After a rough weekend in Los Angeles to close out the year, the Cal women’s basketball team’s 73-56 victory over Oregon State was exactly what the doctor ordered to start 2012. The Bears (10-5, 1-2 in the Pac-12) started conference play against UCLA and USC, only to be delivered their Read More…
The rally started quietly on a layup by Brittany Boyd. With nine minutes left in the first half, the freshman’s shot shaved two points off USC’s comfortable 16-point lead. In Saturday’s Los Angeles matinee the Cal women’s basketball team could have stopped after Boyd’s sinker or haltingly stumbled through droughts Read More…
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Throughout the post-game interview, Cal women’s basketball coach Lindsay Gottlieb was unusually terse with her words and deadpan in her expressions. It was an unusual sight to see the talkative, animated coach in such manners, but after a performance like Thursday’s, it was not hard to Read More…
Cal was in the midst of a dry spell. A little more than halfway through the first half, the women’s basketball team wasn’t connecting with shots. Aside from a free throw from freshman Brittany Boyd, the Bears (9-3) hadn’t scored in four minutes. Meanwhile, Dartmouth (2-8) scored six unanswered to Read More…
Forward Gennifer Brandon is a rebounding machine. It is no surprise to see Brandon chalking up double-digit rebounds nearly every game, outjumping all other players and snatching any missed shots around her circumference. But even the redshirt sophomore could not have foreseen the type of performance she had on Saturday Read More…
The freshmen on the Cal women’s basketball team are explosive. Brittany Boyd has already cemented a spot in the starting lineup, while Rashanda Gray captured the Cal Classic MVP last weekend. Headlined by Justine Hartman and Erica Johnson, the nation’s seventh-best recruiting class sees major minutes and critical plays in Read More…
Since the start of the season, the Cal women’s basketball team has attributed its early success to dominant post play. But when the post advantage was neutralized by the St. Mary’s defense Thursday night, the Bears (7-2) had to look beyond the arc for some answers. In an uncharacteristic 65-55 Read More…
Rashanda Gray’s road to redemption traces back to last week’s game against No. 22 Virginia in the Rainbow Wahine tournament. The Cal women’s basketball team upset the Cavaliers, led by former coach Joanne Boyle; but Gray’s stat line was lackluster, with only one successful free throw and two rebounds in Read More…
For the Cal women’s basketball team on Saturday, Cal State Bakersfield’s high-scoring offense was the least of its concerns. The Roadrunners (2-6) came into Haas Pavilion averaging 83 points per game, but they showed very little of that high-octane offense. They came in with only six healthy players, excluding their Read More…
The Cal women’s basketball team’s defense this season has been excellent, averaging 59 points in the six contests they played this season. But in Saturday’s 2 p.m contest against Cal State Bakersfield in the first round of the Cal Classic tournament, the Bears’ defense will face a new challenge. The Read More…
