February 26, 2008

Pac 10 Review, The Final Week

1. Stanford (25-3, 14-2) Candice 4 for 19 and we beat Cal. That sums up a team win. JJ Hones 4 for 6 from three point land for 16 points, Jayne Appel with 16 points and 10 rebounds, Kayla Peterson with 10 and 10 and Candice scored the final 2 baskets for Stanford and ended with 13 points and 5 steals.

Friday @ Washington, Sunday @ Washington State


1. Cal (23-4, 14-2) Lost their first “Must Win” game in years, but what a game and what a crowd. 10,525, the most ever for a Pac 10 Women’s game. Hampton and Walker had double doubles. Hampton with 19 points and 10 rebounds and Walker with 17 points and 14 rebounds. Coming up, a big weekend for both Stanford and Cal in the state of Washington.

Friday @ Washington State, Sunday at Washington


3. Arizona State (18-9, 12-4) Lauren Lacy was the Pac 10 Player of the Week as she scored 37 points in the two wins over the Washington schools. She also had 11 rebounds in the win over Washington. 6th year player Jill Noe has had a rough year scoring, but had 9 assists vs Washington.

Thursday @ UCLA, Saturday @ USC. 11AM PT, TV


4. USC (17-10, 10-6) After beating Oregon the Trojans defy all odds and lose a one point game to Oregon State. I know in Corvallis, but this should be an NCAA team. There I said it out loud. Nadia Parker’s 37 points led the way for the week. USC now has some must win games if they want to Dance.

Thursday, Arizona, Saturday, ASU, 11Am PT TV


5. UCLA (14-13, 9-7) Edged Oregon State but lost to Oregon in the Northwest. Lindsey Pluimer, as usual, led the way with 32 points in the two games.

Thursday, ASU, Saturday, Arizona


6. Washington (12-16, 7-9) Split with the Arizona schools. Kali Bennett had 17 points in the loss to ASU. Katelan Redmon had 23 points for the week.

Friday, Stanford, Sunday, Cal


7. Oregon (12-16, 6-11) Split with the SoCal schools. Kaela Chapdelaine should have been Player of the Week for just the UCLA game as she scored 25 points, hitting 6 of 6 three point attempts. If that wasn’t enough, she had 6 rebounds, 6 assists and only one turnover. Well, she gets my Player of the Week award.

Saturday, Oregon State



8. Oregon State (11-17, 4-13) Lost to UCLA but rose up to beat USC by one. Mercedes Fox-Griffin scored 11 points and had 6 assists and only one turnover in their win over USC. Against UCLA she scored 12.

Saturday @ Oregon



9. Arizona (9-18, 3-13) Lost a pair to the Washington schools. Ashley Whisonant had 33 points for the week, and against Washington State she tried gamely with 8 assists, but 5 turnovers.

Thursday @ USC, Saturday @ UCLA




10. WSU (5-22, 2-14) Had an up and down weekend, scoring only 30 in the loss to ASU then coming back to hit 13 three’s while handling Arizona. Alexa Price hit 4 of 5 three’s for 16 points against Arizona

Friday, Cal, Sunday, Stanford

February 17, 2008

The Pac 10, The Showdown

With just 2 weeks to go it appears the Pac 10 Championship will be settled at Haas Pavilion when Stanford visits Cal. After that both Bay Area teams visit the Washington schools, where of course, anything can happen and has in the past. But for this week, all eyes are on Berkeley.

1. Cal (23-3, 14-1) Beat both Arizona schools to maintain their game lead over Stanford. Against ASU Cal had 22 turnovers then came back against Arizona to record only 10. Vital had an amazing 12 assists against Arizona. In the 2 games Hampton had 39 points and 22 rebounds while Walker also had 39 points and added 20 rebounds.

Saturday, Stanford, 1PM TV

2. Stanford (24-3, 13-2) Kept pace with Cal by also beating both Arizona schools. Candice Wiggins had 42 points for the two games. Ros Gold-Onwude had 17 points against ASU going 5 for 6 from three. Jayne Appel had a fine weekend with 29 points, 20 rebounds, 11 assists, 3 blocks and 6 steals.

Saturday @ Cal, 1PM TV

3. Arizona State (16-9, 10-4) Lost both games on their trip to the Bay Area. Dosty led the way for the 2 games with 20 points and 17 rebounds. Jill Noe had 16 points against Cal and Dymond Simon had 13 points against Stanford.

Thursday, Washington State, Sunday, Washington, 11:30 PST, TV


4. USC (16-9, 9-5) Beat UCLA before 8,000 fans at UCLA. Nadia Parker had 18 points and 10 rebounds while Camille LeNoir had 7 assists without turnover.

Thursday @ Oregon, Saturday @ Oregon State


5. UCLA (13-12, 8-6) Scored 36 points in their home loss to USC. “Nuff said.

Thursday @ Oregon State, Saturday @ Oregon, 2 PM TV

6. Washington (11-15,6-8)Won both games against the Oregon schools. Both games were very close and resulted in a huge weekend for Tia and the Huskies. Washington was so balanced, with so many contributors, that only Whitcomb with 21 and Plouffe with 20 points scored 20 in the two games.

Thursday @ Arizona, Sunday @ ASU, 11:30 PST, TV

7. Oregon (11-15, 5-10) Split a pair this week, losing to Washington by 1 and beating Washington State by 3. Oregon had 12 three’s in their win over WSU. Taylor Lilley scored 31 for the two games, Nicole Canepa 21 points.

Thursday, USC, Saturday, UCLA, 2PM, TV

8. Arizona (9-16, 3-11) Lost a pair in the Bay Area. Ibekwe had 16 points and 8 rebounds against Stanford. Njoukou had 24 points and 18 rebounds in the 2 games.

Thursday, Washington, Saturday, WSU


9 Oregon State (10-16, 3-12) Lost a pair to the Washington schools. Ashley Allen scored 25 in the loss to Washington State.

Thursday, UCLA, Saturday, USC

10. WSU (4-21, 1-13) Won their 1st conference game defeating Oregon State. Elbonee Coates is a top candidate for Player of the Week after scoring 27 points and pulling down 27 rebounds in the two games. Jasmine Williams had a big weekend also with 28 points in the two games.

Thursday @ ASU, Saturday @ Arizona

February 12, 2008

The Pac 10: Senior Day on The Farm

The Pac 10, Senior Day on The Farm

Hard to believe but that day we never wanted is here. Saturday is Senior Day at Stanford, the last home regular season game for Cissy Pierce and the greatest Stanford Women’s Player ever, Candice Wiggins. Yes we’ll see Candice at Cal, and at the Pac 10 and at Maples in the NCAA’s, but we will celebrate Cissy and Candice this Saturday against ASU.



1. Cal (21-3, 12-1) Won their first game in Eugene in 15 years to cap another winning weekend for Cal. Vital had 17 in the win at Oregon State, and Gray-Lawson had 16 against Oregon. Hampton had 23 points and 15 rebounds while Walker had 21 points and 20 rebounds for the week.

Thursday, ASU, Saturday, Arizona, 1PM, TV


2. Stanford (22-3, 11-2) Kept pace with Cal, one game behind, with their sweep in Oregon. Candice with 50 points and 12 rebounds in the two league games. The 2 game totals for Appel, 26 points, 19 rebounds, NINE blocked shots, and for Pederson, 38 points,17 rebounds. And not to be forgotten, Stanford beat Santa Clara on Tuesday with JJ Hones scoring 20 points on 5 of 6 three’s.

Thursday, Arizona, Saturday, ASU, 1PM, TV

2. Arizona State (16-7, 10-2) Played only one game this week and beat Arizona in a very close game in Tempe. January with 16 points and 6 assists, but an uncharacteristic 5 turnovers.

Thursday @ Cal, Saturday @ Stanford 1PM, TV


4. USC (15-9, 8-5) Swept the Washington schools at home. Nadia Parker had a big weekend with 37 points and 17 rebounds. Dunham had 10 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists to go with 6 turnovers against Washington and Jelks made 3 of 4 three’s against Washington. Heather Oliver had 21 points and 8 rebounds against WSU. Neither Hughes nor LaPlante played last weekend and both are doubtful for UCLA.

Sunday @ UCLA


4. UCLA (13-11, 8-5) Beat the Washington schools twice, behind Pac 10 Player of the Week Lindsey Pluimer. Lindsey had 38 points and 13 rebounds for the week, but her honor was surely due to passing famed Stanford Women’s Volleyball Assistant Coach Denise Corlett to move into 10th place on the UCLA all time rebounding list.

Sunday, USC

6. Washington (9-15, 4-8) Lost twice in LA, although played a very tough game against UCLA. Katelan Redmon scored 16 against USC. Sami Whitcomb scored 27 with 5 three’s against UCLA to almost pull off an upset.

Friday, Oregon, Sunday, Oregon State


7. Oregon (10-14, 4-9) Blown out twice at home to Stanford and Cal. The Ducks shot only 20% against Cal. Canepa scored 12 against Stanford, but that 20% shooting left no highlights against Cal.

Friday @ Washington, Sunday @ Washington State

8. Arizona (9-14, 3-9) Lost to ASU in Tempe but it was close and Arizona played the Sun Devils tough. Ashley Whisonant led the Wildcats with 16 points, 6 assists although 6 turnovers.

Thursday @ Stanford, Saturday @ Cal, 1:00, TV

9 Oregon State (10-14, 3-10) Lost twice to the Bay Area schools but played tough both games. Mitchell had 13 against Cal, and Allen had 17 against Stanford.

Friday @ Washington State, Sunday @ Washington

10. WSU (3-20, 0-12) Katie Appleton had 18 points and 8 rebounds against UCLA, then only played 8 minutes against USC as WSU lost 2 in LA.

Friday, Oregon State, Sunday, Oregon

February 5, 2008

Pac 10 review, the action moves to Oregon

Two of the three leaders, Cal and Stanford head to Oregon for two games. ASU should come to the Bay Area next week at 10-2, and still in the race. So a bit of a lull before the storm, assuming Cal and Stanford keep there wits about them. OK, enough with the clichés


1. Cal (19-3, 10-1) Cal came so close to disaster against USC, or they came up big to win an extremely close game. Your call. But whatever your thoughts, two big wins for the Bears. Hampton was outstanding again, 29 points and 25 rebounds in the two games. Walker also big with 29 points and 17 rebounds. In the win over UCLA, Vital had 16 points.
Thursday @ Oregon State, Saturday @ Oregon, 1:00, TV


2. Stanford (19-3, 9-2) Player Of the Week Candice Wiggins had 48 points. Kayla Pederson scored 28 points, a career high, with 10 rebounds against USC. In her two games this past week, Jayne Appel scored 27 points, had 24 rebounds, 6 assists and 6 blocked shots.
Tuesday @ Santa Clara, Thursday @ Oregon, Saturday @ Oregon State


2. Arizona State (15-7, 9-2) Like Cal, nearly the victim of a major upset, this to Oregon, or they got tough at the end of the game. Against Oregon State, ASU’s four post players scored 46 points on 19 of 25 shooting. Against Oregon those same four scored 24 points on 10 of 24 shooting.
Friday, Arizona


4. USC (13-9, 6-5) Lost twice in their trip to the Bay Area, although it was close against Cal. But the Stanford game was not close at all. LaNoir, who was scoreless against Stanford, hit for 21 against Cal, but took 25 shots.

Friday, Washington, Sunday, Washington State


4. UCLA (11-11, 6-5) Lost a pair like USC while in the Bay Area. Lindsey Pluimer continues to be a rock with 30 points and 12 rebounds in the two games. With an 11-11 record and only 8-10 games left before the Tournament selections, UCLA will be hard pressed to make the NCAA’s. They are now at a crossroads, and really have to step it up.

Friday, Washington State, Sunday, Washington, 1:30 TV


6. Washington (9-13, 4-6) Routed Washington State. 10 of 22 three’s, Redmon with 20 points.
Friday @ USC, Sunday @ UCLA, 1:30 TV


7. Oregon (10-12, 4-7) Lost two in the desert, although almost pulled off a huge upset in Tempe. Taylor Lilley had 22 points against Arizona, Nurse 15 against ASU, but missed the winning shot at the end.
Thursday , Stanford, Saturday, Cal, 1:00 TV


8. Oregon State (10-12, 3-8) They too lost a pair in the desert. Frosh Talisa Rhea continues to play well with 29 points in the two games.

Thursday, Cal, Saturday, Stanford

9. Arizona (9-13, 3-8) Two big wins for the Wildcats. Beating Oregon was huge for their program, and then kept it up to beat Oregon State. Ify Ibekwe was no longer Ify as she had her best week in college with 30 points and 19 rebounds in the two games. Ashley Whisonant had 39 points, the 2nd best two game total in the Pac 10.

Friday @ ASU


10. WSU (3-18, 0-10) Lost huge in June’s return to Seattle. The bright spot, 4,129 people who cared enough to see the return. One of them was not the recent AD.

Friday @ UCLA, Sunday @ USC