No. 25 Cal at No. 16 Oregon State
Sunday, Feb. 4 | 1 PM PT | Gill Coliseum | Eugene, Oregon | Pac-12 Networks
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CORVALLIS, Oregon  - After allowing a season-high 91 points in Friday night's loss at No. 6 Oregon, the Cal women's basketball team will look to respond on Sunday, squaring off against No. 16 Oregon State on Sunday at 1 p.m. PT at Gill Coliseum. The Beavers (16-6, 7-4 Pac-12) are also looking to bounce back from a Friday night defeat, falling to No. 24 Stanford, 60-57. 

Sunday's game will be the only meeting between the Bears and Beavers during the regular season. Oregon State has owned the matchup as of late, winning the last six matchups between the schools. The Bears and Beavers squared off three times last season, including a 65-49 defeat in the quarterfinals of the 2017 Pac-12 Tournament.

Cal looks to end that skid on Sunday and earn its first win of the season against a ranked foe. At 6-5 in conference play, the Bears are shooting 44.9 percent from the floor this season, tied for the third-highest mark in the Pac-12. Offensively, the Bears have been led this season by juniors Kristine Anigwe  and Asha Thomas, who are averaging, 16.9 points per game and 11.0 points per game, respectively. Anigwe  is among the conference leaders in scoring, rebounding, and field goal percentage, and enters Sunday's game four rebounds shy of 800 for her career. The junior from Phoenix eclipsed 1,700 career points in  Friday's game vs  Oregon and is currently seventh on Cal's all-time scoring list.

In the Bears outing vs Oregon, Cal also received big contributions off the bench, as Jaelyn Brown (14 points) and freshman Alaysia Styles (12 points) registered season-highs in scoring.

The Bears will look to level their record at 3-3 on the road in conference play, taking on an Oregon State squad that leads the conference in field goal percentage defense. Offensively, the Beavers are also tied for the conference lead in field goal percentage, shooting 49.6 percent from the floor this season.

FOLLOW THE ACTION
Sunday's game against the Ducks will be broadcast live on Pac-12 Networks with Ann Schatz and Mary Murphy on the call. The game can also be viewed on the Pac-12 live stream, with live stats also available. Fans can receive additional in-game updates and behind-the-scenes information by following the Bears social media accounts (Twitter: @CalWBBall, Instagram: @CalWBBall).

LAST TIME OUT
The Cal women's basketball team had no answer for Oregon's high-powered offense on Friday night, falling to the sixth-ranked Ducks, 91-54, at Matthew Knight Arena. The league-leading Ducks outscored Cal by a margin of 56-31 in the second and third quarters combined, as the Bears dropped back-to-back games for just the second time this season. 

Sophomore guard Jaelyn Brown led the Bears with a season-high 14 points off the bench while freshman Alaysia Styles added a career-best 12 points in the defeat. Brown finished the game 3-3 from three-point range, matching her best-ever outing from beyond the arc while also going a perfect 5-5 from the foul line. Oregon's Sabrina Ionescu led all scorers with 28 points and added 11 assists, while Ruthy Hebard and Satou Sabally also scored in double figures for the Ducks, adding 18 and 10 points, respectively.

After holding the Ducks to just 16 points on 1-5 shooting from beyond the arc in the first quarter, the Ducks' offense came alive in the second, connecting on 4-of-7 attempts from deep to take a 46-29 lead into the locker room. The hot shooting continued in the second half, as Oregon finished the game 9-19 from beyond the arc (47.4 percent) and 34-66 from the floor (51.5 percent). 

The Ducks outrebounded the Bears, 40-28, and turned 13 Cal turnovers into 21 points. Kristine Anigwe led Cal with eight rebounds while freshman point guard Kianna Smith dished out six assists to go with just one turnover in 34 minutes of action. 

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
The three-time defending regular season Pac-12 champions, Oregon State is currently tied for fourth in the conference rankings at 7-4 in Pac-12 play. The Beavers are coming off a 60-57 defeat to No. 24 Stanford on Friday night at Gill Coliseum. After trailing 21-15 after the first quarter, the Beavers came back and led by as many as six points late in the third quarter before the Cardinal closed out the win on the road.  Katie McWilliams led Oregon State with 16 points, going 4-9 from beyond the arc, while Mikayla Pivec and Taylor Kalmer also scored in double-figures for the Beavers


The Beavers are led in scoring by senior center Marie Gulich, who averages 16.4 points per game and leads the Pac-12 in field goal percentage, shooting 65.8 percent on the season. Sophomore guard Kat Tudor is second on the team in scoring at 12.9 points per game on the season and is shooting 44.5 percent from three-point range this season, which ranks fifth in the conference. Classmate Mikayla Pivec is also averaging double-figures (11.5 PPG) and averaged 15 PPG in Oregon State's three wins vs Cal last season.

Now in his eighth season with the Beavers, head coach Scott Rueck returns two starters and seven letterwinners from  last season's squad that claimed at least a share of the Pac-12 regular season title for the third consecutive season. The Pac-12 Preseason Coaches Poll had the Beavers ranked fourth, one spot ahead of the Golden Bears

UP NEXT
Cal returns to Berkeley next weekend for a pair of games against the mountain schools. Cal's annual Play4Kay and Breast Health Awareness Weekend, the Bears host Colorado at 7 p.m. PT on Friday, February 9, before taking on Utah at 2 p.m. PT on Sunday, February 11.. Cal split the series with Colorado last season, with each team registering a victory away from home. The Buffaloes (12-10, 3-8 Pac-12) and Utes (14-8, 5-6) square off on Sunday afternoon in Boulder. Colorado won the first meeting between the schools, 69-65, on Thursday.

 2017-18 TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW
Season, group and single-game tickets for the 2017-18 women's basketball season are now on sale. Season tickets start as low as $40 ($2.67 per game, 15 games) for youth and seniors and $80 ($5.33 per game, 15 games) for adult general admission tickets. Single-game tickets are available starting at $4 for youth and seniors and $5 for adults, while flex and partial plans are also available purchase. For more information, call the Gold Standard Sales and Service line at (800) GO BEARS (462-3277) or visit the CalBears.com ticket page.

JOIN THE JOURNEY: THE RETURN OF THISISCALBASKETBALL.COM
Cal's one-of-a-kind multimedia fan site, ThisIsCalBasketball.com, is back for its seventh 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 personalities behind the jerseys, from action and portrait photos to bio videos and conversations between current players and alumnae.

STAY POSTED
Keep up-to-date on the latest Cal women's basketball news by following the Bears on social media. View behind-the-scenes photos and videos and learn more about Cal and its student-athletes on Twitter (@CalWBball), Instagram (@CalWBball) and Facebook (Facebook.com/CalWBball).