Cal at USC - Women's Basketball Open Thread
by norcalnick on Jan 10, 2010 2:15 PM PST
in California Golden Bears Men's Basketball
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Cal (6-7, 0-2 Pac-10) faces as close to a must-win situation as you can face in a Pac-10 road game today against the USC Trojans (8-6, 2-1 Pac-10).
Cal lost an ugly, physical matchup with UCLA on Friday, and missed a golden opportunity for a big road win, as UCLA’s star freshman Markel Walker only scored 1 point in 14 minutes as she struggled with a nose injury. The Bears played great defense for 30 minutes, but UCLA scored 23 over the last 10 minutes of the game by hitting mid range jumpers and consistently getting inside and drawing fouls.
The key stats from the loss? Cal shot 28% from the field, 50% from the line and had 23 turnovers. If the Bears are going to beat USC they will have to find a way to improve on their recent offensive performances. Hit the jump for a look at USC and what Cal needs to do to break into the Pac-10 win column.
USC is led by Sophomore guards Ashley Corral and Briana Gilbreath. Corral is the primary ballhandler and with increased playing time this year has seen her output double. She averages 16 points and 5 assists a game, and puts up lots of 3 point attempts. Gilbreath averages 12.7 points and leads the team in rebounding.
The keys for Cal beyond improving on the dreadful offensive numbers against UCLA will be perimeter defense and dominating the boards. Corral and Gilbreath both play 35 minutes a game and take the majority of USC's offensive possessions. It will be critical for our guards to play quick, sound defense. If they can take one or both of USC's guards out of their game USC will have big problems scoring.
Let's attack the glass, Bears!
USC isn't a big team: they only have one contributing player taller than 6'2'', compared to Cal's four. The Bears should dominate the glass on both ends. Cal has relied on offensive rebounds to compensate for poor shooting, and tonight's game will be no different. Cal needs this game badly. Road sweeps can sometimes be brushed aside, but an 0-3 start to the Pac-10 campaign would be tough to recover from. Go Bears!
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It appears that USC requires you to pay 10 bucks for a subscription to “Trojan TV All-Access” to watch the game. Just like USC to require everybody to pay for something that everybody else gives for free.
I’m not willing to give USC 10 bucks for one game. Unless the stream comes unlocked at 3:00 it looks like Cal fans will be relegated to the radio broadcast.
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23-21 USC
USC has hit three 3 pointers in a row and Cal’s lost the lead
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30-25 Cal with 4 minute left in the half
Stallworth (14 points) is doing everything and Cal is getting tons of offensive rebounds.
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That’s pleasant to hear.
It's dat Woo Woooooo.
by Thoroughbred on Jan 10, 2010 3:41 PM PST up reply actions
Excellent. Thanks norcalnick! I appreciate the updates.
by Yes We Cannon on Jan 10, 2010 3:46 PM PST up reply actions
37-27 Cal at the half!
Stallworth and Gray Lawson are leading the charge with both in double figures. USC got a lead in the middle of the half when they hit some threes, but as soon as they went cold Cal went on a 14-2 run to close the half. As soon as gametracker starts working again I’ll get some halftime stats up.
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Nice. Where will USC finish in the conference when it’s all said and done?
It's dat Woo Woooooo.
by Thoroughbred on Jan 10, 2010 4:04 PM PST up reply actions
SBnation’s women’s basketball blog did a Pac-10 preview with their own calculated advance stats that had USC 7th, but the non-con is a pretty small sample size. They’re a middle of the Pac-10 team I think, but they match up poorly with Cal. We outsize them badly.
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39-38 Cal
USC on an 11-2 run as Cal’s defense and ball control has let up.
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49-45 Cal!
Stallworth is keeping it rolling – she has a career high 20 points and there’s still more than a quarter of the game to go!
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53-52 Cal with 7:19 to go
Stallworth with 22 and Lawson with 17 in a good offensive effort, but Cal’s defense has really fallen off in the 2nd half, as USC has almost doubled their points in a little more than half the time.
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Nice
In the words of Jim Barnett, “Feed the hot hand.”
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by Rated-R Superstar on Jan 10, 2010 4:34 PM PST up reply actions
3:53 to play, 59-54 with USC going to the line for 2
Stallworth has 28 and has absolutely carried Cal in the last 10 minutes
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Cal has the ball up 59-58 with 2:07 remaining
Huge possession for the Bears
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USC up 1 and going to the line for 2 with 17 seconds left.
It sounded like Cal had a really disjointed possession.
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Timeout Cal
64-61 with 10 seconds left. Cal will have to find a way to get somebody open for 3
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Impressive enthusiasm
I could tell by your use of @
It's dat Woo Woooooo.
by Thoroughbred on Jan 10, 2010 4:51 PM PST up reply actions
Madness
It’s everywhere.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 10, 2010 4:54 PM PST up reply actions
Corral hit a 3. Cal has .6 seconds left
The Cal women have no luck against USC. Shit.
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Cal starts 0-3 against the toughest possible schedule the Pac-10 can give us. As tough as it is, this is a team worth watching. Stallworth and Gray-Lawson did everything they could to win this game but ultimately Corral and Gilbreath had the last laugh. Cal’s run of insanely painful losses to USC continues (in case anybody had managed to forget Ashley Walker’s disallowed putback in last year’s Pac-10 tourney).
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Thanks for all these updates, nick
It was nice to be able to follow along despite not having the game on tv.
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