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BERKELEY, Calif. -- A few days after Golden State Warriors star Klay Thompson went off for 60 points in less than three quarters, reigning Pac-12 womens basketball Freshman of the Year Kristine Anigwe notched a milestone night of her own in the East Bay.She scored a school-record 50 points in 24 minutes against Sacramento State, and surely could have had more.Thats unbelievable, Thompson said Tuesday. Thats a talent right there, 50 points in 24 minutes, thats remarkable.Anigwes hot hand and a deep, more experienced -- not to mention close-knit -- Golden Bears team have Cal off to the best start in program history and building for what it hopes is a memorable March run.These women believe they can do something special in the NCAA Tournament four years after Cal reached its first Final Four.Experience is a lot, Anigwe said before a recent practice. Just having experience under your belt, you can improve so much. I feel like if I didnt have the year like I did last year but having that experience is still like, `OK, now I can make my team better. I just want to make my team better in the best way I can.Cal coach Lindsay Gottlieb knows Anigwe would have boosted her stat line against Sacramento State on Dec. 8 if she had stayed in the game.She makes extraordinary things look ordinary, Gottlieb said. If you just throw it up there to her, she can finish right or left, she can step through defenders. ... Her efficiency level at scoring is remarkable. If we had wanted to break records, she could have had 70 or 80 if I had played her 40 minutes. Shes a different kind of player than Klay, but the similarity was it was in the flow of the offense, and it was a magical night.Anigwe realizes not every game will present such an opportunity, but the performance did teach the Bears something important.That game just showed that we could play together, she said. That game wasnt really for me. That game was for the guards, and they made me look good at the end of the day.Cal is off to the best start in school history at 10-0 after beating Southern Miss on Monday and is hovering on the bubble of breaking into the Top-25 poll. That unbeaten streak will be on the line in a tough test Tuesday against No. 20 Oklahoma in Las Vegas.Anigwe is accustomed to two or even three defenders swarming her, but now, her supporting cast is regularly contributing. Courtney Range scored a season-best 28 points in Mondays win.NBA MVP Stephen Curry was impressed to hear about Anigwes big night on the heels of the Thompson show .Thats pretty incredible, especially in college and the womens game, too, the courts pretty compact, Curry said Tuesday. Thats pretty amazing. Maybe they should just go play 1 on 1 against each other, see who wins.Anigwe is far more comfortable as she begins her second college season.Shes grown so much as a leader, fellow sophomore Chen Yue said. Right now shes on her way to being a captain.Chen! an embarrassed Anigwe interrupted.Thats true, Chen said.Anigwe explains the approach as everyone being unselfish, because when you have selfless people like that on your team and in your life it really impacts how you play and how you are as a person.She is averaging 23.6 points and 9.7 rebounds.I said in the offseason she was the most improved player. What weve seen in the games is that shes had to handle all kinds of defenses, Gottlieb said. Were a very balanced team. We have a lot of assists. She is able to find ways to score at a high rate and other kids are making shots, too. Its not just a Kristine show.And the team is expected to get bigger, too. Gottlieb is due in May with her first child, a boy, and has appreciated the support of her players so far during her pregnancy .She is still wearing heels on the sideline while beginning to mix in some maternity outfits she rented. Its flip-flops before and after games already, though, and Gottlieb is considering sneakers for game time if comfort demands it in the coming months -- Why not? she asked. Mikayla Cowling has suggested a pair of pink Converse.Her players are in it for more than fashion advice, too. Gottlieb has mostly felt good in her second trimester, but during a trip to Nebraska in early December, she rushed off the plane and sprinted to the bathroom because she was sick. Range rubbed her back as she threw up, and Jaelyn Brown handed Gottlieb paper towels. Still others waited on their coach, who has been keeping ginger ale in her office to help her stomach.I look up and half the teams in there, Gottlieb recalled. Theyre in there with me. It was the cutest thing ever. They wouldnt leave. They were very protective, in the airport bathroom. It was super sweet of them. Jaylen Hoard Blazers Jersey . But what about the officials? 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Anthony Davis had 31 points and 17 rebounds in his seventh straight game with more than 20 points, but that was only enough to keep the Pelicans competitive into the final minutes. Andrew Bogut had 10 points and 15 rebounds for Golden State, which rebounded from a loss a night earlier in Oklahoma City and snapped a two-game skid. MONTREAL -- The Montreal Canadiens knew just how important it was to rebound from one of their worst performances in decades.Montreal beat the visiting Philadelphia Flyers 5-4 on Saturday, less than 24 hours after a 10-0 drubbing at the hands of the Columbus Blue Jackets -- the first time the Canadiens conceded 10 goals since Dec. 2, 1995.It was 100 percent necessary and everyone knew that we needed to bounce back, said defenseman Greg Pateryn, who scored his first goal of the season against Philadelphia. Everyone knew this morning what it was going to be about. We needed to move on.The NHL-leading Canadiens (10-1-1) were far from perfect Saturday, but they did just enough to get back in the win column and snap Philadelphias three-game winning streak in the process.The Flyers (6-6-1) outshot Montreal 38-17 and managed to beat Carey Price four times -- the first time he has allowed more than two goals this season.It wasnt that hard for us to get up for this game after what happened to us, said Brendan Gallagher. Its never easy playing back-to-back, but we kind of had no choice but to show up and compete today.I thought we were much better than the last few games.Tomas Plekanec scored the eventual winner at 10:57 of the third period while the Habs were playing down a man. Streaking down the wing, Plekanec beat Michal Neuvirth five-hole for his first goal of the season.What a big goal by Pleky, said Phillip Danault, who also scored in the third period. Proud of him too. He deserves it. He works hard every day. I think we were more happy than he was.Canadiens coach Michel Therrien played around with his lines on Saturday, most notably putting Artturi Lehkonen on the first line with Alex Galchenyuk and Alexander Radulov.But it was Montreals defensemen who provided the offence to start the game.Andrei Markov made it 1-0 just 1:06 into the contest, jumping on a giveaway by Sean Couturier and firing home his first of the year. Neuvirth got his glove on Markoovs slap shot, but not enough of it as the puck trickled in.ddddddddddddAfter Chris VandeVelde and Shayne Gostisbehere got two goals in quick succession for the visitors, Pateryn made it 2-2 for Montreal at 9:09 of the first. The young defenceman just threw the puck on net, and a screened Neuvirth saw absolutely nothing until it was already too late.Galchenyuk put the Canadiens ahead late in the second period, scoring at 18:38 on Montreals third shot of the middle frame. The first-line centre, all alone at the side of Neuvirths goal, took a cross-ice pass from Radulov through traffic and scored into a gaping net for his fourth goal of the season.Galchenyuk now has six points in his last five games.But the Flyers refused to give up.After Danault made it 4-2 in the third period, Claude Giroux made things interesting again, scoring on the power play at 9:16.Plekanec answered back with his short-handed goal on that same four-minute minor to Andrew Shaw, but still the visitors did not roll over.Travis Konecny gave Philadelphia life at 16:16, tipping Ivan Provorovs shot past Price to bring his side back to within one.Looks like when the game is coming to an end, we pick it up a little bit, said Giroux of Philadelphias never-say-die attitude. But we have to find a way to play like that for 60 minutes. Its tough to play aggressive like that for a full game, but if we do that were going to be a dangerous team.Price stopped 34-of-38 shots while Neuvirth made 12 saves in defeat.Game notes Montreal is 9-0-0 when scoring first this year. ... The Canadiens remain perfect at home this season 7-0-0. ... The Habs are 6-0-0 at home against the Flyers in their last six games. ... This was the second of three meetings between Philadelphia and Montreal this season.UP NEXT:Flyers: Hosts Red Wings on Tuesday.Canadiens: Hosts Bruins on Tuesday. ' ' '