Cal Wraps Road Trip At Boston College
Naya Ojukwu is coming off a season-best 25 points against Syracuse.

Cal Wraps Road Trip At Boston College

Bears Look To Extend Series Lead To 3-1

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The California women's basketball team (10-9, 1-5 ACC) will wrap its road trip to the Northeast with a game against Boston College at the Conte Forum in Chestnut Hill on Sunday morning at 9 a.m. PT.
 
This will be just the fourth meeting between the two programs with Cal owning a 2-1 series advantage and having won the previous matchup 72-63. This will be the first time the Bears play at Boston College.
 
Boston College is currently 4-16 overall and 0-7 in ACC play and is led by eighth-year head coach Joanna Bernabei-McNamee. The Eagles are led by Lily Carmody who paces the team in scoring at 11.6 points per game and Athena Tomlinson who ranks third in the ACC with 101 assists.
 
Sunday's game will stream on ACCNX with Eric Gallanty and Josh Maurer on the call.
 
GAME INFORMATION
Date & Time: Sunday, Jan. 18 | 9:00 a.m. PT
Broadcast: ACCNX
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
 
QUICK HITS
In the 90-87 loss at Syracuse in 3OT:
  • Naya Ojukwu posted a game and season-high 25 points (on 9-of-18) in just 24 minutes.
  • Lulu Twidale posted her first career double-double with 16 points and a career-high 12 assists
  • Taylor Barnes had her second career double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds
  • It marked the first triple overtime game in Cal program history.
  • The 87 points scored were the most in a conference game for Cal since joining the ACC.            
Starting Five
  • Over her last three games, Gisella Maul is averaging a near double-double at 10.5 points and 9.8 rebounds per game. During ACC play she is averaging 8.8 rebounds per game which ranks seventh in the ACC.
  • Over her last four games, Ojukwu is averaging 15.3 points per game and 4.8 rebounds per game off the bench.
  • Over her last three games, Walker is averaging 16.7 points per game and has led the team in scoring in two of those contests.
  • Twidale is averaging 3.3 made 3-pointers over her last four games and has made four in back-to-back games.
  • Cal is one of nine schools in the country to have played at least seven Quad 1 games this season.
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