Thanksgiving Week Results

Arizona 4-1

Beat Mississippi at home 65-59. It was Mississippi’s first loss, and although they have started against weak teams they won the previous three games by 35-40 points. And they are an SEC team who plays Texas and Ohio State soon. Arizona played Monday afternoon, a kids come from school game? And drew 3,000 fans. Ify Ibewke scored 10 points and had 16 rebounds. Brooke Jackson hit 3 of 5 from three and scored 20 points. Soana Lucet scored 15. The Wildcats had 14 assists on 22 baskets and only 14 turnovers. A fine win.

Beat University of San Diego 65-55 in San Diego to cap a fine 4-1 start. Ibewke scored 15 points and had 11 rebounds, while Lucet scored 22 points on 10 of 17 from the floor. All the starters played 30 or more minutes.


Next Games: Dec 4, Nevada; Dec 9, New Mexico


ASU 4-1

Playing in Hawaii, beat Hawaii 65-53. Kali Bennett scored 15 points and had 15 rebounds, 10 offensive in only 17 minutes. Danielle Orsillo added 15 points. Kayli Murphy scored 9. On the down side ASU shot only 35% and had 11 assists to 18 turnovers.

Beat East Tennessee State 80-67 in Hawaii. Bennett again led the way with 15 points and 10 rebounds in only 19 minutes. Orsillo scored 18 points. Murphy had 11 points and 8 rebounds. ASU played much better this day shooting 46% and had 22 assists to 14 turnovers. Sabrina McKinney had 6 assists in 19 minutes. In the two games in Hawaii, 11 Sun Devils played 8 or more minutes in each game.

Next Games: Dec 4, Idaho State; Dec 5, Pepperdine or Utah State; Dec 9, North Dakota


Cal 3-2

Beat Southern in Columbus Ohio, 78-47. All the healthy Cal players played 19 or more minutes in the easy win. Gennifer Brandon had 10 points and 13 rebounds.

Lost at Ohio State, ranked # 3, 83-71. Alexis Gray Lawson scored 25 points, but on 9of 24 shooting. DeNesha Stallworth had 13 points and 8 rebounds, Brandon 12 points and 6 assists.


Next Games: Dec 5, Colorado State; Dec 6, Texas A&M or Southern Illinois; Dec 9, San Jose State.


Oregon 5-1

Beat Santa Clara 88-71. Amanda Johnson had 19 points, including 2 three’s and 13 rebounds for the Ducks. Michaela Cocks scored 18 points, hitting 3 three’s. Nicole Canepa scored 19 points and had 7 rebounds.

Beat Fullerton 117-69. Amanda Johnson had another double, double, 13 points and 16 rebounds. Taylor Lilley hit 6 of 9 three’s on her way to 22 points. Canepa had 17 points as seven Ducks scored in double figures.

Lost to Wisconsin is the last seconds, 58-57. Oregon’s Taylor Lilley hit a three with 4 seconds left and then knocked the ball out of bounds to give Wisconsin only 1.8 seconds to score, and they did, to win. A real heartbreaker for the Ducks. Johnson again with a fine game, 19 points and 6 rebounds. Canepa scored 6 points but added 10 rebounds.

Beat Portland State 87-58, Johnson with 10 points and 14 rebounds. Nia Jackson had 16 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists. Canepa 12 points and 9 rebounds. The Ducks were only 4 for 20 from three, but 50% from inside the arc.

Next Games: Dec 2, Portland; Dec 4, Boise State; Dec 6, Long Beach State


Oregon State 4-1

Beat Belmont 76-52 at a tournament in Arizona. Talisa Rhea scored 25 points with 6 of 9 from three. Kristen Tilleman had 12 rebounds.

Beat Northern Arizona, 62-33. Haiden Palmer scored a career high 18 points for the Beavers. Rhea, the tourney MVP, only scored 6 points but had 7 assists.

Next Games: Dec 5, UCSB, Dec 12, Weber State


UCLA 4-2

Beat Princeton 69-59 as Moniquee Alexander may have had a career game with 15 points and 11 rebounds in 20 minutes. Frosh Markel Walker added 17 points and 11 rebounds.

Lost to Tennessee in a great game at Knoxville, 61-47. Walker had a great game for the Bruins with 19 points and 11 rebounds.

Next Games: Dec 3 at Kansas; Dec 15 at UCSB


USC 3-3

Lost to Rutgers 66-51 as Ashley Corral scored 24 points, 6 of 13 from three. Corral also had 5 assists, half the USC total. The Trojans were only 6 of 38 from inside the three point line.

Beat # 13 Texas, 61-54, despite Corral only scoring 5 points. Corral was outstanding despite not scoring much as she had 7 rebounds, 8 assists and only 1 turnover. USC shot 46% and were led by four players scoring between 10 and 13 points. Of the 47 points scored by the four, LaPlante, Gilbreath, Oliver and Hughes, all but 3 were from inside the three point line, a complete reversal for the Trojans versus the Rutgers game.

Beat # 18 Mississippi State 64-60. Down 49-48, former Pinewood star Daniela Roark hit 3 three points to give USC a 59-51 lead that they held. Aarika Hughes had 14 points and 6 rebounds for the Trojans.

Next Games: Dec 3 at Long Beach State; Dec 6 at Duke


Washington 2-3

Beat Eastern Washington 64-46. Regina Rogers scored 12 points and had 6 rebounds in 18 minutes, her high for the year. Five players scored between 8 and 12 points for the Huskies.

Lost to Sacramento State 74-71. Rogers had 13 points and 9 rebounds. Sami Whitcomb had 21 points but on 5 of 19 shooting. Liz Lay missed both games this week. Lay has tendonitis in her knee.

Also two reserves are out for the year, Lydia Young and Amanda Johnson, both with knee injuries. Neither had played this year.

Next Games: Dec 4 at Univ of South Florida; Dec 6 at Univ of Central Florida; Dec 9 at Seattle


Washington State 2-3

Beat Bradley 80-66 in Las Vegas as Jazmine Perkins scored 20 points including 3 of 5 from three. Kiki Moore added 16 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, and 6 assists, but had 7 turnovers.

Lost to Boise State 68-64 also in Las Vegas. April Cook scored 19 points, Perkins had 13 rebounds and Rosie Tarnowski added 10 rebounds. Kiki Moore had 18 points, 8 of 12, but 6 turnovers. The Cougars were only 3 of 18 from three.

Next Games: Dec 3, St Mary’s; Dec 5, Wyoming; Dec 11 at Montana State