Cal Hosts Oregon In Play4Kay Game - California Golden Bears Athletics

BERKELEY – The California women's basketball team (10-9, 1-7) continues its homestand against Oregon on Friday. Tipoff is scheduled for 7:00pm and the game can be viewed on the Pac-12 Network Oregon.

This game will serve as our annual Play4Kay game as the team will be wearing its special pink uniforms and fundraising for the Kay Yow Cancer Fund in honor of Olympic gold medal-winning and Naismith Hall of Fame coach, Kay Yow, who was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 1987 and passed away on January 24, 2009. Since its inception in 2007, the Kay Yow Cancer Fund has awarded $7.88 million to support scientific research and projects that serve the underserved in the fight against all cancers affecting women.

This game marks the 79th all-time meeting between the two programs with the Ducks holding a 45-33 series record and winners of seven straight. The Bears' last win came in a 55-49 victory in Eugene on Feb. 24, 2017.

Oregon is led by ninth-year head coach Kelly Graves and is coming off a 20-12 season and a berth to the NCAA Tournament. The Ducks are led by Endyia Rogers and the Pac-12's leading rebounder, Phillipina Kyei, and freshman scorer, Grace VanSlooten.

GAME INFORMATION

Date & Time: Friday, Jan. 27 | 7:00 p.m. PT
Location: Berkeley, CA. | Haas Pavilion
Watch: Pac-12 Network Oregon
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
Radio: KALX

QUICK HITS

In the 87-62 loss to No. 8 Utah:
- Cal was led by Jayda Curry, who had 15 points and a game and career-high eight assists. The eight assists are tied for the second highest single-game total in Pac-12 play.
- Leilani McIntosh joined Curry in double-figure scoring with 10 points and has now reached double-figures in eight of her last nine games.
- McIntosh and Mia Mastrov hit two 3-pointers each. McIntosh has hit at least two 3-pointers in nine games this season.
- Utah came into the game averaging 9.4 steals per game, but was only able to come away with one steal, its lowest single-game total for the season. This was the second time Cal gave up only one steal in a game this season.
Against Top 10 opponents:
- Against then No. 9 Notre Dame on Nov. 12, Cal scored the most 3-pointers (9) and points (79), had the most assists (17) and steals (12 - only opponent to register double-digit steals) against Notre Dame among any of its opponents this season. Opponents include No. 5 UConn, No. 9 Virginia Tech and No. 13 Maryland.
- In the first meeting at No. 2 Stanford on Dec. 23, Cal shot 43.9 percent from deep, the highest percentage allowed by Stanford, held Stanford to just 29.2 percent from 3-point range, its fourth lowest percentage of the season and the 69 points the Bears put up were the third highest total allowed by the Cardinal all season. In the second meeting at home on Jan. 8, Cal held them to its lowest FG (32.3) and 3PT (20.0) percentages and 3PT makes (4) of the season while outperforming them in all three categories along with its lowest scoring output (60 points).
In five of the seven losses to ranked opponents, Cal has had a lead or trailed by no more than three points in the fourth quarter.
Team national rankings: 45th 3PT% (35.1), 59th TOs per game (14.2), 59th turnovers per game (14.2), 65th assist/TO ratio (1.04)
This season Cal is averaging 70.2 points per game, the third highest average in program history since the 1999-00 season.
This season, the Bears have done a great job distributing the ball, while keeping turnovers low. Nationally they rank 59th in asst/to ratio (1.11) and 59th in fewest turnovers per game (14.2).
The Bears are 7-2 when scoring at least 70 points this season.
With her 3-pointer against Utah, Curry kept her streak of consecutive regular season games with at least one 3-pointer going at 41 games. Her streak is the longest among all active Pac-12 players and is now the second longest streak of any Pac-12 player since the 1999-00 season.

Shay Murphy, USC	45	02/18/2005 - 01/05/2007
**Jayda Curry, Cal**	41	11/09/2021 - PRESENT
Kelsey Plum, Wash	38	01/17/2016 - 02/10/2017
Sabrina Ionescu, Oregon	34	01/29/2017 - 02/04/2018
Sabrina Ionescu, Oregon	30	02/11/2018 - 02/15/2019

Cal has two players in the top 11 of the Pac-12 in 3-point makes: Martín (5th) - 41 and Curry (8th) - 38 and 3-point percentage: McIntosh (4th) - 45.3, Martín (11th) - 41.8. Martín's percentage ranks 33rd nationally among qualified players. The duo of Curry and Martín ranked second in the Pac-12 for 3-point makes (79).
Curry ranks third among all sophomores in the Pac-12 in scoring (14.2) and 34th nationally. She has scored in double-figures in all but five games this season. She averaged 17.7 points per game for the month of December, 5th in the Pac-12.
Evelien Lutje Schipholt has been a steady rock for the team so far leading the team in rebounding at 5.6 boards per game and ranking fourth in scoring at 10.0 points per game (career-high). 49 of her 107 rebounds this season have come on the offensive end which ranks 5th in the Pac-12. Her 45.8 offensive rebounding percentage ranks 1st in the Pac-12 among the top 25 rebounders.
Leilani McIntosh has dramatically improved her accuracy from deep, continuing her year-over-year improvement. She is currently shooting a career-high 45.3 percent from 3-point range (ranked 4th in the Pac-12) and is one of only two players in the Pac-12 shooting at least 49 percent from the field and 45 percent from deep.
Martín has been one of the Bears' most consistent players from 3-point range this season shooting at a 41.8 percent rate. She has hit at least two 3-pointers in all but six games this season. She is shooting 48 percent from deep over her last five games.
Off The Bench: Both Michelle Onyiah and Jadyn Bush have been key contributors off the bench this season. Onyiah is averaging 5.6 points and 5.6 rebounds over her last seven games and has a team-high two double-doubles this season. In just 8.1 minutes per game, Bush is averaging 5.9 points and 3.2 rebounds.
Cal's offense is coming from multiple sources this season with four Bears averaging double-figure scoring: Curry - 14.2, Martín – 10.9, McIntosh - 10.4, Lutje Schipholt - 10.0. Last season only Curry averaged double-figures.
Peanut Tuitele has been instrumental in helping the Bears control the glass this season, ranking second on the team in rebounding at 5.5 boards per game and has had 23 offensive rebounds so far which ranks in the top 30 in the Pac-12, while having missed two games.
The Bears' bench has been a solid contributing factor this season accounting for 28.0 percent of the team's scoring to date. Cal's bench has outscored its opponents in all but six games this season.

UP NEXT
The Bears stay home to face Oregon State on Jan. 29 at 1:00 p.m.

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