With the way the Cal women’s basketball team has been playing, Arizona State would’ve needed more than a deal with the devil to win. The Bears soundly defeated the Sun Devils, 66-53, in Haas Pavilion Friday night to cement their eighth consecutive win. The home side started strong, using fantastic Read More…
On Friday at 8 p.m., No. 6 Cal women’s basketball team will square off against Arizona State at Haas Pavilion. Check below for the Gameday articles, including the game preview, beat writer Austin Crochetiere’s column on guard Layshia Clarendon, an exclusive interview with coach Lindsay Gottlieb and more. Cal women’s Read More…
In the midst of a 19-2 season and a No. 6 national ranking, Cal women’s basketball coach Lindsay Gottlieb sat down with the Daily Cal to discuss her team’s season, basketball tactics and the current landscape of college women’s basketball. Read an excerpt of Gottlieb’s answers to the Daily Cal’s Read More…
Cal women’s basketball team might hear a lot of words on and off the court, but there’s a particular phrase they don’t want to hear at all: “Trap game.” The Bears will host Arizona State this Friday night at 8 p.m. in Haas Pavilion. They’ll be searching to extend their Read More…
The first time I saw Layshia Clarendon play, she hit a buzzer beater. There is a lot to be said about first impressions, but my first encounter with Clarendon was a spectacular one. In a game against USC on Feb. 11th, 2012, I watched as the Bears struggled with the Read More…
Winning 100 games is never an easy feat, but Cal coach Lindsay Gottlieb sure is making it look simple. The Bears sealed up a productive weekend by crushing Oregon 72-45 in Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene, Ore. on Sunday. It was Gottlieb’s 100th victory as a head coach, including her Read More…
Pac-12 conference play is in full swing at this point in the season, and the Cal women’s basketball team is hitting its stride. The Bears (17-2, 7-1 in Pac-12) finished their first eight games of the conference with only one loss, beating No. 4 Stanford and No. 18 UCLA. The Read More…
1. No. 4 Stanford (18-2, 7-1) The Cardinal are back to their comfortable perch inside the top five nationally after crushing the LA schools and easily handling Utah and Colorado. Chiney Ogwumike nabbed National Player of the Week honors from anyone giving out the award, and with a fairly easy Read More…
Even without stalwart Gennifer Brandon, the Cal women’s basketball team reminded everybody that its bench was more than capable of handling the job. The No. 7 Bears (17-2, 7-1) sealed their fifth consecutive victory, 71-54, on Sunday afternoon at Haas Pavilion. Reshanda Gray replaced Brandon, who started all 18 games Read More…
With 2:11 left in Cal’s game against No. 20 Colorado, the two women’s basketball teams went back and forth, making strings of big plays. Of all these highlights, though, Bears guard Brittany Boyd’s was the biggest. Off a missed shot by a Buffalo, Boyd went flying to save a ball, Read More…
