February 15, 2009

A Tie for First Place

1. Stanford 20-4, 10-1: Beat Cal 58-41 before a sellout crowd. Jayne Appel with 22 points and 14 rebounds and Jillian Harmon with 18 points. Great D by Ros and Lindy LaRocque and the Play of the Year by Lindy. Stanford outscored Cal 30-4 at one point. 8 straight 20 win seasons by Stanford.

Next Games: Feb 19, Oregon State, Feb 21 Oregon


1. Cal, 20-3, 11-1: Lost to Stanford 58-41 as Lexi Gray-Lawson was held to 4 points. Cal shot 31% for the game, 13% from three and had only 7 assists to 17 turnovers. Ashley Walker and Lauren Greif both scored 11 to lead the Bears.

Next Games: Feb 19, Oregon, Feb 21, Oregon State, TV


3. Arizona State, 19-6, 11-2: Beat USC 72-69 at USC. Dymond Simon scored 15 points and three players, Kayli Murphy, Briann January and Danielle Orsillo all scored 10 points. Becca Tobin scored 6 and had 13 rebounds. ASU shot 46% but had 22 turnovers, 7 by Simon.

Beat UCLA, winning their 2nd game in a row on the road by 3, 69-66. This was a school record 11th straight win for the Sun Devils. Briann January hit 4 three’s and had 21 points, Dymond Simon scored 19 points. January added 5 assists and was one of three ASU players with 3 steals. ASU had 15 steals for the game.

Next Games: Feb 21 at Arizona


4. USC, 12-11, 6-6: Lost to ASU 72-69 as Camille LeNoir’s last second three attempt bounced off the rim. Ashley Coral hit 3 three’s and ended with 19 points. LeNoir scored 15 points and Brianna Gilbreath scored 13 points. USC had 14 steals, 4 each by Gilbreath and Brynn Cameron. Those of you worried about getting tickets for the LA weekend or the Pac 10, the “crowd” was 862.

Lost at home to 2 win Arizona 74-61. USC was 9 for 37 from three and shot 29% for the game. Heather Oliver scored 15 and Brynn Cameron 13. USC took 39 more shots than Arizona and lost.

Next Games: Feb 20 at Washington State, Feb 22 at Washington


4. UCLA, 15-8, 6-6: Beat Arizona 58-39. The Bruin defense held Arizona to 22% from the floor. Erica Tukiainen scored 21 points to lead the Bruins. Doreena Campbell scored 12 points and had 9 rebounds. Atonye Nyingifa scored 9 points and had 10 rebounds. Before the game, not sure when, Darxia Morris was suspended. Candice Brown is now out for the season with an injury.

Lost to ASU 69-66. UCLA our rebounded the Sun Devils by 9, but committed 22 turnovers and lost despite shooting 50% from the floor. Tukiainen had 17 points, Campbell 15 and Nyingifa 13 for the Bruins. This really hurts the Bruins NCAA chances.

Next Games: Feb 20 at Washington, Feb 22 at Washington State


6. Oregon State, 15-8, 6-7: Beat Washington 77-63. The Beavers had three big scorers, Brittany Davis with 20, Alex Mitchell with 19 and Talisa Rhea with 18 points. Kristen Tilleman had 10 rebounds. Cedes Fox-Griffin had 11 points, 5 assists and only 1 turnover.

Beat Washington State 52-42. Tiffany Ducker had 12 points and maybe a Pac 10 high for the year 17 rebounds. Cedes Fox-Griffin 10 points and 7 steals.

Next Games: Feb 19 at Stanford, Feb 21 at Cal, TV


7. Oregon, 9-15, 5-8: Lost to Washington State 58-45. Amanda Johnson had her first double, double with 12 points and 10 rebounds. Taylor Lilly missed the game with a concussion suffered last week. Oregon shot only 29% and had only 5 assists.

Beat Washington 77-69. Michaela Cocks was 4 of 5 from three and scored 19 points. Amanda Johnson had a career high 18 points. Ellie Manou scored 18 points and gathered in 9 rebounds. Taylor Lilley returned to action and had 6 assists although also 7 turnovers. The Ducks won despite 26 turnovers.

Next Games: Feb 19 at cal, Feb 21 at Stanford


8. Washington State, 10-14, 3-10: Beat Oregon 58-45 in Eugene. The Ducks shot only 29% and had 5 assists for the game. Jazmine Perkins had 17 points 8 rebounds, 4 (of the team’s total 10) assists and 6 (half the team’s total) turnovers. April Cook added 17 points, including 3 three’s.

Lost to Oregon State 52-42 as they scored only 12 first half points while shooting 14%. Jazmine Perkins led the Cougars with 17 points and 7 rebounds.

Next Games: Feb 20, USC, Feb 22, UCLA


8. Arizona, 10-14, 3-10: Lost to UCLA 58-39. 22% from the floor, only 4 assists and 19 turnovers resulted in only 38 points. Ify Ibekwe continues to lead with 13 points, 11 rebounds and 5 steals, however she was only 2 for 14 from the floor.

Beat USC in a shocker 74-61 at USC. Arizona shot 60% from the field. Despite 28 turnovers and losing the rebound battle by 10 the Wildcats won. Ibekwe scored 27 points and had 8 rebounds to lead the Wildcats.

Next Games: Feb 21, ASU


10. Washington, 5-18, 1-12: Lost to Oregon State 77-63. Sami Whitcomb had a game high 23 points making 5 of 9 three’s. Technicals on Christina Rozier and Liz Lay didn’t help.

Lost to Oregon 77-69. Sami Whitcomb had 26 points and 5 steals, but 6 turnovers. Kristi Kingma added 14 points. Laura McLennan had 10 rebounds.

Next Games: Feb 20 UCLA, Feb 22, USC

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