2018–19 California Golden Bears women's basketball team


The 2018–19 California Golden Bears women's basketball team represented University of California, Berkeley during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Golden Bears, led by eighth year head coach Lindsay Gottlieb, played their home games at the Haas Pavilion as members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 20–13, 9–9 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 women's tournament where they lost to Stanford. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated North Carolina in the first round before losing to Baylor in the second round.

2018–19 California Golden Bears women's basketball
NCAA Women's Tournament, second round
ConferencePac-12 Conference
Record20–13 (9–9 Pac-12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Charmin Smith
  • Kai Felton
  • Wendale Farrow
Home arenaHaas Pavilion
Seasons
2018–19 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 7 Oregon 16 2   .889 33 5   .868
No. 6 Stanford 15 3   .833 31 5   .861
No. 11 Oregon State 14 4   .778 26 8   .765
No. 20 UCLA 12 6   .667 22 13   .629
No. 22 Arizona State 10 7   .588 22 11   .667
Utah 9 9   .500 20 10   .667
California 9 9   .500 20 13   .606
Arizona 7 11   .389 24 13   .649
USC 7 11   .389 17 13   .567
Washington State 4 14   .222 9 21   .300
Washington 2 15   .118 11 21   .344
Colorado 2 16   .111 12 18   .400
2019 Pac-12 Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

Roster edit

2018–19 California Golden Bears women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 McKenzie Forbes 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Folsom Oakland, CA
G 1 Asha Thomas 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Sr Bishop O'Dowd Oakland, CA
F 4 Alaysia Styles 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So La Jolla Country Day School San Diego, CA
C 5 Chen Yue 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) RS Jr Tsinghua University Beijing, China
G 11 Sara Anastasieska 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS Jr Monte Sant Angelo Mercy
UTSA
Sydney, Australia
G 14 Kianna Smith 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Troy Moreno Valley, CA
G 20 MeAne Mosley 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Saint Mary's College Oakland, CA
G 21 Mi'Cole Cayton 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS So Saint Mary's College Stockton, CA
G 22 Archer Olson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Henry M. Gunn Palo Alto, CA
G 24 Receé Caldwell 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Sr Homeschooled
Texas Tech
Hemet, CA
F 30 Celeste West 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Jr Garces Memorial Bakersfield, CA
F/C 31 Kristine Anigwe 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Sr Desert Vista Phoenix, AZ
G 33 Jaelyn Brown 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Vista Murrieta Murrieta, CA
G 34 Sierra Richey 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Rancho Campana Camarillo, CA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule edit

[1]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/01/2018*
7:00 pm
No. 24 Westmont W 79–62 
Haas Pavilion (987)
Berkeley, CA
Non-conference regular season
11/06/2018*
7:00 pm
No. 24 Houston W 80–79  1–0
Haas Pavilion (1,246)
Berkeley, CA
11/11/2018*
11:00 am
No. 24 at Penn State W 75–58  2–0
Bryce Jordan Center (2,406)
University Park, PA
11/13/2018*
3:00 pm, TheW.tv
No. 23 at BYU W 70–52  3–0
Marriott Center (425)
Provo, UT
11/18/2018*
2:00 pm
No. 23 Pacific W 81–69  4–0
Maples Pavilion (502)
Stanford, CA
11/23/2018*
4:00 pm
No. 18 vs. Tulane
USD Thanksgiving Tournament
W 65–57  5–0
Jenny Craig Pavilion (421)
San Diego, CA
11/24/2018*
4:00 pm
No. 18 at San Diego
USD Thanksgiving Tournament
W 70–53  6–0
Jenny Craig Pavilion 
San Diego, CA
12/02/2018*
2:00 pm
No. 15 Cal State Northridge W 67–42  7–0
Haas Pavilion (1,654)
Berkeley, CA
12/08/2018*
2:00 pm, TheW.tv
No. 13 at Saint Mary's W 81–78 OT 8–0
McKeon Pavilion (763)
Moraga, CA
12/16/2018*
2:00 pm
No. 13 UC Santa Barbara W 69–45  9–0
Haas Pavilion 
Berkeley, CA
12/22/2018*
12:00 pm, P12N
No. 14 No. 1 Connecticut L 66–76  9–1
Haas Pavilion (10,818)
Berkeley, CA
12/30/2018*
2:00 pm
No. 14 Harvard L 79–85  9–2
Haas Pavilion (2,319)
Berkeley, CA
Pac-12 regular season
01/04/2019
7:00 pm, P12N
No. 18 UCLA L 79–84 OT 9–3
(0–1)
Haas Pavilion (2,107)
Berkeley, CA
01/06/2019
3:00 pm, P12N
No. 18 USC W 66–59  10–3
(1–1)
Haas Pavilion (2,212)
Berkeley, CA
01/11/2019
6:00 pm, P12N
No. 24 at Arizona L 55–60  10–4
(1–2)
McKale Center (2,557)
Tucson, AZ
01/13/2019
4:00 pm, P12N
No. 24 at No. 19 Arizona State L 61–62  10–5
(1–3)
Wells Fargo Arena (2,348)
Tempe, AZ
01/18/2019
11:30 am
Washington State W 77–63  11–5
(2–3)
Haas Pavilion (4,836)
Berkeley, CA
01/20/2019
2:00 pm, P12N
Washington W 79–70  12–5
(3–3)
Haas Pavilion (2,095)
Berkeley, CA
01/25/2019
6:00 pm, P12N
at No. 21 Utah L 74–87  12–6
(3–4)
Jon M. Huntsman Center (4,071)
Salt Lake City, UT
01/27/2019
12:00 pm, P12N
at Colorado W 80–60  13–6
(4–4)
CU Events Center (2,303)
Boulder, CO
01/31/2019
8:00 pm, P12N
No. 8 Stanford W 81–80  14–6
(5–4)
Haas Pavilion (3,117)
Berkeley, CA
02/02/2019
4:00 pm, P12N
at No. 8 Stanford L 50–75  14–7
(5–5)
Maples Pavilion (4,066)
Stanford, CA
02/08/2019
8:00 pm, P12N
No. 3 Oregon L 82–105  14–8
(5–6)
Haas Pavilion (2,719)
Berkeley, CA
02/10/2019
1:00 pm, P12N
No. 7 Oregon State L 74–82  14–9
(5–7)
Haas Pavilion (3,220)
Berkeley, CA
02/15/2019
8:00 pm, P12N
at USC L 76–86  14–10
(5–8)
Galen Center (412)
Los Angeles, CA
02/17/2019
4:00 pm, P12N
at UCLA L 74–80  14–11
(5–9)
Pauley Pavilion (2,721)
Los Angeles, CA
02/22/2019
7:00 pm, P12N
No. 17 Arizona State W 69–60  15–11
(6–9)
Haas Pavilion (1,667)
Berkeley, CA
02/24/2019
2:00 pm
Arizona W 82–76 OT 16–11
(7–9)
Haas Pavilion (2,432)
Berkeley, CA
03/01/2019
7:00 pm
at Washington W 71–65  17–11
(8–9)
Alaska Airlines Arena (2,333)
Seattle, WA
03/03/2019
12:00 pm, P12N
at Washington State W 80–58  18–11
(9–9)
Beasley Coliseum (713)
Pullman, WA
Pac-12 Women's Tournament
03/07/2019
6:00 pm, P12N
(7) vs. (10) Washington State
First Round
W 77–58  19–11
MGM Grand Garden Arena 
Paradise, NV
03/08/2019
6:00 pm, P12N
(7) vs. (2) No. 7 Stanford
Quarterfinals
L 54–72  19–12
MGM Grand Garden Arena 
Paradise, NV
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/23/2019*
12:30 pm, ESPN2
(8 C) vs. (9 C) North Carolina
First Round
W 92–72  20–12
Ferrell Center 
Waco, TX
03/25/2019*
6:00 pm, ESPN
(8 C) at (1 C) No. 1 Baylor
Second Round
L 63–102  20–13
Ferrell Center (5,367)
Waco, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
C=Chicago Region.
All times are in Pacific Time.

Rankings edit

Ranking Movement
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Poll Pre Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 5 Wk 6 Wk 7 Wk 8 Wk 9 Wk 10 Wk 11 Wk 12 Wk 13 Wk 14 Wk 15 Wk 16 Wk 17 Wk 18 Wk 19 Final
AP 24 23 18 15 13 13-T 14 14 18 24 RV RV RV RV N/A
Coaches RV RV^ 23 18 13 13 13 13 19 21 RV RV RV RV RV

^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "W Basketball - Schedule - California Golden Bears - University of California Official Athletic Site". calbears.com.