Kristine Anigwe has already broken many records this season, including becoming #1 in the Cal record books for scoring and rebounding.
But on Sunday, the senior post put together a performance for the ages.
Playing in Pullman against the Washington State Cougars, Anigwe hit for 32 points and 30 rebounds.
With the 30 rebounds, Anigwe:
- out-rebounded the entire WSU team (30 to 22) for the game
- broke Cal’s single-game rebounding record (26, Gennifer Brandon)
- tied the Pac-12 single-game rebounding record (with Chantel Osahor)
- became the first player since in over 16 years (Jennifer Butler, UMass, December 28, 2002) to have 30 points and 30 rebounds in a game.
- extended her streak of double-doubles to 30 games, which breaks the Pac-12 record (29--Jillian Alleyne, Oregon). The streak is the fourth longest in Div 1 history; Courtney Paris (Oklahoma, 2005-2009) holds the record with 112 games in a row.
- now has 476 rebounds on the season, putting herself within range of the Pac-12 (519, Osahor) and NCAA Div 1 (539, Courtney Paris) records for most rebounds in a season.
- increased the season average to 16.4 rpg, which leads the nation.
With her 32 points, Anigwe increased her season average to 23.1 ppg (top 10 nationally). Should her averages hold, she will become only the 2nd player in the last 20 years (along with Courtney Paris)--man or woman--to average 22+ ppg and 15+ rebounds per game.
In addition, Anigwe continues to make her mark on the Pac-12 and Cal record books. She is top-5 in Pac-12 history in: points, rebounds, rebounding average, field goals made, free throws attempted, and free throws made. She also needs two more blocks to grab the Cal career record (198, Charlotte Luscchen, set in 1986).
Anigwe is up for a plethora of national awards, including the Wooden Award (National Player of the Year)--Final 20; Lisa Leslie Award (best center)--finalist; Senior CLASS (Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School®) Award--finalist; and Naismith Defensive Player of the Year--semifinalist.
Anigwe’s performance helped lead the Bears to the 80-58 victory over Washington State. Cal’s fourth victory in a row improved their record to 18-11 and 9-9 in the Pac-12, good for 6th place (tied with Utah) in the conference.
Anigwe and Cal will head to Las Vegas as the seventh seed in the Pac-12 Tournament, taking on the same Washington State team (10th seed), on Thursday 3/7, at 6pm, with the winner taking on 2nd-seed Stanford Friday 3/8, at 6pm.
