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What does the USC-Oregon State game mean for the rest of the conference? The Trojans have the third-toughest schedule in the nation this year. Despite falling to most of its superior competitors earlier in the season, programs such as No. 5 Notre Dame or No. 7 Texas A&M presented undoubtedly gave
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What a difference three weeks can make. Three weeks ago, the Cal women’s basketball team lost to UCLA, 60-55, in a frantic-paced game that came down to the last minute. On Sunday against Washington State, in a tilt that played eerily similar to the aforementioned contest, the Bears this time
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The second half was utter pandemonium. Haas Pavilion was electrifying on Sunday as the Cal women’s basketball team fought through a nail-biter against Washington State. Since the onset of the second half, the Cougars held the Bears’ precarious lead to around 10 points, and a quick spree suddenly tied the
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There are 17 minutes left in the second half against Washington, and the shot clock is running out. Brittany Boyd is dribbling around for a possible shot. With four seconds left, Boyd snakes through four Huskies and drops a floater inside the basket as the clock ran out. And on
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Hindsight is 20/20 for the Cal women’s basketball team. On their first conference road trip of the year, the Bears (13-5, 4-2 in the Pac-12) suffered a mighty and embarrassing sweep at the hands of UCLA and USC. In both games, the team shot under 30 percent from the field,
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No. 1: Stanford Stanford might as well be in a league of its own — like the women’s basketball version of an SEC football team. The No. 4 Cardinal (15-1, 6-0) are the only Pac-12 team that is ranked, and they top the conference leaderboards with an average of 80
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After the first half of Sunday’s game against Utah, the Cal women’s basketball team looked abysmal going into the locker room. Scoring only 21 points and shooting 29 percent from the field, the Bears’ only encouragement was that the Utes’ 19-point performance was even worse. Cal coach Lindsay Gottlieb’s halftime
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At a time when the Cal women’s basketball team needed a spark on offense against Colorado, it was up to freshman Brittany Boyd to bring the electricity. Down 51-41 with 11 minutes left in Thursday’s game, the point guard made back-to-back scores and a momentum-turning steal in a 40-second span,
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It only took one drive for the Cal women’s basketball team to jump ahead. Within 30 seconds of the opening tipoff in Saturday’s matinee against Oregon, sophomore Lindsay Sherbert sank a shot from beyond the arc to give her team a 3-0 advantage. Throughout the rest of their 90-67 rout
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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
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