After earning back-to-back road wins over the past 10 days, the undefeated California women's basketball team (4-0) returns home to host Grambling State on Wednesday at 7 p.m. PT at Haas Pavilion. This marks the first matchup between the two programs.
 
Grambling State (2-2) was picked to finish first in the SWAC preseason coaches poll and is led by second-year head coach Courtney Simmons, who guided the team to a 23-10 (15-3 SWAC) record in 2023-24. The Tigers feature four players who are averaging double-figure scoring, led by Kahia Warmsley, who is averaging 14.3 points per game.
 
Thursday's game will be streamed on ACCNX with Dave Benz and Theo Robertson on the call.
 
GAME INFORMATION
Date & Time: Wednesday, Nov. 20 | 7 p.m. PT
Live Stream: ACCNX
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
 
QUICK HITS

• In the 86-65 win over Gonzaga on Thursday:
  • Cal ended Gonzaga's 37-game home winning streak. The home loss marked just the fourth for the Zags since the 2018-19 season and the first since Feb. 5, 2022.
  • Kayla Williams had her best game as a Bear by far, posting season highs of 25 points (9-of-12) and four triples (4-of-6) to go along with six assists and four steals. She is one of only four players in the country to have a game with at least 20 points, four 3-pointers, five assists and four steals. She is the only one in the group to have dished out six assists.   
  • The Bears forced the Zags (1-2) into a season-high 24 turnovers which led to 29 points.
  • Ioanna Krimili and Marta Suárez had four and three steals respectively to add to Cal's season-high 15 takeaways.
• Krimili is currently the nation's leader in both career triples (351) and most career games with at least five made 3-pointers (24).
• Krimili and Twidale are off to a hot start from beyond the arc. They've connected on 14 each, which is tied for fourth in the nation; they are both shooting over 48% from downtown and 50% from the field.
• Cal is the only school in the country to have two players (Krimili and Twidale) rank in the top five nationally for 3-pointers made through the first two weeks of play. In fact, no school has two players in the top 60 in the country.
• Krimili is the nation's only member of the 50-40-90 club (min. 20 3PA, 10 FTA). She has only missed one free throw (13-of-14) this season.
• Williams has been incredibly efficient over her last two outings, shooting over 50% from the field (65.2) and from 3-point range (63.6).
• Natalia Ackerman has been incredibly productive off the bench. She is averaging 6.0 points and 4.8 rebounds in just 12.8 minutes per game. She is also 9-for-11 from the field so far this season.
• Onyiah is currently five blocks away from taking the fifth spot on Cal's all-time list. She would pass recent graduate ('22) Evelien Lutje Schipholt.
• Entering the third week of play, Cal has hit 44 triples, which are tied for sixth in the nation.
• The Bears have put up a combined 346 points through the first four games of the season, which is the third most in program history through the first four games of a campaign. They put up 347 over that span in both the 2012-13 and 1994-95 seasons.
• Cal has topped the 80-point mark in the first four games of the season for the first time since the 2012-13 season. The Bears have never topped 80 points for five straight games to open a season in program history.

 
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