Cal Women's Basketball vs. Washington State Preview & Gamethread
by norcalnick on Jan 22, 2012 2:30 PM PST
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Well, the Bears got a gift yesterday from Oregon State - the Beavers knocked off USC to send Cal into a momentary tie for 2nd place in the Pac-12. I say momentary because the Bears can actually move into 2nd place alone with a win today against the Cougars, which sounds pretty darn good after starting 0-2 in L.A.
Washington St. looked poised for a break out season. They survived a tough non-conference schedule with a record of 6-6 that included close loses to excellent teams like Gonzaga and Louisville. Then, in the conference opener against Oregon, Ireti Amojo sustained a season-ending knee injury.
Wazzu held on to beat the Ducks, then Oregon St. and Utah, but since then they’ve lost three in a row amidst increasingly poor offensive performances. Before Amojo’s injury, WSU was averaging 66 points/game. Since the injury they’ve averaged just 57. That decline isn’t a pace issue, either – the Cougs are simply scoring less often per possession. Some of it is probably just random variation, but when you lose your starting shooting guard and 2nd most efficient player it’s bound to negatively impact your offense.
Even without Amojo the Cougars are a very balanced team, with seven players averaging between 8.7 and 5 points/game. Jazmine Perkins is the player to watch – she leads the Cougs in scoring and rebounding, which is surprising considering she’s only 5’10’’. Carly Noyes is an efficient scorer, and at 6’5’’ she is the post that you would expect to control the boards, though that hasn’t been the case this year.
Our computer overlords predict: Sagarin Predictor: Cal by 8.71 points
Chart concept borrowed from MGoBlog, all stats courtesy of wbbstate.com and are accurate as of 1/22 . One letter indicates 10 place advantage in national rankings, two letters indicate 100 place advantage, three indicates 200 place advantage, etc.
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Category |
Cal Ranking |
WSU Ranking |
Advantage |
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Cal eFG% vs. WSU Def eFG% |
111 |
93 |
W |
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Cal Def eFG% vs. WSU eFG% |
101 |
168 |
C |
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Cal TO% vs. WSU Def TO% |
98 |
67 |
W |
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Cal Def TO% vs. WSU TO% |
186 |
52 |
WW |
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Cal Reb% vs. WSU Reb% |
2 |
165 |
CC |
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Cal FTR vs. WSU Def FTR |
106 |
218 |
CC |
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Cal Def FTR vs. WSU FTR |
101 |
319 |
CCC |
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Cal O-PPP vs. WSU D-PPP |
41 |
92 |
C |
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Cal D-PPP vs. WSU O-PPP |
59 |
163 |
CC |
Cal’s dominating win over Washington and Stanford’s expected destruction of Washington St. has knocked the stat chart more heavily in Cal’s favor. Interestingly, Wazzu’s biggest weakness is in foul differential – the Cougars commit lots of fouls and don’t draw many in response. Perhaps the Cougs aren’t afraid to foul because they are one of the few teams in the conference that play a rotation as deep as Cal’s. And if there was ever a team to hack and send to the line, Cal would probably be the team of choice. Might we see a foul fest today?
In any case, I'd like to see a strong defensive effort today. The Cougars have really been struggling to score lately, and Cal should be able to hold WSU to many one-and-done possessions. WSU doesn't turn the ball over much, but I'd still be curious to see how much trouble Cal can cause by pressing and trying to force a good ball handling team into mistakes.
With Stanford up next, this one is a critical game to win. Go Bears!
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Arizona and Colorado tied with less than 2 to go
Doesn’t really matter who wins for Cal, I just don’t want overtime.
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Hooray for Chuckie Jeffrey!
Now don’t you dare make a shot, Arizona.
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Man, we could get a women's game televised this week but no men's???
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 22, 2012 3:32 PM PST reply actions
Apparently women’s games only get on TV across from NFL playoff games.
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Last week I kept switching back and forth between the Packers game and the Cal women’s game. As a result, I felt like I didn’t really see either one of them. So this week I’m going to just watch the Cal game and watch the 49ers on the DVR. Hopefully I will be able to avoid the final score before I get a chance to watch it.
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Sherbert still starting rather than Foo
But other than that, our typical starting lineup.
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4-4
Boyd turns it over and WSU converts in transition, then Caldwell blows by her defender, went all the way from the 3 point line to the bucket!
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8-4 Bears!
Brittany Boyd will eat you up if you’re not paying attention
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11-11
7-0 run for WSU, helped by a lame no-call when Gray was fouled on an entry pass.
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The Pac-12!
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by Neil Vincent Roberts on Jan 22, 2012 4:06 PM PST up reply actions
boy, considering the rain and the football game, I hate to think what the size of the crowd is.
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Yes, I was expecting the place to be empty. It’s a small crowd, but not too bad.
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Probably larger then the 1,310 that showed up for the game versus the Huskies at Beasley
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by Neil Vincent Roberts on Jan 22, 2012 4:07 PM PST up reply actions
Our women draw pretty well for Saturday games when they having a good season. We’ve had over 10,000 against Stanfurd a couple of times.
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WSU's woman haven't been good for a long time
they have never beaten Stanford and they have lost 33 straight to the Huskies (last time the WSU woman beat the Huskies Ryan Leaf was RS Sophomore).
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by Neil Vincent Roberts on Jan 22, 2012 4:10 PM PST up reply actions
When I heard that I was shocked, mostly because UW hasn’t really been that good recently. I bet you guys take them later this year.
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I hope so
Fun fact, of the Huskies 33 straight victories over the Cougs June Daughtery has 20 of them. June Daughtery is now the Cougar head Coach, and has the last nine Cougar losses
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by Neil Vincent Roberts on Jan 22, 2012 4:12 PM PST up reply actions
Yes, but to be fair, that was when we were world-beaters.
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well, that's good!
I almost went today.
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15-13, Bears
Boyd scores on a drive, then makes a steal and assists to Sherb in transition.
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This game is being placed at an incredibly fast pace by both teams. Thank goodness we have a deep bench this year.
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WSU has picked up 3 or 4 off the ball fouls
Hopefully we’ll have the chance to punish them from the line later.
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That seems pretty lame. It seemed like a legitimate celebration. But then, you don’t see much taunting in women’s basketball.
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by CalBear81 on Jan 22, 2012 4:10 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Let's go Cougs
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by Neil Vincent Roberts on Jan 22, 2012 4:10 PM PST reply actions
27-20 Bears
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by Neil Vincent Roberts on Jan 22, 2012 4:14 PM PST up reply actions
ESPN lies to me!
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by Neil Vincent Roberts on Jan 22, 2012 4:15 PM PST up reply actions
27-23 Bears now
Cal has been pretty great except for turnovers, which hasn’t been a problem for a long time.
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I love the announcers – basically praising the refs for intruding on the game.
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31-23 Bears
Layshia hits a tough shot with the clock expiring. Finish the half strong Bears!
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Man, I wanted to watch football at halftime, but they’re giving us two Cal features?
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Anyone know of any streams?
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by Neil Vincent Roberts on Jan 22, 2012 4:24 PM PST reply actions
There’s a link in the post up top – Cal’s All-Access is free for women’s basketball!
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Shows you how much I pay attention.
thanks
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by Neil Vincent Roberts on Jan 22, 2012 4:46 PM PST up reply actions
Cal up 8 at the half
Could’ve been more, considering missed free throws, but I’ll take it.
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danke
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by atomsareenough on Jan 22, 2012 4:47 PM PST up reply actions
35-28 Bears
Caldwell gets an easy bucket, WSU draws a shooting foul on the other end and gets 1 of 2
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Now 35-30 after Cal loses a defender in the key
Gottlieb wants a timeout after the defensive breakdown.
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Everyday I'm buffering
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by Neil Vincent Roberts on Jan 22, 2012 4:52 PM PST reply actions
I gotta say I like the Woman's grey jerseys.
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by Neil Vincent Roberts on Jan 22, 2012 4:53 PM PST reply actions
4 good shots in one possession
And FINALLY the last one goes in.
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39-34 Bears
Nice to see Hartman with a post basket – she’s been settling for jumpers of late.
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who's the color commentator on the audio feed?
don’t recognize the voice…
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Are you listening to All-Access? It’s either Rachelle Federico or Shantrell Sneed
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And now 3.
WSU going to be shooting FTs the rest of the way.
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BTW
Don’t know if you guys noticed, but there’s a report that Chip Kelly’s nearing a deal with the Tampa Bay Bucs. :)
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linky
http://www.kgw.com/news/local/UO-coach-Kelly-talking-to-Bucaneers-137862123.html
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by atomsareenough on Jan 22, 2012 5:15 PM PST up reply actions
bah
It feels like this game is a lot closer than it should be.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 22, 2012 5:15 PM PST up reply actions
Cougs up 1
And Eliza Pierre plays some WOW defense. This is not a fun one.
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Ugh
WSU scores, then Boyd takes a bad shot, then we lose the ball out of bounds.
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Wonderful, I can watch this during the SF-NY halftime. I was checking in earlier and the Bears had a solid lead. What has happened so far? The Bears have looked pretty sloppy since I’ve been watching over the past couple minutes.
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I want to complain about the foul differential (which is BS)
But Gen definitely got her arm on that one.
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Boyd playing like a crazy women
Which is both good and bad. Love the intensity though.
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Pretty impressive that Boyd made it 3/4 of the way down the court without her shoe.
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They make up for it with a huge steal!
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AND 1!
Bears up 2 with a FT to come!
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It’s a shame the women’s team isn’t on tv more often (in Southern California, at least). They play a fantastic style of basketball: tough, physical, and aggressive.
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Yep
Pac12 Network will pay dividends to fans (women’s games on TV) and for our national profile (important at NCAA time) and for recruiting. Can’t wait. I know more about Big 12 and Big 10 teams since they are on TV all the time (and my DVR set to record women’s basketball games).
Can’t believe the Cal-Stanford game is not on TV…. dumb.
As soon as Gen fell down that possession had disaster written all over it.
WSU hits 2 FTs, Cal up just 1
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Cal up 3 with :38 to go
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I was hoping the Bears would push for a 2-for-1 possession
but I’m happy giving WSU the final possession with a 3 pt lead.
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We’ll have at least 5 seconds – shot clock is only 30 seconds in the women’s game.
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Oh, good
35 is way too long anyway.
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YES!
GREAT 3 point defense by the Bears! And WSU’s lack of fouls are going to cost them here.
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Clarendon ices the game!
Bears up 5 with 10.3 left.
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I probably don't even have to ask
but Stanford is undefeated in conference play, right?
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Bears win! 60-55
Now back to the SF game!
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Big win by the Bears
I’ll have a recap up at some point after the niners game
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I got home from a concert in time to see the last three minutes. Bears looked good. Layshia Clarendon really looked like she was in charge of what was going on.
The Bears almost let this one get away in the second half, but Clarendon just took the game over.
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YOU TELL THE STORY
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by norcalnick on Jan 22, 2012 5:43 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
WHAT?
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by Berkelium97 on Jan 22, 2012 5:43 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
YOU TELL THE WHOLE DAMN WORLD
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by CalBear81 on Jan 22, 2012 5:44 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
THIS IS BEAR TERRITORY!
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by Berkelium97 on Jan 22, 2012 5:45 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
WOOO recs all around!
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by atomsareenough on Jan 22, 2012 5:48 PM PST up reply actions
YOU TELL THE STORY!!!
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by atomsareenough on Jan 22, 2012 5:43 PM PST up reply actions
WHAT?
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by Berkelium97 on Jan 22, 2012 5:44 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
YOU TELL THE WHOLE DAMN WORLD
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by CalBear81 on Jan 22, 2012 5:45 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
THIS IS BEAR TERRITORY!
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by atomsareenough on Jan 22, 2012 5:48 PM PST up reply actions
So unless Stanford streams the game next week
This might be the first Cal/Stanford game I won’t be able to watch in 4 or 5 years. I don’t really feel like driving to Palo Alto next weekend though.
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Go!
We need everyone we can get to support the ladies. Promise to make it fun from the rafters.
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by Joe Bandsmen on Jan 22, 2012 6:14 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Just got home from the game.
And where are the Palms of Victory?!
(You know those stories about randy old gents dying in the midst of an amorous encounter? I worry that some day I’ll die during the last five minutes of a Cal WBB game. Still—congrats, ladies. You hung in there and made us proud. Go, Layshia!)
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Fan bus to Stanford (includes tix) still has room. Contact Jessica in wbb office….
We must have folks in the stands in Blue and Gold.
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