Bears Set To Play Pacific Saturday Night

Bears Set To Play Pacific Saturday Night

Tipoff Is Scheduled For 8 P.M. On Pac-12 Network

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BERKELEY – The California women's basketball team (6-2) continues play at Haas Pavilion taking on the Pacific Tigers (5-4) this Saturday. 
 
Tipoff is scheduled for 8 p.m. and the game can be viewed on the Pac-12 Network.

Saturday's meeting against Pacific will mark the 28th all-time in the series history with Cal holding a 25-2 series record. The two teams last played on Nov. 18, 2018 in a 81-69 Bears win.
 
GAME INFORMATION
  • Date & Time: Saturday, Dec. 10 | 8 p.m. PT
  • Location: Berkeley, CA. | Haas Pavilion
  • Watch: Pac-12 Network
  • Live Stats: StatBroadcast
QUICK HITS
  • In the 70-56 loss to SMU:
    • Jayda Curry had a solid all-around game leading the Bears with 15 points, which included three 3-pointers, while adding five rebounds and five assists.
    • Leilani McIntosh was the only other Bear to score in double-figures with 11 points and Evelien Lutje Schipholt tied for a game-high nine rebounds, which also marked a season-high. 
    • Cal was without three players who normally see significant minutes off the bench: Jadyn Bush, Claudia Langarita and Amaya Bonner.
    • The Bears held the Mustangs to zero second chance points, the first time they have done so against an opponent this season. 
  • With three 3-pointers against SMU, Curry kept her streak of consecutive regular season games with at least one 3-pointer going at 30 games. Her streak is the longest among all active Pac-12 players and is tied with former Oregon Duck Sabrina Ionescu for the fourth longest streak of any Pac-12 player since the 1999-00 season.
Shay Murphy, USC 45 02/18/2005 - 01/05/2007  
Kelsey Plum, Wash     38 01/17/2016 - 02/10/2017
Sabrina Ionescu, Oregon 34 01/29/2017 - 02/04/2018
Jayda Curry, Cal    30 11/09/2021 - PRESENT
Sabrina Ionescu, Oregon 30 02/11/2018 - 02/15/2019
  • Lutje Schipholt has been a steady rock for the team so far leading the team in rebounding at 6.3 boards per game and ranking second in scoring at 10.5 points per game, which is a career-high and the first season she is averaging double-digit scoring. 22 of her 50 rebounds this season have come on the offensive end which ranks 10th in the Pac-12.
  • McIntosh has dramatically improved her accuracy from deep, continuing her year-over-year improvement. She is currently shooting a career-high 47.6 percent from 3-point range (ranked 6th in the Pac-12), a significant improvement from last season when she finished at 36.2 percent.
  • Kemery Martín has been one of the Bears' most consistent players from 3-point range this season shooting at a 39 percent rate. She has hit at least two 3-pointers in 5 of 8 games and 3 out of the last 4.
  • Jadyn Bush has provided a positive impact every time she comes off the bench for the Bears. In just 8.7 minutes per game she is averaging 6.8 points per game. She had a season-high 15 points against Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Dec. 3. 
  • The Bears' bench has been a solid contributing factor this season accounting for 33.0 percent of the team's scoring to date. Cal's bench has outscored its opponents in all but one game this season.
  • Cal's offense is coming from multiple sources this season with three Bears averaging double-figure scoring: Curry - 14.0, Lutje Schipholt - 10.5, Martín - 10.3. This is a marked improvement over last season when Curry was the lone Bear to average double-figures.
  • Curry is currently on the Naismith Trophy Women's Watch List which represents the top 50 players in the country.
UP NEXT
The Bears will continue play at Haas Pavilion taking on UC San Diego on Dec. 16 at 7 p.m. 

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