Cal women lose

Bears have winnable games next week at home

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00:00 Cal will try to get its confidence back next week after the demoralizing lopsided loss to Utah on Sunday.

00:08 Cal plays two games at home next week that it's very capable of winning.

00:12 They play Oregon State and Oregon. Oregon State on Friday and Oregon on Sunday.

00:17 And those are both teams that Cal is capable of beating in Berkeley.

00:21 Cal did well to not lose by more points.

00:26 They were down by 43 points with a little over a minute to go in Sunday's game.

00:31 And that would have been the worst loss since 2021 when they lost to Oregon by 59 points,

00:37 which is the largest loss in the history of Cal women's basketball.

00:42 It didn't come to that, though. They got a couple of quick points at the end.

00:46 Cremilly got three free throws in the final, what was it, four seconds, I guess,

00:52 to get it as close as 37 and avoid the largest loss since that Oregon game in 2021.

01:00 It was only the largest loss since the Stanford game when they lost by 39.

01:03 That's later that same 2021 season.

01:07 So next week, they'll try to forget this game and try to farewell against Oregon and Oregon State.

01:14 The Bears are still sort of in the running, I think, for the NCAA tournament berth,

01:18 although it's going to take some -- they're going to have to win every game which they can win

01:23 and maybe pull off a win against one of the teams that are favored,

01:28 that will be favored against the Bears.