California Golden Bears
Pac-12 (21-9, 13-5)
Big Wins: 1/3 Oregon State (72-63), 2/9 at Washington State (87-70), 2/23 at USC (76-67)
Bad Losses: 11/15 at George Washington (72-75), 1/24 USC (70-77), 3/1 Washington (65-70)
Coach: Lindsay Gottlieb (3 seasons at California)
Probable Starters:
Reshanda Gray, Junior, Forward, 17.6 ppg, 9.0 rpg
Brittany Boyd, Junior, Guard, 14.5 ppg, 5.8 apg, 6.8 rpg, 2.9 spg
Afure Jemerigbe, Senior, Guard, 11.9 ppg, 2.2 apg
Justine Hartman, Junior, Forward, 3.4 ppg, 2.3 rpg
Mikayla Lyles, Senior, Guard, 4.3 ppg
Key Roleplayers:
Gennifer Brandon, Senior, Forward, 8.3 ppg, 8.3 rpg
Courtney Range, Freshman, Forward, 5.6 ppg, 6.4 rpg
Mercedes Jefflo, Freshman, Guard, 4.3 ppg, 1.4 apg
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 70.0 (115th in nation, 7th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 64.9 (120, 6)
Field-Goal Percentage: 39.8 (202, 7)
Field-Goal Defense: 38.3 (87, 4)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 4.2 (263, 9)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 28.2 (252, 10)
Free-Throw Percentage: 65.6 (279, 12)
Rebound Margin: 5.4 (54, 5)
Assists Per Game: 12.5 (235, 11)
Turnovers Per Game: 15.0 (106, 6)
Recent Postseason Appearances:
2013 NCAA Round of 64 win over Fresno State
2013 NCAA Round of 32 win over South Florida
2013 NCAA Regional Semifinal win over LSU
2013 NCAA Regional Final win over Georgia
2013 NCAA National Semifinal loss to Louisville
2012 NCAA Round of 64 win over Iowa
2012 NCAA Round of 32 loss to Notre Dame
2011 NIT Round of 64 win over Cal Poly
2011 NIT Round of 32 loss to Colorado
2010 NIT Round of 64 win UC-Davis
2010 NIT Round of 32 win over Utah
2010 NIT Regional Semifinal win over Oregon
2010 NIT Regional Final win over BYU
2010 NIT National Semifinal win over Illinois State
2010 NIT National Final win over Miami
2009 NCAA Round of 64 win over Fresno State
2009 NCAA Round of 32 win over Virginia
2009 NCAA Regional Semifinal loss to Connecticut
2008 NCAA Round of 64 win over San Diego
2008 NCAA Round of 32 loss to George Washington
2007 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Notre Dame
*all team stats through 3/6
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