Coming off the win against Boston College on Thursday, the California women's basketball team (20-6, 8-5 ACC) will look to earn its second home ACC weekend sweep of the season when it hosts Syracuse (10-14, 4-9) on Sunday at Haas Pavilion at 3 p.m. PT.
 
A win against Syracuse would match the most wins in a season for Cal since 2017-18 (21-11) and give the Bears their ninth win against a team from the 2024 NCAA Tournament.
 
This marks just the second meeting between the two programs with Cal winning the first matchup, 57-53, on Nov. 22, 2002.
 
Syracuse is led by third-year head coach Felisha Legette-Jack who led the Orange to the second round of the 2024 NCAA Tournament. The Orange feature three players who average double figures in scoring led by Georgia Woolley (15.2 points per game).
 
Sunday's game will air on the ACC Network with Krista Blunk and Mary Murphy on the call.
 
GAME INFORMATION
Date & Time: Sunday, Feb.16 |3 p.m. PT
Broadcast: ACC Network
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
 
QUICK HITS
In the win over Boston College on Thursday:

• Michelle Onyiah scored 21 points and became the 32nd player in program history to surpass 1,000 career points. She also added 11 rebounds for her seventh double-double of the season - a career high.
• Marta Saurez nearly had her own double-double with 18 points and nine rebounds to go along with five assists (one shy of her career high).
• The Bears collected their 20th win of the season for the first time under head coach Charmin Smith and since the 2018-19 season.
• Cal had a huge advantage inside outscoring Boston College 38-18 in the paint while shooting 50.0% from the field for the game. 

NCAA Team Rankings (as of Feb. 15)

• Total 3-pointers made - 14th (228)
• 3-point makes per game - 17th (8.8)
• Field goal percentage - 39th (45.5)
• 3-point percentage - 57th (34.3%)
• 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 412 career 3-pointers rank 13th on the NCAA's all-time career list. She needs to hit 13 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 (75) while Twidale is ranked 13th (72) (through Feb. 15). 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 75, Twidale's 72 triples this season rank second on the list.
• Twidale leads all sophomores in the nation in made 3-pointers (through Feb. 15).
• Marta Suarez has scored in double figures in all but two games during conference play averaging 14.0 points per game over that stretch – which leads the team. She also leads the team in rebounding (7.5 rebounds per game) during ACC play.
• Suarez is one of only 10 forwards in the country and only one of two in the ACC shooting at least 47% 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.
• Onyiah is setting career single-season highs across several categories this year: FG% (61.2), rebounding (7.2) and scoring (11.0). During ACC play she is shooting 63.5% from the field.
• Of the 379 active players with 1,000 career points Onyiah is one of only 18 that have shot at least 53.0% and grabbed at least 750 rebounds over their career.

Team Notes

• At 20-6, Cal is off to its best overall start under Smith and since the 2012-13 season (20-2). Cal's six road wins are the most under Smith.
• Entering the week, 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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