The California women's basketball team will wrap up the Acrisure Classic when it takes on former Pac-12 foe Arizona in the third-place game of the tournament on Wednesday at 11 a.m. PT at Acrisure Arena in Palm Springs.
 
This marks the 77th meeting between the two programs with the series knotted at 38-38, although Arizona holds a seven-game win streak going into this contest. The last time the Bears defeated the Wildcats was in a 55-54 victory on March 1, 2020 in Tucson. In the most recent matchup, Lulu Twidale had her best game as a Bear going off for 24 points (9-of-11) and six triples (6-of-7).
 
A win against Arizona would give Cal its third victory against a 2024 NCAA Tournament team after having already defeated Gonzaga and Auburn in the past two weeks.
 
Arizona is led by ninth-year head coach Adia Barnes who guided the team to a fourth-straight NCAA Tournament in 2023-24. The Wildcats feature six returners from last year's team highlighted by leading scorer (13.0 points per game) and rebounder (8.0 rebounds per game) Breya Cunningham and Jada Williams, who was named to the Pac-12 All-Freshmen team last year.
 
Wednesday's game will air on TruTV with Cindy Brunson and Christy Winters-Scott on the call.
 
GAME INFORMATION
Date & Time: Wednesday, Nov. 27 | 11 a.m. PT
Live Stream: TruTV
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
 
QUICK HITS
In the 78-72 loss to Michigan State on Tuesday:

• Cal outscored Michigan State 22-5 in the second quarter and had a 12-point lead heading into the fourth quarter.
• Michelle Onyiah recorded two blocks to put her in fifth place on Cal's all-time blocks list.
• Lulu Twidale posted her third 20-point outing of the season with 20 points which included three 3-pointers.
• Both Michelle Onyiah and Marta Suárez registered a double-double each. Onyiah had 13 points and 10 rebounds while Suárez scored 14 points, with three 3-pointers, and pulled down 11 rebounds.
• Ioanna Krimili added 15 points and five assists.
• Freshman Gabrielle Abigor blocked a career-high three shots.
• The Bears went to the line 24 times, their fifth game with at least 20 attempts this season.

• Krimili is currently the nation's leader in both career triples (359) 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. Twidale is third in the NCAA with 25 made triples and Krimili is ninth with 22.
• Cal is the only school in the country to have two players (Krimili and Twidale) rank in the top 10 nationally for 3-pointers made (through Nov. 26).
• Entering Tuesday's game, Krimili and Twidale were the only two players in the country with shooting averages of at least 50% from the field, 40% from downtown and 85% from the free throw line (min. 40 3PA).
• Natalia Ackerman has been incredibly productive off the bench, averaging 4.4 points and 4.1 rebounds in just 10.3 minutes per game. She is also 11-for-17 from the field so far this season.
• Entering Wednesday's game, Cal has hit 72 triples this season, which ranks second in the nation.
• The Bears have been aggressive this season getting to the line 156 times, which ranks 10th in the NCAA currently.

 
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