Cal Women's Basketball vs Arizona St. Gamethread
by norcalnick on Jan 6, 2011 6:00 PM PST
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The Bears will be looking to bounce back against a game Arizona St. team in the second of their three game home stand. After Joanne Boyle's comments after the loss to Stanford it will be interesting to see if the team responds to her challenges or plays below their ability again. I was pleased to see that Cal started the season with a home stand, but it would be a devastating way to start the schedule if the Bears were to fall tonight.
Arizona St.'s biggest win was an 18 point home victory over the same DePaul team that beat Stanford, an indication that ASU has the talent to play with everybody. They lost their other two games against high quality opposition and struggled to beat Oregon St. at home last week, so there's some evidence of inconsistency. Hit the jump for a quick look at the Sun Devils, and Go Bears!
In my Pac-10 preview post I wondered who would step up to fill the void left by Danielle Orsillo. So far it's clearly been Dymond Simon, a 5'5'' senior guard who returned from an injury that sidelined her for the entirety of the 2009-10 season. She's averaging 15 points per game and leads the Sun Devils in assists, and will be the primary focus for Cal's defense. She's not particularly efficient, shooting just 36.6% from the field and 22.8% from 3 point range, so Cal's goal should be clear: bother her as much as possible because she'll be taking her shots either way. Eliza Pierre will likely again draw the defensive assignment, but this time around she'll have two inches on the player she's guarding! Tenaya Watson and Kimberly Brandon are the other two main threats. Both are capable of going off if they aren't well defended, so the Bears have their work cut out for them.
Arizona St. actually has a pretty similar statistical profile to Cal: they rely on rebounding to win games, and they don't shoot the ball particularly well. Their three point shooting is particularly dire - measurably worse than Cal's even though they take more shots from behind the arc. They make up for it by turning the ball over less and getting to the free throw line more than the Bears. Based on this the game is likely to come down to the rebounding battle, and it will be imperative for DeNesha Stallworth to improve on her performance against Stanford in that regard.
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12-4 Bears!
Cal has executed a couple of in-bound plays well – a sign they’re playing more as a team?
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18-12 Bears
Afure with a steal and fast break bucket! I’m as excited about her defense as I am about her offense.
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20-12 Bears
DeNesha with 8 already, on her way to redeeming herself for the Stanford game.
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38-28 lead at half!
Didn’t close out the half all that well, but I’ll take a double digit lead any day of the week. Of particular importance is that we’re dominating the boards, which should help them protect the lead if they keep it up.
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Bears up 6 after quick ASU spurt.
Dave Lewis reminding me of ASU comebacks past. WHY?!?
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Quick baskets from Layshia and DeNesha
Team leaders asserting themselves when things get dicey.
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both offenses stagnating
But Bears holding onto the 5 point lead.
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10 point lead with ~ 10 left
Bears break a long offensive drought for both teams
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Stallworth with 16 points. 53-41, with 8 minutes to go.
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the Farm, after they've seen Berkeley?
Have you been listening the whole way? It’s like night and day from Sunday!
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No, I was actually finishing up some work, and just tuned in. Are we doing way better, is Arizona nowhere near as good as Stanford, or some of both?
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the Farm, after they've seen Berkeley?
Well, ASU beat DePaul rather convincingly, and they didn’t get blown out in their other two games against ranked teams, so they should be pretty legit. And Cal is just destroying them on the boards, which they didn’t do last year, and without Gen, our best rebounder.
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How did that Stanford team we saw on Sunday ever lose like that to DePaul? The whole thing boggles the mind.
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the Farm, after they've seen Berkeley?
How can there be no video for a home game? Ever since they started making us pay for access, it has been horrible!
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the Farm, after they've seen Berkeley?
Good, we're into the bonus and Tobin has 4 fouls. FINISH THEM BEARS!
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Meanwhile, Stanford is killing Arizona 80-48.
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the Farm, after they've seen Berkeley?
Oregon State is leading Washington 52-50 with 2 minutes left. It would be nice for those poor Oregon State gals to get a win.
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the Farm, after they've seen Berkeley?
7 point lead, thank goodness Layshia got at least 1
Bringing in Afure for defense – a sign of how much she’s progressed on defense so far.
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Traveling – your favorite call, nick!
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the Farm, after they've seen Berkeley?
Nine point lead - that's better
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the Farm, after they've seen Berkeley?
Agreed. I was afraid that the Bears would go into a tailspin after that dreadful Stanford game. I guess Joanne Boyle was able to light a fire under them.
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the Farm, after they've seen Berkeley?
Bodes well for the future.
The L.A. road trip will be interesting.
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I was a the game
Good win for the Bears. The teams was a lot more focused and passionate tonight (thank God). Even when the lead dwindled, they didn’t seem rattled and played with great focus.
ASU only missed one free throw the entire game so it was good the Bears kept their fouls (team fouls at 6) for the second half.
Arizona will be tough. They gave us good games last year and have improved. I believe their loss to Stanford was by the same margin we lost by….
At any rate, DeNesha had a solid outing and was more in the mix defensively and on the boards which is important.
A good win. CTT was surprisingly quiet tonight….She hung out near the end of her bench, kneeling the entire game and was really quiet. Not sure why……maybe dreading her next game at Maples?
Yep...
It was satisfying to see for sure. I wasn’t there for warmups, but it’s interesting that in the post-game quotes Clarendon mentioned their “new” warm up. Funny, I was thinking about that during the post-Stanford blues….Stanford looked so intense and crisp in their warmup prior to the game last Saturday. I thought the Bears could learn a thing or two from that….maybe they have??
A “winning” attitude has to be part of the game plan and I think the Bears displayed that tonight. Very satisfying indeed.
Arizona will be a tough matchup on Saturday. Butts has done good things for the Wildcats and they played us very tough last season. If the Bears come out with a similar mindset I think we should prevail.
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