streaks Cal Women s Basketball History Jan. 13 - March 7, 2013 16 Dec. 29, 2008 Feb. 8, 2009 12 Nov. 11 - Dec. 19, 2016 10 Feb. 12 - March 20, 1987 10 Jan. 6 - Feb. 3, 1984 10 Dec. 18, 1981 - Jan. 22, 1982 10 Feb. 11 - Dec. 1, 1978 10 Be the Bears 15th consecutive win in non-conference play, a streak dating back to Dec. 6, 2015 Give Cal four wins this season in road and neutral games. The Bears went a combined 5-11 away from Haas Pavilion last year RISING TO THE OCCASION For her career, Cal sophomore Kristine Anigwe is averaging 19.2 points per game and 10.1 rebounds per game against Top 25 teams, with a double-double in each of her last two outings against ranked opponents. 2 TWITTER: @CALWBBALL FACEBOOK: WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/CALWBBALL INSTAGRAM: @CALWBBALL THISISCALBASKETBALL.COM
DECEMBER 20 VS OKLAHOMA MEET 11: SOUTHERN UTAH & BOISE ST. 2016-17 OVERALL STATISTICS TWITTER: @CALWBBALL FACEBOOK: WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/CALWBBALL INSTAGRAM: @CALWBBALL THISISCALBASKETBALL.COM 3
2016-17 CALIFORNIA WOMEN S BASKETBALL DECEMBER 20 VS OKLAHOMA 2016-17 TEAM HIGH/LOW California High California Low Category Opponent Low Opponent High 97, vs Sacramento State (12/8) 71, vs Southern Miss (12/19) 71, vs UC Riverside (11/18) Points 51, Southern Miss (12/19) 73, Sacramento State (12/8) 51, 1st vs Sacramento State (12/8) 30, 2nd vs Riverside (11/18) Points in a Half 19, 1st vs Southern Miss (12/19) 48, 2nd, Sacramento State (12/8) 30, 1st vs Sacramento State (12/8) 9, 1st at Saint Mary s (11/11) Points in a Quarter 6, Lehigh (1st), 12/11 26, Lehigh (3rd), 12/11 40, vs Sacramento State (12/8) 27, vs Southern Miss (12/19) 27, at Saint Mary s (11/11) FG Made 20, vs Southern Miss (12/19) 20, San Francisco (11/25) 26, Sacramento State (12/8) 70, vs Sacramento State (12/8) 56, vs Duquesne (11/26) FG Attempts 58, Santa Clara (11/14) 94, Sacramento State (12/8) 60.0 (39-65), vs Lehigh (11/20) 43.8 (28-64), vs Riverside (11/18) FG Percentage 27.7 (26-94), Sacramento St (12/8) 41.7 (25-60), Saint Mary s (11/11) 10, vs CSU Bakersfield (11/20) 10, vs UC Riverside (11/18) 1, vs Sacramento State (12/8) 25, at Saint Mary s (11/11) 6, vs Sacramento State (12/8) 3-pt FG Made 3-pt FG Attempts 2, San Francisco (11/25) 13, Duquesne (11/26) 17, San Francisco (11/25) 17, UC Riverside (11/18) 50, Sacramento State (12/8) 52.6 (10-19), vs Bakersfield (11/20) 16.7 (1-6), vs Sacramento St (12/8) 3-pt FG Pct 11.8 (2-17), San Francisco (11/25) 52.6 (10-19), Nebraska (12/4) 16, vs Sacramento State (12/8) 5, vs UC Riverside (11/18) Free Throws Made 2, UC Riverside (11/18) 12, Saint Mary s (11/11) 29, vs Sacramento State (12/8) 11, vs Bakersfield (11/20) FT Attempts 3, UC Riverside (11/18) 15, Saint Mary s (11/11) 72.7 (8-11), vs Bakersfield (11/20) 41.7 (5-12), vs Riverside (11/18) 61, vs Sacramento State (12/8) 33, at Saint Mary s (11/11) 29, vs Lehigh (12/11) 29, vs Sacramento State (12/8) 15, at Saint Mary s (11/11) 18, at Nebraska (12/4) 5, vs Lehigh (12/11) 5, vs San Francisco (11/25) 5, vs CSU Bakersfield (11/20) 10, at Nebraska (12/4) 2, vs CSU Bakersfield (11/18) FT Percentage Rebounds Assists Steals Blocked Shots 53.8 (7-13), Nebraska (12/4) 83.3 (10-12), Sacramento St (12/8) 83.3 (5-6), Bakersfield (11/20) 24, CSU Bakersfield (11/20) 40, Sacramento State (12/8) 40, Nebraska (12/4) 9, San Francisco (11/25) 19, Duquesne (11/26) 2, Duquesne (11/26) 2, San Francisco (11/25) 1, Lehigh (12/11) 1, Duquesne (11/26) 1, CSU Bakersfield (11/20) 1, Saint Mary s (11/11) 9, Southern Miss (12/9) 4, UC Riverside, 11/18 25, vs Southern Miss (12/19) 10, vs Duquesne (11/26) Turnovers 9, UC Riverside (11/18) 26, Nebraska (12/4) 19, at Saint Mary s (11/11) 10, vs Bakersfield (11/20) Fouls 12, San Francisco (11/25) 22, Sacramento State (12/8) 4 TWITTER: @CALWBBALL FACEBOOK: WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/CALWBBALL INSTAGRAM: @CALWBBALL THISISCALBASKETBALL.COM
DECEMBER 20 VS OKLAHOMA MEET 11: SOUTHERN UTAH & BOISE ST. 2016-17 INDIVIDUAL SUPERLATIVES California Player Category Opposing Player 50, Kristine Anigwe, vs Sacramento State (12/8) Points in Game 35, Aja Williams (Bakersfield), 11/20 31, Kristine Anigwe (1st), vs Sacramento State (12/8) Points in a Half 18, Aja Williams (Bakersfield), 1st (11/20) 18, Kristine Anigwe (1st), vs Sacramento State (12/8) Points in a Quarter 14, Aja Williams (Bakersfield), 4th, (11/20) 19, Kristine Anigwe, vs Sacramento State (12/8) FG Made 11, Aja Williams (Bakersfield), 11/20 23, Kristine Anigwe, vs Sacramento State (12/8) 23, Kristine Anigwe, vs UC Riverside (11/18) FG Attempts 23, Aja Williams (Bakersfield), 11/20 100.0 (7-7), Kristine Anigwe, vs Southern Miss (12/19) FG Percentage (Min. 5 FG) 61.5 (8-13), Nicea Eliely (Nebraska), 12/4 5, Courtney Range, vs San Francisco (11/25) 5, Asha Thomas, at Saint Mary s (11/11) 3-pt FG Made 9, Aja Williams (Bakersfield), 11/20 11, Courtney Range, vs San Francisco (11/25) 3-pt FG Attempts 17, Aja Williams (Bakersfield), 11/20 100.0 (3-3), Mi Cole Cayton vs Bakersfield (11/20) 3-pt FG Percentage (Min. 2 3-pt FG) 100 (2-2), Paige Cannon (Duquesne), 11/26 12, Kristine Anigwe, vs Sacramento State (12/8) Free Throws Made 5, Quinci Mann (Lehigh), 12/11 19, Kristine Anigwe, vs Sacramento State (12/8) 100 (5-5), Kristine Anigwe, at Nebraska (12/4) 100 (4-4), Kristine Anigwe, vs San Francisco (11/25) Free Throw Attempts FT Percentage (Min. 4 FT) 6, Gena Grundenhoffer (Lehigh), 12/11 6, Quinci Mann (Lehigh), 12/11 6, Taylor Berry (Santa Clara), 11/14 100 (4-4), Megan Brown (Southern Miss), 12/19 100 (4-4), Alexia Mefi (Sacramento State), 12/8 100 (4-4), Aja Williams (Bakersfield), 11/20 100 (4-4), Stella Beck (Saint Mary s), 11/11 14, Kristine Anigwe, vs Sacramento State (12/8) Rebounds 10, Taylor Berry (Santa Clara), 11/14 9, Asha Thomas, vs Lehigh (12/13) 9, Mi Cole Cayton, vs Lehigh (12/13) Assists 6, Esther Ramacieri (Nebraska), 12/4 6, Alexxus Gilbert (Bakersfield), 11/20 6, Emily Wolph (Santa Clara), 11/14 7, Mikayla Cowling, at Nebraska (12/4) Steals 3, Shannon Mauldin (Saint Mary s), 11/11 4, Kristine Anigwe, at Nebraska (12/4) Blocks 2, Allie Havers (Nebraska), 12/4 2, Rejane Verin (Riverside), 11/18 TWITTER: @CALWBBALL FACEBOOK: WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/CALWBBALL INSTAGRAM: @CALWBBALL THISISCALBASKETBALL.COM 5
BROADCAST ROSTER 2016-17 CALIFORNIA WOMEN S BASKETBALL DECEMBER 20 VS OKLAHOMA BROADCAST ROSTER 1 ASHA THOMAS 5-4 SO G Oakland, Calif. Bishop O Dowd 21 MI COLE CAYTON 5-9 FR G Stockton, Calif. St. Mary s (Stockton) 3 MIKAYLA COWLING 11 SARA ANASTASIESKA Rangitoto College 33 KC WATERS 5-11 SO G Sydney, Australia UTSA 24 30 6-3 SR G/F Manteca, Calif. Manteca JAELYN BROWN 6-4 FR C Bakersfield, Calif. Garces Memorial KRISTINE ANIGWE 6-4 FR C/F Phoenix, Ariz. Desert Vista 6-1 FR G Murrieta, Calif. Vista Murrieta HC ASSOC. HC AC 6th Season Brown 99 WENDALE FARROW 10th Season Stanford 97 CJ WEST CHARMIN SMITH 31 KAI FELTON 6th Season Randolph-Macon 00 MO MOSLEY 5-11 SO G Oakland, Calif. Saint Mary s College 6-7 SO C Beijing. China Tsinghua University COURTNEY RANGE 20 12 PENINA DAVIDSON 6-2 JR G/F Benicia, Calif. Saint Mary s College LINDSAY GOTTLIEB 6 5 CHEN YUE 6-3 JR F Auckland, New Zealand 44 6-2 SR F San Ramon, Calif. Bishop O Dowd AC 1st Season Eastern Michigan 09 TWITTER: @CALWBBALL FACEBOOK: WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/CALWBBALL INSTAGRAM: @CALWBBALL THISISCALBASKETBALL.COM