The California women's basketball team (9-1) will look for its fifth win this season over a team from the 2024 NCAA Tournament when it hosts the annual Battle of the Bay against Stanford at Haas Pavilion on Friday at 7 p.m. PT.
 
This game marks the 103rd all-time meeting between the two programs with the Cardinal (7-2) having an 81-21 series advantage and winners of 12 straight. Cal's last win against Stanford was an 81-80 victory on Jan. 31, 2019.
 
The most recent meeting took place on Mar. 7, 2024, in the second round of last year's Pac-12 Tournament in Las Vegas when the Bears took an eight-point lead into halftime but were unable to come away with the win.
 
A win on Friday would mark the Bears' best start to a season since they started 13-1 during the 2016-17 season.
 
Stanford is led by first-year head coach Kate Paye, who took over for legendary coach Tara VanDerveer, who spent the previous 38 years at the helm. The Cardinal is led by Nunu Agara, who paces the team in scoring (18.8 points per game) and rebounding (7.0 rebounds per game).
 
Friday's game will be streamed on ACCNX with Dave Benz and Theo Robertson on the call.
 
GAME INFORMATION
Date & Time: Friday, Dec. 13 | 7 p.m. PT
Live Stream: ACCNX
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
 
QUICK HITS
In the 74-66 win over Pacific on Saturday:

• Ioanna Krimili and Marta Suárez posted their first 20-point outings of the season with 22 and 21 points, respectively. It marked the first time two Bears had 20+ points in the same game since three players accomplished the feat during a 90-71 victory over Sacramento State on Nov. 9, 2021 (Jayda Curry, Cailyn Crocker, Evelien Lutje Schipholt).
• Krimili finished with four 3-pointers after hitting her first three in a row to start the game.
• Kayla Williams dished out six assists - her fourth game this season with at least six assists - to go along with three steals.
• The Bears held the Tigers to just seven points on 16.7 percent shooting while shooting 50.0% themselves in the second quarter.

 
NCAA Team Rankings

• Free throws made per game - 15^th (16.6)
• Free throw attempts per game - 18th (22.70)
• 3-point makes per game - 20th (9.5)
• 3-point percentage - 28th (36.9%)
• Scoring - 41st (78.4)
• Field goal percentage - 48th (46.0%)
• Blocks per game - 50th (4.4)

 
Player Notes

• Krimili is currently the nation's leader in both career triples (367) and most career games with at least five made 3-pointers (24). She ranks fourth in the NCAA in career points (2,266) among all active players.
• Krimili and sophomore Lulu Twidale are off to a hot start from beyond the arc. Twidale is 10th in the NCAA with 31 made triples and Krimili is 12th with 30 (through Dec. 8).
• Cal is the only school in the country to have two players (Krimili and Twidale) rank in the top 15 nationally for 3-pointers made (through Dec. 8).
• Krimili and Twidale are the only two players in the NCAA with eight games this season with three or more made 3-pointers.
• For the month of November, Twidale:
  • Ranked fifth in the country in 3-point makes
  • Posted three 20-point games
  • Led the country with eight games with three+ 3-pointers
• Krimili and Twidale are only two of four players in the country with shooting averages of at least 45% from the field, 40% from downtown and 80% from the free throw line (min. 60 3PA, 30 FTA).
• Williams has had an impact on both sides of the ball this season. She, along with just eight other players, lead the country with four games with at least five assists and three steals.

 
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