Cal Faces First True Road Test At UCSB - California Golden Bears Athletics

The California women's basketball team (4-0) will put its undefeated record to the test as it takes on UCSB (3-0) for its first true road contest of the season on Saturday at noon PT at the Thunderdome in Santa Barbara.

This marks the fourth overall meeting between the two programs with Cal holding a 2-1 series lead. This will be Cal's first appearance in Santa Barbara.

UCSB is led by third-year head coach Renee Jimenez and has had back-to-back winning seasons to start her tenure. The Gauchos, picked to finish third in the preseason coaches poll, feature Zoe Borter who was selected to the All-Big West Preseason Team and is second on the team in scoring (13.0 ppg).

Thursday's game will be streamed on ESPN+.

GAME INFORMATION
Date & Time: Thursday, Nov. 14|12 p.m. PT
Broadcast: ESPN+
Live Stats: StatBroadcast

LAST TIME OUT
In the 78-64 win over Charleston on Thursday:

Shannon Dowell paced the Bears with 20 points to go along with six rebounds.
Cal held Charleston to just four points in the first quarter – the fewest for any Cal opponent since limiting San Jose State to four first-quarter points on Dec. 7, 2025.
Joining Dowell in double-digit scoring were Lulu Twidale (19), Gisella Maul (10) and Taylor Barnes (10).
Four Bears grabbed at least six rebounds led by Albina Syla who had eight and followed by Maul (7), Dowell and Barnes (6).

STARTING FIVE

Twidale is 71 3-pointers away from breaking into the NCAA top 100 career list.
Entering the week, Jovana Jevtovic's 75.0% shooting percentage ranks second in the ACC.
Twidale's 25 total rebounds over her first three games are her most over any four-game stretch in her career.
Cal's freshmen class has made an immediate impact on the offensive end accounting for three double-digit scoring games (Jevtovic 2, Perkins 1) and 25% of the team's total points.
Cal's guards have done a great job crashing the glass so far this season as it is one of only eight teams in the country with three guards that have grabbed at least 20 boards: Shannon Dowell (28), Twidale (25) and Maul (23)

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