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Cal will look to build on its offensive and defensive positives from nonconference play as it heads to Eugene to play Oregon on Friday and to Boulder for a game against Colorado on Sunday.

Over the weekend, Cal women’s basketball welcomed two new faces to its team: Sirena “Peanut” Tuitele and Claudia Langarita.

The blue and gold are sitting pretty at eighth in the conference and will be hoping to keep their spot with the Pac-12 tournament on the horizon.

Cal will host no. 21 Colorado for the first game of its final homestand of the season and the 10th annual Pete Newell classic.

Cal found itself on the wrong end of a road game once again, this time to No. 24 Colorado. The Bears are now 0-9 on the road.

Colorado is a very strong team, but if the Bears play how they did in their most recent three games, they can make it a tight contest

A little bit of Friday the 13th misfortune affected Oregon’s offense down the stretch, as the Ducks had shots hit the goal post on three separate occasions while the Bears took the lead.

If the Bears are able to avoid extended periods of lifelessness, chiefly to start the match, the outlook for their weekend looks rather respectable — and playing at home does not hurt either.

Everyone loves the magic of a thrilling comeback, but realistically, winning after falling behind by a large deficit is the exception, not the rule, and this weekend brought Cal lacrosse a double dose of this lesson.