Half way home

We are at the half way point in Pac 10 play and Stanford has a 2 game lead over USC and UCLA who we host this week.

1. Stanford 9-0, 19-1.

Beat ASU 71-48 behind Kayla’s 23 points. Jayne with 12 points and 10 boards, Ross with a career high 19 points. Ros held Danille Orsillo, ASU’s leading scorer without a field goal until 5 minutes left in the game. Jeanette with 6 assists, JJ with 4 and a single turnover between them.

Beat Arizona 83-62 after trailing by 2 at the half. Kayla and Nneka with 27 each, Tinkle with 10, and Jayne with 8, accounted for all but 11 of the total points. The threesome starting guards went 2 for 22, but contributed 11 assists and only 2 turnovers. Kayla added 13 rebounds, Jayne had 12 plus 6 assists.

Next Games: Feb 4, UCLA, Feb 7, USC (followed by the celebration of the 1990 Championship team. (TV, 1PM)


2, USC 7-2, 13-7

Beat Oregon State 61-34, highlighted by 11 blocked shots for the Trojans. Ashley Corral scored 19 points, with 4 threes and had 7 assists. Brianna Gilbreath scored 13 points had 7 rebounds and blocked 5 shots. Hailey Dunham had 10 points and 9 rebounds and Heather Oliver scored 9 points hitting all 3 of her three point attempts.

Lost to Oregon 85-77. Kari LaPlante had career highs of 18 points and 15 rebounds. Brianna Gilbreath scored 18 with 12 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 blocked shots. Ashley Corral scored 22 but was only 7 of 20 from the floor and went without an assist. USC was only 6 of 25 from three.

Next Games: Feb 4, at Cal, Feb 7, at Stanford (TV, 1PM)


3. UCLA 7-2, 14-6

Beat Oregon 104-80. Markel Walker played only 25 minutes, she missed about 10 with a blow to the eye, scored 17 points, and had 14 rebounds and 8 assists. Jasmine Dixon scored 20 points and had 5 assists. Mariah Williams had a career game with 15 points as she moved into a starter’s role. Doreena Campbell scored 17 points.

Beat Oregon State 70-44. Markel Walker scored 16 points and had 10 rebounds in the romp that saw UCLA lead 31-14 at the half. The Bruins shot 50% as 10 Bruins played 13 or more minutes.

Next Games: Feb 4, at Stanford, Feb 6, at Cal (TV, 2PM)


4. Cal 5-4, 11-9

Beat Arizona 73-53 as Alexis Gray-Lawson had second straight spectacular game with 39points. She shot 50 % from the floor and made 5 threes. Alexis also led the Bears with 3 assists. Gennifer Brandon 15 rebounds, 8 offensive.

Lost to ASU 63-61. Gennifer Brandon had a great game, 18 points, on 7 of 9, 8 rebounds and 4 blocked shots. Gray-Lawson went 6 for 20 and 14 points.

Next Games: Feb 4, USC, Feb 6, UCLA (TV, 2PM)


4. ASU 5-4, 13-7


Lost to Stanford 71-48. Teneka Watson scored 12 points but all in the first half.

Beat Cal 63-61. Danielle Orsillo scored 20 points and Janae Fulcher came off the bench to go 6 for 6 and 12 points. Kali Bennett had 11 rebounds.

Next Games: Feb 4, Washington (TV, 5:30, PST), Feb 6, Washington State (TV, Noon, PST)


6. Oregon 4-5, 13-8

Lost to UCLA 104-80, their 5th straight loss. Amanda Johnson scored 18 points, Nia Jackson 16, Taylor Lilley 16 and Michaela Cocks 14. The bench only scored 4 points, all by Jasmin Holliday who led with 10 rebounds. Nicole Canepa was shutout in 8 minutes and fouled out.

Beat USC in LA 85-77. Taylor Lilley was an incredible 9 of 12 from three and scored 36 points. The Ducks were 12 of 25 from three. Micaela Cocks scored 24 points.

Next Games: Feb 6, Oregon State


6. Washington 4-5, 9-10

Beat Washington State 76-70 in Overtime behind Sami Whitcomb’s 32 points. MacKenzie Argens had 12 points and 11 rebounds, Laura McLennan had 8 points and 10 rebounds. The Huskies won despite 26 turnovers.

Next Games: Feb 4 at ASU (TV, 5:30 PST), Feb 6 at Arizona


8. Arizona 3-6, 9-10

Lost to Cal 73-53. Ify Ibekwe scored 21 points, had 12 rebounds and blocked 4 shots. Ashley Frazier had 5 assists.

Lost to Stanford 81-62 despite 24 points from Davellyn Whyte. Ibekwe had 12 points and 9 rebounds. The Wildcats made 9 threes, 8 for 13 in the first half, but were out rebounded by 30!

Next Games: Feb 4, Washington State, Feb 6, Washington


9. Oregon State 1-8, 9-10

Lost to USC 61-34. Talisa Rhea scored almost half, she had 16. The Beavers shot 24%and had 3 assists to 17 turnovers.

Lost to UCLA 71-44. The Beavers had 29 turnovers, 8 by Talisa Rhea who scored 16 points.

Next Games: Feb 6 at Oregon


10. Washington State 0-9, 5-15

Lost their 9th straight Pac 10 game 76-70 to Washington in Overtime. Hurried shots with a lead at the end of regulation did in the Cougars. April Cook scored 17 and Kiki Moore scored 14 with 4 steals.


Next Games: Feb 4 at Arizona, Feb 6 at ASU (TV, Noon , PST)


Average Home Attendance in the Pac 10:

Stanford 4,196
ASU 2,823
Washington 2,382
Oregon 2,023
Arizona 1,764
Cal 1,405
WSU 1,353
USC 1,297
Oregon State 1,138
UCLA 1,122