In the past three years WSU has gone 5-49 in league play. They are the weak sister of the Pac 10. It appears that record won't improve much in the coming season. Thus far in pre-season play WSU has 3-6 record with wins over Sac State, San Jose State and Eastern Washington.
Washington State is led by 6-2 SR Kate Benz, who averaged 10 points and 9 rebounds per game last year. She would be a go to player on any Pac 10 team, and is a very strong rebounder.
The good news for WSU is that the supporting cast is very young, and some of them are playing quite well.
Washington uses a three Guard line-up, with 5-8 SO Katie Appleton swinging to several spots, including the Point; 5-9 SO Amanda DuRocher at the 2/3 and 5-8 FR Colleen Betteridge at the Point. Betteridge had a game with 6 assists. Appleton and DuRocher each averaged 8 points per game as Frosh, and both are good 3 point shooters.
Also playing at the 2/3 are 5-7 FR Nakejia Kelly and 5-11 JR Dani Montgomery, who averaged 4 points per game last season.
In the frontcount with Benz are 6-1 FR Marisa Stotler, 6-4 SO Center Ebonee Coates and 6-0 SR Adriane Ferguson. Last season Ferguson averaged 4 points per game, but has been sidelined for a time this season with a finger injury. Coates started out great in the rebounding area, but recently has given way to Stotler who has had games of 24 and 25 points.
Only 2 of 8 players are SRs, and only one is a top six player, so the future could get slightly better, except for recruiting. I can't find any recruits for the 2007 class. There is one possible, Shanice Brown who should be a frosh, but is not on the roster.
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