The University of San Francisco women's basketball team is back on the road, albeit a short trip.  The Dons will head east across the Bay Bridge to Berkeley to take on the Golden Bears on Thursday at 6:00 p.m. at Haas Pavilion.  Thursday's game will be streamed live, as always George Devine will have the call on the Dons audio broadcast which can be accessed on the women's basketball schedule page.
 
GAME 3 INFORMATION
Date/Time: Dec. 10, 2020 – 6:00 p.m.
Opponent: California Golden Bears (0-3, 0-1 Pac-12)
Site: Haas Pavilion (11,877)
Stream:  Pac-12 Network
Audio:  Dons Audio Stream
Talent: George Devine
Live Stats: CalBears.com

USF AT A GLANCE
LAST TIME OUT
The Dons put a scare in No. 17 Oregon State, leading the Beavers 43-35 at the half at Gill Coliseum.  The Beavers took the lead thanks to run early in the third quarter but the Dons didn't go away, falling by nine to Oregon State.  USF was led by Ioanna Krimili who went 7-for-10 from 3-point range and led all scorers with 27 points. 
 
KRIMILI EARNS FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK HONORS
The native of Heraklion, Greece was named the WCC UCU Freshman of the Week for her performance against the Beavers.  Freshman of the Week is a new award for the WCC this season, Krimili is just the second player to earn it.
 
OFFENSE/DEFENSE
The Dons offense is averaging 77.5 points per game which is tops in the WCC and ranks 65th in the nation.  Defensively, they are allowing 85.5 points per game which is 261st in the nation.  The Dons scored 75 or more five times last year and went 4-1.
 
IOANNA FEELING IT FROM THE FIELD
Krimili is 20th in the nation and tops in the WCC in points per game, averaging 24.5.  She ranks 26th in nation in field goal percentage at 66.7 and is 14th in the nation in 3-point field goal percentage at 72.2. She is averaging 6.5 3-point field goals a game. In nine games last season she was 19-for-50 from beyond the arc.  This year she is 13-for-18. 
 
AGAINST THE PAC-12
The Dons have squared off against members of the Pac-12 134 times in program history. All-time USF is 35-99 (.263) against the Pac-12 conference. The most wins have come against California (9) and Stanford (9).  USF has wins against every Pac-12 school except, Arizona (0-1) and Arizona State (0-2). This season the Dons are 0-1 against the Pac-12 after falling to Oregon State 89-80 in Corvallis last week.
 
ON THE GLASS
Last season the Dons got most of their rebounding from two players. Through two games this year the Dons have four players averaging 5.0 rebounds or more and another three players averaging 2.0 rebounds or more.  The Dons are averaging 36.0 rebounds per game.  Their opponents are averaging 42.5 rebounds per contest.  Oregon State, who boasts six players at 6'-4" outrebounded the Dons 44-39.
 
GETTING SECOND CHANCES
Through two contests the Dons are averaging 10.0 offensive rebounds per game. USF is averaging 12.0 second chance points per game, they are limiting their opponents to just 10.0 second chance points per contest.  Against Oregon State the Dons had 10 second chance points.
 
ACTIVE BENCH
USF's reserves have accounted for 50 of the Dons' 155 points (32.2 percent).  Against Oregon State, the USF's bench scored 38 points.  Marta Galic scored 12 points in 23 minutes, Julia Nielacna finished with 18 in 20 minutes of action.
 
THE SERIES
Oregon State and USF series goes all the way back to the 1979-80 season when the Dons defeated the Beavers 73-67 in Corvallis.  All-time Oregon State owns a 3-7 record against the Dons.  In Corvallis, USF is 2-2.  The last time these two teams played, Oregon State defeated the Dons 83-66 on Dec. 3, 2008.
 
ABOUT THE GOLDEN BEARS
The Golden Bears are in year two of the Charmin Smith era. Cal is 0-3 this year and 0-1 in the Pac-12.  As a team, they are averaging 51.0 points per game, while allowing 65.3 points per game.  All three of their games have come at Haas Pavilion. The 51.0 points per game ranks 271st in the nation.  Their -14.3 scoring margin is 233rd in the nation.