Cal Women @ Washington Game Thread
by norcalnick on Feb 14, 2010 1:30 PM PST
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I've begun looking forward to Cal's matchups with the Washington Huskies because it means I get to learn from the insight of Q McCall from swishappeal.com. CGB sent a few questions to Q and he was gracious enough to run them by Washington's head coach, Tia Jackson:
Jackson on Cal’s recent play: "Cal is just playing remarkable I think they’ve won 5 of their last 7 games since we played em. Looking really, really good. And as Alexis Gray-Lawson goes, they go. And we know that so we’ve got a tough assignment, but it is good to be home."
Jackson on Cal’s loss to UCLA: "That’s against a different team that’s not against us…I don’t really look at what another team does unless they’re the same makeup as us."
Check out his entire post at Swishappeal for a great rundown of Washington's Friday night battle with Stanford and more quotes from Washington players on what they want to do against the Bears. Hit the jump for more game breakdowns and your Sunday afternoon gamethread!
Here's the four factors breakdown of Cal's previous game against the Huskies. The key stat? Washington's .51 turnover percentage in the 2nd half. That's right, Cal forced Washington to turn the ball over on half of their 2nd half possessions!
| 1st Half |
eFG% | Fta/FGA | Oreb% | Tov% | Team Factors | MEV |
| Wash | 0.38 | 0.23 | 0.29 | 0.34 | 2.67 | 13.562 |
| Cal | 0.37 | 0.38 | 0.33 | 0.31 | 3.15 | 14.906 |
| 2nd Half |
eFG% | Fta/FGA | Oreb% | Tov% | Team Factors | MEV |
| Wash | 0.24 | 0.76 | 0.31 | 0.51 | 0.87 | -3.944 |
| Cal | 0.41 | 0.47 | 0.43 | 0.14 | 5.65 | 30.662 |
| Final | eFG% | Fta/FGA | Oreb% | Tov% | Team Factors | MEV |
| Wash | 0.33 | 0.44 | 0.30 | 0.42 | 1.81 | 9.565 |
| Cal | 0.39 | 0.43 | 0.39 | 0.23 | 4.47 | 45.568 |
| Weighted Diffs | eFG% | Fta/FGA | Oreb% | Tov% | ||
| Wash | -0.66 | 0.01 | -0.36 | -1.66 |
Stat chart courtesy of Q McCall
For an explanation of some of the more esoteric statistics, check out swishappeal's exhaustive stats primer
So can the Bears again successfully bother Washington with pressure defense? Eliza Pierre had perhaps her best defensive game of the season with 6 steals against the Huskies last time, and Alexis Gray-Lawson had a solidly efficient offensive night with 19 points. Regina Roberts had the best performance for the Huskies with 13 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, although Sami Whitcomb is typically the most dangerous Husky. It will be hard for the Bears to significantly improve on their 60-43 win, but a repeat performance in Seattle would be a welcome sight for a young team on the road. Go Bears!
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8-2 Cal
Washington looking flustered on offense and Cal getting points off of offensive boards. 6 points for Lexi already I believe.
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13-11 Cal
Lexi with 11, but Washington has adapted to Cal’s defense with some calmer play and nifty passes.
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16-13 Cal
Lexi has 14 points but she just picked up her 3rd foul! Cal is going to have to find a way to keep this game in hand for at least the last 8 minutes of the 1st half. Crap
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24-22 UW
Washington is doing their damage from the foul line as the refs are calling a very tight game on both ends. Come on Bears, hold on for another 4 minutes…
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Traveling isn’t called enough on the men. It’s called too much on the women.
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So, our are freshman not as good as advertised, or do they just need more seasoning?
Snobby Chick - Senior Division
I’m trying to figure that out right now. There are so many potential factors. For one, Boyle has talked about worrying that they’ll all hit the ‘freshman wall’ because the season is longer now.
I’m wondering how important it is to have Lexi on the court just as a presence. She does so much on both ends most nights – without her it’s a different team.
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Interesting look into the Cal locker room
Whoa, Joanne is not pleased with the fouling
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38-35 UW
Offense looking much better – more open shots, more attacking, more drawn fouls, more buckets. Unfortunately Regina Roberts is again having a good game for UW
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49-48 UW
Washington got a big and-1 conversion when it looked like Cal had seized momentum. Looks like this game could be back-and-forth til the end.
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Damn, I didn’t think it was much at first, but now a bunch of trainers are around her…
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well, at least she was able to put some pressure on her feet, I guess.
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I think she’s probably done for today. I hope it’s not more serious than that.
Snobby Chick - Senior Division
From UW:
They are on the bench wrapping the ankle.. she still has not put pressure on it…
Sprain maybe?
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Putting the sock back on...
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56-55 UW with just under 5 to go
Cal’s playing OK defense, but UW has been hitting some tough shots. Lexi is doing everything to keep Cal in it, but she just got shaken up…
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The only way the Bears pull this off is if Lexi somehow gets back on the court or if the Bears play perfect shut-down defense.
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Lexi
Yeah, that’s the name of my biggest high school crush ever.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Feb 14, 2010 3:59 PM PST up reply actions
Oh, jeez. Lexi went back again and went down again. But Stallworth finally got a shot!
Good grief, Lexi’s still out there! Rebounding! Scoring! Three points! The Strug of the NCAA.
2 huge FTs from Vital - Cal up 3
When Washington gets the ball back they should consider fouling Roberts with UW shooting 1 and 1s
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problem is on d
struggling to make cuts and fight through contact…
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I saw references to that on Bear Insider. Is that some other women’s hoops forum?
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I don’t get the sense that Lexi’s ankle allows her to cut or move fast enough to drive the ball, and I’m worried that it’s bothering her jump shot too. Thankfully Clarendon just stepped up.
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On those missed fts she really didnt get her legs into it...
Not sure if that’s fatigue or the ankle
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Bears up 5, going to the line with 3 seconds left in OT
The Legend grows. What a game!
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E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
And E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! some more!
MVP is right!
Just listened to Lexi get interviewed on the radio broadcast. She said it was some sort of high ankle sprain, but that she’s “alright.”
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Calbears.com already has their game recap up:
Gray-Lawson, with an underhanded lobbed in basket with 18:24 left in the game, Alexis Gray-Lawson moved into third place on the Cal all-time career points list, passing Jennifer Bennett (1984-87, 1766 career points). Only Ashley Walker (2006-09, 2142 points) and Colleen Galloway (1978-81, 2320 points) have scored more points in their Cal careers. The game was also the 131st game in Gray-Lawson’s career, giving her more games played in a Cal jersey than any other player in the history of the program.
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POY?!
(I was kind of upset last year when POY went to Appel instead of Walker.)
I t would be nice, but they tend to give that sort of award to players on the most successful teams, i.e., Stanfurd.
Snobby Chick - Senior Division
Great game Cal!
Just got done talking to UW, Boyle, and Gray-Lawson. Will have quotes and such trickling out on Swish Appeal.
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Tia Jackson on Gray-Lawson's performance
http://www.swishappeal.com/2010/2/14/1310588/i-dont-know-what-went-wrong-an-all
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A-w-w-w . . .
That’s very sweet. Reminds me of, I think, Butts over at Arizona last March, saying of Walker and Hampton: “They’re great, they’re monsters, thank god they’re gone.” No finer compliment.
And a summary..
http://www.swishappeal.com/2010/2/14/1310603/washington-v-cal-statistical
Photographer got some great shots as well, so there’s more to come…
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