After a dominating win over 10th-seeded Virginia in the second round of the ACC Tournament on Thursday, the seventh-seeded California women's basketball team will face the No. 2 seed and sixth-ranked Notre Dame in the quarterfinals today at 2 p.m. PT at First Horizon Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. The game will air on ESPN2.
 
Notre Dame owns a 4-0 advantage in the series with two of the meetings occurring in the NCAA Tournament.
 
•A win against Notre Dame would be Cal's highest ranked win since beating then-No. 5 Stanford on Jan. 13, 2013. It would also give the Bears three ranked wins in a season for the first time since 2019-20.
 
Friday's game will air on ESPN2 with Pam Ward and Stephanie White on the call.
 
GAME INFORMATION
Date & Time: Friday, Mar. 7 | 2 p.m. PT
Broadcast: ESPN2
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
 
QUICK HITS
In the win over Virginia on Thursday:

• Michelle Onyiah and Marta Suarez each had 16 points and 10 rebounds for their 11th and fifth double-doubles of the season, respectively. Onyiah has now posted three straight double-doubles.
• It marked the fourth time this season that the duo each had a double-double in the same game.
• Cal hit nine triples and set a new program record for most 3-pointers in season with 286, beating the previous record of 282 which was set last season.
• The total also broke into the ACC's all-time single-season top 10 list, taking the eighth spot.
• Lulu Twidale added 16 points as well along with 4-of-8 from long distance. 

NCAA Team Rankings (as of Mar. 7)

• Total 3-pointers made - 10th (286)
• 3-point makes per game - 17th (8.9)
• Field goal percentage - 32nd (45.8)
• 3-point percentage - 42nd (35.2)
• Scoring - 55th (74.0)

Milestone Watch

• Ioanna Krimili is just five 3-pointers shy of moving into sixth place on the ACC's all-time single-season top 10 list.
• Cal is just 10 3-pointers away from taking the seventh spot on the ACC's all-time single-season top 10 list.

Player Notes

• On Tuesday, Krimili was named to the All-ACC Second Team.
• Over her last four regular season games, Krimili averaged 15.5 points per game on 48.8% shooting from the field and 51.4% from deep.
• Twidale's last three games to end the regular season was her best stretch dishing the ball of her career with totals of 5-6-6 assists over those three games. The six assists tied her career high.
• Krimili is currently the nation's leader in both career triples (421) and most career games with at least five made 3-pointers (28) among active players. She ranks fourth in the NCAA in career points (2,569) among all active players and ranks 64th all-time in NCAA DI women's basketball (since 1981-82).
• Krimili and Twidale are the best 3-point shooting duo in the nation. Krimili is ranked seventh (95) while Twidale is ranked 12th (89) in made 3-pointers. No other school has a duo who rank in the top 20.
• Twidale leads all sophomores in the nation in made 3-pointers.
• Marta Suarez has scored in double figures in all but four games during conference play (including the ACC Tournament), averaging 13.8 points per game over that stretch along with averaging 7.8 rebounds per game - which both lead the team.
• Suarez is one of only 13 forwards in the country and only one of three in the ACC shooting at least 46% from the field and 32% from deep (min. 100 3PTA).
• Kayla Williams is one of just four players in the nation shooting at least 49.0% from the field, 39.0% from deep and totaling at least 125 assists on the season. The other three are Paige Bueckers (UConn), Olivia Miles (Notre Dame) and Katie Dinnebier (Drake).
• Over her last three games, Onyiah has averaged 22.0 ppg (on 69.0% shooting) and 10.0 rpg.
• Onyiah is setting career single-season highs across several categories this year: FG% (60.9), rebounding (7.4), scoring (12.2) and double doubles (11). She shot 63.0% from the field during ACC play.
• Eight of Onyiah's 11 double-doubles this season have occurred during ACC play, which rank second in the conference. She's registered a double-double in five of her last eight games, including her last three.

Team Notes

• Cal has had one of its best stretches of the season during the last five games, averaging 10.6 3-pointers, 18.8 assists and just 13.6 turnovers per game while shooting 47.5% from the field and 40.8% from deep.
• Cal's 3-point shooting has come alive lately. After a seven-game stretch where it didn't reach double-figure triples, the Bears have hit 10+ in three of the past five games.
• Cal is one of 32 teams in the country with at least three Quad 1 wins.
• Cal is currently 9-5 against teams from the 2024 NCAA Tournament with wins over No. 19 Alabama, No. 21 NC State, Florida State, Gonzaga, Auburn, Arizona, Syracuse and Stanford (twice).
• Entering this week, Cal is one of only five schools in the country to have five players averaging over 10 points per game.
• Four of the Bears' seven losses this season have come against teams that were ranked or receiving votes at the time.

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