Non conference play continues

Arizona 2-1

Lost at San Diego State 57-38 shooting only 31% and committing 27 turnovers. Ify Ibewke was the only Wildcat with more than 6 points as she scored 11 points and pulled down 11 rebounds. Sadly not enough to offset her 10 turnovers. San Diego State blocked 10 Wildcat shots.

Next Games: Nov 23rd, Mississippi. Nov 27 at USD


ASU 2-1

Beat Yale 82-46 as Charlie Turner Thorne beat her former mentor at the University of Washington, Chris Gobrecht. Becca Tobin scored 14 points and Alex Earl returned to score 12, while hitting the only three pointers, two, for the Sun Devils. ASU had a 61-21 Rebounding edge but committed 28 turnovers.

ASU was down 2 with 11 minutes to play and made only one shot from the floor the remainder of the game to lose at # 9 Xavier 59-46. ASU shot only 29% and had 8 assists to 22 turnovers.

Next Games Nov 27 at Hawaii, Nov 28 ETSU at Hawaii.


Cal 2-1

Behind most of the game Cal rallied to beat St Mary’s 68-65. Natasha Vital scored 17 points to lead the Bears. Frosh DeNesha Stallworth and Talia Caldwell both had 10 points and 8 rebounds. Cal shot only 37% and didn’t make a single three.

Baylor beat Cal 69-48. Brittany Griner blocked 5 shots and disrupted several more for Baylor. Stallworth had 15 points for the Bears and Alexis Gray-Lawson had 12 points and 11 rebounds. Cal had 21 turnovers and only 8 assists making only 16 shots and shooting 29%.

Next Games: Nov 28 in Ohio, Southern, Nov 29 in Ohio, Ohio State or IUPUI


Oregon 2-0

Beat Eastern Washington 86-48. Taylor Lilly hit 7 of 14 three’s for 28 points and Nicole Canepa scored 17 points and had 10 rebounds.

Beat Montana 86-81 at Montana. Canepa continued her fine start to the season with a career high 18 points and 9 rebounds. Amanda Johnson scored 17 points and had 15 rebounds and the rugged post hit 3 of 6 three’s. Nia Jackson had 12 points and 6 steals.

Next Games: Nov 24 Santa Clara, Nov 27, Cal State Fullerton, Nov 28, Wisconsin, Nov 29, Portland State


Oregon State 2-1

Lost badly to Houston 49-32, yes only 32 points by the Beavers. Only 373 in Houston to watch the game. Oregon State shot 27% and had 7 assists vs 27 turnovers.

The Beavers beat Houston Baptist 70-42. Kristen Tilleman scored a career high 26 points and also had 13 rebounds in the win. The Beavers shot 54%.

Next Games: Nov 27 Belmont in Arizona, Nov 28 at Northern Arizona or vs Siena.


UCLA 3-1

Beat Hawaii 98-52. UCLA tied a school record with 12 three’s led by Erica Tukiainen’s 6 three’s, and 24 points. Frosh Markel Walker had 12 points, 12 rebounds and 8 steals. Darxia Morris had 18 points, connecting on 3 of 4 from three. Mariah Williams, another frosh, had 8 assists in only 19 minutes.

Beat Utah 69-33. The game started with Utah scoring, but at the wrong Basket. Walker led the way with 10 points and 8 rebounds as lots of Bruins played and they subbed freely. The Bruins had 19 assists vs only 11 turnovers.

Next Games: Nov 25, Princeton, Nov 28 at Tenn (TV)


USC 1-2

Lost to Gonzaga 70-58 in Spokane. Ashley Corral scored 23 points for the Trojans who played very poorly. Michelle Jenkins went down with a knee injury. USC shot 29% and had only 5 assists the whole game. Gonzaga is a top 20 team, who we play Sunday.


Next Games: Nov 26, Rutgers, Nov 27, Texas, Nov 28, Mississippi, all in the Virgin Islands.


Washington 1-1

The Huskies Beat BYU on a 3 pointer by Sami Whitcomb with 4 seconds left. This, after losing to Portland State with .3 seconds left last week. Whitcomb had 25 points for Washington. There were 53 turnovers in the game, 31 by BYU.

The Huskies lost at Gonzaga 81-52. Regina Rogers scored 12 points in 16 minutes as the Huskies had 24 turnovers and shot 30%. For Gonzaga, who Stanford plays Sunday, Courtney Vandersloot had 18 points and 11 assists while Katelan Redmon played against her former team and scored 18 points on 9 of 12 shooting. Gonzaga outrebound the Huskies by 20. A near capacity 4400 people saw the game.

Next Games: Nov 27, Eastern Washington, Nov 29, Sacramento State


Washington State 1-2

Lost at Kansas State 70-63. 5 for 27 from three doomed the Cougars. I trust June will point out 20 for 41, almost 50% from inside the arc. Kiki Moore had 17 points, 6 assists and steals as the Frosh continues to make an impact.

Lost at Nebraska 107-54.

Next Games: Nov 28 Bradley in Las Vegas, Nov 29, UNLV or Boise State