Pac 12 Preview: Cal

Pac 12 Preview: Cal

Last Season: 15-17 overall and 4-14 in conference play.

The Coaches:
Lindsay Gottlieb is in her 6th year as Head Coach at Cal after 3 years as Head Coach at UCSB and two years before that as the lead Assistant at Cal.
Charmin Smith with 2 degrees from Stanford returns for her 10th season at Cal and is now the Associate Head Coach.
Kai Felton is back for her 6th year at Cal. Kai has been an Assistant at Oregon, 2 years, and at USC, 5 years.
Jeff Cannon is in his 2nd year at Cal, coming from five years as an assistant at Long Beach State.

Losses: Gabby Green transferred to Loyola Marymount. Last season Green averaged 5 points and 5 rebounds per game and was a close 2nd on the team in assists.


Additions:
Jaelyn Brown is a 6-1 Frosh Wing from SoCal. Brown was ranked # 39 last season. She tore her ACL before her Sr year and was born with club feet so she has overcome a lot.
CJ West is 6-4 frosh Center from Bakersfield. West was ranked # 48. Has two siblings and they also went to college on athletic scholarships.
Mi’Cole Cayton is a 5-9 Guard from St Mary’s of Stockton ranked # 78. Cayton had committed to Nebraska but de-committed when the Coach left under pressure.
Sara Anastasieska Is a 5-11 Soph Guard who will sit out this season after transferring from Texas San Antonio. She scored 5 points per game last season.


The Schedule: Cal plays St Mary’s, Nebraska and Oklahoma all on the road. Cal plays the Washington schools only away and the LA schools only at home.


The Team:
Kristine Anigwe is a 6-4 Soph Center. Last season she averaged 20 points and 9 rebounds. The down side was almost 4 turnovers per game, but a year’s experience should solve that. Anigwe was ranked as high as 13 out of HS and was a McD All American.

Mikayla Cowling is a 6-2 Jr Forward who scored 11 points and grabbed 5 rebounds per game. Cowling made 39 threes at a team high 39%.

Courtney Range is a 6-3 Sr who scored 13 points and had 6 rebounds per game.

Asha Thomas is a 5-4 Soph Guard. Thomas averaged 8 points and 4 rebounds per game.

Penina Davidson is a 6-3 Jr Post or Wing. Last season she averaged 6 points and 4 rebounds per game.

MaAne Mosley is a 5-11 Soph Wing. Mosley is from Oakland and ranked as high as 69 and in the 100-150 range by the other services. This past season she averaged 3 points and 2 rebounds per game.

Chen Yue is a 6-7 Frosh Center from China. Yue is pretty much an unknown having played just 46 minutes last season before an injury sidelined her.
KC Waters is a 6-2 Sr post who hasn’t played much.


Predictions: Well for sure much better than last season.


2016 Recruiting:
Alaysia Styles a 6-1 Wing from CA, ranked # 30
Kianna Smith a 5-9 PG from CA ranked # 27