Battle of the Bay at Haas

Stanford has a perfect conference record(so far) but the Cal Bears took the Cardinal into overtime in January – the only team to do that this season – and lost by just three points.

I expect that Cal will defend its home court on Sunday evening just as ferociously as Stanford defends Maples, determined not to let another opportunity to end Stanford's 74-game conference win streak slip away.

I doubt that statistics matter a whole lot in this rivalry, but – for the record – here is how Stanford and Cal match up:

Points per game	77.5	70.6
Scoring margin	+23.0	+11.0
Field goal %	0.458	0.421
3-pointers per game	5.5	3.7
3-point %	0.313	0.307
Free throw %	0.755	0.614
Rebounds per game	44.9	45.9
Rebounding margin	+11.6	+13.5
Assists per game	17.2	13.4
Turnovers per game	12.8	16.6
Assist/turnover ratio	1.34	0.81
Steals per game	6.9	8.0
Blocks per game	4.2	3.1
RPI	2	26

Charmin Smith is helping to sell out the game at Haas — click here.

Here are some previews and opinions of the game:

• Nneka to close out regular season career against rival Cal by Dean McArdle (The Stanford Daily)
• Cal to face Cardinal in home finale by Annie Gerlach (The Daily Californian)
• Win at Cal important to Stanford women's NCAA seed by Tom FitzGerald (SanFrancisco Chronicle)