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

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