After losing back-to-back games for the first time all season, the California women's basketball team (19-6, 7-5 ACC) will look to get back on track when it hosts Boston College (13-13, 4-9) at Haas Pavilion on Thursday at 7 p.m. PT.
 
This marks just the third meeting between the two programs with the series tied at 1-1. Both teams last met in an 81-69 Boston College victory at the Maggie Dixon Surf 'n Slam Tournament in San Diego on Dec. 28, 2009.
 
A win against Boston College would give Cal its first 20-win season under head coach Charmin Smith and its first since 2018-19. It would also mark the most conference wins under Smith.
 
Boston College is led by seventh-year head coach Joanna Bernabei-McNamee who has led her team to a pair of 20-win seasons during her tenure. The Eagles are led by three players who average double-figure scoring highlighted by T'yana Todd, who averages 14.0 points per game.
 
Thursday's game will be streamed on ACCNX with Dave Benz and Theo Robertson on the call.
 
GAME INFORMATION
Date & Time: Thursday, Feb.13 |7 p.m. PT
Broadcast: ACCNX
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
 
QUICK HITS
In the loss at No. 3 Notre Dame Sunday:

• Three players scored in double figures led by Lulu Twidale's 14 points to go along with three 3-pointers.
• Marta Suarez added 10 points and was two rebounds away from a double-double with eight boards. In the game, she passed 500 rebounds for her career.
• Ioanna Krimili tied her season high with four steals - one shy of her career high.
• Kayla Williams knocked in two triples - her 10th game this season with multiple hits from deep.

NCAA Team Rankings (as of Feb. 10)

• Total 3-pointers made - 14th (223)
• 3-point makes per game - 18th (8.9)
• Field goal percentage - 45th (45.4)
• 3-point percentage - 44th (34.8%)
• Scoring - 65th (73.0)

Player Notes

• Krimili was named to the Ann Meyers Drysdale National Player of the Week Watch List – which consists of 50 of the top women's college basketball players in the country.
• On Feb. 4, Krimili and Kayla Williams were named to the Women's College All-Star Game Watch List, comprised of 70 of the top seniors in the country.
• Krimili's 409 career 3-pointers rank 14th on the NCAA's all-time career list. She needs to hit 16 more to move into a tie for 10th place all time.
• Krimili and Twidale are the best 3-point shooting duo in the nation. Krimili is ranked seventh (72) while Twidale is ranked eighth (71) (through Feb. 10). No other school has a duo who have combined for more made 3-pointers or rank in the top 25.
• While Krimili holds Cal's single-season 3-point record at 72, Twidale's 71 triples this season rank second on the list.
• Twidale leads all sophomores in the nation in made 3-pointers (through Feb. 10).
• Marta Suarez has scored in double figures in all but two games during conference play averaging 13.7 points per game over that stretch - the second highest on the team. She also leads the team in rebounding (7.3 rebounds per game) during ACC play.
• Suarez is one of only 11 forwards in the country and only one of two in the ACC shooting at least 46% from the field and 34% from deep (min. 90 3PTA).
• Williams is just one of two players in the nation shooting at least 49.0% from the field and 40.0% from deep and totaling at least 100 assists on the season. The other is Notre Dame's Olivia Miles.
• Michelle Onyiah is setting career single-season highs across several categories this year: FG% (60.1), rebounding (7.1) and scoring (10.8). During ACC play she is shooting 62.7% from the field.
• Onyiah sits at 992 career points - just eight away from reaching the 1,000-point milestone. She would become just the second Bear since 2020 (Jaelyn Brown in 2020 and Leilani McIntosh in 2024) to join Cal's 1000-point club.
• Of the 379 active players with 1,000 career points only 66 have at least 750 rebounds - a club that Onyiah will join once she hits 1,000 points. Of the 397 players only 32 are shooting at least 53.0% from the field which is Onyiah's career field goal percentage. Of those 379 players only 17 are shooting at least 53.0% for their career and have grabbed 750 rebounds - Onyiah would be the 18th.

Team Notes

• At 19-6, Cal is off to its best overall start under Smith and since the 2012-13 season (19-2). Cal's six road wins are the most under Smith.
• The Bears are one of 24 teams in the country with three Quad 1 (NET) wins.
• Cal is currently 8-5 against teams from the 2024 NCAA Tournament with wins over No. 19 Alabama, No. 21 NC State, Florida State, Gonzaga, Auburn, Arizona and Stanford (twice).
• Entering this week, Cal is 1 of only 10 schools in the country to have five players averaging over 10 points per game.
• Four of the Bears' six losses this season have come against teams that were ranked or receiving votes at the time.

 
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