The Week before Christmas

1. Stanford 8-3:

2. Cal, 8-2: No games this week.


3. Arizona State, 8-3:

Lost to Texas 81-71. ASU outscored Texas by 14 from the floor, including going 9 for 19 from three. Texas made 30 of 33 free throws for the win. 21 points for Dymond Simon. Briann January made 3 three’s for 9 points and also had 7 assists and only 2 turnovers. Sybil Dosty added 12 rebounds for the Sun Devils. A tough game for ASU to lose, to the # 5 Texas Longhorns.

Beat Xavier 75-57 before 4,200 people in Tempe. Xavier is now 9-4. Briann January had 16 points and 9 assists. Both Becca Tobin and Sybil Dosty had 3 blocks. Lauren Lacey had 13 points in 11 minutes.



4. UCLA, 9-1:

Beat Rice 82-64. UCLA jumped off to a 20-0 lead. This is UCLA’s best start in 28 years. Doreena Campbell led the way with 16 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists. Chinyere Ibekwe had 10 points, 12 rebounds and blocked 4 shots, but also had 6 turnovers.

Beat Kansas 67-64. Kansas came into the game with only one loss. Eight players had between 5 and 12 points. 1500 in attendance at UCLA.



5. Oregon State, 8-1:

Beat UC Irvine 71-42. Brittany Davis had 18 points, 6 assists, and 1 turnover. She was 4 of 8 from three. Alex Mitchell also had 18 points.

Beat Cal State Bakersfield 66-56. Talisa Rhea scored 23 points, and Cedes Fox-Griffin added 17 points and 6 assists.



6. USC, 6-4:

Lost to # 5 Duke in Overtime. Sadly USC led by 10 with under 4 minutes to go and couldn’t hold on. Hopefully they will use this performance, an outstanding one for 36 minutes to build on. Duke had 8 assists and 29 turnovers to 18 and 25 for USC. Kind of sloppy but really non stop hustle too.

Brynn Cameron hit 4of 9 three’s on her way to 16 points, and Ashley Corral also had 16 points with 6 assists and only a single turnover. Hailey Durham had 10 points, 9 rebounds and 3 steals. 1,611 saw the game at USC.

Beat Harvard 95-74. Briana Gilbreath scored 22 points on 9 of 12 from the floor. USC shot 54% with a great stat, 28 assists.


7. Washington State, 7-2:

Beat Hawaii 66-48 in Hawaii. April Cook led the Cougars with 17 points. Jazmine Perkins and Katie Appleton each had 12 points. Appleton also had 7 assists and no turnovers. Rosie Tarnowski had 7 points and 10 rebounds. Frosh Jessica Oestreicher made her college debut with 3 points and 3 rebounds in 6 minutes. WSU was 11 for 37 from three.


8. Arizona, 6-4:

Beat UC Riverside 53-48. Ify Ibekwe with 23 points and 15 rebounds was almost the whole show for the Wildcats.


9. Washington, 4-5:

Lost to UConn 109-51. Not much to say as Washington shot 26% and UConn 64%. Tia Charles had 29 points on 13 of 15 in only 19 minutes for the East Coast Huskies.

Beat Florida State, a team that was 9-2 and getting Top 25 votes, 62-60. A huge win for the Huskies. 12 points for Sara Mosiman and 11 for Laura McClellan. Kristi Kingma and Christina Rozier each had 3 steals as the Huskies had 11 total steals.

Lost to Northern Colorado 65-63. Laura McClellan led the Huskies with a career high 22 points. Michelle Augustavo scored 12 points on 4 of 6 from three. The Huskies had only 8 assists and 20 turnovers.


10. Oregon, 3-6:

Lost to Marquette 69-39. The Ducks shot only 22%. Micaela Cocks made 4 of 10 three’s for 14 points, and that was it.

Lost to Baylor 81-71. A nice game and tough loss for the Ducks who were 9 for 18 from three. Taylor Lilly was 4 for 9 from three and 20 points. Cocks was an amazing 5 for 6 from three and scored 18 points. Things are looking up for the Ducks with Lilly back full time.