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With the Cal women’s basketball team set to take on USC on Sunday in Los Angeles, the Bears were hungry for a win to get back on track after losing four games in a row. Cal (10-9, 1-7 Pac-12), which only had seven players see the court, was too fatigued
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The last meeting between the Cal women’s basketball team and UCLA was a thriller — possibly a contender for game of the year — that went into double overtime before the Bears won, 108-104, in Haas Pavilion. With a pedigree like that coming into Friday’s game, it seemed safe to
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For Cal women’s basketball, the past few games have served as a reminder of the level of difficulty inherent in every conference matchup this season. The Bears currently hold an underwhelming 1-5 record in conference play, with their lone win coming against last-place Colorado. When it heads to Los Angeles
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When the Cal women’s basketball team travels to Los Angeles to play UCLA on Friday, it will be faced with a reminder of what this season almost was. The last time the Bears (10-7, 1-5 Pac-12) took on the Bruins (12-5, 4-2) was at Haas Pavilion in December, and Cal
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In the middle of the second quarter, sophomore forward Mikayla Cowling, a 43.8 percent three-point shooter on the season, passed up a wide open shot from long range without a better look in sight. Cal women’s basketball’s collective confidence in its shooting ability was clearly shaken. The Bears (10-7, 1-5
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Going into their matchup, the Cal and No. 12 Oregon State women’s basketball teams could not have been going in more different directions. The Bears (10-6, 1-4 Pac-12) were playing in their first game after just falling out of the top 25 after a loss to an unranked Utah team
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Coming into Sunday’s game off a 29-point win Friday, the No. 21 Cal women’s basketball team seemed to have reason to be confident as it sought its sixth consecutive victory at Haas Pavilion. But against Utah (11-4, 3-1), the Bears’ (10-5, 1-3 Pac-12) confidence may have led to their fall,
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In a battle between two of the Pac-12’s last-place teams, the No. 21 Cal women’s basketball team showed why it won’t rest near the bottom of the conference’s standings for long. The Bears (10-4, 1-2 Pac-12) dominated Colorado (5-9, 0-3) at Haas Pavilion on Friday, winning 64-35 and forcing the
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With just 16 seconds left in the game, Cal women’s basketball trails by three. The Bears need to be saved. Freshman guard Asha Thomas dribbles it upcourt and has just enough space for a shot at being the hero. Thomas rises up and fires a shot from the wing. It
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Cal and Arizona State both came into Saturday’s women’s basketball matchup riding winning streaks of at least four games. Something had to give. And it did for the No. 19 Bears (9-3), whose 57-49 road loss in their Pac-12 opener was marred by a disappointing offensive outing against the No.
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