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temple is NOT candy azz soft#

😱😱 ZAHRA!!! pic.twitter.com/vqbjYDIDNG

— Cal Basketball (@CalWBBall) December 23, 2024

california golden bears 89
temple night owls 63

ugonne foul watch: early in the game the refs did not call a moving screen which cleared a path for kayla lay up but did call a late 1st quarter defensive slap on the arm of a shooter on a contested lay up at the bucket...onyiah exited the game & the cal lead went from 20-10 to 20-19...2nd foul in the 2nd quarter wuz for pushing for offensive post position in the paint...the bears outstanding 3rd quarter (29-13) in pulling away wuz achieved with michelle on the floor applying the principal of verticality in defending & not getting her body into shooters, well done~~

turnovers watch: 20 turnovers is gonna limit the ability of this team to reach its full ncca potential...the complete elimination of the dumb azz cross court paths (high risk/low value) needs to be a point of emphasis by the staff during the winter break!!

anastasia: the 5'11" wing from greece started the 2nd half, she's a strong d presence with her waving arms length in disrupting passing lanes & also got a nice mid range shooting game...a strong basketball iq she seems to know where the ball is gonna bounce & is energetic on the court...can attack the basket/make defenses collapse creating 3 point pass outs & got a fundamentally sound shooting stroke...the bears need some bench offensive production so anastasia is 100% earning more minutes heading into acc battle

kayla: how does the shortest player on the floor share game high honors for rebounds with 7 boards??

lulu: the best smile & ponytail in college basketball can also shoot the **** outta the basketball (6 of 11 on 3 pointers), let it fly lulu, let it fly!!

Lulu is making it rain 👌's pic.twitter.com/BLtSm1PYAO

— Cal Basketball (@CalWBBall) December 23, 2024

jayda, gabby & natalia: they exude happiness in playing basketball like little kids with their friends on the playground with big smiles whether they're on the court or leading the epic celebrations on the bench!!

ionna: gets as many points in shocky's book in wildly waving her towel in support of the back ups particularly sofia bowes as she does for her caitlin clark bombs (20 points) from downtown san francisco!!

🚨 What can we say?!?! 🚨 pic.twitter.com/Rzirq5v2qC

— Cal Basketball (@CalWBBall) December 23, 2024

free throws: after the fordham game crooked azz shooting debacle, the bears cleaned that up tonite with 7 of 9 from the charity stripe

next games: **** is gonna get real as the #24 ranked bears (13-1) head into acc battle with a clemson & smu geographically weird roadtrip in early january with hopefully a 100% healthy marta suarez...r the bears all grown up & ready for the acc adventure??

https://instagr.am/p/DD6EZYeROrj
fun fact: lulu is NOT exactly all grown up (and plz don't change)

https://instagr.am/p/Cl-RtIDjr2r
this is cal basketball (a SPECIAL season for the ages??)#

Too much defense 😤 pic.twitter.com/IdVevI1lEj

— Cal Basketball (@CalWBBall) December 22, 2024

DEFENSE wins basketball games:

a major factor in the 13-1 record heading into the winter break is the stifling bears defense particularly the recent utilization of the 1-3-1 zone, watch the above waving hands/quick twitch lateral movement of the amoeba d which is kinda like a variation of the jim boheim syracuse d back in the day

the 1-3-1 also pulls michelle onyiah away from opposing posts (where she often gets whistled up by the refs for physical body to body contact) where she can use her length & quickness to deny passing lanes but more importantly it helps keep ugonne outta FOUL TROUBLE which is the #1 factor in this team winning basketball games!!

is there a correlation between the national rankings & team field goal defense??

check out these stats, ucla is #1 at 31.0% & cal is #24 at 35.4%
https://www.ncaa.com/stats/basketball-women/d1/current/team/115

team defense is FUN to watch (shocky hasn't watched more than 5 minutes of any game on tv of the men's team this season, they play near non existent d) & this year's coach charmin smith's relentless high motor d kinda reminds me of the cal's monster class era when coach cuonzo martin's team knocked the **** outta teams on the defensive end which set up our multiple epic STORMING THE FLOOR celebrations (yeah the monster wuz always the 1st person to the center of the universe, midcourt at a sold out haas pavilion)!!



shocky & barney luv to rock the fashionista purple (with seagull flapping t-rex arms & a 6" vertical jump)#

https://instagr.am/p/C6uKQhfrNzF

https://instagr.am/p/DD7xWWkyvqw
fun fact: #21 ranking translate approximately into a #5 seed in the ncca tournament

it's absolutely CRITICAL to earn a #16 ranking or better at the end of the season as the ncca tournament seeds #4 or lower get basically homecourt advantages while also guaranteed to not play any top 16 teams in the first 2 rounds

gotta take care of biz in south carollina & highland park next week#

https://instagr.am/p/DC9rcjNvN2W
whooo hooo (handstands r for losers who don't got short t-rex arms)!!#

cal's monster class OFFICIAL announcements today:

leidy: "After much discussion with my squad, family & some loser who owns Toca Madera I have decided to RUN IT BACK with them Cal Bears instead of transferring to the University of Ibiza!!"

"Please respect my decision!!"

https://instagr.am/p/CTu6JxTlCct
becky g: "Buc-ee es muy guapo y Oski es muy feo!!"



doms: "I miss gazing at Shocky at his 50 hardline perch at Memorial Stadium on gamedays, hopefully he's gonna enroll in my Little Ballerina/Princess classes in the OC in order to improve his quick twitch +1 athleticism in a feral doggy dog kinda way!!"

https://instagr.am/p/B8FaO5vHD-f
lulu: "Shocky must be from the Great Barrier Reef because he keeps telling me, let it fly, Lulu, let it fly!!"

https://instagr.am/p/DDjILCYxNF6
vals: "Ponytails r FUN!!"

https://instagr.am/p/DC-TZ0XtrLL
coach christy: "Why does my husband keeping taking "guys trips" with his new kind friend Jimmy to Linville almost every weekend & who should I hire as my new assistant Dance/Cheer coach??"

https://instagr.am/p/Ce656jpOAo8
snoopy: "Wut's ur GPA??"

https://instagr.am/p/DACDTTWNYDB
shocky: "Demand the ball, Michelle, demand the ball!!!"

https://instagr.am/p/CuxKIOEIazx


MERRY XMAS EVERYBODY (bad judgment is triggering)!!#