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2/7/2019 9:16 AM | Women's Basketball
Cal Returns To Berkeley For Friday Night Matchup Against No. 3 Oregon
Cal vs No. 3 Oregon
Friday, Feb. 8 | 8 PM PT | Haas Pavilion | Berkeley, CA | Pac-12 Networks
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BERKELEY - The Cal women's basketball team returns to Haas Pavilion focused on opportunity. The Golden Bears host a pair of AP Top-10 opponents this weekend, with No. 3 Oregon (21-1, 10-0 Pac-12) and No. 7 Oregon State (19-3, 9-1 Pac-12) heading to the Bay Area. The Bears will take on the Ducks at 8 p.m. PT on Friday night before a 1 p.m. showdown with the Beavers on Sunday. Having already earned one major upset win at home with last week's victory over No. 8 Stanford, Cal has the chance to make a statement yet again heading into the back stretch of conference play.
Cal senior Kristine Anigwe also has the opportunity to cement her name atop the record books. Anigwe enters the weekend with 2,320 career points, tied with Colleen Galloway '81 for the most points by any player - male or female - in Cal basketball history. With her next basket, Anigwe will officially break Galloway's 38-year-old record and become the outright leading scorers in school history. The reigning Pac-12 Player of the Week and Citizen Naismith National Player of the Week, Anigwe is coming off of one of the most impressive weekends of her career, posting back-to-back 20-point, 20-rebound performances in Cal's weekend split against No. 8 Stanford. Anigwe extended her double-double streak to 22 in a row, now the fifth-longest streak in Division I Women' Basketball History as she averaged 22.5 points and 22.0 rebounds in two games against the Cardinal.
Anigwe and the Bears will be taking on a high-powered Ducks squad led by reigning Pac-12 Player of the Year Sabrina Ionescu. The all-time NCAA leader in triple-doubles, Ionescu is in the midst of a stellar junior campaign and leads the Ducks in both scoring (18.6 points per game) and assists (8.4 assists per game). Oregon enters the weekend on a 14-game winning streak, the longest active winning streak in the nation, and has won 16 consecutive games in conference play dating back to last season.
The Bears and Ducks met just once last season, a 91-54 victory for Oregon in Eugene. Oregon has won three of the last five meetings between the teams, though neither side has won back-to-back games in the series since a streak of six Golden Bear wins from 2012-15.
FOLLOW THE ACTION
Fridays's game against the Ducks will be broadcast live on Pac-12 Networks with Tammy Blackburn and Kate Scott on the call. Live stats will also be available. Fans can receive additional in-game updates and behind-the-scenes information by following the Bears social media accounts (Twitter: @CalWBBall, Instagram: @CalWBBall).
SCOUTING THE DUCKS
Oregon heads to Berkeley on a 14-game winning streak, the longest active win streak in Division I women's basketball. The Ducks' lone loss of the season came on December 9 on the road at Michigan State, falling to the Spartans, 87-79. Oregon is off to its best start in conference play at 10-0 and has won its last 16 games in Pac-12 play, its last conference loss coming to Stanford at home on February 4, 2018
Oregon boasts the top offense in the nation, averaging 89.6 points per game this season and has all five starters averaging double-figures on the year. The Ducks are led by reigning Pac-12 Player of the Year Sabrina Ionescu, who attended nearby Miramonte High School. The NCAA's all-time triple-double leader, Ionescu leads Oregon in scoring at 18.9 points per game and leads the nation in assists, averaging 8.4 per game this season.
Head coach Kelly Graves is in his fifth season with the Ducks, leading Oregon to a pair of Elite 8 appearances in 2017 and 2018. The Ducks were picked first in the Pac-12 Preseason Coaches Poll and return four starters from last season's team that won the Pac-12 Tournament.
UP NEXT
The Bears will be back in action at Haas Pavilion on Sunday, hosting No. 7 Oregon State at 1 p.m. PT.. The Beavers (19-3, 9-1 Pac-12) open the weekend on the Farm, squaring off against No. 11 Stanford at 8 p.m. PT on Friday. Oregon State heads to the Bay Area on a four-game winning streak and 9-1 overall in conference play, its lone loss coming to Arizona State in double overtime. Cal will be looking to snap a seven-game losing streak vs the Beavers, its longest active losing streak against any Pac-12 foe. The Bears will celebrate National Girls and Women in Sports Day on Sunday, with an on-court halftime clinic run by members of the Cal Volleyball, Field Hockey, Women's Soccer, and Dance Teams. The Cal women's basketball program also welcomes its decades of alums back to Haas Pavilion on Sunday for its annual Alumnae Day.
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).
