Bears Host Oregon State Sunday

BERKELEY – The California women's basketball team (10-10, 1-8) wraps up its homestand against Oregon State (11-9, 3-6) on Sunday. Tipoff is scheduled for 1:00pm and the game can be viewed on the Pac-12 Network Oregon.

This game marks the 79th all-time meeting between the two programs with the Beavers holding a 40-38 series advantage and 12-game winning streak. The Bears' last win came in a 72-63 home win on Jan. 3, 2014.

Oregon State is led by head coach Scott Rueck, who is in his 13th year with the program and is coming off a 17-14 season in 2021-22, which included a run to the quarterfinals of the WNIT. The Beavers return just one starter in Talia von Oelhoffen, who ranks sixth in the Pac-12 in scoring (15.3) and features freshman Raegan Beers who leads the Pac-12 and is second among the country's freshmen in that category.

GAME INFORMATION

Date & Time: Sunday, Jan. 29 | 1:00 p.m. PT
Location: Berkeley, CA. | Haas Pavilion
Watch: Pac-12 Network Oregon
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
Radio: KALX

QUICK HITS

In the 78-73 loss to Oregon:
- Cal was led by Jayda Curry and Kemery Martín who had 13 points each.
- Curry added eight assists, tying her career-high and reaching the total for the second consecutive game.
- Martín hit three 3-pointers, reaching the mark for the seventh time this season.
- The Ducks came into the game leading the Pac-12 and ranking eighth in the country in 3-point percentage but were held to just 15.3 percent and three made 3-pointers, both season lows.
- Oregon took advantage of a significant disparity at the free-throw line, going 17-for-21 while Cal was limited to just nine attempts.
- McIntosh would hit two free-throws to give Cal a one-point lead with 1:52 left, but the Bears went scoreless from the field the rest of the way, while Oregon went 3-for-4 to close out the game and sneak away with the win.
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: 44th 3PT% (35.0), 57th assist/TO ratio (1.04), 58th turnovers per game (14.2)
This season Cal is averaging 70.3 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 57th in asst/to ratio (1.04) and 58th in fewest turnovers per game (14.1).
The Bears are 7-3 when scoring at least 70 points this season.
With her 3-pointer against Oregon, Curry kept her streak of consecutive regular season games with at least one 3-pointer going at 42 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**	42	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 (4th) - 44 and Curry (8th) - 39 and 3-point percentage: McIntosh (1st) - 46.3, Martín (11th) - 41.5. Martín's percentage ranks 34th nationally among qualified players. The duo of Curry and Martín ranked second in the Pac-12 for 3-point makes (83).
Curry ranks third among all sophomores in the Pac-12 in scoring (14.2) and 33rd 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 rebounds (107) and ranking fourth in scoring at 9.8 points per game (career-high). 49 of her 107 rebounds this season have come on the offensive end which ranks 7th in the Pac-12. Her 47.1 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 46.3 percent from 3-point range (ranked 1st in the Pac-12) and is the only player in the Pac-12 shooting at least 50 percent from the field and 46 percent from deep.
Martín has been one of the Bears' most consistent players from 3-point range this season shooting at a 41.5 percent rate. She has hit at least two 3-pointers in all but six games this season. She is shooting 45.7 percent from deep over her last six games.
Off The Bench: Both Michelle Onyiah and Jadyn Bush have been key contributors off the bench this season. Onyiah is averaging 6.3 points and has grabbed eight rebounds in two of the last three 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 at or close to double-figure scoring: Curry - 14.2, Martín – 11.1, McIntosh - 10.4, Lutje Schipholt - 9.8. Last season only Curry averaged double-figures.
Peanut Tuitele has been instrumental in helping the Bears control the glass this season, ranking first on the team in rebounding at 5.5 boards per game and has had 31 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 seven games this season.

UP NEXT
The Bears head on the road to take on Washington on Friday, Feb. 3 at 7 p.m.

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