The California women's basketball team (10-8, 1-4 ACC) will look add to its ACC win total when it takes on Syracuse (14-3, 4-2) at the JMA Dome for the first time in program history on Thursday at 3 p.m. PT.   
 
This will be just the third overall meeting between the two teams with Cal having won both of the previous matchups. In last year's 75-69 win at Haas Pavilion, Lulu Twidale knocked down three triples on the way to 13 points in the game.
 
Syracuse is currently 14-3 overall and 4-2 in conference play and is led by fourth-year head coach Felisha Legette-Jack, who is also a graduate of Syracuse. The Orange feature standout freshman Uche Izoje, who has been named the ACC Rookie of the Week four times this season and ranks second on the team in scoring (13.4 points per game). Izoje also leads the team in rebounding (8.6 rebounds per game) and the ACC in blocks at 2.9 blocks per game.
 
Thursday's game will stream on ACCNX with A.J. Myers and Joseph Duffey on the call.
 
GAME INFORMATION
Date & Time: Thursday, Jan. 15 | 3:00 p.m. PT
Broadcast: ACCNX
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
 
QUICK HITS
In the 61-52 Cal win over Wake Forest:

• Sakima Walker paced all scorers with 17 points (7-of-14) and added three blocks for her 11th multi-block game of the season.
• Mjracle Sheppard pulled down a game and career-high 10 rebounds.
• Lulu Twidale knocked down four of Cal's eight 3-pointers.
• Naya Ojukwu scored eight timely points – all in the fourth quarter.
• It marked the sixth time this season that the Bears held their opponents to 52 points or less.

             
Starting Five

• Over her last three games, Gisella Maul is averaging a double-double at 11.7 points and 10.0 rebounds per game. During ACC play she is averaging 8.8 rebounds per game, which ranks seventh in the ACC.
• Over her last three games, Ojukwu is averaging 12.0 points per game and 5.3 rebounds per game off the bench.
• Over her last four games, Walker is averaging 15.0 points per game and has led the team in scoring in three of those contests.
• The Bears have held seven of nine power 4 opponents to under their season scoring average and all three ranked opponents to an average of 9.3 points below their scoring average.
• Cal is 1 of 13 schools in the country to have played at least six Quad 1 games this season.

 
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The California women's basketball team (10-8, 1-4 ACC) will look add to its ACC win total when it takes on Syracuse (14-3, 4-2) at the JMA Dome for the first time in program history on Thursday at 3 p.m. PT.   
 
This will be just the third overall meeting between the two teams with Cal having won both of the previous matchups. In last year's 75-69 win at Haas Pavilion, Lulu Twidale knocked down three triples on the way to 13 points in the game.
 
Syracuse is currently 14-3 overall and 4-2 in conference play and is led by fourth-year head coach Felisha Legette-Jack, who is also a graduate of Syracuse. The Orange feature standout freshman Uche Izoje, who has been named the ACC Rookie of the Week four times this season and ranks second on the team in scoring (13.4 points per game). Izoje also leads the team in rebounding (8.6 rebounds per game) and the ACC in blocks at 2.9 blocks per game.
 
Thursday's game will stream on ACCNX with A.J. Myers and Joseph Duffey on the call.
 
GAME INFORMATION
Date & Time: Thursday, Jan. 15 | 3:00 p.m. PT
Broadcast: ACCNX
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
 
QUICK HITS
In the 61-52 Cal win over Wake Forest:

• Sakima Walker paced all scorers with 17 points (7-of-14) and added three blocks for her 11th multi-block game of the season.
• Mjracle Sheppard pulled down a game and career-high 10 rebounds.
• Lulu Twidale knocked down four of Cal's eight 3-pointers.
• Naya Ojukwu scored eight timely points – all in the fourth quarter.
• It marked the sixth time this season that the Bears held their opponents to 52 points or less.           

Starting Five

• Over her last three games, Gisella Maul is averaging a double-double at 11.7 points and 10.0 rebounds per game. During ACC play she is averaging 8.8 rebounds per game, which ranks seventh in the ACC.
• Over her last three games, Ojukwu is averaging 12.0 points per game and 5.3 rebounds per game off the bench.
• Over her last four games, Walker is averaging 15.0 points per game and has led the team in scoring in three of those contests.
• The Bears have held seven of nine power 4 opponents to under their season scoring average and all three ranked opponents to an average of 9.3 points below their scoring average.
• Cal is 1 of 13 schools in the country to have played at least six Quad 1 games this season. 

STAY POSTED
For further coverage of Cal women's basketball, follow the Bears on X/Twitter (@CalWBBall), Instagram (@CalWBBball) and Facebook (/CalWBBall/).