Pac 12 Preview: Cal

Pac 12 Preview: Cal

Last Season: 20-14 overall and 6-12 in conference play.

The Coaches:
Lindsay Gottlieb is in her 7th 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 11th season at Cal and is now the Associate Head Coach.
Kai Felton is back for her 7th year at Cal. Kai has been an Assistant at Oregon, 2 years, and at USC, 5 years.
Wendale Farrow is in his 2nd season.


Losses:
For the 2nd straight year al has only one notable loss. Country Range averaged 9 points and 5 rebounds. Range also had 40 threes although at 30%.

Additions:
Alaysia Styles is a 6-3 Forward from La Jolla Country Day School. Styles averaged 21 points and 13 rebounds as a HS Sr and was ranked # 90.
Sara Anastasieska is a 5-11 Guard from Australia. Sara is a transfer from U of Texas San Antonio where she scored 5 points per game. She sat out this past season at Cal and will now play.

Kianna Smith is a 6-0 Guard from SoCal. Smith averaged 21 points as a HS Sr and was a McD All American, ranked # 17. Her Dad coaches at Cal State Fullerton where her brother plays.



The Schedule: Cal plays UConn, Kentucky, BYU and St Mary’s. Cal plays the Oregon schools only away Utah and Colorado only at home.



The Team:
Kristine Anigwe is a 6-4 Jr Center. Last season she averaged 21 points and 9 rebounds. The down side was 3 turnovers per game, however that was an improvement. Anigwe was ranked as high as 13 out of HS and was a McD All American.

Mikayla Cowling is a 6-2 Sr Forward who scored 9 points and grabbed 4 rebounds per game.

Asha Thomas is a 5-4 Jr Guard. Thomas is from Oakland and last season averaged 9 points and 3 assists per game. Thomas also led the team with 63 threes at 38%.

Penina Davidson is a 6-3 Sr Post or Wing. Last season she averaged 6 points and 5 rebounds per game.

Mi’Cole Clayton is a 5-9 Soph Guard who averaged 6 points per game.

CJ West is a 6-4 Soph Post who averaged 3 points and 3 rebounds in 8 minutes.

Jaeyln Brown is a 6-1 Soph Wing, who averaged 5 points and 2.5 rebounds in 16 minutes.

MaAne Mosley is a 5-11 Jr Wing. Mosley is from Oakland and this past season she averaged just 1 point in very limited play
Chen Yue is a 6-7 Jr Center from China who played just 58 minutes this past season.



Predictions:
Cal started last year winning their first 13, then went 7-14. The Bears have talent, however have been so unpredictable the past two seasons.



2018 Recruiting:
MacKenzie Forbes, 6-0 Wing from NorCal ranked # 20