Cal Women's Basketball At Arizona Gamethread
by norcalnick on Feb 3, 2011 5:39 PM PST
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In my last Women’s Week in Review column, I highlighted how Arizona and Arizona St. are dangerous teams, and that winning both games this weekend will be a difficult challenge. Well, after looking over Arizona’s schedule and results, I’m beginning to think that maybe that only applies to the Sun Devils.
After a promising non-conference run that indicated that Arizona might be poised to compete in the top half of the conference, things haven’t gone well in Pac-10 play. Arizona owns just four Pac-10 wins – all at home, all against the four worst teams in the conference standings, and three of the wins by 6 points or less. Meanwhile, against the five best teams in the conference, Arizona has lost each game by at least 9 points. To be fair, all five of those games were on the road, but as Cal can attest, you won’t be taken seriously until you can compete with the top of the conference away from home. Arizona hasn’t done that yet, and so it’s hard to take them seriously.
The Bears badly beat the Wildcats in Berkeley by bottling up Davellyn Whyte and Shanita Arnold in the half court set, by getting every single rebound not grabbed by Ify Ibekwe, and because Lindsay Sherbert went off from 3 point range. Although counting on Sherbert (or anybody else) to go 6-8 from behind the arc isn’t realistic, every other part of Cal’s win should be repeatable. DeNesha Stallworth and Talia Caldwell should be able to slow down Ibekwe, and Ibekwe won’t be able to guard both Cal posts at the same time. If the Bears can just reduce their 21 turnovers from last time there’s no reason not to anticipate Joanne Boyle's 200th win.
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Same starting 5 as always
Looking forward to Talia and DeNesha dominating the boards again against the cats
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there’s no reason not to anticipate Joanne Boyle’s 200th win.
Oh, nick, you wild and crazy guy. There is always a reason not to anticipate a win!
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the Farm, after they've seen Berkeley?
4-0 Bears quick!
De and Talia with easy buckets inside – a good sign.
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AZ can't shoot tonight
I like our chances as long as they have zero points.
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Turnovers on three straight possessions didn’t help them, either.
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the Farm, after they've seen Berkeley?
There went the shut out
Arizona finally scores. 9-2 Cal.
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NOOO THEY SCORED!!! DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM
Oh wait Layshia hit a 3 it’s cool now.
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by norcalnick on Feb 3, 2011 6:12 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
5'11'' Davellyn Whyte blocked a Rama shot?
Hmm, I’m trying to grasp the physics behind that event.
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Hey, our Eliza
can block. (And it’s so much fun to watch her do so!)
If anyone’s interested in checking out The Towhee vs. Charli’s Lot during half-time, there’s video at http://www.foxsportsarizona.com/pages/arizona_streamplus
(Towhee 32, Charli 27 at their half-time; not bad for the latter. I hope our friends from Palo Alto exhaust our friends in Tempe.)
16-4 Bears with 13 minutes left in the half. I hate to be mean, but I want to see Cal just stomp somebody, and not let them back into the game.
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the Farm, after they've seen Berkeley?
20-7 Cal. Arizona is just playing awful. The radio guy said Arizona had looked forward to this game as one that could change their season . . .
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the Farm, after they've seen Berkeley?
Nick, you weren’t kidding that ASU is good. They are only trailing Stanford by 5 at the half, 32-27.
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the Farm, after they've seen Berkeley?
Foo for 2 more?
Excellent. I’d like to see her go off tonight.
Afure getting some playing time and taking advantage!
28-18 Bears
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Dave Lewis is shorting Afure
She’s got 9 points, and is our leading scorer!
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Quick 7-0 by the Cats cuts the lead to 6
Not rebounding well, and might the defensive intensity be slipping for the Bears? Or more likely, Arizona just not shooting awful anymore.
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All of a sudden Arizona can shoot. Maybe halftime will cool them off.
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Around the Pac-10
Women:
Stanford 38, ASU 29, early 2nd half
Men (all scores at the half):
AZ 39, Stanford 33
Oregon 33, Washington St. 22
Washington 32, Oregon St. 32
Interesting scores out of Oregon. I’m not looking forward to playing in Matt court. I hope the novelty has worn out by then.
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12 pt lead!
I’m sure DeNesha called double rim on that shot.
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52-42
Cal is letting Arizona hang around, instead of stomping them.
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1-3-1 zone?
I don’t recall us ever running that. Interesting.
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Yay, Layshia sinking the freebies
Going to have to shoot them from the line down the stretch.
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Jeez, 9:03 is a long way to go without Talia, though she hasn’t had a great game on the boards.
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Gametracker has that one as a 2.
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the Farm, after they've seen Berkeley?
It’s interesting that everybody always points to the Cal game as pivotal for them, with the unspoken statement being “Stanford’s going to kick our butt so we’d better beat Cal or it’s a lost weekend.”
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Mooch!
That’s right—Federico’s playing for Cal in her native state for the last time. Glad she’s got a big fanbase there tonight.
Lyles missing three straight free throws isn’t great.
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Congratulations to Coach Boyle on her 200th win!
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the Farm, after they've seen Berkeley?
Interesting that DeNesha
had a double-double, plus steals and blocks—and 6 turnovers. I still think she’s having a growth spurt.
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