2012–13 California Golden Bears women's basketball team

2012–13 California Golden Bears women's basketball
Pac-12 Regular season champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, Final Four
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 4
AP	No. 6
Record	32–4 (17–1 Pac-12)
Head coach	Lindsay Gottlieb (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Charmin Smith Kai Felton Katy Steding
Home arena	Haas Pavilion

2012–13 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 Stanford †	17	–	1		.944			33	–	3		.917
No. 6 California	17	–	1		.944			32	–	4		.889
No. 11 UCLA	14	–	4		.778			26	–	8		.765
No. 19 Colorado	13	–	5		.722			25	–	7		.781
Washington	11	–	7		.611			21	–	12		.636
Utah	8	–	10		.444			23	–	14		.622
USC	7	–	11		.389			11	–	20		.355
Washington State	6	–	12		.333			11	–	20		.355
Arizona State	5	–	13		.278			13	–	18		.419
Arizona	4	–	14		.222			12	–	18		.400
Oregon State	4	–	14		.222			10	–	21		.323
Oregon	2	–	16		.111			4	–	27		.129
† 2013 Pac-12 Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 2012–13 California Golden Bears women's basketball team will represent University of California, Berkeley during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Golden Bears, led by second-year head coach Lindsay Gottlieb, played their home games at the Haas Pavilion and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished with a record of 32–4 overall, 17–1 in Pac-12 play to tie for the conference regular season title with Stanford. They lost in the semifinals of the 2013 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball tournament to UCLA. They were invited to the 2013 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament where they reached the first Final Four in program history.

Roster

2012–13 California Golden Bears women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Tierra Rogers 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS Sr Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep San Francisco, Calif. G 2 Afure Jemerigbe 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr St. Mary's Stockton, Calif. G 4 Eliza Pierre 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr John Muir Pasadena, Calif. G 5 Avigiel Cohen 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Rothberg Ramat HaSharon, Israel G 15 Brittany Boyd 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Berkeley Berkeley, Calif. F 21 Reshanda Gray 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Washington Prep Los Angeles, Calif. G 23 Layshia Clarendon 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Cajon San Bernardino, Calif. F 25 Gennifer Brandon 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Jr Chatsworth Sylmar, Calif. G 30 Mikayla Lyles 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Bishop O'Dowd Pleasanton, Calif. C 33 Talia Caldwell 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Marlborough Los Angeles, Calif. F 40 Justine Hartman 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Brea Olinda Whittier, Calif. G Brittany Shine  5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sacramento High School Sacramento, Calif. F Kyra Dunn  6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sacramento High School Sacramento, Calif.	Head coach Lindsay Gottlieb Assistant coach(es) Charmin Smith Kai Felton Katy Steding Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
Nov 1, 2012*	No. 9	Vanguard			Haas Pavilion  Berkeley, CA
Regular Season
Nov 9, 2012*	No. 13	Lehigh	W 80–48	1–0	Haas Pavilion  Berkeley, CA
Nov 15, 2012*	No. 12	Saint Mary's	W 89–41	2–0	Haas Pavilion  Berkeley, CA
Nov 19, 2012*	No. 11	Cal Poly	W 87–61	3–0	Haas Pavilion  Berkeley, CA
Nov 23, 2012*	No. 11	Eastern Washington	W 91–58	4–0	Haas Pavilion  Berkeley, CA
Nov 24, 2012*	No. 11	Georgetown	W 72–56	5–0	Haas Pavilion  Berkeley, CA
Nov 30, 2012*	No. 10	at Old Dominion	W 63–47	6–0	ODU Fieldhouse  Norfolk, VA
Dec 2, 2012*	No. 10	at No. 4 Duke	L 63–77	6–1	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, NC
Dec 7, 2012*	No. 11	at Cal State Bakersfield	W 84–46	7–1	Icardo Center  Bakersfield, CA
Dec 17, 2012*	No. 8	at Northwestern	W 71–65	8–1	Welsh–Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
Dec 21, 2012*	No. 8	No. 19 Kansas	W 88–79	9–1	Haas Pavilion  Berkeley, CA
Dec 28, 2012*	No. 8	George Washington	W 70–43	10–1	Haas Pavilion  Berkeley, CA
Jan 4, 2013	No. 7	at Utah	W 55–50	11–1 (1–0)	Jon M. Huntsman Center  Salt Lake City, Utah
Jan 6, 2013	No. 7	at No. 20 Colorado	W 53–49	12–1 (2–0)	Coors Events Center  Boulder, Colorado
Jan 8, 2013	No. 7	No. 5 Stanford	L 53–62	12–2 (2–1)	Haas Pavilion  Berkeley, CA
Jan 13, 2013	No. 7	at No. 5 Stanford	W 67–55	13–2 (3–1)	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, CA
Jan 17, 2013	No. 7	USC	W 71–63 ^OT	14–2 (4–1)	Haas Pavilion  Berkeley, CA
Jan 20, 2013	No. 7	No. 14 UCLA	W 70–65	15–2 (5–1)	Haas Pavilion  Berkeley, CA
Mar 2, 2013	No. 5	at Washington	W 78–50	27–2 (17–1)	Alaska Airlines Arena  Seattle, WA
Pac-12 Conference tournament
Mar 8, 2013*	No. 5	USC Quarterfinals	W 78–59	28–2	KeyArena  Seattle, WA
Mar 9, 2013*	No. 5	No. 14 UCLA Semifinals	L 58–70	28–3	KeyArena  Seattle, WA
NCAA tournament
Mar 23, 2013*	(2 SPK) No. 6	vs. (15 SPK) Fresno State First round	W 90–76	29–3	United Spirit Arena  Lubbock, TX
Mar 25, 2013*	(2 SPK) No. 6	vs. (10 SPK) South Florida Second round	W 82–78 ^OT	30–3	United Spirit Arena  Lubbock, TX
Mar 30, 2013*	(2 SPK) No. 6	vs. (6 SPK) LSU Regional Semifinal – Sweet Sixteen	W 73–63	31–3	Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena  Spokane, WA
Apr 1, 2013*	(2 SPK) No. 6	vs. (4 SPK) No. 14 Georgia Regional Final – Elite Eight	W 65–62 ^OT[1]	32–3	Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena  Spokane, WA
Apr 7, 2013*	(2 SPK) No. 6	vs. (5 OKC) No. 16 Louisville National Semifinal – Final Four	L 57–64[2]	32–4	Smoothie King Center  New Orleans, LA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. SPK=Spokane. All times are in Pacific Time.

Source[3]

Rankings

Main article: 2012–13 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

See also

• 2012–13 California Golden Bears men's basketball team

References

1. "Layshia Clarendon leads Cal past Georgia in OT and into first Final Four". ESPN. April 2, 2013. Retrieved June 23, 2024.
2. "Louisville makes title game with second-half rally". ESPN. April 8, 2013. Retrieved June 23, 2024.
3. "2012-13 W Bbasketball Schedule". Cal Bears Athletics. Retrieved June 22, 2024.