California Women's Basketball 2014 NCAA Tournament Capsule

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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