December 31, 2011

The Pac 12 This Past Week

1. Stanford 11-1, 2-0. Beat USC in a very tough game 61-53. Nneka with 19 points and 15 rebounds, Chiney with 12 points and 13 rebounds. Stanford shot only 38% but held USC to 31%.

Beat UCLA 77-50. Nneka with 18 points and 10 rebounds, Chiney with 15 points and 11 rebounds. Stanford shot 51% and out rebounded the Bruins by 22.

Next Games: Jan 5 Oregon, Jan 7 Oregon State


2. Cal 9-5, 0-2. Lost to UCLA 60-55. The Bears out rebounded the Bruins by 20 but shot only 30% and made just 9 of 17 free throws. Gennifer Brandon scored 17 points and had 11 rebounds.

Lost to USC 74-54 shooting only 27% . Brittany Boyd led with 14 points and Gennifer Brandon had 12 rebounds. Cal shot just over 28% for the trip to LA.

Next Games: Jan 5 Oregon State, Jan 7 Oregon


3. Arizona State 10-2, 1-0 . Beat UTEP, 10-2, 47-45 on Alex Earl’s three pointer. Both teams shot 32%. Kimberly Brandon had 15 points and 10 rebounds.

Beat Arizona 60-45. ASU had 19 assists on 25 field goals. Kali Bennett had 11 rebounds and Kimberly Brandon scored 13 points.

Next Games: Jan 5 USC, Jan 7 UCLA


4. USC 6-6, 1-1. Lost to Stanford 61-53. Ashley Corral scored 21 points. Brianna Gilbreath had 12 rebounds and 4 assists.

Beat Cal 74-54. Cassie Harberts had 23 points and 9 rebounds. Christina Marinacci also scored 23 points and had 7 rebounds. Ashley Corral was 4 of 5 from three for 13points.

Next Games: Jan 5 at ASU, Jan 7 at Arizona


5. UCLA 6-7 , 1-1. Beat Cal 60-55 with Thea Lemberger scoring a by far career high 26 points, including 3 of 6 from three and 9 of 10 from the free throw line. Thea scored UCLA’s last 9 points for the win. Markel Walker had 18 points and 8 rebounds, but 6 turnovers.

Lost to Stanford 77-50. The Bruins shot just 28%. Rebekah Gardner scored 17 points.

Next Games: Jan 5 at Arizona, Jan 7 at ASU


6. Arizona 11-2, 0-1. Beat UNLV 62-58. Davelyyn Whyte had 21 points.

Lost to ASU 6-45 as the Wildcats shot just 32% and were out rebounded by 13. Davelyyn Whyte scored 19 points but was only 5 of 17 from the floor.

Next Games: Jan 5 UCLA, Jan 7 USC


7. Washington State 8-6 , 2-0. Beat Oregon 75-47. Jazmine Perkins is really asserting herself and had 15 points and 12 rebounds. The Cougars were 10 of 26 from three in the rout.

Beat Oregon State in double overtime 61-54. Jazmine Perkins scored 11 points and had 15 rebounds.

Next Games: Jan 5 Utah, Jan 7 Colorado


8. Washington 8-4, 1-1. lost to Oregon State 60-55. Regina Rogers scored 19 points and had 11 rebounds. MacKenzie Argens scored 14 points and had 14 rebounds. The remaining Huskies scored only 22 points and had only 15 rebounds, and were just 9 of 33 from the floor.

Lost to Oregon 88-86. The Huskies led by 16 in the 2nd half only to lose at the end of the game. Kellie McCann-Smith scored 26 points, 6 of 11 from three. Argens had 18 points and 9 rebounds. Rogers fouled out in only 14 minutes.

Next Games: Jan 5 Colorado, Jan 7 Utah


9. Oregon 9-5, 1-1. Lost to WSU 75-47. Jasmin Holliday had 12 points and 10 rebounds but the Ducks shot only 26% in the loss.

Beat Washington 88-86. Five players scored in double figures led by Ariel Thomas with 21 points, 5 of 13 from three.

Next Games: Jan 5 at Stanford, Jan 7 at Cal


10. Utah 7-5, 0-1. Beat Utah Valley 82-51. Iwalani Rodrigues had her best game, and a return to last’s year’s form, with 26 points, 6 of 10 from three. She also had 5 assists and no turnovers.

Lost to Colorado 58-52. Taryn Wicijowski scored 16 points and added 11 rebounds.

Next Games: Jan 5 at WSU, Jan7 at Washington


11. Colorado 12-0, 1-0. Beat Utah 58-52. Julie Seabrook scored 17 points, 4 of 6 from three and added 7 rebounds. Colorado was 10 of 21 from three. The Buffs out rebounded the Utes by 11.

Next Games: Jan 5 at Washington, Jan 7 at Washington State


12. Oregon State 10-3, 1-1. Beat Washington 60-55. Ali Gibson had 14 points and Sage Indendi scored 13 including 3 of 8 from three.

Lost to Washington State in double overtime 61-54. Patricia Bright had 13 points and 9 rebounds.

Next Games: Jan 5 at Cal, Jan 7 at Stanford

December 26, 2011

Predicting the Pac 12 Race

1. Stanford, 9-1, no need to say more, we all know how we’ve done thus far.

2. Cal, 9-3, played a decent schedule and while they have almost won big games, not quite. Still they have played well except for free throw shooting which may have cost them 11-1. No injuries and playing 10 people, so different than recent years. Gennifer Brandon is 2nd in the league in rebounding, 11 per game, after missing last season.

3. ASU, 8-2, new coach for this year and playing as they have the past few years, minutes distributed among 10 people. The have lost big to some good teams. No go to player, no one scoring more than 10 a game.

4. USC, 5-5, down to 8 players now with Jackie Gemelos out for the year. Still they have some very good players in Brianna Gilbreath, Cassie Harberts and Ashley Corral averaging 13, 12 and 11 points per game respectively. Rebounding is a weakness as Gemelos was leading the team.

5. Arizona, 10-1, they have a star in Davellyn Whyte averaging 19 points per game and hitting 2.5 threes per game at 44%, both stats very high in the Pac 12. Soph Erica Barnes is averaging 12 points and 9 rebounds and Shanita Arnold is averaging 5.4 assists per game, 2nd in the Pac 12. Arnold is 2nd to Stanford’s Toni Kokenis is assist to turnover ratio.

6. Utah, 6-4, 6-4 Michelle Plouffe is averaging 16 points and 9 rebounds per game. 6-3 Taryn Wicijowski is averaging 13 points and 7 rebounds per game. Janita Badon leads the Pac 12 with 5.5 assists per game. Yet Utah lost some games that there were expected to win. They are deep but some nice starters. Can they make an impact in their first Pac 12 season?

7. WSU, 6-6, tough schedule, and they have done well, almost beating ranked Louisville. They are playing team ball after several years of one on one. Ireti Amojo has 20 threes at a league leading 51 %.

8. UCLA, 5-6, has really been hurt by injuries , losing their top two players Jasmine Dixon at the start of the season and this past week Atonye Nyingifa. They have only 8 players now, one Sr and 2 Jrs are the only upper class players.

9. Colorado, 11-0, heck of a start but they have played no one of importance, a very weak schedule. Still they have the exciting Chucky Jeffery averaging 17 points and 8 rebounds per game from her guard position. Lexy Kresel is the league’s top scoring frosh at 12 per game and 3rd in the league scoring three’s.

10. Washington, 8-2, Regina Rogers is now living up to her promise averaging 18 points and 8 rebounds put game and leading the Pac 12 in shooting % at 71%. But the loss of Kristi Kingma before the season will be too much for Washington to overcome.

11. Oregon, 8-4, the league’s biggest disappointment as they had a week pre season schedule. Their best player Amanda Johnson did miss their last three of games, and she is 2nd in the league at scoring, 20 points per game and tied for 2nd in rebounding, 11 per game.

12. Oregon State, 9-2, is still recovering from the mess of a year and a half ago. Frosh Ali Gibson leads the league in steals, 3 per game. Gibson also is second on the team in scoring at 12 per game.

December 23, 2011

The Pac 12 This Past Week

1. Stanford 9-1 Beat Tenneesee 97-80 behind Nneka’s tremendous performance of 42 points and 17 rebounds. Toni Kokenis had a career high 26 points and went 5 of 10 from three. Stanford shot 54% and had only 9 turnovers.

Beat Bakersfield 90-48. Jos Tinkle had 20 points and 11 rebounds, Bonnie Samuelson 14 points and power forward/point guard Erica Payne 12 points and 9 rebounds. Also Toni Kokenis with 6 assists in just 14 minutes.

Next Games: Dec 29 at USC, Dec 31 at UCLA, Jan 5 Oregon, Jan 7 USC


2. Cal 9-3 Beat Dartmouth 80-39 out rebounding Dartmouth by 21 and Cal had 17 less turnovers. However Cal was 15 of 27 from the free throw line continuing their woes there. Lindsay Sherbert had 15 points to lead the Bears.

Next Games: Dec 29 at UCLA, Dec 31 at USC, Jan 5 Oregon State, Jan 7 Oregon


3. Arizona State 8-2. Beat Army 83-46. ASU shot 56% and had 4 in double figures.

Next Games: Dec 29 UTEP, Dec 31 Arizona, Jan 5 USC, Jan 7 UCLA


4. USC 5-5 Beat Pepperdine 75-71 in Overtime. Jackie Gemelos tore her ACL again and unless she can swing an unheard of 7th year, has completed college basketball. It’s a very sad farewell for the former # 1 High School player in the country. But Jackie, you are a fighter. USC out rebounded Pepperdine by 15 but had 8 more turnovers. USC is now down to 8 players, with 4 out for the season. Cassie Harberts had 23 points and 9 rebounds for USC. Brianna Gilbreath had 8 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists.

Next Games: Dec 29 Stanford, Dec 31 Cal, Jan 5 at ASU, Jan 7 at Arizona


5. UCLA 5-6 Lost at Temple 59-52. They last lost their top player Atonye Nyingifa for the season with a knee injury after the previous game. UCLA is down to 8 players now. Thea Lemberger scored 13 points, 3 of 4 from three.

Lost at St Joseph’s 64-60. Markel Walker had 16 points and 9 rebounds.

Next Games: Dec 29 Cal, Dec 31 Stanford, Jan 5 at Arizona, Jan 7 at ASU


6. Arizona 10-1 Beat New Mexico 59-50. The Wildcats out rebounded New Mexico by 17 but had 9 more turnovers. Davellyn Whyte had 27 points, 3 of 4 from three, and 12 rebounds.

Next Games: Dec 28 UNLV, Dec 31 at ASU, Jan 5 UCLA, Jan 7 USC


7. Washington State 6-6 Lost in the last seconds to # 13 Louisville 75-71. Oregonian Shoni Schimmel had 16 points for Louisville, 8 in the last 2 minutes for the win. Although Shonni was 0 for 8 from three, she did have 8 assists. Ireti Amojo had 22 points, 3 of 4 from three for the Cougars. Jasmine Perkins had 19 points, 4 of 8 from three.

Lost to Ohio State 79-57. Carly Noyes had 15 points and Jazmine Perkins had 11 points and 15 rebounds for the Cougars. The Fabulous Sami Prahalis had 20 points and 10 assists for Ohio State.

Next Games: Dec 29 at Oregon, Dec 31 at Oregon State, Jan 5 Utah, Jan 7 Colorado


8. Washington 8-2 Beat Southern 64-56. MacKenzie Argens had 13 points and 12 rebounds. Regina Rogers had 14 points.

Next Games: Dec 29 at Oregon State, Dec 31 at Oregon, Jan 5 Colorado, Jan 7 Utah


9. Oregon 8-4 Beat Cal State Northridge in the last seconds, and without star Amanda Johnson, 79-75. Jasmin Holliday had 23 points for the Ducks.

Lost to St Mary’s 72-62. Jasmin Smith had 35 points, 7 of 13 from three, for St Mary’s. The Ducks shot 24%, and were 8 of 38 from three.

Next Games: Dec 29 Washington State, Dec 31 Washingto, Jan 5 at Stanford, Jan 7 at Cal


10. Utah 6-4 Beat New Mexico State 74-37. Michelle Plouffe had 24 points and 10 rebounds.

Next Games: Dec 28 Utah Valley, Dec 31 Colorado, Jan 5 at WSU, Jan7 at Wsahington


11. Colorado 11-0 Beat Texas Pan American 67-49. Chucky Jeffery had 14 points and 10 rebounds while Rachel Hargis had 12 points and 11 rebounds. Both totals were personal bests for Hargis, the 6-4 Center.

Beat Creighton 52-49 to finish their pre season undefeated. I will point out it was a very weak schedule. Jen Reese had 15 points and 8 rebounds. Lexy Kresl also had 15 points.

Next Games: Dec 31 at Utah, Jan 5 at Washington, Jan 7 at Washington State


12. Oregon State 9-2 Lost to St Mary’s 81-61 as St Mary’s made 14 of 22 three’s. Ali Gibson had 14 points and 5 assists for the Beavers.

Next Games: Dec 29 Washington, Dec 31 Washington State, Jan 5 at Cal, Jan 7 at Stanford

December 18, 2011

The Pac 12 This Past Week

A couple of almost big quality Pac 12 wins as Cal lost by 2 to Ohio State and USC by 1 to Texas A&M.


1. Stanford 7-1. Beat Princeton 85-66. Nneka with 22 points and 12 rebounds and Chiney with 21 points and 9 rebounds. Chiney was 10 of 11 from the floor. However Princeton had one more offensive rebound than us.

Next Games: Dec 20 Tennessee, Dec 22 Cal State Bakersfield, Dec 29 at USC, Dec 31 at UCLA


2. Cal 8-3 Lost in the last second to 12th ranked Ohio State 77-75. The great Sami P scored 20 with 6 assists for Ohio State. Sad that this game was opposite the Stanford game. Gennifer Brandon had a tremendous game, 24 points and 24, yep, 24 rebounds. Cal out rebounded Ohio State by 16 but missed 18 free shots going 20 for 38.

Next Games: Dec 20 Dartmouth, Dec 29 at UCLA, Dec 31 at USC


3. Arizona State 7-1. Lost to Depaul, 73-55. DePaul is a top 20 team and this was a chance for the Pac 12’s first really quality win, but not to be. ASU out rebounded DePaul by 12, but had 9 more turnovers. Jeanae Fulcher had 16 points and 7rebounds.

Next Games: Dec 20 Army, Dec 29 UTEP, Dec 31 Arizona


4. USC 4-5 Lost at Arkansas State, wow, 58-56. Brianna Gilbreath had 20 points. Just a really bad loss for a maybe top 3-4 Pac 12 team.

Lost a the end to Texas A&M 71-70. Jackie Gemelos left the game with a knee injury at about the half way point of the game. Ashley Corral was 5 of 10 from three, 16 points, and USC was 9 of 17 from three. So close to the Pac 12’s first really quality win, men or women.

Next Games: Dec 21 at Pepperdine, Dec 29 Stanford, Dec 31 Cal


5. UCLA 5-4 Lost to LSU at LSU 5 8-41. 41 points? UCLA shot 31% and had 24 turnovers. Markel Walker played her first game and scored 11 points but had 9 turnovers.

Lost to Tennessee 85-64. The Lady Vols made 18 of their first 20 shots. WOW!!!. And was 69% for the game. Rebekah Gardner scored a career high 24 points.

Next Games: Dec 20 at Temple, Dec 22 at St Joseph’s, Dec 29 Cal, Dec 31 Stanford


6. Arizona 9-1 Beat Arkansas Pine Bluff 67-37. 11 assists by Arnold.

Next Games: Dec 21 New Mexico, Dec 28 UNLV, Dec 31 at ASU


7. Washington State 6-4

Next Games: Dec 19 Louisville, Dec 22 at Ohio State, Dec 29 at Oregon, Dec 31 at Oregon State


8. Washington 7-2 Beat Houston 85-60. MacKenzie Argens had 19 points and 17 rebounds in only 21 minutes. Kellie McCann-Smith was 4 of 9 from three for 14 points.

Next Games: Dec 20 Southern, Dec 29 at Oregon State, Dec 31 at Oregon


9. Oregon 7-3 Lost at Nevada 76-74. Playing without Amanda Johnson the Ducks were out rebounded by 12 and shot just 39%. Jasmin Holliday had 26 points, 9 rebounds and 6 steals for the Ducks. Oregon had 26 steals to keep the game close.

Next Games: Dec 19 Cal State Northridge, Dec 21 St Mary’s, Dec 29 Washington State, Dec 31 Washington


10. Utah 5-4 Beat Texas Southern 75-33. Michelle Plouffe had 17 points and 11 rebounds as the Utes shot 54%.

Next Games: Dec 21 New Mexico State, Dec 28 Utah Valley, Dec 31 Colorado


11. Colorado 9-0 Beat Weber State 77-59. Chucky Jeffery had 17 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists.

Next Games: Dec 20 at Texas Pan American, Dec 21 Creighton, Dec 31 at Utah


12. Oregon State 9-1 Beat Cal State Bakersfield 85-62. Bakersfield is 3-9 and played only 6 players. The Beavers shot 54% and out rebounded Bakersfield by 19. Oregon State had 30 assists on 36 baskets. Three Beavers had 6 or 7 assists, none of them the Point Guard. Patricia Bright led with 16 points and had 8 rebounds. She was the Pac 12 Player of the Week last week.

Beat Corban, of Salem, Or, 79-47. Earlysia Marchbanks had 17 points and 8 rebounds.

Next Games: Dec 19 St Mary’s, Dec 29 Washington, Dec 31 Washington State

December 15, 2011

A look at Pac 12 teams and their Schedules

Strength of Schedule, known as SOS, is an involved formula used to determine who is playing the higher ranker, stronger teams and who is not. However being a simple guy I like to see who schedules top 35 or so teams and who didn’t and how those who stepped up their schedule fared. There are still two weeks until Pac 12 conference play begins and thus two more weeks of non conference play against possibly tougher teams.

My simplistic ranking is as follows: 3 points for playing a top 10 team, 2 for playing a team ranked 11-25 and 3 for a team that received ranking points but in the 26 to roughly 39 ranking.

The toughest non conference schedules for Pac 12 teams in order of toughest schedules:

USC 15 points. Lost to Nebraska, lost to Georgia, Lost to Notre Dame, beat Gonzaga, will play Texas A&M.

Stanford 9 points. Lost to UConn, to play Tennessee, Wins over Gonzaga and Texas

Washington State 8 points. Lost to Penn State, lost to Michigan, lost to Gonzaga, will play Louisville and Ohio State.

Cal 7 points. Lost to Rutgers, lost to Texas, beat Virginia, to play Ohio State

UCLA 7 points. Lost to Baylor, lost to LSU, will play Tennessee

ASU 4 points. Lost to Rutgers, will play DePaul

Utah 3 points. Lost to Michigan, lost to Arkansas, lost to BYU

Arizona 1 points. Lost to BYU

Colorado, zero points

Oregon, zero points

Oregon State, zero points

Washington zero points

The Pac 12 is 4-15 against ranked teams with all of those wins against Gonzaga, two wins, Texas and Virginia. Each of these teams rank about # 25. Of course the Pac 12 Men are 0-10 against ranked teams.

So we can say congrats to those teams with the tougher schedules but on the flip side, is winning is great. Colorado, Oregon, Oregon State and Washington are a combined 29-6.

December 12, 2011

The Pac 12 This Past Week

Not too many games with Finals for many teams.

1. Stanford 6-1.

Next Games: Dec 17 Princeton, Dec 20 Tennessee, Dec 22 Cal State Bakersfield, Dec 29at USC, Dec 31 at UCLA


2. Cal 8-2 Beat St Mary’s 65-55. Cal shot 8 of 15 from three but only 12 of 40 from two. 30%. Brittany Boyd had 15 points, 6 assists and 5 turnovers.

Beat Santa Clara 75-58. Outrebounded Santa Clara by 37 but shot only 39%. Gennifer Brandon had 13 points and 11 rebounds and Cal only had 11 turnovers, Boyd just one.

Next Games: Dec 17 Ohio State, Dec 20 Dartmouth, Dec 29 at UCLA, Dec 31 at USC


3. Arizona State 7-1. Beat Cal State Fullerton 63-49 as Kali Bennett had 14 points and 11 rebounds.

Next Games: Dec 16 at DePaul, Dec 20 Army, Dec 29 URTEP, Dec 31 Arizona


4. USC 4-3

Next Games: Dec 15 at Arkansas State, Dec 18 at Texas A&M, Dec 21 at Pepperdine, Dec 29 Stanford, Dec 31 Cal


5. UCLA 5-2

Next Games: Dec 13 at LSU, Dec 17 Tennessee, Dec 20 at Temple, Dec 22 at St Joseph’s, Dec 29 Cal, Dec 31 Stanford


6. Arizona 8-1 Beat Long Beach State 66-42. Frosh Aley Rhode had 21 points and 13 rebounds. Erica Barnes had 13 points and 12 rebounds. The Wildcats out rebounded LB State by 21. LBS had two assists.

Next Games: Dec 18 at Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Dec 21 New Mexico, Dec 28 UNLV, Dec 31 at ASU


7. Washington State 6-4 Beat 1-7 UC Riverside 74-35. Rosie Tarnowski had 14 points and 8 rebounds.

Next Games: Dec 19 Louisville, Dec 22 at Ohio State, Dec 29 at Oregon, Dec 31 at Oregon State


8. Washington 6-2 Beat Portland 61-49. Regina Rogers had 26 points and 9 rebounds.

Next Games: Dec 18 Houston, Dec 20 Southern, Dec 29 at Oregon State, Dec 31 at Oregon


9. Oregon 7-2 Lost to Denver 89-65. Amanda Johnson only played 11 minutes with a thumb injury, but a startling loss. Oregon shot 33 % and was out rebounded.
Next Games: Dec 14 at Nevada, Dec 19 Cal State Northridge, Dec 21 St Mary’s, Dec 29 Washington State, Dec 31 Washington


10. Utah 4-4 Beat Idaho State 56-31. Janita Baden had 14 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists.

Lost to BYU 63-58. Michelle Plouffe had 21 points and 9 rebounds and the 6-4 post was 5 of 7 from three.

Next Games: Dec 17 Texas Southern, Dec 21 New Mexico State, Dec 28 Utah Valley,
Dec 31 Colorado


11. Colorado 8-0 Beat Denver 71-36. Chucky Jeffrey had 20 points and 6 assists but also 9 turnovers. Colorado was 11 of 20 from three.

Next Games: Dec 17 Weber State, Dec 20 at Texas Pan American, Dec 21 Creighton, Dec 31 at Utah


12. Oregon State 7-1 Beat Pepperdine 63-52. The Beavers shot 48%. Patricia Bright had 16 points and 10 rebounds while Earlysia Marchbanks had 18 points.

Next Games: Dec 13 at Cal State Bakersfield, Dec 16 Corban, Dec 19 St Mary’s, Dec 29 Washington, Dec 31 Washington State

December 5, 2011

The Pac 12 This Past Week

1. Stanford 6-1. Beat UC Davis 93-44. Stanford made 11 three’s led by Bonnie Samuelson’s 5 of 8 from three and 15 points. Nneka had 20 points and 9 rebounds, Chiney 18 points and 9 rebounds. Jos Tinkle added 19 points and also had 9 rebounds as Stanford outrebounded UC Davis 47-16.

Beat Fresno State 93-59. Bonnie Samuelson hit 6 of 8 from three for 18 points. Nneka with 21 points and 12 rebounds, and Chiney with 13 points and 16 rebounds.

Next Games: Dec 17 Princeton, Dec 20 Tennessee.


2. Cal 6-2 Beat Cal State Bakersfield 86-56. Cal shot 50% and outrebounded Bakersfield by 36. Reshanda Gray had 13 points and 10 rebounds as all the Cal players scored.

Beat UNLV 70-48. Gray had 23 points and was named the Tourney MVP. Cal outrebounded UNLV by 18. 9 assists by Brittany Boyd giving her 16 for the 2 games.

Next Games: Dec 8 at St Mary’s, Dec 10 Santa Clara, Dec 17 Ohio State


3. Arizona State 6-1. Beat Eastern Washington 74-43. Jada Blackwell had 12 points and 6 rebounds as every one played at least 10 minutes.

Beat Illinois State 77-54. Kimberly Brandon had 16 points and Alex Earl had 8 assists.

Next Games: Dec 6 Cal State Fullerton, Dec 16 at DePaul


4. USC 4-3 Beat UTSA 74-56 with Cassie Harberts scored 18 points and dishing out 4 assists. USC shot only 40% and had 25 turnovers.

Beat Gonzaga in Spokane 58-51. A big win for the Trojans before a crowd of 5600. Ashley Corral scored 19 points on 4 of 8 from three. Jackie Gemelos was only 1 of 8 from the field but had 14 rebounds.

Next Games: Dec 15 at Arkansas State, Dec 18 at Texas A&M


5. UCLA 5-2 Beat San Diego State 78-71. UCLA led by 13 with 2 minutes left. Atonye Nyingifa had 20 points and 11 rebounds. Rebekah Gardner also had 20 points and had 8 rebounds.

Beat Loyola Marymount 84-43. Nyingifa had 28 points on 10 of 12 shooting and 14 rebounds.

Next Games: Dec 13 at LSU, Dec 17 Tennessee


6. Arizona 7-1 Beat North Texas State 69-62 before 4,300 fans at Arizona. Davellyn Whyte had 20 points and Erica Barnes had 12 points and 8 rebounds.

Lost to BYU 82-73. Passing, passing, passing, BYU had 27 assists on 30 made shots. Also 11 of 21 from three. Whyte had 19 points and Barnes 17 points and 8 rebounds.

Beat Syracuse 80-74. It was Syracuse’s first loss. Whyte had 22 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists. Chesti Poston had 10 points and 10 rebounds.

Beat BYU-Hawaii 78-61. Barnes had 24 points and 11 rebounds. Candice Warthen had 22 points.

Next Games: Dec 11 Long Beach State, Dec 18 at Arkansas-Pine Bluff.


7. Oregon 7-1 Lost at Fresno State 81-71. Jasmin Holliday had 16 points and 16 rebounds for the Ducks. Amanda Johnson had 15 points and 9 rebounds. KiKi Moore was 5 of 8 from three and had 21 points with 12 rebounds for Fresno State. Madison Parrish was 4 of 4 from three, 14 points and 5 assists for the Bulldogs. Fresno was 17 of 39 from three, 11 of 29 from two.

Beat Portland 88-78. Johnson had 23 points and 13 rebounds, Holiday had 20 and Danielle Love had 16 points and 10 rebounds. The Ducks made 12 threes in 31 attempts.

Next Games: Dec 11 at Denver, Dec 14 at Nevada, Dec 19 Cal State Northridge


8. Utah 3-3 Beat Weber State 81-63. Michelle Plouffe had 21 points and 12 rebounds. Taryn Wicijowski had 20 points and 8 rebounds. Weber State is now 0-7.

Next Games: Dec 6 Idaho State, Dec 10 at BYU, Dec 17 Texas Southern


9. Washington State 5-4 Lost to Gonzaga 71-69 as Gonzaga scored with 3 seconds left to win. 2900 at WSU to watch. Tia Pressley had 16 points and Ireti Amojo hit 4of 5 threes for 12 points for the Cougars.

Beat San Diego State 65-50. A very nice non conference win. Amojo had 16 points, 4 of 6 from three.

Next Games: Dec 11 UC Riverside, Dec 19 Louisville


10. Colorado 7-0 Beat USF 84-66. Chucky Jeffery had 26 points and 9 rebounds, Julie Seabrook had 18 points and 8 rebounds and Jen Reese had 9 points and 13 rebounds.

Beat Idaho 69-59. Jeffery had 30 points, 4 of 5 from three, and 10 rebounds.

Next Games: Dec 8 Denver, Dec 17 Weber State


11. Washington 5-2 Beat Idaho 66-49. Regina Rogers had 27 points and 14 rebounds in 31 minutes.

Beat Long Beach State 80-49. Jasmine Davis had 18 points in the rout.

Next Games: Dec 9 Portland, Dec 18 Houston


12. Oregon State 6-1

Lost to North Texas State 60-53. Earlysia Marchbanks had 19 points and 10 rebounds, but the Beavers shot only 32% in the loss.

Beat Rice 63-57. Marchbanks had 14 points and 10 rebounds. Ali Gibson also had 14 points.

Next Games: Dec 10 at Pepperdine, Dec 13 at Cal State Bakersfield, Dec 16 Corban