BERKELEY – California women's basketball opened its final home weekend of the season with a 65-54 victory over the University of Oregon Friday evening at Haas Pavilion.

Freshman Kristine Anigwe scored a game-high 18 points on 7-15 shooting and pulled down a team-best seven rebounds. Anigwe, along with fellow starters Courtney Range (13), Mikayla Cowling (12), and Asha Thomas (11), all reached double figures for the Golden Bears (13-15, 4-13 Pac-12).

Oregon (20-7, 9-7 Pac-12) played without its leading scorer and rebounder, forward Jillian Alleyne (19.0 PPG, 13.6 RPG) for the first time all season after Alleyne suffered a season-ending injury earlier this week. Without the Pac-12's third leading scorer & top rebounder as opposition, Cal jumped out to a 13-4 lead by the first media timeout (3:55) with great defensive effort and spirited transition play.

A score and free throw from Cowling with 3:32 left in the first pushed Cal ahead by double digits, a position the team would operate from exclusively until the fourth quarter. A Cowling-to-Anigwe connection would give the Bears their largest lead of the game (22 points; 47-25) with 5:56 to go in the third.

Cal led 54-39 to start the fourth period before the Ducks' last efforts to rally. Oregon started the fourth with back-to-back three pointers and a layup by Lexi Petersen trimmed the Cal lead to single digits (56-47; 5:10) for the first time since the opening quarter.

Anigwe restored order a minute later (4:02) with her final field goal of the contest to put Cal back up by 11 (58-47) and both squads scored seven points each to close the game.

Cal's defensive performance was exceptional, with its highlights coming in threes – the Bears held Oregon to its third-worst shooting performance (38.6 percent) and third-lowest point total (54) of the season, all while forcing its third-most turnovers (21) on the year.

On the offensive end, Cal converted the Ducks' 21 turnovers into 22 points and also outscored Oregon on second chances (13-12), in the paint (40-32), off the bench (7-5) and on the break (16-7).

Petersen paced Oregon with 20 points and Maite Cazorla chipped in 14.

NEXT UP

Cal completes its regular-season schedule with an 11 a.m. PT contest against Oregon State on Sunday, February 28 in Haas Pavilion.

2015-16 TICKETS ON SALE NOW

Season, group and single-game tickets for the 2015-16 women's basketball season are now on sale. Season tickets start as low as $27 ($1.59 per game, 17 games) for youth and seniors and $84 ($4.94 per game, 17 games) for adult general admission tickets, while single-game tickets are available starting at $3 for youth and seniors and $8 for adults. For more information, call the Gold Standard Sales and Service line at (800) GO BEARS (462-3277) or visit the CalBears.com ticket page.

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Cal's one-of-a-kind multimedia fan site, ThisIsCalBasketball.com, is back for its fifth season and once again features an unprecedented look into the inner workings of the personalities behind the Cal women's basketball's roster. Visitors to ThisIsCalBasketball.com can get an in-depth look at the people behind the jerseys, from action and portrait photos to bio videos told in their teammates' own words. New to the site this year is The Challenge, a six-part reality show-style miniseries based on the Bears' Amazing Race-esque hunt around campus.