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2016-17 PAC-12 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL // TEAMS 16 CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS QUICK FACTS Location ............................................Berkeley, Calif. Founded .......................................................... 1868 Enrollment ................................................... 38,204 Colors ....................................................Blue & Gold Home Court .......................... Haas Pavilion (11,877) Press Row Phone .............................(510) 642-3098 Chancellor ..................................... Nicholas B. Dirks Faculty Rep ........................................Bob Jacobsen Director of Athletics .......................Michael Williams Assoc. AD/SWA.......................... Jenny Simon-O'Neil Head Coach ..................................... Lindsay Gottlieb Sports Information Dir. .................... Herb Benenson Asst. Dir./WBB SID ..................................MC Barrett Office/Fax ....................... (510) 697-9153/643-7778 Cell ..................................................(510) 697-9153 Email ................................. mc.barrett@berkeley.edu Website .......................................www.calbears.com All-Time Record.......................................... 683-563 First Year .................................................... 1973-74 Pac-12 Record ........................................... 241-294 Pac-12 Tournament........................................ 17-15 NCAA Record ................................................. 11-11 WNIT Record .................................................... 12-8 YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORD (since 1981-82) Year Conf. Place Overall Postseason 81-82 10-2 1 23-10 82-83 12-2 2 17-10 83-84 12-2 4 24-8 WNIT 3rd 84-85 7-5 5 15-12 85-86 7-5 4 16-12 86-87 10-8 5 21-10 WNIT Final 87-88 6-12 6 15-15 88-89 8-10 4 13-15 89-90 9-9 T4 17-12 NCAA 1st 90-91 7-11 7 14-14 91-92 12-6 T3 20-9 NCAA 1st 92-93 10-8 T4 19-10 NCAA 2nd 93-94 2-16 T9 8-20 94-95 5-13 T8 10-17 95-96 3-15 10 7-20 96-97 2-16 10 6-21 97-98 2-16 T9 6-22 98-99 6-12 T6 12-15 99-00 6-12 8 11-17 00-01 8-10 T6 12-16 01-02 2-16 9 7-21 02-03 5-13 9 10-19 03-04 4-14 9 12-17 04-05 4-14 8 11-18 05-06 10-8 6 18-12 NCAA 1st 06-07 12-6 3 23-9 NCAA 1st 07-08 15-3 2 27-7 NCAA 2nd 08-09 15-3 T2 27-7 NCAA S16 09-10 11-7 4 24-13 WNIT Champion 10-11 7-11 6 18-16 WNIT 2nd 11-12 13-5 2 25-10 NCAA 2nd 12-13 17-1 T1 32-4 NCAA FF 13-14 13-5 T2 22-10 NCAA 2nd 14-15 13-5 T3 24-10 NCAA 2nd 15-16 4-14 10 15-17 NorCal Conference member from 1977-1985 Pac-12 Conference member since 1986 No. Name POS HT YR EXP Hometown/High School (Last School) 1 Asha Thomas G 5-4 SO 1V Oakland, Calif./Bishop O'Dowd 3 Mikayla Cowling F 6-2 JR 2V Benicia, Calif./St. Mary's College HS 5 Chen Yue C 6-7 SO 1V Beijing, China/Tsinghua University 11 Sara Anastasieska G 5-11 SO TR Sydney, Australia/Monte Sant Angelo Mercy (UTSA) 12 Penina Davidson F 6-3 JR 2V Auckland, New Zeland/Rangitoto College 20 Ma'Ane Mosley G 5-11 SO 1V Oakland, Calif./St. Mary's College HS 21 Mi'Cole Cayton G 5-9 FR HS Stockton Calf./St. Mary's HS 24 Courtney Range F 6-3 SR 3V Manteca, Calif/Manteca HS 30 Celeste 'CJ' West F 6-4 FR HS Bakersfield, Calif./Garces Memorial HS 31 Kristine Anigwe F 6-4 SO 1V Phoenix, Ariz./Desert Vista HS 33 Jaelyn Brown F 6-1 FR HS Murrieta, Calif./ Vista Murrieta HS 44 KC Waters F 6-2 SR 3V San Ramon, Calif./Bishop O'Dowd HS Head Coach: Lindsay Gottlieb (Brown 1999), 6th year Letterwinners R/L: 8/1 Associate Head Coach: Charmin Smith (Stanford 1997), 10th year Starters returning in bold Assistant Coach: Kai Felton (Randolph-Macon 2000), 6th year Assistant Coach: Wendale Farrow (Eastern Michigan 2009), 1st year • California looks to bounce back from a disappointing season last year, which saw the Golden Bears miss out on the NCAA Tournament for the first time in head coach Lindsay Gottlieb's reign in Berkeley. The Bears also had a sub-.500 record. Both were unexpected. • Despite the results, the Golden Bears showed their promise, picking up wins against top-10 opponents and advancing to the semifinal of the Pac-12 Tournament. Looking to build on that, Cal welcomes back four of its starters from last year, including USBWA National Freshman of the Year Kristine Anigwe. • As a freshman, Anigwe took on a lot of responsibility, putting up big numbers and nearly averaging a double- double. She was the second-highest scoring freshman in the country and second in the Pac-12 among all scorers. She was also top six in rebounding in the Conference. She looks to play a similar role in 2016-17. • Anigwe will have plenty of support with four starters returning, including junior Courtney Range. Range was a big presence in the post, averaging 13.4 points per game and 5.8 rebounds per game. • Sophomore Mikayla Cowling gives the Bears another big presence inside. She, along with Range and sopho- more guard Asha Thomas were the only three players to play in every game, as well as start every game. • The Bears had plenty of talent last year, but depth was an issue, at times playing with as few as seven play- ers. But Gottlieb addressed that issue, adding three freshman this season, two of which were ranked among the top 80 recruits in the country, including Mi'Cole Cayton and Jaelyn Brown. • Though the Golden Bears have just two seniors on the team, the squad brings plenty of experience with its returnees having gained plenty of playing experience over the last two years. Year School Overall Conf. Place/Conf 08-09 UCSB 22-10 15-1 1/Big West 09-10 UCSB 15-17 9-7 5/Big West 10-11 UCSB 19-12 12-4 1/Big West 11-12 California 25-10 13-5 2/Pac-12 12-13 California 32-4 17-1 T1/Pac-12 13-14 California 22-10 13-5 T2/Pac-12 14-15 California 24-10 13-5 T3/Pac-12 15-16 California 15-17 4-14 10/Pac-12 CAL Total (5 yrs) 118-51 60-30 Career Total (10 yrs) 174-90 96-42 LINDSAY GOTTLIEB Head Coach • 6th Year at California Alma Mater: Brown, 1999 118-51 (.698) at California • Overall: 174-90 (.659, 10 Years) The ninth head coach in program history, Gottlieb enters her sixth season in Berkeley ... The Bears have won at least 22 games and earned NCAA Tournament berths in four of five seasons ... Led Cal to tie for its first-ever Pac-12 regular-season title and first-ever NCAA Final Four appearance in 2013 ... First Cal coach to win a NCAA Tournament game in their first season at the helm ... Prior to arriving at Cal, spent three seasons at UC Santa Barbara, leading the Gauchos to two postseason berths and a pair of Big West titles ... Named Big West Coach of the Year in 2009. 2016-17 CALIFORNIA ROSTER TEAM OUTLOOK GOTTLIEB'S RECORD Arizona ......................................................... 32-30 Arizona State ................................................. 35-34 Colorado ........................................................... 9-6 Oregon .......................................................... 32-36 Oregon State ................................................. 38-31 Stanford ........................................................ 19-67 UCLA ............................................................ 22-49 USC .............................................................. 28-39 Utah ............................................................... 12-6 Washington ................................................... 22-45 Washington State .......................................... 43-22 SERIES RECORDS