January 25, 2009

Almost half way though the Pac 10 Race

1. Cal, 16-2, 7-0: Beat Oregon State in a tight one 77-72. Ashley Walker scored 20 and had 7 rebounds and 3 steals. Natasha Vital scored 18 points but had 6 turnovers. Alexis Gary-Lawson was 4 of 5 from three on her way to 19 points.

Beat Oregon 65-50, leading 31-10 at the half and coasting to the victory. Ashley Walker scored 23 and had 7 rebounds to lead the Bears. Alexis Gray-Lawson added 17 and Natasha Vital 13 points for the Bears.

Next Games: Jan 29 UCLA, Jan 31, USC


2. Stanford 15-4, 6-1: Beat Oregon in Eugene 85-57. Jayne Appel scored 22 points and added 10 rebounds while Kayla Pederson scored 14 points and had 13 rebounds. Sarah Boothe and Nneka Ogwumike combined for 20 points on 10 of 13 from the floor. Jeanette Pohlen went 5 for 7 from the floor for 14 points.

Beat Oregon State 69-54, shooting 54% from the floor. Jayne with 18 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Card, who had 5 players in double figures.

Next Games: Jan 29, USC, Feb 1, UCLA, TV


3. Arizona State, 13-6, 5-2: Best Arizona 75-38. Dymond Simon hit 3 of 4 three’s for 19 points, and Briann January 4 of 5 three’s for 16 points to pace the Sun Devils. Attendance was over 3,500. Sybil Dosty had 13 points and 11 rebounds. Missy Barlow was a ref. 11 players scored.

Next Games: Jan 29 at Washington State, Jan 31 at Washington, TV


3. UCLA, 14-4, 5-2: Beat Washington State 83-48 in a game that “featured” 53 turnovers. No wonder only 678 bothered to attend the game at UCLA. Lots of playing time for all as the UCLA Bench almost outscored the Cougars. Dorenna Campbell scored 15 to lead the Bruins. The UCLA scored bench scored 43 on 18 of 31 from the floor. They also had 15 of the Bruin’s 24 turnovers.

Beat Washington 74-66. The Bruins shot 48% and out rebounded Washington by 16, but committed 23 turnovers. Campbell led again with 20 points and contributed 6 assists. The Bruins had 5 players in double figures. Frosh Atonye Nyingifa made what I believe was her first start, scoring 10 points, and pulling down 9 rebounds and she also had 4 steals. Christina Nzewbe had 10 rebounds to go with her 10 points. Darxia Morris scored 10 points in a row, but just 12 for the game.

Next Games: Jan 29 at Cal, Feb 1 at Stanford, TV


3. USC, 11-7, 5-2: Beat Washington 90-82. Nadia Parker had two career highs, 26 points and 5 blocked shots. She also led with 9 rebounds. Brynn Cameron had 18 points as five players scored in double figures. Alas only 723 attended the game.

Beat Washington State 78-57. Heather Oliver hit 5 of 6 three’s for 18 points to lead the Trojans. Nadia Parker did not play in this game, a leg injury, so Kari LaPlante and Michelle Jenkins combined for 13 points and 7 rebounds. Hailey Dunham also sat out the game. 5 players scored 9 or more points. USC had an amazing 20 steals, 6 by Brynn Cameron.

Next Games: Jan 29 at Stanford, Jan 31 at Cal


6. Oregon, 7-11, 4-4: Lost to Stanford 85-57. Only Jasmin Holliday scored in double figures with 12 points. The Ducks had a season low 8 turnovers. However, Oregon was out rebounded by 25 and shot only 32% from the floor, while Stanford shot 57%.

Lost to Cal 65-50, although the Ducks did not give up, outscoring Cal 40-34 in the second half. Oregon was 0 for 10 from three in the first half and 8 for 14 in the second half. Taylor Lilly and Micaela Cocks led the Ducks with 17 and 13 points respectively.

Next Games: Jan 31, Oregon State


7. Oregon State, 11-7, 2-6: Lost to cal in a hard fought home game, 77-72. The starting guards led the way as usual for the Beavers. Talisa Rhea scored 20 points and Brittany Davis had 24 points.

Lost to Stanford 69-54 before their largest crowd of the season, 1,664. Alex Mitchell scored 14 and Brittany Davis 10 to lead the Beavers. Oregon State did lead at the half by one point, but Stanford held the Ducks to 32% shooting in the second half.

Next Games: Jan 31 at Oregon


8. Washington, 5-12, 1-6: Lost at USC 90-82. The Huskies made 12 three’s in 26 attempts. Sami Whitcomb made 5 of 9 three’s on her way to 26 points. Kristi Kingma returned full time and hit 4 of 7 three’s and scored 19 points. Michelle Augustavo is normally a fine three point shooter but was only 1 for 9 from the floor, however she turned rebounder with a team leading 11 boards.

For those who took the bus to Cal last Sunday, at the end of the movie the Roosevelt coach put in his tallest player, a frosh. That player was McKenzie Argens who scored 10 points in the USC game.

Lost to UCLA 74-66. Kristi Kingma went off with 6 three’s on her way to 25 points for the Huskies.

Next Games: Jan 29 Arizona, Jan 31 ASU TV


8. Washington State, 8-10, 1-6: Lost to UCLA 83-48. Katie Appleton made 4 three’s to set a new school career record for three point shots made. She scored 13 points and Jazmine Perkins scored 14. 29 turnovers and 31% shooting while allowing the Bruins to shot 55% tuned this game into a rout.

Lost to USC 78-57. April Cook had 16 points but 6 turnovers and Jazmine Perkins scored 9 points but had 8 turnovers. Both players received technical fouls. Jessica Oestreicher, the tallest player in the league at 6-8, played 15 minutes and scored 7 points.

Next Games: Jan 29 ASU, Jan 31 Arizona

10. Arizona, 7-11, 0-7: Lost to ASU 75-38. Ify Ibekwe was the sole highlight with 13 points and 6 rebounds. The Wildcats had 4 assists and 26 turnovers.

Next Games: Jan 29 at Washington. Jan 31 at Washington State

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