Yayyyyy!!!!!

Yippppeeeee!!! Thank you, kkross. Welcome to Cal, Mi'Cole!!! Go Bears!!

Welcome to the Cal family!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Her announcement via Twtitter:

Time to CELEBERATE!!

calbear80;842699815 said:

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Time to CELEBERATE!!

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Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh year!!!!

Excellent choice! Welcome to Cal!

kkross22;842699816 said:

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Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh year!!!!

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Sabrina who??

SFCALBear72;842699810 said:

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Yippppeeeee!!! Thank you, kkross. Welcome to Cal, Mi'Cole!!! Go Bears!!

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You're welcome! I am sooo proud of Micole, happy she chose Cal!!!

Welcome to Cal Mi'Cole! Thrilled to have you join the Cal family. Congrats!

Can we talk about line ups.......now...........

Great pickup, welcome to the Pac12.
Erika has been playing with and/or against Cayton,Thomas,Cowling, Mosley, Range and Green since 2009.
Get stronger Pac12, get Stronger!

calvarado;842699831 said:

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Can we talk about line ups.......now...........

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I would guess Ma'Ane and Mi'Cole will be playing apostrophe guard.

Seriously, I'm looking forward to lineups with a lot of speed and enough depth to run, run. run.

So, now that Mi'Cole is on-board, who are the additions (PG Mi'Cole, PF West, F(?) Brown, any others) and subtractions (Green, any others) from last year's team (I am including Jefflo and the G from NJ because they were gone before last season started)?

Welcome to Cal, Micole!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1:cheer:cheer:cheer

http://www.calbears.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30100&ATCLID=211011788

Welcome aboard, Miss Cayton! Cal really needs your speed in the backcourt.

http://www.maxpreps.com/games/girls-basketball-winter-15-16/archbishop-mitty-vs-st-marys/12-21-2015-GXmQ3DWmYUCo0YN3plsN1g.htm

GO BEARS!

calbear80;842699840 said:

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So, now that Mi'Cole is on-board, who are the additions (PG Mi'Cole, PF West, F(?) Brown, any others) and subtractions (Green, any others) from last year's team

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AFAIK Green is the only subtraction -- we had no seniors. The recruiting sites I saw listed Brown as a wing. So my guess is:
[INDENT]PG: Thomas
PG/SG: Cayton
SG/W: Mosley
W: Cowling, Brown
W/F: Range
F: Waters, Davidson
F/C: Anigwe, West
C: Chen[/INDENT]

Thanks for choosing Cal, Mi'Cole. Go Bears!

Are we sure Green is transferring? Do we still have hope of her staying?

What about Sabrina, Duck or Husky?

stu;842699850 said:

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AFAIK Green is the only subtraction -- we had no seniors. The recruiting sites I saw listed Brown as a wing. So my guess is:
[INDENT]PG: Thomas
PG/SG: Cayton
SG/W: Mosley
W: Cowling, Brown
W/F: Range
F: Waters, Davidson
F/C: Anigwe, West
C: Chen[/INDENT]

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IMO..we are still short at guard(s)! We need another ball handler if Mi'cole or Asha in foul trouble or injured. Don't think Mosley able to handle the ball well enough if she is pressed.

OBear073akaSMFan;842699872 said:

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IMO..we are still short on guards! We need another ball handler if Mi'cole or Asha in foul trouble or injured. Don't think Mosley able to handle the ball well enough if she is pressed.

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I agree. Micole can play point, distribute the ball, handle the ball, and the pressure, but IMO she is more of a slasher with a consistent 3 point shot. My thoughts, she will be best if utilized as such.
Cal needs another pg.

OBear073akaSMFan;842699872 said:

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IMO..we are still short on guards! We need another ball handler if Mi'cole or Asha in foul trouble or injured.

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I don't know if our coaches are still pursuing other 2016 prospects. Either way I'm thrilled about Mi'Cole, I think she'll be a great addition to our team. I think having at least 2 point guards is crucial.

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Don't think Mosley able to handle the ball well enough if she is pressed.

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Perhaps we could figure out how to bring the ball up against pressure by passing rather than dribbling. I'm sure Nina could give us some pointers from netball.

athletic guard who attacks the basket and plays tough D

HoopDreams;842699883 said:

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athletic guard who attacks the basket and plays tough D

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Hope she is able to finish her drives. Tire of seeing too many of our past guards butchering the layups..................

From her [URL="http://espn.go.com/high-school/girls-basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/191073/micole-cayton"][COLOR="#0000FF"]ESPN scouting page[/COLOR][/URL]

"Athletic combo-guard brings a scorer's mentality to the back court; intense, competes on both ends of the floor; dribble-drive attack draws contact, finishes plays and finds the charity stripe; emerging deep threat consistency." (my bold)

Varsity (3 year) shooting, from her [URL="http://www.maxpreps.com/athlete/micole-cayton/nFBuPlO0EeOzMAAmVebBJg/gendersport/girls-basketball-stats.htm"][COLOR="#0000FF"]MAXPREPS stats page[/COLOR][/URL]

2FG% .513
3FG% .367
FT% .577

Welcome to Cal, Ms. Cayton!

stu;842699891 said:

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From her [URL="http://espn.go.com/high-school/girls-basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/191073/micole-cayton"][COLOR="#0000FF"]ESPN scouting page[/COLOR][/URL]

"Athletic combo-guard brings a scorer's mentality to the back court; intense, competes on both ends of the floor; dribble-drive attack draws contact, finishes plays and finds the charity stripe; emerging deep threat consistency." (my bold)

Varsity (3 year) shooting, from her [URL="http://www.maxpreps.com/athlete/micole-cayton/nFBuPlO0EeOzMAAmVebBJg/gendersport/girls-basketball-stats.htm"][COLOR="#0000FF"]MAXPREPS stats page[/COLOR][/URL]

2FG% .513
3FG% .367
FT% .577

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Her last season assist numbers (2.2 per game) and assist to TO ratio (about 1:1) would suggest she will be more of a combo guard, with an emphasis on shooting and defense. But nothing wrong with that. Perhaps an Eliza Pierre-type who can actually shoot.

Nice shooting form and release on her MaxPreps video (albeit with a somewhat low release point). If Kristine can learn better to pass back out of the double team and the triple team, this is another player, along with Thomas, who can make opposing teams pay. And that will in turn open up the inside more for Kristine when other teams have to respond. I think our offense can take a turn for the better with Cayton's shooting capabilities.

OBear073akaSMFan;842699872 said:

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IMO..we are still short on guards! We need another ball handler if Mi'cole or Asha in foul trouble or injured. Don't think Mosley able to handle the ball well enough if she is pressed.

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+1.

Maybe, there will be a shocker and a player with initials SI will decide to stay near home. Or, maybe, Gabby sees the light and decides to stay.

Go Bears!

We needed to add a guard that compliments Asha who plays with PASSION. Mi'cole plays hard, she hustles, she plays like she wants to WIN. Huge for our program.

CalFanatic;842699943 said:

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We needed to add a guard that compliments Asha who plays with PASSION. Mi'cole plays hard, she hustles, she plays like she wants to WIN. Huge for our program.

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I also see that attitude in Kristine. Hope it's contagious.

annarborbear;842699896 said:

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Perhaps an Eliza Pierre-type who can actually shoot.

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Eliza was both lightning quick and a good ball handler. What I liked best about her game was her ability to disrupt whatever the opponents were trying to do (at both ends). If Mi'Cole can give us that along with a decent outside shot she'll be a huge addition to our team.

I won't believe this till I read a commitment story on the home page....

kkross22;842699875 said:

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I agree. Micole can play point, distribute the ball, handle the ball, and the pressure, but IMO she is more of a slasher with a consistent 3 point shot. My thoughts, she will be best if utilized as such.
Cal needs another pg.

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I'm gonna side track a little with responding to your point which is valid but MiMi is not a PG, at least in the true sense of the word like you described...she could do it if you needed her to from time-to time from what I watched all of her HS career, but that's why the PG role was Sierra's job, she played off of Sierra nicely.

Congrats on the pick-up!!!