The California women's basketball team (15-11, 5-9 Pac-12) will look to avenge its loss from earlier this season to Arizona State (11-15, 3-11) when it hosts the Sun Devils on Friday at 7 p.m. PT at Haas Pavilion. The Bears will look to avoid a season sweep by Arizona State, which has not happened since the 2017-18 season.
 
This game marks the 84th all-time meeting between the programs with Arizona State holding a slight 42-41 series lead and having won the last matchup. The last win against the Sun Devils came last February in a 72-61 victory in Tempe, Arizona. The last win at Haas Pavilion came in a 74-61 victory on Jan. 2, 2023.
 
Arizona State is led by second-year head coach Natasha Adair. The Sun Devils return seven players from last year's team and feature seven newcomers highlighted by Jalyn Brown, who enters this weekend second in the Pac-12 in scoring (20.4 ppg) in conference games.
 
In the most recent contest between the teams at Desert Financial Arena in Tempe in January, the Sun Devils jumped ahead by as many as 15 points in the first half but the Bears were able to fight back in the second half to get to within two points multiple times in the fourth quarter before falling 76-71.
 
In Cal's last game at No. 3 Stanford, Michelle Onyiah paced the Bears with 12 points on 4-of-5 shooting and Kemery Martín went 3-for-4 from downtown, the most triples she has hit since Cal hosted Oregon on Jan. 21.
 
Friday's game will air on Pac-12 Arizona with Tracy Warren and Angela Taylor on the call.
 
GAME INFORMATION
Date & Time: Friday, Feb. 23 | 7 p.m. PT
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
Live Stream: Pac-12 Arizona
 
QUICK HITS

• The 15 overall and five conference wins mark the most under head coach Charmin Smith (finished 13-17, 4-14 last season).
• In four of the seven games against ranked opponents this season, the Bears have had a lead or been within single digits in the fourth quarter.
• Cal is 12-0 this season when holding opponents to 60 or fewer points.

 
Player Notes

• Ioanna Krimili is one of just two active players in the country with career averages of at least 17.5 points per game and 40% from 3-point range over at least three seasons. The other is UConn's Paige Bueckers. 
• Krimili leads the Pac-12 during conference play for 3PM (43). Even with missing nine games this season, Krimili is fifth in the Pac-12 for 3PM (51) for the season. She is just six away from passing Alexis Gray-Lawson and Liz Rizzo for the 10th spot on Cal's all-time single-season list.
• Krimili is currently third (behind Caitlyn Clark, Iowa and Abby Hsu, Colombia) among all active players in the country for career 3-pointers made per game (2.8) and eighth for total 3PM (327).
• Krimili is second among all active players in the country for most career games with at least five 3PM (23):
  • Caitlyn Clark, Iowa – 39
  • Ioanna Krimili – 24
  • Abby Hsu, Columbia – 23
  • Sara Scalia, Indiana – 21
  • Hannah Jump, Stanford - 19
• Krimili is one of six players in the nation to shoot at least 44% from the field, 44% from deep and 80% from the free throw line while averaging at least 15.0 points per game. 
• Over her last six games, Krimili is averaging 3.33 3PM per game on 52.6% shooting. That clip ranks sixth in the country over that span (min. 30 attempts).
• Krimili's six 20-point games during conference play are third in the conference behind USC's Juju Watkins (10) and Arizona State's Jalyn Brown (8).
• Krimili and Leilani McIntosh are the Pac-12's top 3-point shooting duo during conference play, having combined for 63 makes from beyond the arc.
• McKayla Williams' 43 offensive rebounds lead all guards in the Pac-12 and rank 19th overall.
• Onyiah has been effective on the glass when she has been on the floor. While averaging just 18.5 minutes per game, she ranks 18th in the Pac-12 in rebounding (6.4). She is the only player in the top 25 in the conference averaging under 20 minutes a contest.
• Onyiah's 75 offensive rebounds rank sixth in the conference.
• Marta Suárez's versatility at the forward position has been on display all year as her 32 made 3-pointers rank fourth in the Pac-12 and 45th in the country among all forwards.
• McIntosh is on pace to average her most assists per game for a season. Her 5.2 assists per game rank second in the Pac-12 and her 135 total assists rank 29th in the country.
• McIntosh is just one point away from joining the 1,000-point club and is five assists away from passing Mazetta Garrett for third on Cal's all-time career list.
• McIntosh is one of only five players in the nation to average at least 10 PPG, 5.0 APG, 1.5 SPG and shoot 40.0% from 3-point range. She is the only player to do it from a major conference.
• McIntosh is shooting 45.9% from deep over her last 10 games.
• McIntosh is the only player in the Pac-12 to rank in the top 10 in both assists and steals while shooting 40% from deep.

Team Notes

• This is one of the best 3-point shooting teams in program history. The 215 made triples are the second most by Cal since 1999, only behind the 2018-19 team that hit 239.
• Cal has hit double-digit 3-pointers in five of the last nine games - the most of any Pac-12 team during that span and second behind Montana for the most of any team in the country (since Jan. 19). The five games with 10+ triples during conference play are second behind Utah (6) for the most in the Pac-12.
• The Bears have secured 20+ offensive rebounds in five games this season – the most of any Pac-12 team. The next closest team is Washington with two.
• The Bears are giving up 65.5 points per game, their lowest total since the 2016-17 season when they gave up 65.1 points per game.
• Cal is the only team in the Pac-12 with three players who rank in the top 17 in total rebounds: Suarez (11th: 168), Onyiah (12th: 164) and Williams (17th: 151).
• Four or more different players scored in double figures in nine games this season, a significant improvement from last season when four players scored in double figures just four times all season.
• The Bears have had 10 or more steals in eight games this season, beating their total (2) from all of last year.
• The Bears have hit 10 or more 3-pointers in 10 games, surpassing last year's total in which they hit double-figure 3-pointers in just one game.

 
Pac-12 Leaders as of Feb. 19 (all games):

• 3PM per game – Krimili, 1st (3.0)
• Assists per game - McIntosh, 2nd (5.2)
• Steals per game – McIntosh, 12th (1.7)
• Total rebounds – Suárez, 11th (168); Onyiah, 12th (164) and Williams, 17th (151)
• Cal 3PM – 2nd (215)

NEXT UP
Cal remains home to take on Arizona on Sunday at Noon PT.  
 
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