Cal Women vs. Washington St. Game Thread
by norcalnick on Jan 16, 2010 1:30 PM PST
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Time: 2:00 PM PST
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For a brief Washington recap (where the Bears won 60-43), we turn to one of our loyal women's hoops fans, CalBear81.
The game turned in Cal’s favor early in the second half when Cal went on a 10-0 run in the space of a minute and a half. Eliza Pierre was amazing in the second half. She was just all over the other team, making steals and interfering with their passes and their shots. And she ignited the rest of the team on defense. Washington made only four field goals in the entire second half, and Cal outscored them 36-18 in the second half. It was a very impressive defensive showing, although on offense the Bears still had trouble making some of their shots.
This game was just what Cal needed. The season has been disappointing so far, because all those freshmen (four are starters now) haven’t quite found themselves yet. But this game gave a glimpse of just how much talent there is on this team. If they start playing like this regularly, they will have a good season. And next year could be a great season.
Cal finishes their all too brief home stand against the Washington St. Cougars. WSU is almost certainly the worst team in the Pac-10 - as of earlier this week, Arizona, Arizona St. and Oregon St. all have their only conference victory over WSU. I'm writing this preview before WSU's Thursday game against Stanford, but I'm going to go ahead and assume that the Cougars will be riding a 6 game losing streak entering their matchup at Haas. Hit the jump and we'll take a quick look at the Cougars and how Cal should be able to exploit them.
Guards April Cook and Kiki Moore lead the Cougars, scoring 13 points a game each. Once again Cal's young guards will be called on to contain the opponent's most important players on the perimeter. It will be interesting to see if Coach Boyle starts Natasha Vital for senior experience or Eliza Pierre for her impressive lateral speed for defensive purposes. They both, along with Layshia Clarendon, will be critical for Cal to put away the Cougs like they should.
From a four factors standpoint relative to their opponents, WSU shoots a poor FG percentage and they don't get to the line much. They do rebound marginally better than their opponents, although rebounding is Cal's strength. The one way for Cal to really lose this game would probably be turnovers, as WSU takes care of the ball and creates turnovers on the defensive end. Cal must maintain possession. If they do their superior size and athleticism should carry the day.
Go Bears!
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Let’s hope the gals can redeem our honor!
Snobby Chick - Senior Division
by CalBear81 on Jan 16, 2010 2:09 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Wazzu 9, Cal 8 early on
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by Avinash on Jan 16, 2010 2:16 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
22-18 Cal halfway through the first half. Cal is looking pretty sharp so far.
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by CalBear81 on Jan 16, 2010 2:28 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Grey Lawson leading the way with 7 points.
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by Avinash on Jan 16, 2010 2:29 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Now 30-23 Bears, 6:54 left
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by Avinash on Jan 16, 2010 2:34 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
30-28 now. The Bears are playing good defense, but once again their shooting is causing problems.
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by CalBear81 on Jan 16, 2010 2:40 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Wazzu 35 Cal 34
Pierre with a nice allaround game—-4 points 3 rebounds 5 assists 3 steals.
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by Avinash on Jan 16, 2010 2:50 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
35-35 at the half
Cal is out-rebounding WSU 22-11 and out-shooting them 46% to 44%. But Washington is hitting 3’s 6-15, compared to Cal 1-3.
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by CalBear81 on Jan 16, 2010 2:50 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Washington State, that is.
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by CalBear81 on Jan 16, 2010 2:51 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Are we defending the 3s well?
Or are they getting wide-open looks?
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by Avinash on Jan 16, 2010 2:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
They’ve been getting pretty good looks.
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by CalBear81 on Jan 16, 2010 3:07 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
45-39 WSU. Cal’s shooting is down to 40%. WSU up to 51%.
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by CalBear81 on Jan 16, 2010 3:11 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Sheesh, 45-39 Wazzu
This is getting dicey.
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by Avinash on Jan 16, 2010 3:11 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Cal 48-47. Lexi has caught fire.
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by CalBear81 on Jan 16, 2010 3:19 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Damn, she needs a heat check.
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by Avinash on Jan 16, 2010 3:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
When she gets in the groove, she’s unstoppable. Her performance against Stanfurd last year was one of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen.
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by CalBear81 on Jan 16, 2010 3:24 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Cal 54-52 with 10 minutes left. Lexi has 21 points, 14 in the second half.
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by CalBear81 on Jan 16, 2010 3:23 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
58-54, 7:52 left!
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by Avinash on Jan 16, 2010 3:29 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Lexi’s got 27 now.
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by CalBear81 on Jan 16, 2010 3:32 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Make that 29.
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by CalBear81 on Jan 16, 2010 3:34 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
66-60 now
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by Avinash on Jan 16, 2010 3:36 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Big And-1 by the Cougs.
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by Avinash on Jan 16, 2010 3:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
one point game
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by CalBear81 on Jan 16, 2010 3:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Big post up and roll by Stallworth, Bears back up by 3
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by Avinash on Jan 16, 2010 3:40 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
This is a real nail-biter.
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by CalBear81 on Jan 16, 2010 3:42 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Cal up by 4 with less than a minute to go.
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by CalBear81 on Jan 16, 2010 3:46 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Cal 75-68 Final
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by CalBear81 on Jan 16, 2010 3:50 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Big win for the Bears. Looks like a lot of it was Lexi.
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by Avinash on Jan 16, 2010 3:51 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Lexi looked great in the second half with 22 of her 29 points. Pierre, Brandon and Heater also looked good.
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by CalBear81 on Jan 16, 2010 3:52 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Vital also made a big contribution in the second half.
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by CalBear81 on Jan 16, 2010 3:53 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Kinda disturbing that we needed all that to beat Wazzu. Aren’t they the worst team in the conference?
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by Avinash on Jan 16, 2010 3:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah. They’re 0-6 now. But I think this has been a very good weekend for the Bears. The freshman are starting to play like a team.
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by CalBear81 on Jan 16, 2010 3:57 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Holy smoke
Arizona beat Oregon 119-112. What kind of a college women’s basketball score is that?
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by CalBear81 on Jan 16, 2010 3:58 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
A doubleheader?
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
by ragnarok on Jan 16, 2010 8:31 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Oregon is running the
Merc. offense, right? Led by Paul Westhead? His teams believe in running, shooting, more running, and no defense. :P
by tjalorak on Jan 16, 2010 11:26 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Same offense...no Diana Taurasi, Cappie Pondeter, and Penny Taylor
…and probably less defense… though they play defense as a means to fuel the offense…
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by Q McCall on Jan 16, 2010 11:48 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Just got back from Haas
Lexi was ridiculous in the second half. She could not be stopped. WSU finally started doubling her off pick and rolls which slowed down the Cal offense towards the end.
Brandon was the best big for us. She is the thinnest and springiest (Jay John would say bounciest) of the four frosh bigs. She can jump and bring down boards that our other bigs can’t – they rely on their girth to box out. Brandon also turned in some clutch shots, one as the shot clock expired late in the game.
I don’t know how WSU is the worst team in the conference. They were well coached (they knew how to beat our press, which absolutely killed the huskies), they have some good athletes at the guard position who can get into the lane and finish, and some good outside shooters. They absolutely looked like a better team than the huskies.
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by CBKWit on Jan 16, 2010 4:21 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
WSU shoots really, really poorly
They’ll be better I suspect because you’re right — they’re talented.
They ran with Oregon in Eugene and had a reasonable chance to win…. but they kept missing fast break layups…
Kiki Moore is as good as any freshman in the conference…
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by Q McCall on Jan 16, 2010 4:31 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
How did Pierre look today?
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by Q McCall on Jan 16, 2010 4:33 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
not as good as Thursday
because WSU threw cross court over the trap instead of trying to dribble up the sideline like UW did. Because of that, she wasn’t able to get as many steals and transition buckets.
Lexi and Brandon were the players today
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by CBKWit on Jan 16, 2010 11:50 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Thanks for all of the info everybody – I was nervously following both games on an iphone while in Las Vegas, so reading all of your first-hand accounts helps me catch up on the action I missed.
What a relief to be 2-3 after the awful road trip. Now if they can get a huge W in Eugene against the Ducks we’ll really be in business!
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by norcalnick on Jan 17, 2010 1:45 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
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