The first week of real play

Arizona 2-0

Arizona wins their first game beating Iona at Iona 75-70. The Wildcats led by 21 at one point, lost their lead but then came back to win in Overtime. Davellyn Whyte made her debut as the frosh scored 27 points and had 8 rebounds and 0 turnovers in 44 minutes. Whyte hit 4 of 10 three’s. Soph JC transfer Brooke Jackson added 13 points hitting 3 of 4 three’s. Ify Ibekwe only scored 11 points and had 8 turnovers, but had an amazing 21 rebounds.

The Wildcats moved to 2-0 by beating Miami of Ohio 91-67. Ibekwe had 15 points and 16 rebounds and Tournament MVP Whyte had 11 points including 3 three’s. Reiko Thomas added 17 points off the bench. The Wildcats had 20 assists and 19 turnovers, a plus on that side for the first time in my memory. Ibekwe turned around in this game with 5 assists and only 2 turnovers.

Next Games: Nov 21st at San Diego State. Nov 23rd, Mississippi.


ASU 1-0

Beat South Dakota State 73-64. Becca Tobin had a career high 18 points to lead the Sun Devils to a home victory over a team that was in the NCAA last year. Kayli Murphy added 11 points and 12 rebounds. New Point Guard Tenaya Watson had 7 rebounds and 7 assists in 17 minutes, but also 6 turnovers.

Next Games Nov 19 at Yale, Nov 21 at Xavier (big Game)


Cal 1-0

The Bears beat Idaho State 100-43, the first time Cal has reached 100 in 13 years. Natasha Vital led the Bears with 16 points and 6 steals in 17 minutes. Two frosh started, DeNesha Stallworth who had 17 points and 8 rebounds and Gennifer Brandon who scored 10 points and had 8 rebounds. Alexis Gray-Lawson hit 3 three’s and had 16points. Cal had 1900 fans at the game, a good attendance.

Next Games, Nov 17, St Mary’s, Nov 22, Baylor


Oregon 0-0 Starts tonight.

Next Games: Nov 16, Eastern Washington Nov 22nd at Montana, Nov 24th Santa Clara



Oregon State 1-0

Beat Cal Poly 71-61 in their opener. Kirsten Tilleman, who played with Jos Tinkle in HS scored 19 points on 8 of 11 shooting and added 8 rebounds. Talisa Rhea scored 20 points. Kate Lanz had 5 assists in 17 minutes.

Next Games: Nov 19th at Houston, Nov 22nd at Houston Baptist.


UCLA 1-1

Lost in OT to Illinois State in a bad loss for the Pac 10, 61-55. No Bruin with more than 12 points. Frosh Markel Walker with 10 points and 9 rebounds. The 2 UCLA centers scored 6 points and had 7 rebounds in 30 minutes. Neither started.

Beat Santa Clara 77-51. Erica Tukiainen scored 21 points on 5 of 7 from three. Frosh Mariah Williams scored 10 points and had 6 assists. Moniquee Alexander had 10 rebounds. Rebekah Gardner scored 14 points making a pair of three’s.

Next Games: Nov 19, Hawaii, Nov 21 Utah at San Diego


USC 1-1

USC dropped their opener in OT to a strong Xavier team 81-71. Ashley Corral scored 25 points going 5 of 10 from three. Brianna Gilbreath scored 19 points and had 8 rebounds, Aarika Hughes had 14 points and 7 rebounds. USC had only 12 assists and 24turnovers.

USC came back to beat Fresno State 68-63, led by Brianna Gilbreath’s 17 points and 7 rebounds. Ashley Corral added 10 points and 7 assists, but went 0 for 6 from 3. Christina Marinacci had 12 points and 7 rebounds, Kari LaPlante 12 points and 6 rebounds.

Next Games: Nov 19 at Gonzaga


Washington 0-1

Washington lost to Portland State 67-66 despite 22 points and 10 rebounds by Sami Whitcomb. Kristi Kingma missed the game with an illness. Liz Lay played her first game, playing 9 minutes. Sarah Morton had 7 assists. Regina Rodgers could only play 11 minutes and had 6 turnovers. Portland State is the favorite to win the Big Sky and is coached by Sherri Murrell who was the Washington State coach.



Washington State 1-0

Beat UC Davis 64-54, led by frosh Kiki Moore with 17 points, although she also had 7 turnovers. April Cook had 14 points and 8 rebounds. Katie Madison, who played so well in the exhibitions, only scored 4 points with 6 rebounds.

Next Games: Nov 20th at Kansas State, Nov 22nd at Nebraska