2018–19 California Golden Bears women's basketball team

The 2018–19 California Golden Bears women's basketball team represented University of California, Berkeley during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Golden Bears, led by eighth year head coach Lindsay Gottlieb, played their home games at the Haas Pavilion as members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 20–13, 9–9 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 women's tournament where they lost to Stanford. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated North Carolina in the first round before losing to Baylor in the second round.

2018–19 California Golden Bears women's basketball
NCAA Women's Tournament, second round
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Record	20–13 (9–9 Pac-12)
Head coach	Lindsay Gottlieb (8th season)
Assistant coaches	Charmin Smith Kai Felton Wendale Farrow
Home arena	Haas Pavilion
Seasons ← 2017–18 2019–20 →

2018–19 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 7 Oregon	16	–	2		.889			33	–	5		.868
No. 6 Stanford †	15	–	3		.833			31	–	5		.861
No. 11 Oregon State	14	–	4		.778			26	–	8		.765
No. 20 UCLA	12	–	6		.667			22	–	13		.629
No. 22 Arizona State	10	–	7		.588			22	–	11		.667
Utah	9	–	9		.500			20	–	10		.667
California	9	–	9		.500			20	–	13		.606
Arizona	7	–	11		.389			24	–	13		.649
USC	7	–	11		.389			17	–	13		.567
Washington State	4	–	14		.222			9	–	21		.300
Washington	2	–	15		.118			11	–	21		.344
Colorado	2	–	16		.111			12	–	18		.400
† 2019 Pac-12 Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

2018–19 California Golden Bears women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 0 McKenzie Forbes 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Folsom Oakland, CA G 1 Asha Thomas 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Sr Bishop O'Dowd Oakland, CA F 4 Alaysia Styles 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So La Jolla Country Day School San Diego, CA C 5 Chen Yue 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) RS Jr Tsinghua University Beijing, China G 11 Sara Anastasieska 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS Jr Monte Sant Angelo Mercy UTSA Sydney, Australia G 14 Kianna Smith 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Troy Moreno Valley, CA G 20 MeAne Mosley 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Saint Mary's College Oakland, CA G 21 Mi'Cole Cayton 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS So Saint Mary's College Stockton, CA G 22 Archer Olson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Henry M. Gunn Palo Alto, CA G 24 Receé Caldwell 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Sr Homeschooled Texas Tech Hemet, CA F 30 Celeste West 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Jr Garces Memorial Bakersfield, CA F/C 31 Kristine Anigwe 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Sr Desert Vista Phoenix, AZ G 33 Jaelyn Brown 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Vista Murrieta Murrieta, CA G 34 Sierra Richey 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Rancho Campana Camarillo, CA	Head coach Lindsay Gottlieb (Brown) Assistant coach(es) Charmin Smith (Stanford) Kai Felton (Randolph–Macon) Wendale Farrow (Eastern Michigan) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/01/2018* 7:00 pm	No. 24	Westmont	W 79–62		Haas Pavilion (987) Berkeley, CA
Non-conference regular season
11/06/2018* 7:00 pm	No. 24	Houston	W 80–79	1–0	Haas Pavilion (1,246) Berkeley, CA
11/11/2018* 11:00 am	No. 24	at Penn State	W 75–58	2–0	Bryce Jordan Center (2,406) University Park, PA
11/13/2018* 3:00 pm, TheW.tv	No. 23	at BYU	W 70–52	3–0	Marriott Center (425) Provo, UT
11/18/2018* 2:00 pm	No. 23	Pacific	W 81–69	4–0	Maples Pavilion (502) Stanford, CA
11/23/2018* 4:00 pm	No. 18	vs. Tulane USD Thanksgiving Tournament	W 65–57	5–0	Jenny Craig Pavilion (421) San Diego, CA
11/24/2018* 4:00 pm	No. 18	at San Diego USD Thanksgiving Tournament	W 70–53	6–0	Jenny Craig Pavilion  San Diego, CA
12/02/2018* 2:00 pm	No. 15	Cal State Northridge	W 67–42	7–0	Haas Pavilion (1,654) Berkeley, CA
12/08/2018* 2:00 pm, TheW.tv	No. 13	at Saint Mary's	W 81–78 OT	8–0	McKeon Pavilion (763) Moraga, CA
12/16/2018* 2:00 pm	No. 13	UC Santa Barbara	W 69–45	9–0	Haas Pavilion  Berkeley, CA
12/22/2018* 12:00 pm, P12N	No. 14	No. 1 Connecticut	L 66–76	9–1	Haas Pavilion (10,818) Berkeley, CA
12/30/2018* 2:00 pm	No. 14	Harvard	L 79–85	9–2	Haas Pavilion (2,319) Berkeley, CA
Pac-12 regular season
01/04/2019 7:00 pm, P12N	No. 18	UCLA	L 79–84 OT	9–3 (0–1)	Haas Pavilion (2,107) Berkeley, CA
01/06/2019 3:00 pm, P12N	No. 18	USC	W 66–59	10–3 (1–1)	Haas Pavilion (2,212) Berkeley, CA
01/11/2019 6:00 pm, P12N	No. 24	at Arizona	L 55–60	10–4 (1–2)	McKale Center (2,557) Tucson, AZ
01/13/2019 4:00 pm, P12N	No. 24	at No. 19 Arizona State	L 61–62	10–5 (1–3)	Wells Fargo Arena (2,348) Tempe, AZ
01/18/2019 11:30 am		Washington State	W 77–63	11–5 (2–3)	Haas Pavilion (4,836) Berkeley, CA
01/20/2019 2:00 pm, P12N		Washington	W 79–70	12–5 (3–3)	Haas Pavilion (2,095) Berkeley, CA
01/25/2019 6:00 pm, P12N		at No. 21 Utah	L 74–87	12–6 (3–4)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (4,071) Salt Lake City, UT
01/27/2019 12:00 pm, P12N		at Colorado	W 80–60	13–6 (4–4)	CU Events Center (2,303) Boulder, CO
01/31/2019 8:00 pm, P12N		No. 8 Stanford	W 81–80	14–6 (5–4)	Haas Pavilion (3,117) Berkeley, CA
02/02/2019 4:00 pm, P12N		at No. 8 Stanford	L 50–75	14–7 (5–5)	Maples Pavilion (4,066) Stanford, CA
02/08/2019 8:00 pm, P12N		No. 3 Oregon	L 82–105	14–8 (5–6)	Haas Pavilion (2,719) Berkeley, CA
02/10/2019 1:00 pm, P12N		No. 7 Oregon State	L 74–82	14–9 (5–7)	Haas Pavilion (3,220) Berkeley, CA
02/15/2019 8:00 pm, P12N		at USC	L 76–86	14–10 (5–8)	Galen Center (412) Los Angeles, CA
02/17/2019 4:00 pm, P12N		at UCLA	L 74–80	14–11 (5–9)	Pauley Pavilion (2,721) Los Angeles, CA
02/22/2019 7:00 pm, P12N		No. 17 Arizona State	W 69–60	15–11 (6–9)	Haas Pavilion (1,667) Berkeley, CA
02/24/2019 2:00 pm		Arizona	W 82–76 OT	16–11 (7–9)	Haas Pavilion (2,432) Berkeley, CA
03/01/2019 7:00 pm		at Washington	W 71–65	17–11 (8–9)	Alaska Airlines Arena (2,333) Seattle, WA
03/03/2019 12:00 pm, P12N		at Washington State	W 80–58	18–11 (9–9)	Beasley Coliseum (713) Pullman, WA
Pac-12 Women's Tournament
03/07/2019 6:00 pm, P12N	(7)	vs. (10) Washington State First Round	W 77–58	19–11	MGM Grand Garden Arena  Paradise, NV
03/08/2019 6:00 pm, P12N	(7)	vs. (2) No. 7 Stanford Quarterfinals	L 54–72	19–12	MGM Grand Garden Arena  Paradise, NV
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/23/2019* 12:30 pm, ESPN2	(8 C)	vs. (9 C) North Carolina First Round	W 92–72	20–12	Ferrell Center  Waco, TX
03/25/2019* 6:00 pm, ESPN	(8 C)	at (1 C) No. 1 Baylor Second Round	L 63–102	20–13	Ferrell Center (5,367) Waco, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. C=Chicago Region. All times are in Pacific Time.

Rankings

Main article: 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Ranking Movement
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.

Poll	Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Wk 19	Final
AP	24	23	18	15	13	13-T	14	14	18	24	RV	RV	RV	RV						N/A
Coaches	RV	RV^	23	18	13	13	13	13	19	21	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV

^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.

See also

• 2018–19 California Golden Bears men's basketball team