Pac 10, Week 4

It’ll be the showdown at Maples Saturday afternoon as the top two teams in the Pac 10collide. Two games drew 8500 people this week, UCLA at USC and Stanford at ASU. I know big promotions and all that, but great for Women’s Basketball on the West Coast.

1. Cal (17-2, 8-0) A big, big week for Cal as they won two on the road, again. But the big win was beating ASU in Tempe. Devanie Hampton had a huge night against ASU with 28 points and 9 rebounds. Grey-Lawson and Vital had big three point nights as Cal defeated Arizona. The twosome went 8 for 10 from three. Ashley Walker had a solid 23 points and 13 rebounds for the two games.

Saturday at Stanford

2. Stanford (16-3, 6-2) Stanford remained in the chase with a huge come from behind win in Tempe, after defeating the Arizona Wildcats. In the two games, Candice with 37 points; Jayne with 32 points and 19 rebounds on 16 for 23 shooting. JJ had 11 Assists and Zero, Nada (again) Turnovers. Kayla returned home for 34 points and 17 rebounds. But a big hats off to the blue color work of rebounding and defense to Jeanette and Jillian. And those two Free Throws by Jeanette.

Saturday, Cal

3. Arizona State (11-7, 5-2) Lost two at home for the first time in 5 years. Briann January had an outstanding week with 36 points, 8 assists and only 3 turnovers. ASU played tough though, very hard on Defense. But the situation for them is now a hard road back with 4 tough road games to go in the State of California.

Thursday @ Washington, Saturday @ Washington State

4. USC (11-7, 4-3) It got very rough at the end of the USC-UCLA game but when the smoke and bodies were cleared USC had a big win. Heather Oliver led the Trojans with 15 points and Nadia Parker had 13 point and 10 rebounds.

Thursday, Oregon, Saturday, Oregon

4. UCLA (9-9, 4-3) Lost a tough one at the end to USC. Lindsey Pluimer led the Bruins with 15 points.

Thursday, Oregon, Saturday, Oregon State

4. Oregon (10-8, 4-3) The Ducks swept the Washington schools. Against Oregon State, Nicole Canepa had 12 points and Taylor Lilley led the Ducks against Washington with 20 points, hitting 4 three’s.

Thursday @ UCLA, Saturday @ USC

7. Oregon State (10-8, 3-4) Two huge wins for the Beavers at home against the Washington schools. Brittany Davis scored 35 points in the two games. My pick for Player of the Week, Talisa Rhea, had 18 points in the win over Washington, and followed that up by hitting a school record 8 three’s and 24 points against Washington State. In the two games Rhea hit 12 three’s.

Thursday @ USC, Saturday @ UCLA

8. Washington (7-12, 2-5) Visited the Oregon schools and came up empty. Losing two close games, by a total of 6 points, is a heartbreaker for the young Huskies. The big news was USD transfer Michelle Augustavo who scored 18 points against Oregon hitting 6 of 10 three point attempts. Michelle hit 9 three pointers on the weekend.

Thursday, ASU, Saturday, Arizona


9. Arizona (6-12, 0-7) lost twice this past week. Amina Njonkou and Ashley Whisonant continue to play well with 23 and 27 points for the two games, respectively.

Thursday @ Washington State, Saturday @ Washington

9. WSU (3-15, 0-7) They are just overwhelmed right now. A fine recruiting class, so wait for next year.

Thursday, Arizona, Saturday, ASU