BERKELEY – The California women's basketball team heads out to Arizona for a set of game beginning with a matchup against Arizona State on Friday, February 10 at 6 p.m. The game can be viewed on Pac-12 Network.
 
This game marks the 82nd all-time meeting between the two programs and will wrap up the season series. Arizona State holds a slight 41-40 series lead, however Cal has three consecutive wins against Arizona State, including one forfeit by the Sun Devils. The last win in Tempe, AZ came on Feb. 8, 2015 in a 50-49 win in which Cal hit a game-winning layup from Penina Davidson.
 
The Sun Devils are led by first year head coach Natasha Adair, who previously coached at Georgetown, Wake Forest, College of Charleston and most recently, the University of Delaware. Arizona State is coming off a 12-14 (4-9) season and is led by Tyi Skinner who is third in the conference in scoring at 18.9 points per game.
 
GAME INFORMATION

• Date & Time: Friday, Feb. 10 | 6:00 p.m. PT
• Location: Tempe, AZ | Desert Financial Arena
• Watch: Pac-12 Network
• Live Stats: StatBroadcast

QUICK HITS

• In the 70-60 loss at Washington State:
  • Cal was led by Kemery Martín who had 11 points and a career-high nine rebounds, marking the third time this season she has grabbed at least eight boards in a game. She hit two 3-pointers in the game and has now hit at least one in 19 straight games.
  • Karisma Ortiz scored a season-high eight points, including two 3-pointers. She has now hit from deep in three of the last four games.
  • After entering halftime with a lead, the Bears gave up a 19-4 run in the third and went down by as much as 14 in the fourth, before going on an 11-3 run and cutting the lead to five points with under two minutes to play.
• 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).
  • Against No. 8 UCLA On Jan. 15, Cal was able to take control of the game early with a 15-2 lead and was down just one point in the fourth quarter before going on a scoring drought to seal the loss. The Bears shot 47.1 percent from deep, their second highest mark of the season.
• 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: 51st turnovers per game (13.9), 57th assist/TO ratio (1.10), 60th 3PT% (34.5)
• This season Cal is averaging 68.9 points per game, the sixth highest average in program history since the 1999-00 season.
• The Bears have done a great job taking care of the ball. Nationally they rank 51st in fewest turnovers per game (13.9) and 57th in asst/to ratio (1.10).
• The Bears are 7-3 when scoring at least 70 points this season.
• With her 3-pointer against Washington State, Curry kept her streak of consecutive regular season games with at least one 3-pointer going at 45 games. Her streak is the longest among all active Pac-12 players and is now tied for the longest streak of any Pac-12 player since the 1999-00 season.

Jayda Curry, Cal	45	11/09/2021 - PRESENT
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
Sabrina Ionescu, Oregon	30	02/11/2018 - 02/15/2019

• Curry is the only player in the Pac-12 who has a hit a 3-pointer in every game this year.
• Cal has two players in the top 10 of the Pac-12 in 3-point makes: Martín (5th) - 48 and Curry (8th) - 45 and 3-point percentage: McIntosh (8th) - 42.4, Martín (11th) - 40.0. Martín's percentage ranks 44th nationally among qualified players. The duo of Curry and Martín rank third in the Pac-12 for 3-point makes (93) is one of only two pairs among Pac-12 schools with 45+ 3-pointers.
• McIntosh is four assists away from entering Cal's Top 10 list for career assists. She currently sits at 360 career assists and has led the team in that category all four of her years here at Cal.
• Evelien Lutje Schipholt's career as a Bear will go down in Cal's history books as she took the fifth spot on Cal's all-time list for career blocks with 104 career blocks.
• Cal is one of two schools in the Pac-12 with two players in the top 10 in assists: McIntosh and Curry are both tied at ninth with 3.7 apg.
• Curry ranks fourth among all sophomores in the Pac-12 in scoring (14.1) and 44th nationally. She has scored in double-figures in all but six games this season.
• Lutje Schipholt has been a steady rock for the team so far leading the team in rebounds (122) and ranking third in scoring at 10.2 points per game (career-high). 55 of her 122 rebounds this season have come on the offensive end which ranks 5th in the Pac-12. Her 45.3 offensive rebounding percentage ranks 1st in the Pac-12 among the top 25 rebounders.
• McIntosh has dramatically improved her accuracy from deep, continuing her year-over-year improvement. She is currently shooting a career-high 42.4 percent from 3-point range and is one of only four players in the Pac-12 shooting at least 47 percent from the field and 42 percent from deep.
• Martín has been one of the Bears' most consistent players from 3-point range this season shooting at a 40.0 percent rate. She has hit at least two 3-pointers in all but nine games this season four of the past seven.
• Off The Bench: Michelle Onyiah has been a key contributor off the bench this season. Onyiah is the leading scorer off the bench (6.0) and has a team-high two double-doubles this season.  In the last six games, 16 of her 32 rebounds have came on the offensive end. Her 44 offensive rebounds ranks in the top 20 of the Pac-12 and she is one of two players on that list who have not started a game this year.
• Cal's offense is coming from multiple sources this season with four Bears averaging at or close to double-figure scoring: Curry - 13.8, Martín – 10.7, Lutje  Schipholt - 10.3, McIntosh - 9.8. Last season only Curry averaged double-figures.
• Peanut Tuitele has been instrumental in helping the Bears control the glass this season, second on the team in rebounding at 5.3 boards per game and has had 34 offensive rebounds so far which ranks in the top 35 in the Pac-12, while having missed two games.
• The Bears' bench has been a solid contributing factor this season accounting for 27.8 percent of the team's scoring to date. Cal's bench has outscored its opponents in all but eight games this season.

 
UP NEXT
The Bears stay on the road to take on Arizona on Feb. 12 at 11 a.m.