2012–13 California Golden Bears women's basketball team

The 2012–13 California Golden Bears women's basketball team will represent University of California, Berkeley during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Golden Bears, led by second-year head coach Lindsay Gottlieb, played their home games at the Haas Pavilion and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished with a record of 32–4 overall, 17–1 in Pac-12 play to tie for the conference regular season title with Stanford. They lost in the semifinals of the 2013 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball tournament to UCLA. They were invited to the 2013 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament where they reached the first Final Four in program history.

2012–13 California Golden Bears women's basketball
Pac-12 Regular season champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, Final Four
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 4
AP	No. 6
Record	32–4 (17–1 Pac-12)
Head coach	Lindsay Gottlieb (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Charmin Smith Kai Felton Katy Steding
Home arena	Haas Pavilion

2012–13 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 Stanford †	17	–	1		.944			33	–	3		.917
No. 6 California	17	–	1		.944			32	–	4		.889
No. 11 UCLA	14	–	4		.778			26	–	8		.765
No. 19 Colorado	13	–	5		.722			25	–	7		.781
Washington	11	–	7		.611			21	–	12		.636
Utah	8	–	10		.444			23	–	14		.622
USC	7	–	11		.389			11	–	20		.355
Washington State	6	–	12		.333			11	–	20		.355
Arizona State	5	–	13		.278			13	–	18		.419
Arizona	4	–	14		.222			12	–	18		.400
Oregon State	4	–	14		.222			10	–	21		.323
Oregon	2	–	16		.111			4	–	27		.129
† 2013 Pac-12 Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Roster

2012–13 California Golden Bears women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Tierra Rogers 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS Sr Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep San Francisco, Calif. G 2 Afure Jemerigbe 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr St. Mary's Stockton, Calif. G 4 Eliza Pierre 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr John Muir Pasadena, Calif. G 5 Avigiel Cohen 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Rothberg Ramat HaSharon, Israel G 15 Brittany Boyd 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Berkeley Berkeley, Calif. F 21 Reshanda Gray 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Washington Prep Los Angeles, Calif. G 23 Layshia Clarendon 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Cajon San Bernardino, Calif. F 25 Gennifer Brandon 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Jr Chatsworth Sylmar, Calif. G 30 Mikayla Lyles 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Bishop O'Dowd Pleasanton, Calif. C 33 Talia Caldwell 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Marlborough Los Angeles, Calif. F 40 Justine Hartman 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Brea Olinda Whittier, Calif. G Brittany Shine  5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sacramento High School Sacramento, Calif. F Kyra Dunn  6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sacramento High School Sacramento, Calif.	Head coach Lindsay Gottlieb Assistant coach(es) Charmin Smith Kai Felton Katy Steding Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
Nov 1, 2012*	No. 9	Vanguard			Haas Pavilion  Berkeley, CA
Regular Season
Nov 9, 2012*	No. 13	Lehigh	W 80–48	1–0	Haas Pavilion  Berkeley, CA
Nov 15, 2012*	No. 12	Saint Mary's	W 89–41	2–0	Haas Pavilion  Berkeley, CA
Nov 19, 2012*	No. 11	Cal Poly	W 87–61	3–0	Haas Pavilion  Berkeley, CA
Nov 23, 2012*	No. 11	Eastern Washington	W 91–58	4–0	Haas Pavilion  Berkeley, CA
Nov 24, 2012*	No. 11	Georgetown	W 72–56	5–0	Haas Pavilion  Berkeley, CA
Nov 30, 2012*	No. 10	at Old Dominion	W 63–47	6–0	ODU Fieldhouse  Norfolk, VA
Dec 2, 2012*	No. 10	at No. 4 Duke	L 63–77	6–1	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, NC
Dec 7, 2012*	No. 11	at Cal State Bakersfield	W 84–46	7–1	Icardo Center  Bakersfield, CA
Dec 17, 2012*	No. 8	at Northwestern	W 71–65	8–1	Welsh–Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
Dec 21, 2012*	No. 8	No. 19 Kansas	W 88–79	9–1	Haas Pavilion  Berkeley, CA
Dec 28, 2012*	No. 8	George Washington	W 70–43	10–1	Haas Pavilion  Berkeley, CA
Jan 4, 2013	No. 7	at Utah	W 55–50	11–1 (1–0)	Jon M. Huntsman Center  Salt Lake City, Utah
Jan 6, 2013	No. 7	at No. 20 Colorado	W 53–49	12–1 (2–0)	Coors Events Center  Boulder, Colorado
Jan 8, 2013	No. 7	No. 5 Stanford	L 53–62	12–2 (2–1)	Haas Pavilion  Berkeley, CA
Jan 13, 2013	No. 7	at No. 5 Stanford	W 67–55	13–2 (3–1)	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, CA
Jan 17, 2013	No. 7	USC	W 71–63 OT	14–2 (4–1)	Haas Pavilion  Berkeley, CA
Jan 20, 2013	No. 7	No. 14 UCLA	W 70–65	15–2 (5–1)	Haas Pavilion  Berkeley, CA
Mar 2, 2013	No. 5	at Washington	W 78–50	27–2 (17–1)	Alaska Airlines Arena  Seattle, WA
Pac-12 Conference tournament
Mar 8, 2013*	No. 5	USC Quarterfinals	W 78–59	28–2	KeyArena  Seattle, WA
Mar 9, 2013*	No. 5	No. 14 UCLA Semifinals	L 58–70	28–3	KeyArena  Seattle, WA
NCAA tournament
Mar 23, 2013*	(2 SPK) No. 6	vs. (15 SPK) Fresno State First round	W 90–76	29–3	United Spirit Arena  Lubbock, TX
Mar 25, 2013*	(2 SPK) No. 6	vs. (10 SPK) South Florida Second round	W 82–78 OT	30–3	United Spirit Arena  Lubbock, TX
Mar 30, 2013*	(2 SPK) No. 6	vs. (6 SPK) LSU Regional Semifinal – Sweet Sixteen	W 73–63	31–3	Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena  Spokane, WA
Apr 1, 2013*	(2 SPK) No. 6	vs. (4 SPK) No. 14 Georgia Regional Final – Elite Eight	W 65–62 OT	32–3	Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena  Spokane, WA
Apr 7, 2013*	(2 SPK) No. 6	vs. (5 OKC) No. 16 Louisville National Semifinal – Final Four	L 57–64	32–4	Smoothie King Center  New Orleans, LA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. SPK=Spokane. All times are in Pacific Time.

Source

Rankings

Main article: 2012–13 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

See also

• 2012–13 California Golden Bears men's basketball team