After a successful 5-0 homestand, the California women's basketball team hits the road to participate in the Hoopfest event at the Comerica Center in Frisco, Texas. The Golden Bears (5-1) will first take on Grand Canyon (1-5) on Monday at 5 p.m. PT before facing Auburn (6-0) on Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. PT.
 
This is just the second meeting between the Bears and Lopes with Cal winning the sole matchup, 72-53, on Dec. 29, 2019 at Cal.
 
Grand Canyon is coming off a 32-3 season in which it won the WAC Tournament title and earned an appearance in the NCAA Tournament. The Lopes are led by first-year head coach Winston Gandy and feature a pair of double-digit scorers in Chloe Mann (12.6 ppg) and Ale'jah Douglas (11.6 ppg).
 
A win against the Lopes will give Cal its second win this season against a team from the 2025 NCAA Tournament after having already defeated Harvard at its annual Raising The B.A.R. Invitational last week.
 
Monday's game will be streamed on Flo Sports.
 
GAME INFORMATION
Date & Time: Monday, Nov. 24 |5:00 p.m. PT
Broadcast: Flo Sports
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
 
QUICK HITS
In the 70-62 win over Saint Mary's on Thursday:

• Sakima Walker scored a career-high 25 points on 11-of-15 from the field and nearly had her second double-double of the season with nine rebounds, while adding three blocks.
• Puff Morris dished out a career-high 12 assists which matched a Cal freshman single-game record (since 2002-03). Former Bear Kianna Smith also had 12 assists as a freshman against Manhattan on Nov. 24, 2017.
• For the second straight game, Lulu Twidale knocked down four 3-pointers on the way to 18 points while adding three rebounds and four assists.      

Starting Five

• Morris was named this week's ACC Rookie of the Week after helping Cal to a 3-0 week in which she averaged 9.7 points and 4.3 rebounds per game while leading the team with 13 assists and seven 3-pointers.
• Taylor Barnes and Morris are the only freshmen duo in the ACC to rank in the top 10 among all rookies in the conference in points scored, 3-pointers, rebounds and assists.
• Morris' 12 3-pointers and 30 assists this season lead all freshmen in the ACC. Nationally she is the only freshman in the country to rank in the top five in both categories among all rookies.
• After hitting just one 3-pointer over the first three games, Twidale has hit eight in the last two games on 50% shooting.
• Dating back to the 2023-24 season, Cal has won 16 straight regular season nonconference games at Haas Pavilion. 

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