Cal Women's Basketball At Rutgers Gamethread
by norcalnick on Nov 13, 2011 10:00 AM PST
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Injuries: Justine Hartman is questionable with an ankle sprain.
If the national polls are to be believed, #16/17 Rutgers represents the most difficult non-conference game for the Bears by a significant margin. Rutgers is already the highest ranked team the non-con schedule, but they're also the only ranked team that will be a true road game for the Bears. Making matters worse, the Scarlet Knights make it a habit to not lose when they play in Piscataway. Last year Rutgers only lost one home game - to UConn.
Having said that, there are reasons for optimism. Obviously Cal beat Rutgers somewhat convincingly in Berkeley last year, 66-57. And Rutgers will be dangerously thin inside due to a shoulder injury to 6'2' forward Chelsey Lee. Lee 'only' averaged 8.5 points last year, but she led the team in rebounding (an important skill when facing Cal!) and played heavy minutes.
The loss of Lee likely means that true freshman Christa Evans will have to step up, or else Rutgers is going to have to play a four guard lineup. Vivian Stringer brought in a spectacular recruiting class that featured four prospects rated four stars or higher (and two five-star players), but they are all guards or wings and may not be able to replace what Lee brings to the team - at least not immediately.
Hit the jump for 3 keys to the game!
Keys to the game
1. Pound the ball inside
Get the ball to Talia Caldwell and company in a position to do damage. Monique Oliver is an excellent post player, but she's one of only two players on the Scarlet Knight roster taller than 6'0'' If Cal can get her in foul trouble Rutgers will be in trouble. And if Cal can get the ball inside our posts should be able to get shots off and get offensive rebounds. That's typically the key to Cal's offense anyway, but today it looks to be our opponent's key weakness
2. Excellent perimeter defense
While Rutgers is thin inside, they have an impressive collection of guard talent. Wing April Skyes and point guard Khadijah Rushdan are both excellent players who can score enough to make up for any lack of interior production. And behind them are multiple blue chip true freshmen hungry to make their mark. Whomever is playing - Layshia Clarendon, Eliza Pierre, Brittany Boyd, Lindsay Sherbert - today is a day for spectacular perimeter defense. Prevent penetration, bother passers, disrupt.
3. Calm, collected passing
Rutgers under Stringer have been renowned for their pressure defense. Last year they lacked the depth to really unleash that defense against Cal full time. But with that stellar 5-player incoming recruiting class Stringer again feels like she has the depth to really attack on defense. That means that our ball handlers need to have good games. I don't necessarily mean a ton of assists, just not a mess of turnovers. If Cal keeps the number of turnovers below 15 it will be an excellent sign.
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Cal's starters
PG: Pierre
G: Clarendon
G: Sherbert
F: Brandon
C: Caldwell
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Not the best start on offense
3 possessions – one turnover and two badly missed shots.
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Holy shit, its like 10 Gorge Gutierrez out there. All out
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by berkeleyboy510 on Nov 13, 2011 11:09 AM PST reply actions
2-2
Brandon gets a nice feed from Afure Jemerigbe, who came on for Sherbert
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Reshanda Gray came on, stole the ball,
outlet to Boyd, fast break basket!
THE FUTURE IS NOW!
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Great surge, Go Bears!
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by berkeleyboy510 on Nov 13, 2011 11:13 AM PST reply actions
6-4 at the first timeout with Clarendon heading to the line
Interestingly, Rutgers has been doing better on the boards while Cal has been getting steals – exactly the opposite of what we’d expect.
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Gray gets her first points in a Cal uniform!
She and Boyd have been a huge dose of energy!
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Cal throws a zone and Rutgers but they can't secure the rebound
Layshia misses a 3 but Afure gets a tough offensive board.
This game is going fast. 13-10 after Afure hits her freebies.
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Nice pass from Boyd
If Talia comes down with it it’s an easy 2, but she loses it out of bounds. Rutgers, luckily, returns the favor.
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And one, yea!
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by berkeleyboy510 on Nov 13, 2011 11:20 AM PST reply actions
wow, Cal playing great D!
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by berkeleyboy510 on Nov 13, 2011 11:22 AM PST reply actions
little melt down there
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by berkeleyboy510 on Nov 13, 2011 11:24 AM PST reply actions
7-0 run for Rutgers cuts the score to 19-17, Gottlieb calls a TO
The run was fueled by two fast break baskets
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Another and-1 for Caldwell!
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by atomsareenough on Nov 13, 2011 11:25 AM PST reply actions
Caldwell and 1!
We’re getting whatever we want in the paint
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Pierre gets 2 from the line
I’d like to get Rushdan her 3rd foul before the half ends
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Gray hits a 3!
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by atomsareenough on Nov 13, 2011 11:39 AM PST reply actions
10th foul on Rutgers
Bears will shoot 2.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 13, 2011 11:41 AM PST reply actions
C’mon Bears, make your damn free throws.
Putback by Hartman though.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 13, 2011 11:43 AM PST reply actions
She looks smooth
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by atomsareenough on Nov 13, 2011 11:44 AM PST up reply actions
:)
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by atomsareenough on Nov 13, 2011 11:44 AM PST up reply actions
30-27 Bears
with afure headed to the line. Action has been fast and furious, difficult to provide coherent updates on it all!
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Hartman is handling the beesknees
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by berkeleyboy510 on Nov 13, 2011 11:46 AM PST reply actions
Nice move by Davis on the Scarlet Knights to bring it to 31-29.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 13, 2011 11:47 AM PST reply actions
Smart play by Clarendon.
BTW, it’s CLARE-en-don, not Cla-REN-don, right?
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by atomsareenough on Nov 13, 2011 11:49 AM PST reply actions
The announcers were bugging me every time they said her name.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 13, 2011 1:03 PM PST up reply actions
The announcers were kind of terrible. I turned off the sound about 5 minutes after I started watching.
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Ugh, not what you want to see after a TO.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 13, 2011 11:49 AM PST reply actions
arrrrrrrrrghhhhh
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by atomsareenough on Nov 13, 2011 11:50 AM PST reply actions
At least we didn’t cough up the lead.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 13, 2011 11:50 AM PST up reply actions
34-31 at the half.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 13, 2011 11:51 AM PST reply actions
(Cal in the lead)
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by atomsareenough on Nov 13, 2011 11:51 AM PST up reply actions
not easy just as expected
glad that Cal still has the lead going into the half…almost lost it at the end there
by LEastCoastBears on Nov 13, 2011 11:52 AM PST reply actions
34-31 Bears at the half
After Cal got up 19-10, Rutgers stormed back and it’s been a close game since.
Good: drawing fouls
Bad: making free throws
Good: Forcing turnovers
Bad: Making our own turnovers
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ftfy :)
Bad: Not making free throws.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 13, 2011 11:53 AM PST up reply actions
Rutgers' defense can look quite smothering at times
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No Bears in double figures
But 8 players have scored, with Reshanda Gray leading the way with 9. Gennifer Brandon has 8 rebounds and is showing little rust from her year off.
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We're back for the 2nd half!
Seems like it’s going to be tight the rest of the way.
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Well that's the worst possible start
Rutgers 3, Cal turnover.
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That foul on Caldwell was so bad
that the Rutgers announcers disagreed!
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Bad turnover by Cal there.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 13, 2011 12:10 PM PST reply actions
Rutgers press even more intense after the half
and we’re not doing well against it so far.
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We’re being so careless with the ball right now :(
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by atomsareenough on Nov 13, 2011 12:11 PM PST reply actions
Again very sloppy with the loose ball. 3 by Rutgers, they lead by 5, 41-36.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 13, 2011 12:12 PM PST reply actions
Clarendon hurt.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 13, 2011 12:13 PM PST reply actions
WTF we are so freaking careless what the hell
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by atomsareenough on Nov 13, 2011 12:14 PM PST reply actions
My lord these turnovers have been baaaad
We’re handing them baskets.
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6 turnovers already in the 2nd half
2 by Pierre, 3 by Boyd.
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C’mon Bears, pay attention.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 13, 2011 12:15 PM PST reply actions
Use some ball fakes, take advantage of their aggressiveness.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 13, 2011 12:16 PM PST reply actions
ANOTHER turnover. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
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by atomsareenough on Nov 13, 2011 12:16 PM PST reply actions
And a traveling violation.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 13, 2011 12:18 PM PST reply actions
…which leads to a 3. Rutgers by 12.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 13, 2011 12:18 PM PST up reply actions
Cal is Zzzzz… into the second half
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by berkeleyboy510 on Nov 13, 2011 12:18 PM PST reply actions
48-36 Rutgers
Everything falling apart with alarming speed.
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Outscored 17-2 in the first 4:09 of the half
Ouch.
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Foul on Rutgers, 52-40 Scarlet Knights.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 13, 2011 12:24 PM PST reply actions
Tem-ah-COOL-ah, lol
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by atomsareenough on Nov 13, 2011 12:25 PM PST reply actions
Beautiful floater from Pierre! 52-44 Rutgers.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 13, 2011 12:25 PM PST reply actions
Woooo, Brandon cuts the Rutgers lead to 6.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 13, 2011 12:27 PM PST reply actions
Great up and under move by Brandon
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….Rutgers gets a layup and then Cal turns it back over again. :-/
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by atomsareenough on Nov 13, 2011 12:28 PM PST reply actions
Arrrgh. Hartman forcing it from the elbow.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 13, 2011 12:31 PM PST reply actions
Oh come on. Refs bail out Rutgers with a ticky-tack foul.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 13, 2011 12:33 PM PST reply actions
She hit the first…
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by atomsareenough on Nov 13, 2011 12:36 PM PST up reply actions
Oliver has been a monster this game
And she had to be since she’s their only true post with significant playing time.
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Afure with a nice fastbreak bucket
Cal down 8. Might be time to start pressing soon if we don’t get closer.
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Rutgers by 10
7:09 left
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Yup. 1/9 is pretty terrible.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 13, 2011 12:44 PM PST up reply actions
…and most have them have been wide open looks.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 13, 2011 12:44 PM PST up reply actions
Well lookie here
And one. Lead down to 5 with under 5 to play
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Oops -- I was fooled by the graphic having the score rong, me thinks
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No we don’t. Kickball on us I believe.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 13, 2011 12:47 PM PST up reply actions
…huh? Are you ahead of us? It’s 9 points.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 13, 2011 12:46 PM PST up reply actions
RU 67, Cal 58, 3:58 left
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3!! 6 point game
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by atomsareenough on Nov 13, 2011 12:50 PM PST reply actions
Nevermind, now it’s 8.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 13, 2011 12:50 PM PST up reply actions
1:56 left, RU up 71-63
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Boyd with a great and-1 move!
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by atomsareenough on Nov 13, 2011 12:52 PM PST reply actions
She makes the FT
6-point game, 1:46 left
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Our BB of B-town!
Just got here. Oh, those damned turnovers. Still, a decent showing by our young ones.
Cal shooting 2, down 6 with 1:18 left
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Makes 1 of 2
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Cal down 5.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 13, 2011 12:56 PM PST reply actions
Timeout. 72-67 Rutgers, 1:18 left
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If we weren’t so ridiculously sloppy at the beginning of the 2nd half we’d be ahead right now.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 13, 2011 12:56 PM PST reply actions
Yeah, that too.
Or hit a couple threes.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 13, 2011 12:58 PM PST up reply actions
CAL HITS A THREE!
2 point game!!
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by atomsareenough on Nov 13, 2011 12:57 PM PST reply actions
Was that Pierre?
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Yeah, I think it was Jemerigbe.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 13, 2011 12:59 PM PST up reply actions
Okay, thanks
I couldn’t tell if it was # 2 or # 4, though I should’ve guessed by height.
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3 from the corner!!
Down 2 with 38.1 left
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holy shit! Big 3!
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by berkeleyboy510 on Nov 13, 2011 12:58 PM PST reply actions
Banker won't go, but RU is fouled
2 shots coming with 16.7 left
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Makes only 1. we have a chance
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Ugh, I don't much care for how we approached the last 30 seconds
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You would have fouled?
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It was a wild, desperation heave.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 13, 2011 1:02 PM PST up reply actions
3 pointer from the right wing misses and goes out of bounds with .4 seconds left
Rutgers wins 73-70
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Overall are we impressed with how the team played
Rutgers AT Rutgers? Did Coach G have them up and ready for it?
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Yeah, all things considered
Hard to be “ready” for that smothering defense that Vivian Stringer’s team plays, especially in a season opener. We had our shaky moments with turnovers (lots of them), but it was nice to see us hang in there and rally to have a chance to tie at the end.
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The score sure has me optimistic....
..but I didn’t see the game.
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We had a lead for much of the 1st half and led at halftime. Rutgers opened with a 17-2 run to start the 2nd half to seize control of the game.
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I give them a solid B I guess. Rutgers is a good team and we hung with them, but there were so many silly mistakes, completely asinine turnovers (I say that because I don’t feel they were so much caused by the Rutgers D as much as they were caused by Cal recklessness and inattention) and bad shooting from the 3-point line and free throw line. I liked the all-around effort and fortitude to make it close after being down by so much fairly late in the game.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 13, 2011 1:05 PM PST up reply actions
I was impressed
(when I wasn’t groaning). The team hasn’t gelled yet, but the talent—in some cases, the giftedness—is truly impressive. They’re like any other rather young team; they have to learn to win. Rutgers is less talented, but better oiled at this point.
Is Layshia OK? Or did she suffer a minor injury?
Yeah, I think she’s fine. She was down for a few moments but didn’t even have to leave the game.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 13, 2011 1:08 PM PST up reply actions
(if we’re talking about the same play)
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by atomsareenough on Nov 13, 2011 1:08 PM PST up reply actions
What about press to start 2nd half gave Cal so much trouble?
Gottlieb: All of it?
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lulz. I do like her sense of humor.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 13, 2011 1:18 PM PST up reply actions
This game reminds me a bit of Cal @ Rutgers
a few years back (2007?): erratic effort with flashes of great play, lost by about 6 points.
Yeah: http://www.calbears.com/sports/w-baskbl/recaps/121007aaa.html
(It was not the first road game of the season, either.)
As I recall, Cal easily knocked out Rutgers the next season.
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