The Pac-10 after Week 1

Women's Basketball Standings

Stanford 2-0, 7-3
Washington 2-0, 9-4
Arizona State 1-0, 11-1
California 1-1, 9-2
Oregon 1-1, 8-3
UCLA 1-1, 7-7
Washington State 1-1, 5-6
Arizona 0-1, 6-7
Oregon State 0-2, 4-5
USC 0-2, 6-6

Stanford

visited USC and UCLA and came away with a sweep. Without Candice, Stanford exhibited very balanced scoring.

Dec 28: Arizona
Dec 30: ASU
Jan 2: @ Fresno State

Washington

went to the state of Oregon and came away with two big road wins to co-lead the Pac-10 with Stanford after the first week. Both were 4 point wins and the Oregon State game went to overtime. Cameo Hicks led the way with 37 points and 19 rebounds and Andrea Plouffe had 29 points, in the two games.

Dec 29: USC
Dec 31: UCLA

Arizona State

easily defeated Arizona in their only league game and also defeated Texas Tech in the "outdoor" game. Danielle Orsillo scored 33 points in the 2 games to earn Pac-10 Player-of-the-Week honors.

Dec 28: @ cal
Dec 30: @ Stanford

Cal

started its Pac-10 season without outstanding PG Alexis Grey-Lawson, a huge blow to their top 15 ranking. Cal split its two SoCal games, beating USC and losing a heartbreaker in OT at UCLA. Devanei Hampton led Cal with 40 points and 13 rebounds with Ashley Walker scoring 31 points to go with 19 rebounds in the two games. Cal continues last year's practice of playing starters most of the way. In the UCLA game the five starters all played between 36 and 45 minutes of the overtime game, and 3 of them fouled out.

Dec 28: ASU
Dec 30: Arizona
Jan 2: Rhode Island

Oregon

hosted the Washington schools, losing a tight one to Washington by 4 and beating WSU by 11. Eleanor Haring scored 37 points and 6-7 Jessie Shetters had 19 rebounds in the 2 games.

Dec 30: BYU
no league games this week.

UCLA

beat Cal in OT and lost to Stanford to go 1-1 for the week. Noelle Quinn lead the Bruins with 30 points and 10 assists in the two games. Attendance for the two home games averaged about 750. Incredible.

Dec 29: @ WSU
Dec 31: @ Washington

Washington State

started the Pac-10 season with a 17 point win at Oregon State, then lost at Oregon. WSU will be a low scoring team, as frosh Marisa Stotler lead the team over the first two games with a total of 20 points.

Dec 29: UCLA
Dec 31: USC

Arizona

lost to ASU to start league play. Joy Hollingsworth and Amina Njonkou led the Wildcats against the Sun Devils with identical totals of 14 points and 7 rebounds.

Dec 28: @ Stanford
Dec 30: @ Cal

Oregon State

lost a pair to the Washington schools in Corvallis, although they played a great game while losing in OT to Washington. Sr Casey Nash scored 45 points in the two games, she is the leading scorer in Pac-10 play, to lead the Beavs. Nash was 13 for 16 from the floor against Washington.

Dec 28: Texas (in San Diego)
Dec 30: Holy Cross or San Diego

USC

lost to both Bay Area schools in LA last week to start their league play at 0-2. Shay Murphy had a great week with 39 points. Attendance at USC was a sparkling 695 average against the then # 14 and 15 teams in the country.

Dec 29: @ Washington
Dec 31: @ WSU

Big Games this week

Thursday: ASU @ Cal
Sat: ASU @ Stanford
Sunday: UCLA @ Washington