Cal Women's Basketball At Colorado: Preview & Gamethread
by norcalnick on Jan 12, 2012 5:00 PM PST
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It’s attack of the siblings night here at CGB, where three sets of siblings will try to defeat the Golden Bears. It all starts at 6:00 with sisters Brittany and Ashley Wilson and Brenna and Meagan Malcolm-Peck. But it’s also a double feature as sister Arielle Roberson plays for the women Buffaloes while brother Andre is in Berkeley warming up for the men’s team.
While the various family ties make for a good story line, the most talented Buffs are guards Chucky Jeffrey and Lexi Kresl. Jeffrey in particular is the player that Cal needs to slow down. She’s one of the best shooters in the conference, averages 17 points/game and leads Colorado in rebounds, assists, blocks and steals. That’s quite a bit of versatility.
You will probably recall that Cal fell to Colorado in Boulder to end the season last year in the WNIT. Jeffrey didn’t do a ton in that game, but that’s because departed post Brittany Spears did everything, scoring 33 points and dominating from the opening tip. It was a fitting end to a painful season, and hopefully the Bears will be out to redeem themselves tonight.
Colorado is the tougher of the two teams in this road trip, so a win tonight would go a long ways towards making everybody else feel good. I don't want to have to write 1,000 words trying to figure out why Cal can't win road games. GO BEARS!
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2-0 Bears!
Brittany starts things off right with a steal and fast break lay-in!
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10-6 Bears
Great, Colorado has made 2 threes, including one that was banked in. It’s not going to be one of those nights, is it?
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19-11 Bears
Quite an offensive start for the Bears, and if Colorado hasn’t been hot from 3 it would be a blowout.
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I feel good, because we have narrowed the Brittany gap. We were severely out-Brittanyed last year. They had three Brittanys, and we didn’t have any. Now they only have two, and we have one.
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True.
He needs to say “our Brittany” or “their Britney.” Or “Boyd.” Or “their inferior Britney.”
I’d guess that 82% from three is unsustainable, but then again I’m a Cal fan.
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Even as a Cal fan, I refuse to believe that will continue hitting 3’s at that rate. And I have to believe that the Bears will step it their rebounding.
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just an unimportant FYI- Arielle Roberson is redshirting this year
she had surgery right after the start of the season.
fun game so far. Rachel Hargis is not this good.
Look, I've already told Utah to suck it. There's no going back now.
Damn, 4 Buffs points in no time flat
A basket before the half would feel good.
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We have one assist and are getting outrebounded
Two very unusual things, that imply that either we’re playing very poorly or Colorado is playing very well, or both.
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we're playing very well
I don’t know much about your team, but that center looks like she should be killing Rachel Hargis. And Jen Reese looks really good too, although that’s not so unexpected
Look, I've already told Utah to suck it. There's no going back now.
I’m assuming you’re referring to Gen Brandon, who is arguably the best rebounder in the country, but is having an off-day on the boards by her standards.
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maybe. She's wearing what almost looks like a splint on her left leg, if that means anything
and she was running right by Hargis on offense early on. It seems like they should get her the ball in the high post and just let her go to work. Hargis isn’t the quickest post player in the world
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Yeah, that’s her – she was out with a stress fracture last year, hence the splint. She’s probably our best player, and I’d love for her to get more shots/touches.
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that one didn't work so well
we’re really collapsing down on her now. Kresl got her hand on that
Look, I've already told Utah to suck it. There's no going back now.
I just got home; is Foo playing? And how is Eliza doing? (The Colorado gametracker doesn’t want to give me stats.)
No Foo, unfortunately. Might have something to do with our presumably poor perimeter defense, now that I think about it.
A typical Eliza game, in that she’s had a limited offensive impact but a presumably good defensive impact.
GAH I’M TIRED OF NOT BEING ABLE TO WATCH GAMES!
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love the live thread for a women's game
over @TRR, it’s just me talking to me. Think I’ll stick around, if y’all don’t mind
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44-33 Buffs
Colorado hitting everything. At a certain point you have to just think that our defense just isn’t very good, rather than us getting unlucky with opponents being hot.
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It’s kinda scary how stagnant our offense gets when we can’t dominate the offensive glass.
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Oh, Gen, you are a goddess!
Two FTs in a row, then a basket.
(Nate Robinson swished ALL 14 of his FTs last night, thus winning the game for the Warriors.)
not this great
MMP is OK, but she’s been really good tonight. Chucky and Kresl are great 3 pt shoters (Chucky hit that last one)
Look, I've already told Utah to suck it. There's no going back now.
also, Cal is starting to look gassed
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Chuck Jeffery might be my favorite athlete in the entire athletic department
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We’re playing a 2-3 zone against a team killing us from 3? That strikes me as . . . unwise.
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eh, that's a Wilson for you
they’re bulls in a china shop.
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51-45 Buffs
I guess we’re staying in the zone . . . and another turnover . . . and a Boyd And 1!!!!!
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CU has got to get Reese back into the game
she’s been far more effective than Seabrook tonight
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and it was the most wide open of the night
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I don’t know if I can take another game where we make a fantastic comeback but fall just short. The Bears better just win it.
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Come on, Reshanda,
here’s your chance to be the Pac-12’s Freshman of the Year.
Brittany! She's on fire!
Bears down 2 again, but then Buffs get another 2.
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Cal's perimeter defense has much improved of late
way more active
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I love Reshanda.
Such raw talent. Such a great attitude.
This has been a very streaky game. Cal up by 11, down by 12, now back up by 3. I hope Cal gets the last streak!
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Would’ve thought that a 2-3 zone was (apparently) the defensive answer?
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Sooooooo lucky
Cal blows a 4 on 1, but gets the offensive rebound and Lindsay hits a 3!!!!
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wow, Cal is absolutely outhustling us right now
Look, I've already told Utah to suck it. There's no going back now.
the air affects you later
It’s not in day 1/2, it’s in days 3-6. Stanford should be more affected by the air than Cal. (that said, the altitude is entirely overrated).
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Rainbow Sherb!!!!!
As BearBloke would say in the broad Yorkshire of his childhood, “Eeeee, that were grand!”
15-4 run
Man, the gameflow on this one looks weird. What a turnaround.
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oh come on. Have some composure.
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Oh.
Then I’m glad I was more or less polite. I hate it when people get gratuitously rude about the other team. (And that includes hooting and hollering during free throws.)
I think the band outnumbers the fans by a large margin
pathetic, even by women’s game standards
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Unfortunately, most teams in the Pac-12 other than Stanford struggle to draw consistent crowds.
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When the Bears were playing very well a few years ago, they drew pretty good crowds.
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I’m generally pleased with the Saturday crowds. Dunno about Thursdays, though.
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She's hit them before.
Just not all that often.
I’m glad her new shot-selection skills have returned. She was looking a little unsure after the concussion-like thing.
I think it's time to break out the Prosecco.
We shall toast the girls (as opposed to drowning our sorrows).
Beating Palo Alto will mean real Champagne.
Gametracker gameflow is hilariously broken
But is that right? A 17-0 run?!
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good game, Bears
hopefully we show better in the XY game.
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Glad to have you around!
After what happened last year, I was terrified of this game, and feeling very lucky to escape with the W. Kick furd’s butt for us.
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Wow. Bears start out with an 11 point lead, then go down by 12, and win by 13.
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So I'm 99% sure that Colorado is better than Utah
So a road sweep is very much on the table. That would go a looooong way to helping us all forget the L.A. debacle.
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Cal now 4th in the conference, just a half game behind USC and WSU.
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Much as I look forward to Cal's
CRUSHING them next week, it is good to see WSU making progress under June D. I thought she was ill-treated by Washington.
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