DALLAS - The No. 20 California women's basketball team (13-2, 1-1 ACC) looks for its first ACC road win when it takes on SMU (9-5, 1-1) at Moody Coliseum on Sunday at 3 p.m. PT. This game marks the fourth overall meeting between the two programs with SMU owning a 3-0 series advantage, including a win over Cal in the championship game of the Raising The B.A.R. Invitational on Dec. 4, 2022.
 
In that most recent matchup, the game was tied with two minutes left in the third quarter before the Mustangs got hot in the fourth quarter and used a 16-4 run to secure the win.
 
A win would give the Golden Bears their best start to a season since 2012-13 (14-2) – a year in which Cal reached the Final Four.
 
SMU is guided by fourth-year head coach Toyelle Wilson, who guided her team to consecutive WNIT appearances in her first two years at the helm. The Mustangs are led by Nya Robertson (20.1 points per game) and Jessica Peterson, who is averaging a double-double with 10.6 ppg and 12.5 rebounds per game.
 
Sunday's game will be broadcast on ACC Network with Krista Blunk and Brooke Weisbrod on the call.
 
GAME INFORMATION
Date & Time: Sunday, Jan. 5 | 3 p.m. PT
Broadcast: ACC Network
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
 
QUICK HITS
In the 69-58 loss to Clemson on Thursday:

• Michelle Onyiah had her third double-double of the season (11th of her career) with 13 points and 10 rebounds.
• Ioanna Krimili and Marta Suárez rounded out the Bears in double figures with 18 and 12 points, respectively.
• Krimili knocked down three 3-pointers - her 12th game this season with at least three triples.

 
NCAA Team Rankings (as of Jan. 2)

• Total 3-pointers made - 3rd (151)
• 3-point makes per game - 11th (10.1)
• 3-point percentage - 18th (37.7%)
• Field goal percentage defense - 40th (36.4%)
• Field goal percentage - 46th (46.9)
• Scoring - 51st (76.9)

 
Player Notes

• Krimili is currently the nation's leader in both career triples (387) and most career games with at least five made 3-pointers (24). She ranks fifth in the NCAA in career points (2,349) among all active players.
• Krimili and Lulu Twidale are the best 3-point shooting duo in the nation. Krimili is fourth in the NCAA with 50 made triples and Twidale is eighth with 46 (through Jan. 2).
• Krimili and Twidale are two of only five players in the NCAA with at least 10 games this season with three or more made 3-pointers.
• Suárez is averaging 14.8 points per game over her last four outings. She has had two 20+ point outings during that span.
• Suárez's 20 3-pointers this season rank second among all forwards in the ACC.
• Kayla Williams has had at least five assists in four of the last six games and has had six in two of those games. She has also had at least seven rebounds in two of the last four games.
• Onyiah has had two games with five blocks this year, joining only three other players in the ACC to have reached that mark.

 
Team Notes

• 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. No other school has a duo in the top 35.
• Cal is one of only three ACC schools with five different players having scored 20+ points at least once in a game this season (others are Duke and Notre Dame).
• The Bears have been aggressive getting to the free throw line 284 times, which ranks 26th in the NCAA. Cal has had eight games with at least 20 free throw attempts - a mark it only reached four times total last year.
• Cal's depth on the offensive side of the ball has been on display this season as five different Bears have led the team in scoring in a game. All five starters are also averaging over 10 points per game.

 
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