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Injury bug bites Bears again, results in postponement Lisi Ludwig/Senior Staff Cal’s season will be put on hold yet again, as the blue and gold have failed to meet the minimum requirement of seven available scholarship players. While a similar situation occurred earlier this season due to a COVID-19 outbreak within the program, this delay is due to undisclosed injury concerns. Cal was set to play both Oregon and Oregon State on Feb. 12 and Feb. 14, respectively. With these two games being postponed, the Bears will have had nine conference games postponed this season. The injury bug has deci...

If newcomer Mia Mastrov can make an impact and the team as a whole continues to progress, the Bears may just find a way to secure their first win of the year.

Clash with Colorado presents chance to make changes Josh Kahen/File Cal women’s basketball has had a less-than-ideal start to its 2020-2021 campaign, as it is currently winless and at the bottom of the Pac-12 with a 0-10 record overall. That is certainly in part due to the extraordinarily tough competition the Bears have faced this season in the “conference of champions,” as four of their seven Pac-12 losses have been blowouts at the hands of top 15 teams. And it is worth noting that when they aren’t facing off against national championship contenders, the Bears have fared much better...

Cal Women's Basketball: Bears Lose to No. 11 UCLA Cal will try to regroup from Saturday's lopsided loss and try to do better when it faces USC on Monday Author: Dec 19, 2020 The key question for Cal's young women's basketball team now is this: Can the Golden Bears weather the frustration of lopsided losses and improve as the season goes on? Cal, which starts three freshmen and two sophomores, lost to No. 11 UCLA 71-37 on Saturday afternoon at Pauley Pavilion, and the numbers were not encouraging. For the second straight game the Bears shot under 30 percent from the field and had at least 30 t...

High-flying UCLA pounces on mistakes, dominates Cal 71-37 Josh Kahen/Senior Staff After a winless five-game homestand to start the year, Cal women’s basketball played its first road game of the season Saturday afternoon against No. 11 UCLA, hoping for better fortunes. Instead, Cal fans experienced a familiar feeling, as the Bears were played off the court in a 71-37 blowout. The loss is a slight improvement from the 83-38 defeat Cal suffered at the hands of No. 1 Stanford in its last outing, but only just. This game had many parallels to the Bears’ poor showing against the Cardinal, as it...