Pac 12 Preview: Cal

Last Season: 20-13 overall and 9-9 in conference play.

The Coaches:
Charmin Smith with 2 degrees from Stanford returns for her 13th season at Cal and is now the Head Coach. Charmin left Cal for the WNBA this Spring and in June was named the Head Coach when Lindsay Gottlieb left Cal for the WNBA.

Kai Felton is back for her 8th year at Cal. Kai has been an Assistant at Oregon, 2 years, and at USC, 5 years.

Wendale Farrow is in his 4th season.
April Phillips is in her first year after one year at Arizona. April graduated from Xavier playing in the NCAA against Stanford in the famous 4.4 seconds game.


Losses:
Kristine Anigwe averaged 22 points and 16 rebounds.

Asha Thomas averaged 10 points and also 60threes at 36%.

Kianna Smith transferred to Louisville after averaging 10 and making 55 threes at 35%.

Mackenzie Forbes transferred to Harvard after averaging 5 point and making 34 threes at 36%.

Recee Caldwell averaged 10 points and mage 61 threes at 36%.

Mo Mosley averaged one point.

Losses accounted for all but 22 threes and 16 points per game.
Also Lauren Fields signed in November but got her release and is at Oklahoma State



Additions:
Leilani McIntosh, 5-5 Frosh Guard from Phoenix, not ranked

Cailyn Crocker 5-9 Frosh Guard from SoCal, ranked # 66 on PN and not ranked ESPN

Jazlen Green 5-11 Frosh Guard from SoCal, not ranked. However she missed her Jr year and travel with a knee injury came back to be Southern Section D2 Player of the Year .

Evelien Lutje Schipholt, 6-2 Frosh Forward from the Netherlands. She averaged 12 points and 11 rebounds in the European 18U tournament.



The Schedule:
Cal hosts Arkansas, Penn State and Kentucky and will play at UConn. In league play they play only at the Arizona schools and USC and UCLA play only at Cal.


The Team:
Alaysia Styles is a 6-3 Jr Forward who averaged 9 points and 3 rebounds as a Frosh but just 2 points and 2 rebounds last season.

Mi’Cole Clayton is a 5-9 Redshirt Jr Guard who averaged 6 points per game as a frosh and was injured and missed all but 4 games the past 2 seasons.
CJ West is a 6-4 Sr Post who averaged 4 points and 3 rebounds.

Jaeyln Brown is a 6-1 Sr Wing, who averaged 8 points and 4 rebounds.

Sara Anastasieska is a 5-10 Redshirt Sr Guard from Australia. Sara missed last season with an injury.

Chen Yue is a 6-7 Sr Center from China who played just 56 minutes this past season.



Predictions:
Cal returns just 14 points and 10 rebounds per game. Also only Brown had more than one start last year. Brown started all but one game. It’s going to be a long season after all the turnover.



2020 Recruiting:
No Commits yet


In the hunt for:
Dalayah Daniels 6-4 F from Washington ranked # 15. Daniels has visited UCLA and Cal.
Jordyn Jenkins 6-2 F from Washington, ranked # 42
Fatou Samb, 6-4 Post from Tx ranked # 68