Cal Women's Basketball At Oregon State Gamethread
by norcalnick on Jan 27, 2011 6:00 PM PST
in California Golden Bears Men's Basketball
Email
PrintTime: 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET
TV: None
Radio: KKGN 960 AM
$ Audio Stream: Cal Bears All Access
Gametracker
Tonight Cal faces the most hard-luck team in the nation, and I’m pretty sure I’m not really exaggerating all that much. After all, the incredibly destructive and abusive reign of former coach LaVonda Wagner resulted in the departure of every single player on the roster except for El Sara Greer and Angela Misa. Greer and JC transfer Earlysia Marchbanks constitute the only two upper classmen on the roster. 64% of the players on the team are freshmen.
But beyond the incredible hardships facing the players and coaches to overcome such an extreme rebuilding process, the Beavers have been just plain unlucky. Considering the situation, the Beavers have played shockingly well. The team went 7-4 in the non-conference and didn’t lose a single game by double digits. Then Pac-10 play started, and Oregon St. hasn’t gotten any good fortune. Seven times the undermanned Beavers have competed against more experienced, more talented conference foes. Seven times the game ended with a margin of defeat of 12 points or less. The average margin of defeat is just 6 points. Oregon St. has to be the most competitive 0-7 team in conference history. And I’ll be cruelly rooting for defeat number 8 tonight.
Oregon St.’s offense is an interesting combination of one efficient low post scorer in El Sara Greer and a bunch of three point bombers. Greer, a 6’2’’ forward, leads the team in rebounding by a large margin and is shooting nearly 60% from the field. Meanwhile, Alyssa Martin, Sage Indendi, Earlysia Marchbanks, and Alexis Bostick are all willing to launch three pointers at any time. Fully 40% of OSU’s shots are threes, so perimeter defense will be the order of the day. Martin and Indendi in particular shoot often and shoot well.
Because of OSU’s extreme roster turnover they typically use a 6 or 7 woman rotation. The Bears should have no problem rebounding and getting open looks. The key will be defense. It was poor defense that allowed Washington St. to shoot 50% from the field and sink 12 threes in Pullman. A repeat of that kind of defensive effort would play right in to Oregon St.’s strengths and likely result in another shocking loss. But if the Bears contest every three pointer and do a good job on Greer the Bears should be able to pull out a win.
73 comments
|
0 recs |
Do you like this story?
Comments
NOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooo....
You’re here?
Dammit.
by paleodan on Jan 27, 2011 8:35 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Hey Nick, the KALX stream is for games at Haas
So I think that link is only good for the men’s game tonight.
Email: bearsnecessities@gmail.com
by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 27, 2011 6:46 PM PST reply actions
It’s on the All-Access, at least. But the schedule said the game started at 7:00, and it actually started at 6:30. :(
7-7, with 15 minutes plus left in the first half.
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the Farm, after they've seen Berkeley?
Just got back from Safeway, where I was buying cold medicine. I’m feeling rather miserable – hopefully the Bears cheer me up.
A 13-7 lead is a good start!
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
Dave Lewis sounds just as congested as I do, but I suspect that may be because of All-Access!
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
Something's going around among Cal WBB fans;
BearBloke’s languishing on the bed, snuffling and drinking not sake and muttering, “Bugger!” every time there’s a Cal turnover or failed shot.
Has our Talia got her shot back or not? Excellent. Go, Caldwell!
17-7 Cal, Bears outrebounding OSU 16-7.
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the Farm, after they've seen Berkeley?
The Bears need to build up a big lead, while OSU is shooting only 14%. That can’t last all game!
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the Farm, after they've seen Berkeley?
Yeah, we don't want Martin
to find her three-point shot. Or Greer her rebounds.
WOW! 23 people leaving the program in 5 years. That’s just . . . jaw dropping. How out-of-touch does an AD have to be to not know what’s going on?
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
Didn’t it all hit the fan last year, when they finally got rid of the coach?
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the Farm, after they've seen Berkeley?
Yeah, I forget what the total # of transfers were but they were left with just two scholarship players. I just don’t get how somebody so clearly abusive could possibly survive for 5 years? Maybe she wasn’t insane to start.
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
Scott Rueck, their new coach,
has done a great job. Remember how he had to hold auditions, literally, in order to build a starting line-up and bench? And yet the Beavs have managed to stay competitive and play some good defense against much stronger teams. Nice summary here:
http://www.dailyemerald.com/sports/rueck-helps-beavers-rebuild-fledging-program-1.1905429
Agreed. It speaks to the depths that program fell to that Rueck could be considered a candidate for coach of the year on a team with no conference wins.
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
27-13!
Lots of Talia, lots of rebounds, and what I can only assume is lots of defense!
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
It takes a special kind of dominance in every other phase of the game to lead by 15 despite 11 turnovers.
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
5-27 shooting by your opponent helps. As does a 28-13 rebound advantage.
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the Farm, after they've seen Berkeley?
Lindsay with her first basket of the game.
It would be nice if she had a good half, if only for confidence purposes – she’s struggled on the road this year.
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
Classye James. I thought I was mis-hearing her name on the radio.
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the Farm, after they've seen Berkeley?
OSU just chucking 3’s . . . but a couple have gone in. Still a big 13 point lead though.
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
Are you talking about the women’s game, nick?
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the Farm, after they've seen Berkeley?
It’s going to get worse. A combo of sudafed and benadryl has me feeling drunk and loopy. I’m going to be incoherent for the next half hour following both games.
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
The Bears need to put this one away. They are letting OSU hang around. 43-32 with 8:16 to play.
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the Farm, after they've seen Berkeley?
I like Mikayla;
she reminds me of Lauren G.: sturdy and smart.
Wow! The former OSU coach, LaVonda Wagner, got kicked off an airplane in front of her team for refusing to turn off her cell phone. She really was nuts.
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the Farm, after they've seen Berkeley?
My (Basketball) Goddess, are we looking at
a Conference Road Win?!
(Remember the last time Cal went to OSU and Lexi terrorized them? Little did we know that Coach Wagner was the real terror.)
Oh man we're going to love watching that over the next few years
Crabbe with a beautiful curl around the screen, buries the J. Punishing OSU in the zone, punishing them when they go man to man.
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
Comments For This Post Are Closed
Secondary Sidebar
User Tools
GoldenBlogs' FAQ and Community Guidelines
Related FanPosts on California Golden Blogs
Related FanShots on California Golden Blogs
FanPosts
Community blog posts and discussion.
Recommended FanPosts
Recent FanPosts
FanShots
Quick hits of video, photos, quotes, chats, links and lists that you find around the web.
Recommended FanShots
Recent FanShots
I recorded the entire last out as Cal clinches the first ever PAC12 Softball Title! It was also a...
Pac-12 On SBN
Pacific Takes (Pac-12) NORTH AddictedToQuack: (Oregon)
UW Dawg Pound: (Washington)
CougCenter: (Washington State)
BuildingTheDam: (Oregon State)
Rule Of Tree: (Stanford)
CaliforniaGoldenBlogs: (Cal)
SOUTH
BruinsNation: (UCLA)
ConquestChronicles: (USC)
HouseOfSparky: (ASU)
Arizona Desert Swarm: (Arizona)
TheRalphieReport: (Colorado)
Block U: (Utah)
Golden Bears Football Schedule
| Fresno St. | Sat 09/03 | W 36 - 21 |
@
Colorado
|
Sat 09/10 | W 36 - 33 |
| Presbyterian | Sat 09/17 | W 63 - 12 |
|
@
Washington
|
Sat 09/24 | L 23 - 31 |
|
@
Oregon
|
Thu 10/06 | L 15 - 43 |
|
USC
|
Thu 10/13 | L 9 - 30 |
|
Utah
|
Sat 10/22 | W 34 - 10 |
|
@
UCLA
|
Sat 10/29 | L 14 - 31 |
|
Washington St.
|
Sat 11/05 | W 30 - 7 |
|
Oregon St.
|
Sat 11/12 | W 23 - 6 |
|
@
Stanford
|
Sat 11/19 | L 28 - 31 |
|
@
Arizona St.
|
Fri 11/25 | W 47 - 38 |
|
@
Texas
|
Wed 12/28 | L 10 - 21 |
