The Purple and Gold are not being Bold. One would have thought a 5-1 start would be possible and probable, given their schedule, but losses on the road to Kent State and Marquette have left the Huskies at 3-3 going into a road game against Ohio State. And the Ohio State game was very encouraging, despite a close loss.
Graduation losses were minimal, Kayla Burt and Kristen O'Neill. Burt made a fantastic comeback from heart problems and O'Neill was an excellent 3 point shooter, but losing only 2 role players from an 18-9 regular season record should not have had this effect on the Huskies.
At the point is 5-5 junior Emily Florence. She is leading the team in assists at 4 per game while averaging 4 points per game. She has started every game and tied for the most minutes with Cameo Hicks.
Hicks, a 5-10 senior, is off to a great start, averaging 19 points per game. She is an offensive force, one of the best offensive players in the Pac 10.
Washington doesn't have a true center on the team, but has a number of 6-0 to 6-3 women.
Andrea Plouffe is a 6-2 junior who came on toward the end of last season. She missed 3 games this year, but is 2nd in points per game at 11 and 2nd in rebounds at 5 per game. Also starting up front is 6-1 senior Breanne Watson. Watson is averaging 9 points and 4 rebounds per game. 6-0 senior Jill Bell is scoring at the rate of 10 points per game and has a sizeable lead in rebounding at 7.4 per game for the Huskies.
Other post-type players are 6-2 freshman Laura McLellan from San Jose who has played in every game, and 6-3 senior Maggie O'Hara.
Cheri Chaddock, a wonderful athlete, is a 5-10 senior averaging 6 points per game. Stefanie Clark is a 5-9 sophomore guard averaging 8.6 points per game, 5th on the team.
Injured, and out until January or so, is 5-8 junior Dominique Banks, who scored 7 points per game last season while starting all but one game.
Lack of strong post play has hurt the Huskies, who are presently 3-4 on the year.
Recruiting: The Huskies recently got a transfer from the University of San Diego, 6-0 guard Michelle Augustavo. She must sit out this season and will play next year. Can she shoot? She holds the USD record for scoring 42 points last year against Clemson with TEN 3's.
Washington has a great high school recruiting class, # 10 in the US. Joining the Huskies next year will be:
- 6-5 4-star center, Kali Bennett
- 5-8 4-star point guard, Sarah Morton
- 5-10 4-star guard, Candice Nichols
- 6-3 3-star center, Mackenzie Argens
- 6-0 3-star guard, Katelan Redmon
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