The first 400 students will receive a free basketball shirt
BERKELEY – The California women’s basketball team officially announces the 2022-23 season when it hosts CSUN on Monday, Nov. 7
Tipoff is scheduled for 4pm PT. The game will be broadcast on Cal Live Stream. The first 400 freshmen will receive a free Cal basketball T-shirt.
The game marks the ninth game of the series between the Bears and Matadors, with Cal holding a 6-2 series advantage and a six-game winning streak that includes a perfect 5-0 record at Haas Pavilion. The last time the two teams played was on December 2, 2018 in a 67-42 victory behind Kristine Anigwe’s 26 points, which put her over 2,000 career points. She joined Colleen Galloway and Ashley Walker in that prestigious club.
GAME INFORMATION
- Date and Time: Monday, November 7 | 4 pm PT
- Location: Berkeley, California | Haas Pavilion
- Watch: Live Stream
- Live Stats: StatBroadcast
QUICK STRIKES
- last friday, Jayda Curry was named to the Naismith Trophy women’s watch list, which represents the top 50 players in the country.
- In last Thursday’s 80-58 exhibition win over Vanguard, Curry shot an impressive 10-13 from the field, including 8-of-10 from three-point range. Evelien Schipholt joined her in double-doubles with 16 points. Michelle Onyiah had a game-high 10 rebounds and Kemery MartÃn and Leilani McIntosh tied the game in most assists with six points.
- This marks the trainer Charmin SmithFirst game against CSUN as head coach. She was an assistant coach for Cal during the previous two games.
- Cal enters the season with three players who received Preseason All-Pac-12 Honors. Curry was named to the All-Conference team while McIntosh and Schipholt received honorable mention.
- Cal welcomes five newcomers to the squad: sophomore guard Kemery Martin from Utah, graduate forward; Common peanut from Colorado, sophomore forward Claudia Langarita from the University of San Francisco and freshman guard Amaya Bonner from San Jose, CA and Bella Stevens from Santa Cruz, CA.
- 2021-22 National Numbers: Last season, the Bears were one of the top teams in the country in two stats. Cal did a great job of taking care of the ball, ranking 12th in the nation (348 ranked teams) in fewest turnovers with 364, which also led the Pac-12. The Bears also put their free throw attempts to good use by ranking 11th in the nation (348 ranked teams) in free throw percentage at 78.5 percent, which also led the Pac-12.
NEXT
Next Saturday, Cal will face No. 9 Notre Dame in the inaugural Citi Shamrock Classic in St. Louis. The game tips off at 1:00 PM PST and will be televised nationally on NBC.
STAY POSTAL
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