Cal Women vs. UC Davis: NIT Game Thread
by norcalnick on Mar 17, 2010 6:30 PM PDT
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Injuries: Alexis Gray-Lawson - day to day with a sprained neck
The story of this game will be 1) What level of effort will Cal put forth playing in the second tier of the post-season and 2) How much (if at all) will Alexis Gray-Lawson play, and how effective will she be if she does.
UC Davis (21-10, 12-4) is a solid if unspectacular team. In the non-conference they lost to both Stanford and Washington St., but they did beat a solid St.Mary's team and they rarely get blown out. They won the Big West regular season title, but fell in their conference tournament to UC Riverside and had to settle for the automatic NIT bid. Swish Appeal did a nice profile back in November that will give you a good idea of what the Aggies can do.
UC Davis is led by Paige Mintum and Heidi Heintz, who are 1 and 2 in points and rebound for the Aggies. UC Davis relies on depth to win games - nobody averages more than 13 points, 5 rebounds or 3 assists per game. Davis doesn't have much size, so it seems likely that Cal should be able to control the block throughout. Like any good mid-major program, UC Davis puts up plenty of threes - 28% of their field goals come from behind the arc. If Cal can play good perimeter defense it seems exceedingly unlikely that UC Davis can compete with Cal's size and athleticism. But the NIT isn't the most unpredictable tournament for nothing. The Bears won't win without trying. The seniors may be disappointed, but you would hope they would be motivated to end their careers on a high note. And the freshmen need all the experience they can get. Let's hope that's enough motivation for them.
Go Bears!
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Lexi isn't playing.
In her warmups on the sideline.
by paleodan on Mar 17, 2010 6:46 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
The Davis Basketball Band-uh looks like the Cal Band and Stanfurd Bands bred and had a really ugly child.
by paleodan on Mar 17, 2010 6:47 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Just got in
Have they announced starters yet? I’m assuming that Vital is starting in place of Lexi. Gonna be a thin bench tonight – only 8 players dressing.
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yup
Stallworth, Caldwell, Pierre, Clarendon and Vital start
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Vital is starting. On the pre-game show, Boyle said Lexi has a concussion and she doesn’t know when she’ll be back.
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So Davis is 3-6 three pointers and 1-2 field goals?
by paleodan on Mar 17, 2010 7:11 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
This is very frustrating to watch. The stream looks worse than usual and the radio broadcast isn’t linked to it, so I’m hearing the description of the play 5 seconds before it happens.
I know it’s free, and I shouldn’t be complaining, but….I like complaining!
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Just imagine tall white girls flailing at our team. And shooting a lot of threes.
by paleodan on Mar 17, 2010 7:23 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I wonder what the deal is with the blue tarp over all of the good seats?
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23-22 Cal
Vital hits a 3 to give Cal the lead. Cal seems to have solved their 3 point defense problem, at least for now.
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I'm worried the Bears will cool off.
Hopefully Cal’s offense is sustainable because we’re getting open shots. I’ve never seen Cal shoot this well – 68.4% from the field and 100% from 3.
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30-23 Bears!
Cal’s athleticism was really on display on that run – they just destroyed UC Davis in transition, and the Aggies cannot buy a rebound. The Bears certainly look motivated.
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Cal looks much more athletic than UC-Davis
Davis is going to have to keep knocking down 3’s to keep up.
I am a Vereenian.
I think Federico is playing the 4 right now, which is…odd. UC Davis must be playing really small or something. Consequently, Cal is giving up rebounds all of a sudden. I want another big in the game!
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The rebounding battle is now 13-12 UC Davis. The Aggies have pulled down the last 10 rebounds. Get another post back in the game coach!
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36-36 at the half. On the pregame they said that Davis wins games played in the 60’s, and loses games played in the 70’s. So, 36 at the half is good for us, right?
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I’m a little scared, because Cal had to shoot 58% from the field just to stay tied at the half. Too many turnovers and too many Davis offensive boards meant that the Aggies took 6 more shots than the Bears, which is shocking to me. Gotta cut the turnovers, like we did against ASU in the 2nd half. I hope coach abandons the 4 guard strategy.
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36 all at the half
For most of the last 8 minutes of the 1st half Cal played with Federico, Greif, Vital and Clarendon all on the court at the same time. I can’t remember if Cal has played without two posts in the game all season. I’m assuming the goals is to play better 3 point defense with 3 guards on the court. But It seemed to me the result was that Davis controlled the boards and took the ball inside. I’d rather take my chances with a few Davis 3’s and dominate the glass.
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For those wanting some Pac-10 men hoops action
Oregon State is losing by 20 to Boston U in the CBI. At home.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 17, 2010 8:02 PM PDT reply actions
They beat us once.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 18, 2010 2:34 AM PDT up reply actions
and we're back to the four guard lineup
I think Boyle as decided that Caldwell can’t play the right kind of defense for this game, but she can’t play Stallworth and Brandon for 40 minutes, so Cal has to play with 4 guards to give them a rest. We’re basically playing 7 deep tonight.
(this is like a preview for the men without Amoke and I’m not liking it)
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The game has changed drastically in the 2nd half
after tons of offense in the first half, there has been lots of fouls, turnovers and missed baskets so far. 40-39 Bears.
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42-41 Bears
Both teams have made two FGs in about 8 minutes of play in the 2nd half. Things have turned ugly
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Layshia with a 3
It’s weird to say it, but 3 point shooting is keeping Cal in this game
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3:37 to go, UCD up 6
Greif going to the line for critical FTs
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Clarendon with another bucket!
Cal down 2! What a game for Layshia!
Now for a huge possession – got to hold Davis on this one
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Oooooovertime. Just what the doctor ordered when you’re playing with a short bench
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Cal up 1 with the ball
Coach calls a TO with 58 seconds left.
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well, maybe not…she’s been blinded by UCD. Mooch gets the shots.
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Why does the God-blessed feed go out for the friggin’ free throws?
I'd like to smell the Roses before I die.
It’s the feed from the BearVision at Haas, so it shows what BearVision shows.
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They show some kind of graphic, and that’s what we get. But hey, this is the first year we’ve had any kind of video feed for the women’s game.
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nick: Just how embarrassing would it have been for Cal to have lost this one? I’m thinking, really bad.
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Well, without AGL I’d give them a bit of a pass. Davis is pretty disciplined. If we had Lexi this game would not have been close. I think our defense almost suffers more than our offense without her.
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Although my brother goes to Davis, so on a personal level I’ve very glad the Bears won so I don’t have to endure any trash talk.
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GREAT game from Layshia
29 points on 10-18 shooting, 6 assists, 2 steals and only 2 turnovers.
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Also, great game from Gen
19 points and 21(!) rebounds. If she got one more point would that be a double double double or something?
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Woohoo we win! Now norcalnick can enjoy the rest of the evening with his wonderful wife!
Norcalnick's chick. Go Bears!
Greetings from Brooklyn!
Listening on our housesit’s computer, BearBloke and me practically passing out with excitement. I am SO glad that Layshia and Gen came through, and that Lexi has a chance of at least one more game with her teammates. (And that our rookies have learned how to finish, and are rookies no more.)
Good news everybody!
Just read on Bear Insider than Devanei Hampton signed a training camp contract with the Seattle Storm, reuniting her (at least temporarily) with Ashley Walker). Good luck Dev!
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I am so pissed off right now.
“Why the anger?” you might ask, “Cal won.”
This was not a good game because Davis played incredibly dirty basketball. I don’t know if the TV feed was good enough, or the radio announcers thorough enough, but Davis basketball team was very grabby and pushy, with claws out. And the refs let them get away with it… For example, on multiple possessions an Aggie defender would batter the ball-carrying Cal player with their under arms (tricep area) extremely, painfully hard. Apparently this is legal (?) if their aren’t any elbows in the mix. It was very mean spirited.
Also, the foul on Vital at the end of the game (where there was eye gouging) was absolutely, positively intentional. Both defenders kept thrusting their hands into Vital’s face very aggressively for about 3 seconds after the whistle was blown. It honestly looked like they were going for her eyes. I know this is a strong charge, but I was only 30 feet away and looking right at them.
Lastly, we walked past the UC Davis coach on the way out of Haas, and he was complaining to someone about the refs! The absolute gall of that man! At points it didn’t look like a basketball game, it looked like an angry mugging.
My experience with women’s basketball is that the refs there are much more relaxed than in the men’s game. At the Stanford game, most recently, they were really letting the players play. Which can be great, but can also be really frustrating.
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I play with a friend here in Shanghai(who went to Cal and almost walked onto to the woman’s team in the end she decided not to) and she prefers playing against men because we’re not as rough – even on hard fouls when she gets knocked down, there are no finger nails, men don’t try to scratch and claw or try to rip her bra strap or some of the real dirty stuff that happens in women’s basketball.
Next WNIT game is on Tuesday 3/23 at Haas Pavilion
Cal will play the winner of Utah @ Saint Mary’s, which isn’t being played until Sunday (!) in Moraga.
ASU also won its WNIT game last night, 84-61 over NM State. Oregon plays a WNIT game tonight.
I didn’t know until I visited the WNIT website that there were 64 teams in this thing.
I am a Vereenian.
They announced at the game that the next game would be at 7pm
I really hope we can use the six day rest to our advantage (compared to our opponent, who will only get two days).
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