This Week’s Results for the PAC 12 TEAMS

1. Stanford (11-1): Lost to UConn 61-35. Chiney with 18 points and 13 rebounds and we held UConn to 37% shooting. Of course we shot 19%. But we move on, rapidly. 

Jan 4 at Colorado (TV), Jan 6 at Utah, Jan 8 at Cal (TV) , Jan 13 Cal (TV)


2. Cal (10-1): Beat George Washington 70-43. Talia Caldwell had 19 points and 8 rebounds. Three Cal players had 11 or 12 points.

Jan 4 at Utah, Jan 6 at Colorado, Jan 8 Stanford, Jan 13 at Stanford


3. UCLA (8-2): beat Pepperdine 77-46. Nirra Fields had her best game scoring 19 points and adding 12 rebounds. Atonye Nyingifa added 12 rebounds as UCLA out rebounded the Waves by 23. Alyssia Brewer player just 3 minutes with an ankle injury.

Dec 31 St Joseph’s, Jan 4 at Oregon, Jan 6 at Oregon State, Jan 11 Washington State, Jan 13 Washington


4. Colorado (11-0): beat New Mexico 84-39. Lexy Kresl was 5 of 5 from three for 20 points. Chucky Jeffery had 8 assists.

Jan 4 Stanford., Jan 6 Cal, Jan 8 Utah, Jan 13 at Utah


5. Utah (9-2): Lost to North Dakota State 62-56. Iwalani Rodriques was 11 of 16 from the floor for 23 points and also had 8 rebounds. Michelle Plouffe had 11 points and 12 rebounds. The Utes were 1 of 19 from three, causing the loss.

Jan 4 Cal, Jan 6 Stanford, Jan 8 at Colorado, Jan 13 Colorado.


6: Washington (8-3): Beat USC Davis 81-56. Jazmine Davis with 25 points on 6 of 9 from three. Talia Walton had 15 points and 12 rebounds. Aminah Williams had 12 points and 13 rebounds.

Jan 4 ASU, Jan 6 Arizona Jan 11 at USC, Jan 13 at UCLA


7. Oregon State(6-6): I didn’t realize that the Beavers lost their Point Guard Sage Indendi for the season. She didn’t play to start with an ankle injury then in late November had surgery.

Jan 4 USC, Jan 6 UCLA, Jan11 at Arizona, Jan 13 ASU


8. ASU (7-4):

Dec 30 Idaho State, Jan 4 at Washington, Jan 6 at Washington State, Jan 11 Oregon, Jan 13 Oregon State


9. Washington State (4-7):
Beat Gonzaga at Gonzaga 57-61. Tia Pressley scored 15 and Lia Gladeira was 3 of 5 from three for 11 points.

Jan 4 Arizona, Jan 6 ASU, Jan 11 at UCLA, Jan13 at USC


10. Arizona, (8-3):

Jan 4 at Wash State, Jan 6 at Washington


11. USC (3-8): Lost to Vanderbilt 74-56 for their 6th loss in a row. Cassie Harberts had 22 points for the Trojans who played a top team before 635 fans.

Jan 4 at Oregon State, Jan 6 at Oregon, Jan 11 Washington, Jan 13 Washington State


12: Oregon (2-9):

Dec 31 UConn, Jan 4 UCLA, Jan 6 USC, Jan 11 at ASU, Jan 13 at Arizona

This Week’s Results for the PAC 12 TEAMS

1. Stanford (11-0): Beat South Carolina in a very close game 53-49 on 4 late free throws by Toni Kokenis. Chiney with 21 points, 15 rebounds and 4 blocks, Jos Tinkle with 7 blocks. Here’s a Stanford stat you haven’t seen in years, 4 assists and 18 turnovers.

Defeated Tenn 73-60. This was our 2nd win ever at Tenn. Chiney with 21 points and 19 rebounds. Stanford showed their skill and quickness with 6 steals and only 9 turnovers. Bonnie Samuelson hit all 3 of her threes for 11 points. Five Stanford players scored in double figures.

Dec 29 UConn (TV), Jan 4 at Colorado (TV), Jan 6 at Utah, Jan 8 at Cal (TV) , Jan 13 Cal (TV)


2. Cal (9-1): beat Northwestern 71-65. The 3 Wings for Cal were 8 of 35. However Layshia Clarendon scored 9 points in less than the last minute, mostly on 7 of 8 free throws for the win. Brittany Boyd scored 18 and Talia Caldwell had 16 points.

Beat Kansas ranked # 19, 88-79. Clarendon with 28 points and Gennifer Brandon with 17 points and 10 rebounds.

Dec 28 George Washington, Jan 4 at Utah, Jan 6 at Colorado, Jan 8 Stanford, Jan 13 at Stanford


3. UCLA (8-2): LOST to Cal State Northridge 77-72. At Home. 25 UCLA turnovers, Northridge shot 44% and was 10 of 22 from three. Alyssia Brewer had 14 points and 12 rebounds. Markel Walker 12 points and 12 rebounds and 9 turnovers but 7 steals.

Dec 28 at Pepperdine, Dec 31 St Joseph’s, Jan 4 at Oregon, Jan 6 at Oregon State, Jan 11 Washington State, Jan 13 Washington


4. Colorado (10-0): Beat Utah Valley 81-45. Jan Reese scored 16 points.

Dec 29 New Mexico, Jan 4 Stanford., Jan 6 Cal, Jan 8 Utah, Jan 13 at Utah


5. Utah (9-1): Beat UC Irvine 58-42. Utah was plus 32 in rebounds.

Dec 29 North Dakota State, Jan 4 Cal, Jan 6 Stanford, Jan 8 at Colorado, Jan 13 Colorado.


6: Washington (7-3): Lost to Georgia Tech 52-44 missing of their 9 players with the Flu. The 9th, Heather Corral made her season and Collge debut after missing time with an injury. Jazmine Davis scored 21.

Dec 28 at UC Davis, Jan 4 ASU, Jan 6 Arizona Jan 11 at USC, Jan 13 at UCLA


7. Oregon State(6-6): Lost to Michigan State 49-35. The Beavers shot 24% and missed all 15 of their 3 point attempts.

Lost to Texas Tech 66-48. Mollie Schwegler scored 16 points, 4 of 8 from three.

Jan 4 USC, Jan 6 UCLA, Jan11 at Arizona, Jan 13 ASU


8. ASU (7-4): Beat Longwood 62-50. Janee Fulcher scored 15 and Joy Burke had 12 rebounds.

Dec 30 Idaho State, Jan 4 at Washington, Jan 6 at Washington State, Jan 11 Oregon, Jan 13 Oregon State


9. Washington State (3-7): Lost to Louisville 75-39. The Cougar starters made 3 shots.

Lost at Syracuse 64-51. Lia Gladeria scoed 16.

Dec 29 at Gonzaga, Jan 4 Arizona, Jan 6 ASU, Jan 11 at UCLA, Jan13 at USC


10. Arizona, (9-3): Beat Longwood 86-68. Davelynn Whyte scored 25 with 5 threes and Kama Griffitts scored 21 with 4 threes. The Wildcats hit 10 of 19 threes.

Jan 4 at Wash State, Jan 6 at Washington


11. USC (3-7): LOST to UC Davis 78-69. Ariya Crook scored 18 and was 5 of 11 from three. UC Davis was 14 of 26 from three and shot 50% overall for the game.

Lost to Duke 75-60. Jordan Adams their top 5 recruit missed her second game in a row, no mention why although Mr Cooper was suspended for a game using an ineligible player. Kate Oliver, a transfer from Marist, had 15 points and 10 rebounds.

Dec 29 Vandy, Jan 4 at Oregon State, Jan 6 at Oregon, Jan 11 Washington, Jan 13 Washington State


12: Oregon (2-9): Beat Samford 72 -61. Jillian Alleyne scored 1 points and had 19 rebounds. Danielle scored 17 points.

Lost to Portland 68-49.

Dec 31 UConn, Jan 4 UCLA, Jan 6 USC, Jan 11 at ASU, Jan 13 at Arizona

This Week’s Results for the PAC 12 TEAMS

Two huge upsets this week by Pac 12 teams. Washington State beat # 20 Ohio State and Colorado beat # 8 Louisville. Colorado and Stanford remain the two unbeaten teams.

1. Stanford (9-0): Continues as the Number 1 team in the country and beat UOP 78-43. Chiney had 31 points, a career high and 13 rebounds. Mikaela Ruef also had 13 rebounds and added 5 assists.

Dec 19 at South Carolina, Dec 22 at Tenn, Dec 29 UConn, Jan 4 at Colorado (TV)


2. Cal (7-1):

Dec 17 at Northwestern, Dec 21 Kansas, Dec 28 George Washington, Jan 4 at Utah


3. UCLA (8-1): Beat St Mary’s in a tournament in NYC 76-62 using a late 12-0 run to break open a tight game. Markel Walker with 15 points and 12 rebounds and Alyissa Brewer with 12 points and 10 rebounds. 5 Bruins scored in double figures.

Beat St Johns in OT 53-52 as Jasmine Dixon scored on a layup with a second left. Brewer had 14 points and 15 rebounds.

Dec 20 Cal State Northridge, Dec 28 at Pepperdine, Dec 31 St Joseph’s, Jan 4 at Oregon


4. Colorado (9-0): Beat Denver 83-63. Brittany Wilson had 19 points, 3 of 6 from three. Chucky Jeffery scored 14 points and had 11 rebounds and 5 assists.

Beat # 8 Louisville 70-66 despite 25 turnovers due to Louisville’s press. At that only 7 more turnovers than Louisville and Colorado had the rebound edge by 12. Jeffery scored 22 points.

Dec 22 Utah Valley, Dec 29 New Mexico, Jan 4 Stanford


5. Utah (8-1): Beat Houston Baptist 71-33. Michelle Plouffe and Taryn Wicijowski each scored 16 points.

Dec 20 UC Irvine, Dec 29 North Dakota State, Jan 4 Cal


6: Washington (7-2): Lost to UCSB in a bad loss 54-46. The Huskies were down 25-8 near the end of the first half. Finals must have really hit them. Jazmine Davis scored 20 but was 6 of 20 from the floor. Here’s a stat, the Huskies made 7 threes. One more than from 2. Washington shot 21% for the game but only 16% from two.

Beat Idaho 62-48 Davis scored 19 but again the Huskies shot poorly at 28%.

Dec 21 at Ga Tech, Dec 21 at UC Davis, Jan 4 ASU


7. Oregon State (6-4): Beat Cal State Fullerton 54-46. Super Frosh Jamie Weisner had 16 points and 10 rebounds. Jamie was 5 of 9 from the floor, 2 of 3 from three.

Lost to Loyola Marymount 73-6, a bad loss for the Pac 12. Ali Gibson scored 21 points but had 7 turnovers. The Beavers were outscored by 11 at the free throw line as they committed 26 fouls and had 30, THIRTY turnovers.

Dec 19 Michigan State at Las Vegas, Dec 21 Texas Tech at Las Vegas, Jan 4 USC


8. ASU (6-4): Beat Univ of San Diego 72-39.

Dec 22 Longwood, Dec 30 Idaho State, Jan 4 at Washington


9. Washington State (3-5): Beat # 20 Ohio State in a huge win 62-55. Coach June Daughtery is an Ohio State grad. Lia Gladeira scored 16. Ohio State had 5 assists and 21 turnovers. Congrats to the Cougs.

Dec 18 at Louisville, Dec 21 at Syracuse, Dec 29 at Gonzaga, Jan 4 Arizona


10. USC (3-5): Lost to Texas A&M 79-61. USC shot 30% and had 23 turnovers. Harberts scored 19.

Dec 21 UC Davis, Dec 22 Duke, Dec 29 Vandy, Jan 4 at Oregon State


11. Arizona, (8-3): Beat Weber State 81-49. Davelynn Whyte scored 19.

Dec 20 Longwood, Jan 4 at Wash State, Jan 6 at Washington


12: Oregon (1-8): Lost to Oregon 80-62. Jillian Alleyne continues her great play with 24 points and 16 rebounds. The unheralded Frosh was 11 of 15 from the floor.

Beat Fresno State, a good win and Oregon’s first, 66-65. The Ducks shot 44% their season best. Alleyne scored 23 while Megan Carpenter had 12 points and 13 rebounds.

Dec 18 Samford, Dec 21 at Portland, Dec 31 UConn, Jan 4 UCLA

This Week’s Results for the PAC 12 TEAMS

1. Stanford (8-0): Idle with Dead Week and now Finals

Dec 15 UOP, Dec 19 at South Carolina, Dec 22 at Tenn, Dec 29 UConn, Jan 4 at Colorado (TV)


2. Cal (7-1): Beat Cal State Bakersfield 84-46. 19 points each by Brittany Boyd and Gennifer Brandon. Ranked # 11 should stay about there.

Dec 16 at Northwestern, Dec 21 Kansas, Dec 28 George Washington, Jan 4 at Utah


3. UCLA (6-1): Beat Texas in Houston 62-42. Alyissa Brewer scored 12 points and had 11 rebounds. UCLA had 23 steals and caused 29 Texas turnovers. Texas was ranked 12 and UCLA 19. Clearly Texas was way over ranked but still should move UCLA up.

Dec 15 St Mary’s In NY, Dec 16 St Johns in NY, Dec 20 Cal State Northridge, Dec 28 at Pepperdine, Dec 31 St Joseph’s, Jan 4 at Oregon


4. Utah (7-1): Lost to BYU 53-48 for their first loss of the season. Taryn Wicijowski scored 16 and had 15 rebounds. Michelle Plouffe scored 16 and everyone else combined for just 16 points. Utah shot just 25%. A note, Crystal Fortham is no longer on the team. She had transferred from LSU. She had been at 6 schools in the last 6 years, HS and College.

Dec 15 Houston Baptist, Dec 20 UC Irvine, Dec 29 North Dakota State, Jan 4 Cal


5. Colorado (7-0): Beat Colorado State 72-46. 11 players played 11 to 23 minutes so scoring was balance. Jen Reese scored 11 points and had 8 rebounds in 17 minutes and Jamee Swan scored 11 points and had 6 rebounds in 16 minutes.

Dec 11 at Denver, Dec 14 Louisville, Dec 22 Utah Valley, Dec 29 New Mexico, Jan 4 Stanford


6: Washington (6-1): Beat San Diego State 59-58. Talia Walton hit a three pointer with 10 seconds left to win the game. Walton finished with 17 points. The Huskies came back after being down 19. Aminah Williams had 15 points and 13 rebounds. Williams, a soph, has really improved for the Huskies. San Diego State had beaten USC by 34 recently.

Dec 15 UCSB, Dec 16 Idaho, Dec 21 at Ga Tech, Dec 21 at UC Davis, Jan 4 ASU


7. Oregon State (5-3): Beat St Martin’s 84-46. Jamie Weisner was 5 of 7 from the floor, 3 of 4 from three, 14 points in 19 minutes. Five Beavers scored in double figures.

Dec 13 Cal State Fullerton, Dec 15 at Loyola Marymount, Dec 19 Michigan State at Las Vegas, Dec 21 Texas Tech at Las Vegas, Jan 4 USC


8. USC (3-4): Lost to Fresno State 65-60. USC had 22 turnovers, 11 to Fresno steals. USC shot 32 %. Cassie Harberts had 14 points and 11 rebounds, Ariya Crook had 17 points. Top 5 recruit Jordan Adams had no points and no assists in 28 minutes.

Dec 15 Texas A&M, Dec 21 UC Davis, Dec 22 Duke, Dec 29 Vandy, Jan 4 at Oregon State


9. ASU (5-4): Beat Providence 67-58. Micaela Pickens was 4 of 8 from three for 15 points and also had 5 assists.

Beat Boston College 68-59. Pickens was 4 of 5 from three tin this game for 14 points. ASU shot 52% and they were 8 of 17 from three.

Dec 12 San Diego, Dec 22 Longwood, Dec 30 Idaho State, Jan 4 at Washington


10. Arizona, (7-3): Beat New Mexico 58-53. Kama Griffitts was 4 of 10 from three for 16 points.

Dec 16 Weber State, Dec 20 Longwood, Jan 4 at Wash State


11. Washington State (2-5): idle

Dec 15 Ohio State, Dec 18 at Louisville, Dec 21 at Syracuse, Dec 29 at Gonzaga, Jan 4 Arizona


12: Oregon (0-7): Lost to Nevada 77-73. Jillian Alleyne had 19 points and 18 rebounds. She leads the nation in rebounding at 14.8 per game. Danielle Love scored 21. The Ducks had 28 turnovers.

Laura Stanulis and Lexi Petersen have been ruled out for the rest of the season due to injury. They were two of UO’s top five scorers prior to getting hurt. Stanulis led the team in assists (33).

Injuries have also sidelined key returners Ariel Thomas and Deanna Weaver, as well as redshirt freshman Janitah Iamaleava who has yet to play a game in a UO uniform. Note, Thomas played her first game on Sunday.

Dec 12 at Illinois, Dec 16 Fresno State, Dec 18 Samford, Dec 21 at Portland, Dec 31 UConn, Jan 4 UCLA

This Week’s Results for the PAC 12 TEAMS

1. Stanford (8-0): Beat UC Davis 87-38. Chiney had 27 points and 13 rebounds. Toni Kokenis 3 of 3 from three and the bench 6 of 12 from three. Jos Tinkle with 7 blocks.

Beat Gonzaga at Gonzaga before 6,000 fans 69-41 holding the Zags to a 25% from the floor. Chiney had 21 points and 11 rebounds, Jos Tinkle 16 points and Taylor Greenfield 18 points on 6 of 8 from three.

Dec 15 UOP


2. Cal (5-1): Beat Old Dominion 63-47. Gennifer Brandon had 17 rebounds, but also 7 turnovers. Cal had 25 turnovers but doubled Old Dominion in rebounding with a great 33 edge. Talia Caldwell had 10 points and 10 rebounds.

Lost at Duke 77-63. Brittany Boyd scored 28 and had 7 steals, but also just 3 assists and 7 turnovers. Cal could shot only 35% and players other than Boyd made only 12 shots at 27%.

Dec 7 at Cal State Bakersfield, Dec 16 at Northwestern, Dec 21 Kansas


3. UCLA (5-1): Beat Loyola Marymount 86-66. Markel Walker had 17 points and 10 rebounds and Alyssia Brewer had 14 points and 11 rebounds. Five Bruins were in double figures.

Dec 8 Texas at Houston, Dec 15 St Mary’s In NY, Dec 16 St Johns in NY, Dec 20 Cal State Northridge



4. Utah (7-0): Beat Utah State 92-64. Michelle Plouffe scored 19 and Taryn Wicijowski scored 20 points. Paige Crozon hit all 3 of her threes for 13 points. Utah had 27 assists and shot 63%.

Beat Hawaii 62-61 Wicijowski scored 26 for the Utes.

Dec 8 BYU, Dec 15 Houston Baptist, Dec 20 UC Irvine


5. Colorado (5-0): Beat Wyoming 68-59. Chucky Jeffery had 21 points and 10 rebounds.

Beat Illinois 69-62. Arielle Roberson scored 25 points in a sloppy game where both teams had 27 turnovers.

Dec 5 Colorado State, Dec 11 at Denver, Dec 14 Louisville, Dec 22 Utah Valley


6: Washington (5-1): Beat Pepperdine 70-51. Aminah Williams, a player to watch, had 17 points and 15 rebounds. Kristi Kingma and Jazmine Davis each scored 17. The Huskies out rebounded Pepperdine by 19 but shot only 34%.

Beat Portland 64-44. Davis scored 28 and Williams had 17 rebounds.

Dec 5 San Diego State, Dec 15 UCSB, Dec 16 Idaho, Dec 21 at Ga Tech

7. Oregon State (4-3): Beat Cal State Bakersfield 71-48. Frosh Jamie Weisner scored 17 points.

Lost to Sacramento State at home 80-71. A disappointing start for the Beavers. Weisner scored 19 points. Parrish of Sac State scored 39, 9 of 13 from three. She was averaging 13 and scored just 4 a game last year.

Dec 9 St Martin’s, Dec 13 Cal State Fullerton, Dec 15 at Loyola Marymount, Dec 19 Michigan State at Las Vegas, Dec 21 Texas Tech at Las Vegas


8. USC (3-3): Beat UCSB 62-51. Cassie Harberts scored 17 and USC was 9 of 16 from three. Jordan Adams was 4 of 5 from three for 12 points.

Lost to San Diego State 80-46. Worse loss by the Pac 12 this season. Harberts scored 15. USC was out rebounded by 19 and had 5 more turnovers, while shooting just 32%. This team seems lost.

Dec 5 at Fresno State, Dec 15 Texas A&M, Dec 21 UC Davis, Dec 22 Duke


9. ASU ( 3-4): Lost to # 23 Dayton 66-59. ASU lead by 9 with 8 minutes left but couldn’t hold on. Six Sun Devils had between 8 and 11 points.

Dec UNLV or Dayton, Dec 9 at Boston College, Dec 12 San Diego, Dec 22 Longwood


10. Arizona, (5-3): Beat North Texas State 71-66. Erica Barnes had 15 points and 8 rebounds.

Lost to Long Beach State 71-61, Davelynn Whyte had 17 points and 8 steals.

Dec 8 at New Mexico, Dec 16 Weber State, Dec 20 Longwood


11. Washington State (2-5): Lost to UC Riverside 71-65. Tia Pressley had 22 points and 10 rebounds.

Lost to Fresno State 82-59. Kiki Moore scored 27 for Fresno against her former team.

Dec 15 Ohio State, Dec 18 at Louisville, Dec 21 at Syracuse


12: Oregon (0-6): Lost to Denver 73-62. Megan Carpenter had career highs f 19 points and 17 rebounds.

Dec 9 Nevada, Dec 12 at Illinois, Dec 16 Fresno State, Dec 18 Samford, Dec 21 at Portland

This Week’s Results for the PAC 12 TEAMS

1. Stanford (6-0):

Beat Long Beach State 77-41. Amber Orrange had 13 points 9 assists and 7 rebounds. Chiney scored 16 with 11 rebounds. Jos Tinkle scored 18. Stanford hit 10 of 24 threes.

Nov 30 at UC Davis, Dec 2 at Gonzaga.


2. Cal (5-0): Beat Cal Poly 87-61. Reshanda Gray scored 22, Gennifer Brandon had 18 points and 11 rebounds and Brittany Boyd had 7 assists.

Beat Eastern Washington 91-58. Brittany Boyd had 13 points, 10 assists and 8 steals. 8 players scored 8 or more points.

Beat Georgetown 72-56. Boyd had 6 turnovers but FOURTEEN assists. Brandon 13 points and 13 rebounds, Layshia Clarendon 20 points hitting 3 of 7 from three.

Nov 30 at Old Dominion, Dec 2 at Duke, Dec 7 at Cal State Bakersfield


3. UCLA (3-1): Lost to # 5 Notre Dame 76-64. UCLA’s PG Thea Lemberger missed the game with a knee injury. Markel Walker had 21 points and 9 rebounds but also 6 turnovers.

Beat Princeton 65-52 after trailing by double digits in the first half. Nierra Fields scored 26 and Markel Walker 23 for the Bruins. Walker also had 9 rebounds, 6 steals and 6 assists.

Dec 2 Loyola Marymount, Dec 8 Texas at Houston



4. Utah (5-0): Beat Northern Colorado 62-55. Rachel Messer scored 18, Michelle Plouffe had 14 points and 9 rebounds.

Beat Weber State 73-47. Plouffe had 18 points and 89 rebounds and also 3 of 6 from three.

Nov 27 Utah State, Dec 1 at Hawaii, Dec 8 BYU




5. Colorado (4-0): Beat Texas A&M at CC 75-48. Colorado was 6 of 13 from three and had a 26 rebound edge. Arielle Roberson had 16 points and 8 rebounds.

Beat San Diego State 67-53. Roberson scored 17 and Jen Reese had 14 points and 9 rebounds.

Nov 28 Wyoming, Dec 1 at Illinois, Dec 5 Colorado State, Dec 11 at Denver


6. Oregon State (3-2): Beat UCSB 49-46. Only 125 people watched. Why? Patricia Bright had 16 points and 8 rebounds.

Beat Winthrop 68-64. Bright scored 14 and super Frosh Jamie Weisner continues to score about a point every other minute with 9 in 18 minutes.

Lost to Louisville 61-43. For Louisville Shoni Schimmel scored 15 of 5 of 8 from three and sister Jude had 7 assists.

Nov 29 Cal State Bakersfield, Dec 1 Sacramento State, Dec 9 St Martin’s


7. USC (2-2): Beat 0-5 Arkansas State 72-58. Cassie Harberts 15 points and 10 rebounds, Christina Marinacci 12 points and 11 rebounds.

Lost to # 20 Nebraska at home 74-65 despite leading with just under 3 minutes to go 63-61. Outscored 13-2 after that. Ariya Crook scored 25 going 5 of 8 from three.

Nov 27 at UCSB, Nov 30 at San Diego State, Dec 5 at Fresno State, Dec 15 Texas A&M


8. ASU ( 2-3): Beat Northern Iowa for their first win 66-63. Joy Burke scored 14 points.

Lost to North Carolina State 72-68. Burke had 12 points and 12 rebounds.

Beat Florida 74-58. Promise Amukamara was 13 of 16 from the floor for 26 points.

Dec 1 Binghamton, Dec UNLV or Dayton, Dec 9 at Boston College



9. Arizona, (4-2): Lost to BYU 62-48 shooting only 28%.

Lost to UTEP 64-53. Davelynn Whyte scored 19 points.

Beat Texas Southern 65-59 as Arizona had 25 turnovers. Ali Gloyd was 8 of 10 from the field for 19 points.

Nov 28 at North Texas State, Dec 2 at Long Beach State, Dec 8 at New Mexico


10: Washington (3-1): Beat Wisconsin at Wisconsin 60-55. Jazmine Davis scored 22 and Aminah Williams had 13 rebounds. Bobbi’s Wisconsin team is now 2-2. But attendance was 3,400. Nice.

Nov 27 Pepperdine, Nov 29 at Portland, Dec 5 San Diego State, Dec 15 UCSB


11. Washington State (2-3): Beat BYU 67-53. Lia Gladeira scored 15 and Tia Pressley scored 12 and added 7 assists.


Nov 28 at UC Riverside, Nov 30 at Fresno State, Dec 15 Ohio State


12: Oregon (0-5):

Lost to Hawaii 85-73. Amanda Delgado hit 5 of 11 threes for 19 points.

Lost to Oklahoma 100-61. Oklahoma made 17 of 38 threes, Oregon 6 of 31. Oregon shot 27% overall. Delgado had 16 points but was 3 of 15 from three. Jillian Alleyne had 23 rebounds.

Lost to Arkansas 79-67. Oregon with 27 turnovers. 20 points for Delgado, 5 of 12 from three. Alleyne had 11 rebounds.

Dec 2 Denver, Dec 9 Nevada, Dec 12 at Illinois

This Week’s Results for the PAC 12 TEAMS

1. Stanford )5-0): Beat Fresno State 72-61. Chiney with 23 points and 17 rebounds and 4 blocks. Tinkle with 20 points and 3 blocks.

Beat Santa Clara 92-57. Chiney with 22 points, Tinkle with 18 and Amber Orrange with 18 points and 6 assists Greenfield 16 points, 4 of 6 from three.

Beat Baylor in Hawaii 72-69. Just a huge upset over the nation’s # 1 team plus their 42 game winning streak. Chiney with 18 points and 8 rebounds, Stanford 7 of 14 from three with Taylor Greenfield 4 of 7 and Tinkle 2 of 3. Stanford out rebounded Baylor by 12 with Mikaela Ruef getting 12 rebounds.

Beat Hawaii 69-42. Chiney 15 points and 17 rebounds, Tinkle 16 points, Orrange 13 points and Kokenis 12 points.

Beat Tenn-Martin 92-68. Tinkle with 25 points and named All Tournament, Orrange 12 points and 10 assists and Chiney with 25 points and 10 rebounds and named Tournament MVP.

Nov 25 Long Beach State, Nov 30 at UC Davis, Dec 2 at Gonzaga.


2. Cal 2-0: Beat Leigh 80-48. Gennifer Brandon had 17 points and 10 rebounds. Five Bears were in double figures.

Beat St Mary’s 89-41. Brandon had 14 points and 14 rebounds and 6 Bears scored in double figures.

Nov 19 Cal Poly, Nov 23 Eastern Washington, Nov 24, Fullerton or Georgetown, Nov 30 at Old Dominion, Dec 2 at Duke


3. UCLA 2-0: Beat San Diego State 66-52. Markel Walk with 15 points and Alyssia Brewer with 12 points and 8 rebounds. Frosh Kori Korver was 3 of 5 from three for 11 points.

Beat # 11 Oklahoma, the first Pac 12 win over a ranked team by other than Stanford in a while. And in Norman, and Oklahoma was 11 for 22 from three. However UCLA out rebounded the Sooners by 22!! Brewer with 15 points and 16 rebounds and Walker with 15 points. Thea Lemberger added 18 for the Bruins.

Nov 23 Norte Dame, Nov 25 Princeton, Dec 2 Loyola Marymount


4. USC 1-1: Lost at Gonzaga 63-52. Cassie Harberts had 18 points and 10 rebounds. USC had 24 turnovers and shot 37%.

Beat Pepperdine 65-56, 567 people attended. Both Point Guards Adams and Crook were in foul trouble quickly. Crook did score 17 and Harberts 24 points and 10 rebounds.

Nov 21 Arkansas State, Nov 23 Nebraska, Nov 27 at UCSB, Nov 30 at San Diego State


5. Oregon State 1-1: Beat Western Washington 71-59. Alyssa Martin had 20 points and Deven Hunter grabbed 12 rebounds. Frosh Jamie Weisner was 3 of 5 from three and had 11 points.

Lost to Cal Poly 72-62. Martin had 16 points and Patricia Bright had 15 points and 4 blocks.

Nov 20 UCSB in Mexico, Nov 21 Mississippi State or Winthrop in Mexico, Nov 22, the other team in Mexico, Nov 29 Cal State Bakersfield, Dec 1 Sacramento State


6. Utah 3-0: Beat Denver 75-60. Michelle Plouffe scored 29 and had 8 rebounds. Taryn Wicijowski scored 16 points and had 7 assists from her post position.

Beat Southern Utah 79-61. Wicijowski had 20 points and 15 rebounds. Iwalini Rodriques scored 20 points.

Beat Michigan 59-40. Plouffe scored 20 and Wicijowski 17.

Nov 20 Northern Colorado, Nov 24 at Weber State, Nov 27 Utah State, Dec 1 at Hawaii


7. ASU 0-2: Lost to Texas Tech 61-49.

Lost to UTEP 60-54 Adrianne Thomas had 16 points and Joy Burke 12 rebounds. Not a great welcome back for Charli starting 0-2.

Nov 23 Northern Iowa at Las Vegas, Nov 24 North Carolina State at Vegas, Nov 25 Florida at Vegas, Dec 1 Binghamton


8. Colorado 2-0: Beat Idaho 70-65. Brittany Wilson scored 18 and Arielle Roberson 16 points.

Beat Missouri Kansas City 78-55. Frosh Jamee Swan scored 14 in 16 minutes and Roberson scored 23.

Nov 23 Tex A&M CC, Nov 24 Auburn or San Diego State, Nov 28 Wyoming, Dec 1 at Illinois


9. Arizona, 3-0: Beat Cal State Bakersfield 71-50. Cheshi Poston had 14 points, 11 rebounds and 6 blocked shots. Erica Barnes had 12 rebounds

Beat UNLV 83-82. Kama Griffitts scored 27 points, 7 of 13 from three. Davelynn Whyte scored 21. UNLV shot 64%, but Arizona countered that with 13 threes.

Beat Cal State Northridge 63-56 with Whyte scoring 16 points.

Nov 20 BYU, Nov 23 UTEP in the Bahamas, Nov 24 Texas Southern in the Bahamas, Nov 28 at North Texas State


10: Washington: Beat St Mary’s 70-68. Jazmine Davis scored the winning basket with a lay up and scored 25 points. Kristi Kingma in her first game back after missing last season with an ACL was 5 of 14 from thee for 15 points. The Huskies were out rebounded by 26.

Beat Seattle 77-75 in Overtime. The Huskies were out rebounded by 23 and had only 7 healthy players. But Davis scored the winning basket again, this time with 16 seconds l6 seconds left and had 21 points. Kingma was 5 of 11 from three and had 22 points.

Lost to Long Beach State 71-62. Talia Walton had 19 points and Aminah Williams had 14 points and 15 rebounds.

Nov 21 at Wisconsin, Nov 27 Pepperdine, Nov 29 at Portland, Dec 5 San Diego State


11. Washington State (1-3): Lost to Minnesota in Overtime 83-82. Unheralded Frosh Lia Gladeira scored 33 points and had 5 steals. But 3 WSU players fouled out as the Cougars committed 35 fouls, and were out rebounded by 25.

Lost to South Dakota State 65-56 again in Overtime. Gladeira scored 12. The Cougars were 1 of 15 from three.

Beat Monmouth 79-69. Gladeira scored 11 points, had 13 rebounds, 6 assists and 6 steals. Carly Noyes had a career high 24 points. Tia Pressley scored 21 and the Cougars were 7 of 14 from three.

Lost to Wisconsin 52-44. Gladeira had 15 points and 6 steals, Noyes scored 14. Bobbi Kelsey and Wisconsin are now 2-1 on the year.


Nov 24 BYU, Nov 28 at UC Riverside, Nov 30 at Fresno State, Dec 15 Ohio State


12: Oregon 0-2: Lost to St Mary’s 78-69 while being out rebounded by 14. Oregon was 13 of 45 from three.

Lost to Portland State in double overtime 87-85. 6-3 Frosh Jillian Alleyne scored 38 points and grabbed 27 rebounds in her second game ever at Oregon. She was unranked out of a SoCal High School. The 38 points points ties the school record and the 27 rebounds breaks the record by one. Alleyne had 30 points and 21 rebounds in the 2nd half. Starter Lexi Peterson hurt her knee in the days before this game and is out for the season. Oregon made just 2 threes and had 29 turnovers.

Nov 23 at Hawaii, Nov 24 Oklahoma in Hawaii, Nov 25 Arkansas in Hawaii, Dec 2 Denver

This Week Results for the PAC 12 TEAMS

1. Stanford: Beat Corban in an exhibition 117-33. Bonnie Samuelson hit 7 threes and Sara James hit 4 threes as Stanford connected on 14 of 25 from three. Bonnie scored 27 (in 17 minutes) and Sara 24.

Beat Vanguard in an exhibition 82-47. Bonnie, Taylor and Sara combined for 13 of 29 from three and 48 points. A downside was shooting just 43%.

Nov 9 Fresno State, Nov 11 at Santa Clara, Nov 16 Baylor in Hawaii


2. Cal: Beat Vanguard 98-57 in an exhibition. Five in double figures lead by Reshanda Gray’s 19. Cal shot 57% from the floor but only 3 of 16 from three. Attendance was 531. Geesh.

Nov 9 Lehigh, Nov 15 St Mary’s


3. UCLA: Beat Westmont in an exhibition 73-43. 5th year SR and transfer from Tennessee had17 points and 12 rebounds.

Nov 10 San Diego State, Nov 14 at Oklahoma


4. USC: Beat Monterey Bay in an exhibition 73 to 45 as Cassie Harberts scored 32 and had 12 rebounds.

Nov 11 Gonzaga, Nov 18 Pepperdine


5. Oregon State: Beat Seattle Pacific 80-55. Alyssa Martin scored 16, in an exhibition.

Nov 10 Western Washington, Nov 12 Cal Poly


6. Utah: Beat Concordia in an exhibition 90-36. Michelle Plouffe had 19 rebounds, Taryn Wicijowski scored 19 and Iwalawi Rodrigues scored 21 points.

Nov 10 at Denver, Nov 13 Southern Utah, Nov 16 Michigan


7. ASU: Beat Anchorage Alaska 72-42 in an exhibition. Promise Amukeamara scored 20. Eliza Normen who missed her Frosh year with a knee injured had 8 rebounds.

Nov 11 Texas Tech, Nov 18 at UTEP


8. Colorado: Beat Western Sate in an exhibition 87-38. Brittany Wilson led with 16 points and 7 rebounds. Colorado made 7 threes and shot 55%.

Nov 11 Idaho, Nov 18 Missouri of Kansas City


9. Arizona: Beat Grand Canyon in an exhibition 81-55. DavelynnWhyte scored 27 points.

Nov 9 at Cal Sate Bakersfield, Nov 13 at UNLV


10: Washington: Beat Concordia 92-46 in an exhibition. Aminah Williams with a tremendous 20 rebounds in 28 minutes to go with 28 points. Kristi Kingma returned from an ACL to score 15, although just 5 of 20 but also had 12 rebounds. Jazmine Davis scored a team high 19 points. Williams is a 6-0 Soph. But, the Huskies shot only 36%

Nov 9 St Mary’s, Nov 14 at Seattle


11. Washington State: Beat Simon Fraser in an exhibition 67-52. June converted to hockey style substitutions last season and in this game 11 players played between 11 and 23 minutes. Lia Gladeria led the scoring with 12 points. Lia is a frosh Guard.

Beat Western Oregon in an exhibition 93-30 out rebounding them by 44. No one played over 19 minutes for the Cougars.

Nov 10 at Minnesota, Nov 11 away either South Dakota State or Villanova, Nov 16 Monmouth


12: Oregon: Beat Southern Oregon in an exhibition 118-74. Sr Laura Stanulis had an amazing 18 assists. Soph Lexie Peterson scored 27 points. But, the Ducks were only 9 of 39 from three.
Beat Corban by 40 in an exhibition. Jordan Loera hit 5 0f 9 threes for17 points. Lexi Peterson scored 23 and Stanulis scored 15 had 12 rebounds and 12 assists.

Nov 11 St Mary’s, Nov 15 Portland State

RANKING THE PAC 12 TEAMS

1. Stanford: Has the league’s top player, 4 starters return from a Final Four team and 5 straight Final Fours. Need to hit threes

Nov 1 exhibition, Corban. Nov 3 exhibition Vanguard, Nov 9 Fresno State, Nov 11 at Santa Clara.

2. Cal: They have the talent and return 4 starters and all 4 top reserves, several of whom started a number of games. A theme of the top three, need to hit threes.

Nov 1 exhibition Vanguard, Nov 9 Lehigh

3. UCLA: They get back 2 outstanding players who were injured last season, have a good 5th year transfer to play the post and have one of the league’s top three Frosh. Oh need to hit threes.

Nov 5 exhibition Westmont, Nov 10 San Diego State

4. USC: Have the talent, well we say that every year, but this year healthy talent. Adams moves in as the Point and should be a pass first Point. Strong front court. But will they have an offensive scheme?

Nov 4 exhibition, Monterey Bay, Nov 11 Gonzaga

5. Oregon State: OK we all love an underdog but this team may not be that for long. Great coaching job and the Beavers add the 3rd top Frosh in Weisner.

Nov 4 Exhibition Seattle Pacific, Nov 10 Western Washington, Nov 13 Cal Poly.

6. Utah: Big strong front count and has the only Pac 12 Olympian. Will their backcourt be enough?

Nov 1 exhibition Concordia, Nov 10 at Denver

7. ASU: They get back CTT and Redshirt Frosh Normen who could be their top player. Sadly would be starter Deja Mann tore her ACL recently.

Nov 4 exhibition Alaska Anchorage, Nov 11 Texas Tech

8. Colorado: Some nice young players, only one Sr on the team.

Nov 2 Exhibition Western State, Nov 11 Idaho

9. Arizona: Davelynn Whyte is outstanding but not a whole lot after her.

Nov 5 exhibition Grand Canyon, Nov 9 at Cal Sate Bakersfield.

10: Washington: Kingma back and with Davis could have a very good backcourt. But what about the frontcourt?

Oct 30 exhibition Concordia of Oregon, Nov 9 St Mary’s, Nov 14 at Seattle

11. Washington State: Someone needs to jump up and be the go to player.

Oct 30 Exhibition Simon Fraser, Nov 3 Exhibition Western Oregon, Nov 10 at Minnesota, Nov 11 away either South Dakota State or Villanova.

12: Oregon: Lost their top players and no replacements. Recruiting hasn’t gone well. But they could still hit 10 or more threes per game.

Oct 30 exhibition Southern Oregon, Nov 7 exhibition Corban, Nov 11 St M

Cal guns for the Top 10

Last season Cal had a great 25-10 record, 13-5 in league play. The Bears won 2 Pac 12 Tournament games before losing to Stanford then beat Iowa in the NCAA before losing to Notre Dame.

Lindsay Gottlieb returns for her 2nd season, and of course she spent several years at Cal as the top Assistant. Lindsay was 56-39 in her 3 years as the Head Coach at UCSB. Stanford grad and former player, double grad with a Masters actually, Charmin Smith is the Associate Head Coach. This will be Charmin’s 6th season. Kai Felton returns for her 2nd year after having spent several years at Oregon and 5 at USC. Stanford grad Katy Steding jumps from USF to Cal for her first season. Steding was Head Coach at Warner Pacific for 7 years and has a Gold Medal.


THE SCHEDULE: St Mary’s, a good team I believe, Georgetown, Duke, Northwestern, Kansas, George Washington. Really not tough and should be the favorites in all but the Duke game which is at Duke. Cal does not play in Arizona or host the Washington schools.


THE LOSSES: Erica Johnson played just 43 minutes last season before transferring to North Carolina at the December break.

Lindsay Sherbert transferred to Gonzaga after the season. She averaged 5 points and 3 rebounds per game. She also led the team in threes with 38 at 34% (2nd on the team).


THE RETURNEES: Brittany Boyd returns as the staring Point Guard, she’s a 5-9 Soph. Last season Boyd was 3rd on the team in scoring, at 10 points per game. She only made 9 threes at 13% but showed this summer that she is much better. She was the team leader by a large margin in steals, 2.5, assists, 4.8 and turnovers 3.9 per game. Boyd was the
# 38 player out of High School.

Layshia Clarendon was the leading scorer last season at 13 points per game. Layshia is 5-9 Sr. She made 36 threes, 2nd on the team to Sherbert, at 33%. She ranks # 11 all time scorer at Cal with 1,230 points. Ranked as high as # 25 out of High School. All Pac 12.

Talia Caldwell is the returning Center and is a 6-3 Sr. She averaged 8 points and 7 rebounds per game and shot at 51%. Caldwell is the # 11 rebounder all time at Cal with 744. Ranked as high as # 42 out of High School.

Gennifer Brandon is a 6-2 Redshirt Jr who started the most at the 4 last season. Brandon averaged 9 points and a team leading 10 rebounds per game. All Pac 12, she was ranked as high as # 14 out of High School and was a McDonald’s All American.

Reshanda Gray is 6-3 Soph who was 2nd on the team in scoring at 10.5 points per game. Gray started 14 games last season and Brandon the other 21 games. And they both played some in the Post. All Pac 12 Frosh last season, ranked # 22 out of High School and a McDonald’s All American.

Afure Jemerigbe is a 6-0 Jr who started the 14 games at the 3 that Sherbert did not. Afure averaged 5 points per game and made 19 threes at 38%. She was a McDonald’s All American.

Eliza Pierre is the back up Point Guard and also played the 2 last season. She’s a 5-7 Sr. She averaged 4 points per game and shot 40%. Pierre is very quick and a defensive specialist. A McDonald’s All American she was ranked # 22 out of High School.

Justine Hartman is a 6-2 Soph Post who was the back up here although mentioned about Gray also played the Post. Hartman averaged 3 points and 2 rebounds in 12 minutes per game. Another McDonald’s All American ranked # 7 out of High School. Bothered by a knee injury suffered in High School this past season.

Mikayla Lyles is a 5-8 Jr Guard. Lyles averaged 2 points in 8 minutes per game. Ranked the # 4 shooter out of High School.

Avigiel Cohen is a 6-0 Jr Guard. Cohen only played 27 minutes last season. Played on the Israeli National 16U and 18U teams.


THE NEWCOMERS: There are none who can play this season although Brittany Shine transferred in from Florida. Shine is a 5-10 Jr Guard from Sacramento. Last season at Florida she played in every game. High in points with 28 as a frosh and 14 last season.

This leaves the roster for the season at 10 players.


OUTLOOK: Five McDonald’s All Americans, lots of experience and only 10 on the roster. If healthy Cal could be a Top 10 team.

Is this the Year the Cougars improve?

Head Coach June Daugherty returns for her 6th season at Washington State but with a record of 45-109 for her first 5 seasons. Last season the Cougars were 13-20 and 5-13 in league play. June coached 20 years at first Boise State then at Washington and still has a winning record over her career. Her husband Mike Daugherty returns as the Head Assistant. Brian Holsinger is back for his 6th season. Ashley Glover was the Video Coordinator and is now in her first year as an Assistant.


THE SCHEDULE: The Cougars under June usually play a tough schedule and this year they may have the Pac 12’s toughest schedule. They play Minnesota, Wisconsin, BYU, Fresno, Louisville, Syracuse and Gonzaga. Wow.


THE LOSSES: Jazmine Perkins was the top scorer at almost 9 and rebounder at 7 per game.

April Cook scored 6 points per game.

Rosetta Adzazu averaged 6 points per game.

Rosie Tarnowski scored 6 points and had 3 rebounds per game.

The Cougars had 9 players score between 6 and 9 points per game.


THE RETURNEES: Ireti Amojo is a 5-10 Redshirt Jr Guard who was leading the team in scoring until injured. In 13 games she averaged 9 points and made 21 threes at 50%. Ireti has had 2 knee injuries in her 3 season at Washington State. She is German but played as a High Sr in Auburn Washington.

Sage Romberg is a 6-1 Jr who averaged 7 points and 4 rebounds per game. Romberg averaged almost 10 points per game as a Frosh. She was ranked # 73 and 87 by two services in High School.

Carly Noyes is a 6-5 Sr Center who averaged 7 points and 3 rebounds per game. Carly is a fine defensive post, honorable mention all Pac 12 on Defense.

Tia Presley is a 5-9 Soph Guard who averaged 6 points per game. Tia played in 21 games before a foot injury ended her season.

Brandi Thomas is a 6-1 Forward who averaged 6 points and 3 rebounds per game. She was a good High School Long Jumper and Triple Jumper.

Hana Potter is a 6-2 Jr Post player. Last season she averaged 3 points and 2 rebounds in 10 minutes per game.

Shalie Dheensaw is a 6-4 Soph Post. In 9 minutes per game last season she averaged 2 points and 2 rebounds. She was on the Canadian 16U and 17U National teams.

Katie Grad is a 5-9 5th year Sr Guard. Grad has averaged 2 points per game over her career.

Jordan Kelley is a 5-10 Soph Guard, who playing sparingly as a Frosh.

THE NEWCOMERS: Whitney Tinjum is a 6-1 Frosh Forward from Minnesota and ranked # 220. Four time All State at her school level, the second largest of four. Averaged over 20 points per game each of her four years. Averaged 24 points and 11 rebounds as a Sr hitting 56% from three.

Mariah Cooks is a 6-0 Frosh Forward from Southern California and ranked # 289. Averaged 22 points and 12 rebounds as a Sr. Played Middle Blocker on the Volleyball team.

Dawnyelle Awa is a 5-9 Frosh Guard from Hawaii. Four time all state, Gatorade State Player of the Year as a Sr. Her team beat some pretty good mainland teams last year. Averaged 11 points 4 assists and 4 steals as a Sr.

Taylor Edmondson is a 5-11 Frosh Guard from New Mexico. Two time District Player of the Year. 2nd in the State Triple Jump. Averaged 17 points per game as a Sr.

Lia Galdeira is a 5-11 Frosh Guard from Hawaii. Teammates in HS with Awa. State Player of the Year 3 times, averaged 17 points as a Sr.

Alexis Williamson is a 5-8 Frosh Guard from Southern California. Three year starter for the great Mater Dei team. Averaged 13 points as a Sr.



OUTLOOK: The Cougars need several players to step up and star, or they seem headed to the lower 2-3 of the Pac 12.

UCLA Bruins are healthy again

Cori Close begins her second year at UCLA. It’s the long time assistant coach’s first Head Coaching job. Close was the Florida Assistant Head Coach for 7 seasons but is from the west coach and coached at UCLA in the 90’s. Until this past injury riddled season Close had been to the NCAAs 15 straight seasons. Last year UCLA was 14-16 overall and 9-9 in Pac 12 play.

Shannon Perry is back for her 2nd year. Her most recent position before UCLA was an assistant at Duke for 5 seasons. Tony Newnan is also back for his 2nd season. His background includes coaching stints at UCSB, Oregon State and for 8 seasons prior to UCLA, Westmont College of Santa Barbara. Jenny Huth is back for her 2nd season. Her prior experience includes being a graduate assistant with Close at Florida State.


THE SCHEDULE: San Diego State, Oklahoma, Norte Dame, Texas and maybe St John’s highlight their very good pre season schedule. This will be challenging. For Pac 12 play UCLA doesn’t travel to Colorado or Utah, nor do they host the Oregon schools.


LOSSES: Rebekah Gardner was the leading scorer last season and graduated. Gardner averaged 16 points and 6 rebounds per game. She also made 30 threes, not a big number but 2nd on the team.

Moriah Faulk averaged 6 points and 3 rebounds in 16 minutes per game as a Frosh. She transferred to another school.


RETURNEES: Markel Walker is a 6-1 Sr Forward and the 2nd leading scorer for the Bruins last season at 15 points and the leading rebounder at an outstanding 11 per game. One of the Pac 12’s elite players.

Atonye Nyingifa is a 5-11 redshirt Jr who played only 9 games last season but she averaged 15 points and 9 rebounds in those games. She missed her true Soph season with an injury, played as a true Jr all games then just 9 last year in her true Sr season. So she is in her 5th season and could play one more year after this season.

Corinne Costa is a 6-4 Jr Post who averaged 4 points and 4 rebounds in 21 minutes per game.

Thea Lemberger is a 5-7 Jr and the returning Point Guard. Last season Thea averaged 12 points per game and led the team, although just slightly, in assists. She also led the team in threes, but only 40 and at 30%.

Mariah Williams is a 5-4 Sr Point Guard who averaged 5 points per game both splitting time with Lemberger and playing the Point when Lemberger moved to the 2.

Rhema Gardner is a 6-1 Soph Wing who averaged 26 minutes per game as a Frosh and had 4 points and 5 rebounds per game.


NEWCOMERS: The most important newcomers are two players who were on the Bruin roster last season but couldn’t play. 6-0 Sr Forward Jasmine Dixon missed the season with an injury and 6-3 Post Alyssia Brewer sat out after transferring from Tennessee.

Dixon has been All Pac 10 in both her UCLA years. She spent her Frosh season at Rutgers. In her two years Dixon has averaged just shy 14 points and 8 rebounds per game. She is a tremendous inside player and rebounder.

Brewer played three seasons at Tennessee where she averaged 7 points and 5 rebounds per game. Brewer was a High School All American.

Nirra Fields is a 5-9 Frosh Guard who may well start but even if not with 4 Srs who probably start, Fields will see a lot of playing time. She was ranked # 11 overall and a McDonalds All American. Fields is Canadian who played on both their National 17U and 19U teams and scored 17 points in a game against the American 17U team. She is the Laker Coach’s legal guardian, after going the 3 High Schools in 3 years. Last year was with the awesome Mater Dei of Southern California team. (This is the new High School of the Samuelson sisters). Fields is a game changer.

Kari Korver is a 5-9 Frosh Guard, ranked # 98. A great three point shooter, scoring 25 points a game in High School. Kari hit 5 or more threes in 13 High School games as a JR with a high of 11.

Lauren Holliday is a 5-8 Frosh Guard, ranked # 32 by one service and # 65 by another. . Very quick and a very tough defensive played who scored 23 points a game as a Jr.

Alexis Perry is a 5-5 Soph Guard who did not play last season. She is from Jeanette Pohlen’s High School.


OUTLOOK: UCLA only made 107 threes at 29% last season and that needs to be improved upon especially as the Bruins will be very strong inside. With Dixon, Walker, Nyingifa and Brewer the Bruins will be very strong inside and have the potential, with health, to be a top 10 team.

The Utes look to the first division

Last season The Utah Utes went 16-16 overall and 8-10 in Pac 12 play. They split 2 games in the WNIT. Head Coach Anthony Levrets returns for his 3rd season. Velaida Harris returns for her 3rd season. Matt Legerski returns for his 10th season. In those 10 seasons Utah has been to 5 NCAA tournaments. Willette White returns for her 2nd season, having been at Oregon for 6 seasons.


SCHEDULE: Michigan, Utah State and BYU are the toughest non conference teams the Utes will play. In league play USC and UCLA don’t travel to Utah and Utah doesn’t travel to Washington or Washington State.


LOSSES: Utah had five players play 33 or more minutes per game and they lost only one, Point Guard Janita Badon. Badon averaged 10 points per game although only 11 threes total. She averaged 6 rebounds per game and had a fine 1.4: .9 assist to turnover ratio. Post Rachel Morris averaged 7 minutes and has left the team. Another Post Diana Rolniak has also left the team, I suspect due to injuries. Diana averaged 2 points and 3 rebounds in 14 minutes per game but could only play 13 games.


RETURNEES: Four of the five starters return from last season’s WNIT team. Michelle Plouffe is a 6-4 Jr Center who averaged 14 points and 8 rebounds per game last season. Plouffe also made 41 threes at 31%. She was on the Canadian Olympic team

Taryn Wicijowski is a 6-3 Redshirt Jr who averaged 13 points and 9 rebounds per game this past season. Like Plouffe, Taryn is Canadian and has played on their Jr National teams.

Iwalani Rodriques is 5-9 Sr Shooting Guard who averaged 11 points per game with 59 threes at 30%. The previous year she averaged 15 points with 110 threes at 45%.

Rachel Messer is a 5-9 Sr Guard who averaged 5 points per game, starting all but one game. She has been consistent hitting about 34 threes in each of her three seasons at an overall 34%.

Cheyenne Wilson is a 5-1 Soph Guard who started 7 games and averaged 4 points and 17 minutes per game.

Chelsea Bridgewater is a 6-0 Sr Forward who played sparingly last season.


NEWCOMERS: Paige Crozon is a 6-1 Frosh Guard who could start right off the bat. She is another Canadian and has played on the past 3 various Youth National teams.

Nakia Arquette is a 6-1 Frosh Froward, ranked # 220.

Ciera Dunbar is a 5-10 Redshirt Soph Point Guard who could start at the Point if healthy. However she missed last season and a great deal of her High School Jr and Sr years with knee injuries.

Awa Kalmstrom is a 5-7 Frosh Guard from Sweden. She has twice played on Swedish youth National teams.

Danielle Rodriquez is a 5-10 Frosh Guard ranked # 222. She averaged 18 points and 6 rebounds for SoCal’s Warren High School last season and qualified for the State Meet in the 1600 meters.

And then along comes transfer Krystal Forthan. Krystal has transferred from LSU and the 6-5 Soph will sit out this season. Forthan was the # 5 Player out of High School, a superstar in the making. However this is her 6th school in 6 years. Four High Schools and two Colleges.


OUTLOOK: Four returning starters and a couple of good newcomers could well spell improvement. Key is winning their non conference games to get the confidence to play against the top tier Pac 12 teams.

Oregon State is Rising

What a difference a Coach makes. From the cellar to a 20-13 overall record and 9-9 in the Pac 12. Scott Rueck returns for his 3rd season after guiding the Beavers to only their 2nd 20 win season in 17 years. Rueck spent 14 years at George Fox winning 77% of his games. Now with really fine recruiting Oregon State is in the mix for a high Pac 12 finish.

As to assistants, Mark Campbell returns for his 3rd season with his Oregon roots. Megan Dickinson returns for her 2nd season having coached with Rueck at George Fox. Eric Ely returns for his 3rd season.


THE SCHEDULE: Mississippi State, Texas Tech and Michigan State are the hardest by a bit. In League play the Beavers don’t play in LA and the Arizona schools don’t come to Corvallis. So that’s a schedule break for the Beavers.


LOSSES: Leading scorer and rebounder Earlysia Marchbanks graduated. She scored 12.5 points and had 7.5 rebounds per game. Alexis Bostick is no longer on the team. Bostick was a back up Guard who averaged 3 points in 14 minutes of play.


THE RETURNEES: While Marchbanks started every game she was just one of five who did so and the other four do return along with three of the top four subs.

Ali Gibson is a 5-11 Soph Guard who was a huge surprise for the Beavers last season. Gibson was their # 2 scorer at 12 points per game and had the most threes, 56 at 35%. She scored over 20 points three times.

Sage Indendi returns as the Point Guard. Sage is a 5-9 Sr who played at George Fox as a frosh. She scored 8 points per game and made 46 threes at 28%. She was All Tournament as a Frosh at George Fox in the NCAA Division 3 final four.

Patricia Bright is a 6-4 Sr and the returning Center. Bright averaged 9 points and 5 rebounds per game and blocked an amazing 115 shots. Bright is from Arizona but went to a Florida JC.

Alyssa Martin returns at Forward. She is a 6-0 Jr. Last season Martin 8 points and 4 rebounds per game. Martin’s Father played at Oregon State. She is a Biology Major.

Thais Pinto is a 6-7 Sr Center who averaged 6 points and 4 rebounds in only 14 minutes per game. Pinto is a Brazilian who transferred a year ago from a Nebraska JC.

ShaKiana Edwards-Teasley is a 6-2 Sr Forward. She averaged 3 points and 4 rebounds in 15 minutes per game. Dad James Edwards was a Basketball star at Washington and played 19 NBA seasons.

Mollee Schwegler is a 5-6 Sr Guard who averaged 4 points in 11 minutes per game. An All State player in High School in Oregon, she averaged 17 points per game in JC.


THE NEWCOMERS: Jamie Weisner lite of the End of Trail Tournament after her JR year and was the # 41 player as a Sr in High School. She is a 5-10 frosh who will see a lot of action and will probably start. A tremendous High School player scoring 33 points in the State of Washington 2A Championship game. If she participates, will be a favorite to place in the Pac 12 Javelin.

Samantha Siegner is a 6-3 Frosh Forward, ranked # 91 in High School. She was All State in Oregon.

Khadidja Tourne is a 5-8 Frosh Guard. All State, 3A in Washington, she scored 48 in a game last season in High School. Parents are both College professors. # 94 PG in High School.

Deven Hunter is a 6-3 Frosh Forward, ranked # 229.

Ruth Hamblin is a 6-6 Frosh Center from British Columbia. As a Sr averaged 27 points, 13 rebounds and an amazing 11 blocks per game. She played on Canada’s 18U team this past season and the 17U team in 2011.


OUTLOOK: The Beavers return 4 starters from a team that won 20, 2 in the WNIT. Then they add several promising and one outstanding frosh. I really like Weisner. This could possibly be an NCAA team. Wow I’m now on a limb.

The Oregon Ducks, home of the Hot Seat

Paul Westhead returns for his 4th season as the Head Coach of the Ducks. He has gone 18-16, 13-17 and 15-16 last season . Worst, the recruiting hasn’t given a lot of promise to future success. At age 73 this could be the make or break year for Westhead in Eugene. The Ducks Pac 12 record was 7-11.

Dan Muscatell returns for his 4th season as the Top Assistant. Dan was Head Coach at Sacramento State for 6 years prior to Oregon and was an assistant at Oregon before Sac State. Shandrika Lee returns for her 2nd year after 2 years at Army and 4 at Cal Poly. Bianca Zieman is a new coach at Oregon. She started for Loyola of LA from 2002-06 and coached there this past season.


THE SCHEDULE: Non conference games include St Mary’s, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Illinois, Fresno State and UConn. A solid pre season. The Ducks do not host the Arizona schools or play in LA.


LOSSES: Amanda Johnson was an outstanding player for the Ducks. Although she missed about 10 games last season and came back maybe not fully healed she averaged 18 points and 10 rebounds a game. To give Westhead and staff credit they certainly developed players who were not highly recruited and Johnson and Nia Jackson.

Nia Jackson averaged 9 points per game, fighting injuries and had a fine 1:.8 assist to turnover ratio leading the Duck fast break.

Jasmin Holliday averaged 13 points and 7 rebounds a game.

Three huge losses for the Ducks as they are 3 of the top 4 scorers from last season and the top two rebounders.


RETURNEES: Guard Ariel Thomas is the top returning scorer at 9 points per game. Thomas is a 5-6 Jr Guard. Ariel should be the starting Point Guard.

Jordan Loera is a 5-9 Soph Guard who should start in the backcourt. Last season Jordan started 10 games and led the team with 45 threes at 34%. She averaged 6 points per game.

At the post Danielle Love is a 6-2 Jr who can play the 4-5. Last season Love started every game at the 4 or 5 averaging 7 points and 5 rebounds. She also hit 39 threes at 31 %.

Liz Brenner is a 6-1 Soph post who started 8 games and played in 21 after coming over from the Volleyball team where she was and is an outstanding Outside Hitter. Even with her late start, joining the team in December, Liz averaged 6 points and 6 rebounds per game. Brenner had a tremendous Volleyball game at Maples last year against Stanford.

Deanna Weaver is a 5-11 Jr wing from Wilcox High school who scored 7 points and also had 4 rebounds in just 18 minutes per game. Weaver made 24 threes at 36%.

Lexi Peterson is a 5-11 Soph Wing who may well start. She averaged 4 points in 12 minutes.

Meagan Carpenter is a 6-4 Soph Center who may start before Brenner joins the team. Carpenter averaged only one point but 3 rebounds in 8 minutes per game.

Laura Stanulis is a 5-9 Sr Guard who averaged 3 points in 12 minutes per game last season.

Amanda Delgado is a 5-7 Soph Guard who just played a few minutes as a frosh.

Chynna Miley is a 6-2 Jr Forward who has played just a few minutes in her first two seasons.


NEWCOMERS: Jillian Alleyne is a 6-3 Frosh Post from Southern California where she averaged 15 points and 10 rebounds as a Sr and was ranked # 95 in the nation. Her High School won the Div 1A So Cal Championship last season as Jillian scored 17 points and had 20 rebounds.

Devyn Galland is a 5-8 Frosh Point Guard. Devyn was All State in Washington at the fabled Lewis & Clark High School in Spokane. She could be the 3rd Guard for the Ducks.

Janitah Imaleava is a 6-2 redshirt Frosh Post. Janitah had to sit out this past season after being named the # 31 Post out of High School. As a Sr she averaged 13 points and 9 rebounds playing in a very strong So Cal league.


OUTLOOK: Losing their 3 top players and not having great recruiting will hurt the Ducks this season. A shame as Oregon has a great fan base, a beautiful arena, and deserve more.

USC turns over their Staff again

For the 2nd time in Mr Cooper’s tenure he has turned over the Staff bringing in 3 new Assistant Coaches. Darren Park comes from Cal where he spent the past season and the 7 seasons prior at Louisiana Tech and Maryland. Tai Dillard comes from Texas San Antonio where she coach for 5 years. Evan Unrau comes from Santa Clara where she coached for 3 seasons and before that a season at UCSB. Fans here may remember her as her first job in the college ranks was the Video Coordinator at Stanford.

Head Coach Michael Cooper returns for his 4th season at USC. Last season USC was 18-12 and 12-6 in Pac 12 play. USC played a tough non conference schedule but beat only Gonzaga as they went 6-6.


THE SCHEDULE: USC plays Gonzaga, Nebraska, Texas A&M, Duke and Vanderbilt at home and Fresno State and San Diego State at their arenas. A very strong and difficult non conference schedule. USC does not play the Oregon schools at home nor travel to Utah or Colorado.


LOSSES: USC lost 3 of their top 4 scorers from last year’s team. Brianna Gilbreath graduated after starting for 4 seasons. Last season Brianna averaged a team high 12 points per game and also 7 rebounds per game. She hit 24 threes at
39%. Sister Stephanie Gilbreath who spent most of her career with knee injuries decided to play her 5th season at New Mexico after she graduated in June. Stephanie averaged 4 points per game.

Ashley Corral started most of her career at USC, last season averaging 12 points and hitting 69 threes at 38%. Jackie Gemelos ended her career after 9 games last season with still another knee injury. In those 9 games she averaged 11 points. Michelle Jenkins was a starting Center at one point but injuries kept her from playing last season and she has graduated. Danielle Peacon was scheduled to enroll at USC after her frosh year at UOP and a great Soph year at JC. She is a 6-3 Post but did not enroll at USC.


RETURNEES: Cassie Harberts returns as the starting Center. She is a 6-2 Jr who averaged 12 points and 6 rebounds while starting every game for the Trojans. Cassie will be a very strong presence in the Post and at the 4. Harberts was a High School All American. She’s a great student and wants to be a Doctor.

Christina Marinacci is a 6-1 Sr who like Harberts has been a starter most of her USC career. Last season Marinacci averaged 9 points and a team leading 7 ½ rebounds per game. Christina was a McDonalds All American and Honorable Mention All Pac 12 Defensive player.

Ariya Crook only started 4 games but averaged 20 minutes per game and 5 points per. It’ll be interesting to see where Crook plays as it was some at the Point last year but she had a poor assist to turnover ratio, 1:2. Crook is a 5-7 Soph. Also she shot 21% from three. But she can be an excellent player and expect big improvement from her this season. Crook was a McDonalds All American and her career goal is to be a Detective.

Alexvz Vaioletama is a 6-1 Soph Forward who averaged 5 points and 5 rebounds and 21 minutes per game. Alexvz was a McDonalds All American and her cousin, Steve Francis, played in the NBA.

Desiree Bradley is a 6-1 JR Forward who averaged almost 4 points and a bit over 1 rebound per game last season. Bradley was the # 35 player out of High School.

Thaddesia Southall is 6-4 Redshirt Soph Post. Southall injured her knee in High School and sat out her Frosh season. Then 6 games into her Soph year she injured her knee again. She was the # 99 player out of High School.



NEWCOMERS: Jordan Adams leads the way and should be the Starting Point Guard. Jordan is a 6-1 Frosh and was on everyone’s All American Team and the McDonalds All American team. Adams was the # 6 player in High School last season. Jordan should start from Day 1.

Brianna Barnett is a 5-7 Frosh Guard # 95 recruit. She could play either Guard position.

Destinie Gibbs is a 5-11 Frosh Guard, ranked # 24 among guards in High School.

And there are more who are not incoming Frosh. Kate Oliver is a 6-4 JR post, a transfer from Marist a year ago. As a Soph at Marist, this Aussie averaged 8 points and 4 rebounds per game as Marist was ranked # 21 in the final pool. Oliver sat out last season practicing with USC and she is ready to play a big role in the Post with Harberts.

Kiki Alofatuli is a 6-1 Redshirt Frosh Wing. Kiki is one of three Mater Dei players (Adams and Vaioletama) with the Trojans. Kiki signed with ASU out of High School and sat out last season as a transfer although she did not play at ASU. She was ranked
# 26 in High School.

Deanna Calhoun is a 6-3 Redshirt Frosh from Northern California, Albany HS. Calhoun was the # 34 Forward in High School 2 years ago. She tore her ACL in Dec of her Sr year so redshirted this past season at USC. In High School Deanna was averaging 18 points and 12 rebounds before her injury.

Malia Cravens is a 5-9 Soph Guard who transferred from Hawaii. She will sit out this season.




OUTLOOK: USC shot only 37% from the floor last season. Not good at all, and certainly was their limiting factor. Their offensive scheme must improve this season. The fact that they shot 33% from three really shows how poorly they shot within the circle. As usual USC is loaded with talent, six players were top 30 out of High School. With the coaches changes, and I would gage for the better, maybe USC will finally rise to a top 20 program which many have been expecting.


AN UPDATE: ASU Schedule. ASU plays non conference games against North Carolina State, and Florida in a Las Vegas Tournament. Boston College and Providence on the road and Texas Tech and University of San Diego at home. They don’t travel to Oregon or host Stanford or Cal.

Colorado hopes to move up this season

Linda Lappe returns as Head Coach for her 3rd season. Lappe is a Colorado Grad and is one of the youngest Head Coaches in the nation at about age 32. She has improved each year, 18-16 in her first season then 21-14, 6-12 in league play, last season. Also last season Colorado won three post season games, non NCAA.

Jonas Chatterton, who was an assistant at BYU for 8 years prior to Colorado returns for his 3rd season. LaTonya Watson retruns for her 2nd season. She was an assistant at Colorado under Ceal Berry from 1996-2005. Kelly Rae Finley is a new coach, having been an assistant at Harvard the past 4 years. She replaces Jennie Baranczyk who became the Head Coach at Drake.

SCHEDULE: Auburn, San Diego State, Louisville, Illinois and New Mexico make for a pretty good non conference list of opponents. Colorado does not play at the Washington Schools and neither USC nor UCLA travel to Boulder.


LOSSES: Only one loss for the past season and that is 6-3 Julie Seabrook. Seabrook started every game averaging 7 points and 5 rebounds per game.


RETURNEES: It starts with 5-10 Sr Guard Chucky Jeffery. Jeffery led the Buffs in scoring, 15.5, and rebounding, 8.0, per game. She also led the team in assists, steals and free throws made, and made 32 threes at 35%. Chucky made the All Pac 12 Defensive team, the first time in any league a Colorado player had been so honored. Chucky played youth Football for 8 years.

Brittany Wilson is a 5-7 Jr Guard who averaged 9 points per game last season while hitting 44 threes at 31%.

Meagan Malcolm-Peck is a 6-2 Forward who averaged 4 points and 4 rebounds per game. Meagan’s twin Brenna is also on the team. As a frosh she averaged 5 points per game and as a Soph 7 points per game. She was ranked # 97 overall out of High School. Like her twin sister Meagan was Home Schooled but both played High School basketball.

Lexy Kresl is a 5-11 Soph Guard who averaged 9 points per game while making a team high 63 threes at 32%. Lexy averaged 26 points per game her last 2 years in High School in Arizona. She also finished 6th in the State 800.

Jen Reese is a 6-2 Soph Center who missed the last 10 games after being injured in a game at Stanford. Reese averaged 8 points and 6 rebounds per game despite starting only 9 games. Jen was the Gatorade State of Oregon Player of the Year twice and a Parade All American. As a Sr she averaged 25 points and 20 rebounds per game. Watching her play the summer after her Jr year I was impressed with those old time skills. Get all rebounds, nice outlet; get the ball in the post turn and score.

All 5 players listed above averaged at least 22 minutes per game, so lots of game experience back.

Rachel Hargis is a 6-4 Jr Center who averaged 4 points and 3 rebounds in 17 minutes per game.

Ashley Wilson is a 5-8 Soph Guard, the twin sister of Brittany Wilson. Ashley averaged 3.5 points and 3 rebounds in 16 minutes per game.

Jasmine Sborov is a 6-0 Soph Guard who averaged 3 points and 3 rebounds in 16 minutes per game.

Brenna Malcolm-Peck is a 6-2 Jr Forward who played only 3 games before an injury caused a redshirt year. Brenna is the twin sister of Ashley Malcolm-Peck. She has only played in 3 games the last 2 seasons due to injuries. Brenna was ranked # 96 overall out of High School.


NEWCOMERS: Jamee Swan is a 6-2 Frosh Forward ranked # 89 and by HoopGurlz
# 38. Swan averaged 21 points and 13 rebounds per game as a Sr and was the State of Arizona Division II Shot Put Champ. She will be a big part of this team for the next 4 years.

Lauren Huggins is a 6-1 Frosh Guard-Forward who was ranked # 63 and # 121. She’s a fine three point shooter.

Arielle Roberson is a 6-1 Redshirt Frosh Forward. Roberson was injured before the season and missed her Frosh year. In High School she averaged 18 points and 10 rebounds. Roberson was the # 63 Forward out of High School 2 years ago.

Kyleesha Wilson is a 5-7 Frosh Point Guard ranked # 222.

OUTLOOK: The questions are can Reese take over in the post and score solid numbers every game. Plus can the two sets of twins step up to be solid players capable of scoring 15 or more on any night. Swan and Huggins add more depth to a team that lost only one player. Depth is great but someone needs to join Jeffery as take over type players. Colorado could well join the top 6, the 1st division.

The Return of Charli

Arizona State welcomes back Charli Turner-Thorne from her year off. Charli came back with a plan as Interim Coach Joe Anders is gone, and Assistant Coach Chris Mennig went back to his job the previous year with Blue Star.

Jackie Moore comes in as an assistant and the recruiting coordinator with 18 years of coaching experience. While she spent the past 3 years as a Wal-Mart Corporate Manager, she has coached, in most recent order, at Nevada, Miami (FL), Boston College U of Mass and prior to that Head Coach at Santa Fe JC in Gainesville, FL.

The 2nd assistant will be former ASU star Amanda Levens. Levens was the Head Coach at Southern Illinois for the past 4 years going from 5 wins in Year One to 18 wins this past season. Levens was All Pac 10 twice, in 2001 and 2002. This makes one wonder if Levens might be the next ASU Head Coach.

Last year while Charli was off ASU went 20-12 with a loss to UOP in the WNIT. In the Pac 12 ASU was 10-8. Not a typical year and changes were made.



THE SCHEDULE: The schedule has not been announced yet.


LOSSES: First of all the stats: ASU scored only 58 points per game and made just 120 threes at 29%. The Sun Devils lost thru graduation 5 players but 28 points per game, almost half. They lost 17 rebounds per game, almost half. The Sun Devils lost 77 of their threes, or 64%.

Kimberly Brandon was both the leader scorer and rebounder at 10 points and 6.6 rebounds per game. Kali Bennett was second in scoring, 8 points per game and rebounding, 6.5. Alex Earl made 39 threes or 1/3 of ASU’s total and at 35%. All three were starters. Oliva Major was 2nd on the team with 28 threes also at 35%. Haley Parsons played 5 games.


RETURNEES: Deja Mann is a 5-7 Sr and was the starting Point Guard last season. She averaged 8 points per game and had a fine 1.0 : .6 assist to turnover ratio. Mann led the team in free throws and shot 81%.

Micaela Pickens is a 5-8 Sr Guard who started all but three games last season as ASU used a three guard line-up. Pickens averaged 6 points and 4 rebounds per game.

Promise Amukamara is 5-8 Soph Guard who played in all but one game averaging 15 minutes and 4 points per game.

Adrienne Thomas is 5-9 Jr Guard who played all games last season averaging 10 minutes and 1.5 points per game.

Joy Burke is the ASU Post, a 6-5 Jr. Burke only played 8 games last year so almost a newcomer. She suffered a concussion in Game 8 and had to sit out the remainder of the season. As a Soph Burke had Highs of 7 points and 10 rebounds. Joy made a shampoo commercial at age 4 in Taiwan where she lived for her first 12 years.

Janae Fulcher is a 6-3 Sr Forward who averaged 6 points and 3 rebounds in 15 minutes per game. Janae graduated in three and a half years and is a 5th year Sr.

Jada Blackwell is a 6-1 Soph Forward who averaged 6 points and 4 rebounds 14 minutes per game last season.


NEWCOMERS: Eliza Normen is a 6-0 Guard/Forward who is a redshirt Frosh. Normen tore her ACL towards the end of her Sr Season in High School and played only 4 games last season with a non knee injury. I saw her play after her Jr year in High School and loved her play. She is an excellent shooter who is a complete team player as an excellent passer also. If healthy, Normen will really make an impact for the Sun Devils.

Elisha Davis is a 5-3 Frosh Guard from Berkeley High School. I saw her also playing Travel ball. An excellent passer and 3 point shooter who can drive. Named # 131 in the Country out of High School by Blue Star.

Isidora Purkovic is a 5-11 Frosh Guard from Canada. Isidora played on the Canadian National 17U and then 19U teams.

Arnecia Hawkins is a 5-10 Frosh Guard ranked # 124 overall by Blue Star and # 51 overall by All Star Girls Report.

Nisha Barrett is a 6-1 Jr and a JC transfer. She was All State JC in California averaging 19 points and 13 rebounds per game.

Haley Videckis is a 6-0 Frosh Forward from Illinois who averaged 18 points and 6 rebounds a game last year in High School. She also made 74 threes this past season.

Katie Hempen is a 5-9 Soph Guard who transferred from Southern Illinois at the end of the past school year. Hempen was the League Frosh of the Year but must sit out this season due to the transfer rule. As a Frosh last season Hempen averaged just shy of 10 points per game.

OUTLOOK: ASU lost 4 of their top 5 players from last year due to graduation. That’s a huge loss. Charli returns and hires two new Assistants and they sign 3 in the late signing period. A lot seems to depend on Burke and Normen being 100%, as the Sun Devils are a guard orientated team without them. It’s an opportunity for the new players and ASU has only 3 Srs so 11 would return next year. It’ll be interesting as always with Charli Turner-Thorne back in charge.

The Huskies are hit again by a big injury

Incoming Frosh Katie Collier, already a cancer survivor, recently tore her ACL and will miss this season. The 6-3 Collier is a McDonald’s All American and an outstanding prospect at Center and/or Power Forward. We all wish her the best and a full recovery.

Coach Kevin McGuff is in his 2nd year at Washington coming from Xavier. All three Assistants begin their 2nd year at Washington also.

Last season Washington was 20-14 overall and 8-10 in Conference play. However they did not play a top 35 or so team in non conference play. They did have league victories over UCLA and USC.

The Schedule: St Mary’s, San Diego State, Georgia Tech and Wisconsin are the tougher non conference foes. None should be top 35 teams although when polls come out in October we will review non conference schedules for all Pac 12 teams. Washington does not play at Stanford or Cal or at home against either Colorado or Utah. So definitely a scheduling break there.


Losses: Regina Rogers was the leading scorer and rebounder at 17 and 8.6 per game. She probably would have been replaced by Collier, now the post position has unknowns.

MacKenzie Argens was the 4th leading scorer, 7 points per game and 2nd in rebounds, 6.3 per game.

Mollie Williams was 5th in scoring, 5 points per game, and 3rd in rebounds, 5.5 per game.

Charmine Barlow scored 2 points per game and had 3.5 rebounds per game.

All five above graduated. Also gone are would be Soph Ashley Moore who transferred and did not play last year and Marjorie Heard who would have been a Jr. Heard played 12 games and started 1. Also Airashay Rogers was an incoming Frosh Guard and ranked # 116 but she is not eligible.


Returnees: There are 5 returnees who played at least 25 games, and one who played 8and four others who redshirted for a total of 10. The best of all returnees is 2010 All Pac 10 player Kristi Kingma. Kigma tore her ACL and missed the entire 2011-12 season. If you remember her great, I think 5 threes, against Stanford, you know how much Washington, or any team would miss her. Kristi scored 15.6 points per game 2 years ago, her most recent season. She is a 5-10 Guard and a 5th year Sr. She had 79 threes 2 years ago, at 41%, a school record and she has 139 threes in her career. Kingma will be an impact player.

Soph 5-7 Point Guard Jazmine Davis was the Pac 12 Frosh of the Year, scoring 15.7 points per game with 67 threes at 36%. Her assist to turnover ration was not good at all, but that will improve a lot with Kingma and her year of experience.

Mercedes Wetmore is a 5-8 Jr Guard who could play either Guard position. Wetmore was 3rd on the team in scoring at 7 points per game and had 27 threes although at
31%.

Kellie McCann-Smith is a 5-9 Jr Guard who spent her Frosh year at Nebraska. Kellie scored 4 points per game but did hit 33 threes at 35%.

Kassia Fortier is a 5-8 Jr Guard who has played just 18 games in 2 years.

Beatrice Carta is a 5-7 Redshirt Frosh Guard from Italy. She tore her ACL before arriving at Washington. In Europe Carta was the 4th best Guard in her age group. She was Captain of her National 18U team and scored 17 points in the European Championship Game.

Deborah Meeks is a 5-8 redshirt Frosh Guard who sat out last season after tearing her ACL as a Sr in High School.

Jeneva Anderson is a 6-0 Sr Forward who played in 25 games last season but only 7 minutes per game, which has been the same for all three of her seasons.

Talia Walton is a 6-2 Redshirt Frosh who missed last season with a non ACL knee injury. Walton was the # 32 Forward out of High School.

Aminah Williams is a 6-0 Soph Forward who averaged 4 points and 4 rebounds per game this past season.


Newcomers: First, as you read above, Washington will have 3 players playing for the first time as all missed their Frosh season with injuries. Then there are 3 true Frosh entering Washington from High School. Katie Collier would have been one of the top Frosh in the Pac 12 and maybe the nation. She’s a 6-3 Post who missed a third of her Sr season undergoing treatment for cancer. Then she returned and played very well in the McDonalds All Star game. Sadly she tore her ACL last month so a huge loss. She was ranked # 21 out of High School.

Heather Corral is a 6-1 Guard, as since Washington may play 3 or 4 Guards, Heather may play some at Forward. Corral twice tore her ACL in High School, but was healthy last season and scored 15 points per game. I saw her play several years ago and was very impressed. Heather is the sister of former USC star Ashley Corral.

Mathilde Gilling is a 6-3 Frosh Center from Denmark. She has played on their National team. She played this past summer with their 23U team, and in the past a starter for their 16U National team. Gilling has a brother who plays for ASU.


Outlook: Really with only 6 returning players, plus 4 who redshirted with injury, and 3 newcomers it’ll be an adjustment period and how long that lasts is anyone’s guess. If Gilling is good, then with the Huskies very good three point shooting and the return of Kingma the Huskies might challenge for the top 6. However without Collier that seems a stretch. It is great to have Kingma back and she will be tough for all Washington’s opponents.

The Wildcats have many new faces.

Well 11 teams to cover and just over 11 weeks to the first game so lets toss the ball on the court and look at the various Pac 12 teams for the 2012-13 season.


One again Arizona has turned over a number of players. They lost 2 to graduation and 3 more transferred out. However they have 7 newcomers so a net gain of two. Arizona was 15-17 last season but after going trough their pretty weak non conference schedule in 11-1 they went 3-15 in Pac 12 play. Then the Wildcats had a nice win over UCLA in the Pac 12 Tournament before losing to ASU to end their season.

Head Coach Niya Butts returns for her 5th season. Assistants Brandy Manning, now the Associate Head Coach and E.C. Hill also return. Calamity McEntire joins the staff from Boise State where she spent 4 years. Calamity is a Tennessee Grad who did not play basketball there but was a team manager.

THE SCHEDULE: The non conference schedule is highlighted by BYU, New Mexico and UNLV. Yes looking for that 11-1 record like this last season. The Wildcats play the Oregon schools, Stanford and Cal just once in league play with the 18 game Pac 12schedule.

LOSSES: Starting Point Guard Shanita Arnold graduated. She had and excellent 1.8:1 assist to turnover ratio and scored 10 points per game. Arnold led the team in minutes per game. Starting Guard, in a 3 guard offense, Reiko Thomas also graduated. Thomas scored 6 points per game while 6th in minutes per game.

The three who transferred are 6-5 Center Aley Rhode who would have been a Soph, Guard Erin Butler who also would have been a Soph and Lindsay Fearing who would have been a Sr. Rhode started every game and was 3nd on the team in rebounding, 6 per game, and scored almost 8 points per game. Butler started 7 games and averaged 3 points per game. Fearing averaged just 2 points per game but played in most and started 3 games.


RETURNEES: The 2 returning starters are All League Guard Davellyn Whyte and Candice Warthen. Whyte has been All Pac 10/12 each of her three seasons. She’s a
5-11 Sr Guard who averaged 17 points and 7 rebounds per game last season and hit 71 threes at a rate of 37%. Whyte has a chance to become Arizona’s all time leader scorer and three point shooter. She is certainly one of the league’s top players.

Candice Warthen is a 5-5 Jr who was averaging 16 points per game through the first 9 games before hurting her foot and missing 8 games. The foot hindered her for the remainder of the season. For the year she averaged 12 points per game and probably will be the Point Guard this season.

Erica Barnes is a 6-2 Jr who averaged 11 points and 7.4 rebounds per game. She is the only experienced Big so will have to play much of the time in the Post. Barnes had a fine 2011-12 season.

The other three returnees are 6-1 Sr Cheylene Harper who played 7 minutes per game last season, 5-8 Soph Guard Layana White who played 9 minutes per game and 6-2 Sr Forward Cheshi Poston who did not play after transferring to Arizona from a JC. At JC Polston averaged 13 points and 11 rebounds in her Soph season.


NEWCOMERS: Keyahndra Canyon is a 5-9 Frosh Guard from San Diego. Canyon averaged over 20 points a game for 3 seasons at Mission Bay High School. She was ranked # 195 by Blue Star.

Nyre Harris is a 5-8 Frosh Guard from Stockton. Harris averaged 12 points and 6 rebounds, assists and steals per game as a Jr. She was ranked # 253 as a Sr, by Blue Star and the # 45 Guard by Hoop Gurlz.

Shereen Sutherland is a 6-1 Frosh from Corona, Ca.

Simone Westbrook is a 5-10 Frosh Guard from Chandler, AZ and was ranked # 40 in the US by Blue Star, but the # 59 Guard by Hoop Gurlz.

Alli Gloyd is one of three transfers signed by Arizona. She is local and is a 6-1 Jr. Gloyd was a JC All American averaging 15 points and 9 rebounds per game.

Kama Griffitts is a 6-0 Jr Wing and a transfer from an Idaho JC. Griffitts actually transferred to Arizona in January and redshirted this past season. As a JC Soph her team won the National JC Title. She averaged about 15 points per game during her two JC seasons and made 72 threes as a Frosh.

Lynette Holmes is a 6-1 Jr and a transfer from Xavier where she averaged 12 points and 5 rebounds per game in her one and one half seasons. Holmes was suspended from her Xavier team in Jan and transferred to Arizona after the past school year. She will be eligible to play in 2012-13 and will redshirt this coming season. You may remember Holmes scoring about 18 points against Stanford this past season.


OUTLOOK:

Great pair of guards and weak in the front court. It could be a long Pac 12 season for the Wildcats. No sugar coating it, they need big performances from their 6-1 and 6-2 players and they either haven’t played before or played little.

The NCAA’s begin

Stanford has won 31 games already, just 6 more to go. A 31-1 record made Stanford a # 1 seed and in the Fresno region. The first game is against Hampton at 10:30 AM PDT, on ESPN 2. Monday, if we win, we play either West Virginia or Texas, who we beat earlier this season at 4PM PDT on Monday. If all goes well we move to Fresno for Saturday-Monday games, hopefully.

Hampton is an unranked team and a 16 seed. However they are located very close to Norfork, where we play this weekend. West Virginia is an 8 seed, ranked # 25 and 30in the 2 polls and have an RPI of 39 (Stanford is 2). West Virginia has a record of 23-9. Texas is unranked with an PRI of 54 and a record of 18-13.

The top ranked teams in our Fresno Regional, are # 2 seed Duke, RPI 10, # 3 seed St John’s RPI 11 and # 4 seed Purdue, RPI 15.

Cal is the only other Pac 12 team in the Tournament. They play Iowa for the right to play Notre Dame. The only other west coast schools are San Diego State, Gonzaga, and Fresno State.

The WNIT has expanded to 64 teams. Pac 12 teams are:
Oregon State
Washington
Utah
ASU
Colorado

Other Western Teams are:
St Mary’s
UNLV
Cal Poly Pacific
USD
CS Northridge

The Pac 12 Tournament is moving to Seattle starting next season and for 3 years. Then maybe another locale or maybe stay. The Tournament will start one week earlier for the Women that it has in the past. With the condensed Schedule the Rival schools will play each other twice in the same week.

The PAC 12 Tournament

Here is the Coaches All Pac 12 team:

ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM
Name School Pos. Yr. Hometown
Jazmine Davis Washington G Fr. San Jose, Calif.
Layshia Clarendon California G Jr. San Bernardino, Calif.
Ashley Corral*** USC G Sr. Vancouver, Wash.
Rebekah Gardner UCLA G Sr. Upland, Calif.
Briana Gilbreath**** USC G Sr. Katy, Texas
Chucky Jeffery Colorado G Jr. Colorado Spring, Colo.
Amanda Johnson Oregon F Sr. Santa Rosa, Calif.
Toni Kokenis Stanford G So. Oak Brook, Ill.
Earlysia Marchbanks Oregon State G Sr. Salem, Ore.
Nnemkadi Ogwumike*** Stanford F Sr. Cypress, Texas
Chiney Ogwumike** Stanford F So. Cypress, Texas
Regina Rogers Washington C R-Sr. Seattle, Wash.
Markel Walker UCLA G/F Jr. Philadelphia, Pa.
Davellyn Whyte*** Arizona G Jr. Phoenix, Ariz.
Taryn Wicijowski Utah F R-So. Regina, Saskatchewan
**two-time All-Pac-12 honoree; ***three-time All-Pac-12 honoree; ****four-time All-Pac-12 honoree
HONORABLE MENTION (receiving at least one point): Kali Bennet (ASU, R-Sr., C/F); Brittany Boyd (CAL, Fr., G); Gennifer Brandon (CAL, R-So., F); Kimberly Brandon (ASU, Sr., G/F); Cassie Harberts (USC, So., F); Jasmin Holliday (ORE, Sr., G/F); Ali Gibson (OSU, Fr., G); Thea Lemberger (UCLA, So., G); Deja Mann (ASU, Jr., G); Jazmine Perkins (WSU, Sr., G); Michelle Plouffe (UTAH, So., F).

ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM
Name School Pos. Hometown
Brittany Boyd California G Berkeley, Calif.
Ariya Crook USC F Los Angeles, Calif.
Jazmine Davis Washington G San Jose, Calif.
Ali Gibson Oregon State G Woodridge, Calif.
Reshanda Gray California F Los Angeles, Calif.
HONORABLE MENTION (receiving at least one point): Taylor Greendfield (STAN, F); Lexy Kresl (COLO, G); Amber Orrange (STAN, G); Jen Reese (COLO, F); Aley Rohde (ARIZ, C).

ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM
Name School Pos. Yr. Hometown
Kali Bennett Arizona State C/F Sr. Ventura, Calif.
Patricia Bright Oregon State F/C Jr. Phoenix, Ariz.
Briana Gilbreath*** USC G Sr. Katy, Texas
Chucky Jeffery Colorado G Jr. Colorado Springs, Colo.
Chiney Ogwumike** Stanford F So. Cypress, Texas
**two-time All-Defensive team honoree; ***three-time All-Defensive team honoree
HONORABLE MENTION (receiving at least one point): Janita Badon (UTAH, Sr., G); Charmaine Barlow (WASH, Sr., F); Brittany Boyd (CAL, Fr., G); Kimberly Brandon (ASU, Sr., G/F); Toni Kokenis (STAN, So., G); Deja Mann (ASU, Jr., G); Christina Marinacci (USC, So., F); Carly Noyes (WSU, Jr., C); Nnemkadi Ogwumike (STAN, Sr., F); Eliza Pierre (CAL, Jr., G); Jazmine Perkins (WSU, Sr., G).
PAC-12 PLAYER OF THE YEAR - NNEMKADI OGWUMIKE, SR., F, STANFORD

Coach of the Year: Tara
Defensive Player of the Year: Chiney
Frosh of the Year: Jazmine Davis, Washington

Here are the final Standings:
Standings Conference Overall
Stanford 18-0 1.000 28-1 .966
California 13-5 .752 22-8 .722
USC 12-6 .667 18-11 .621
Arizona St. 10-8 .556 19-10 .655
Oregon St. 9-9 .500 18-11 .621
UCLA 9-9 .500 14-15 .483
Washington 8-10 .444 16-12 .571
Utah 8-10 .444 15-14 .517
Oregon 7-11 .389 15-15 .500
Colorado 6-12 .333 17-12 .586
Washington St. 5-13 .278 11-19 .367
Arizona 3-15 .167 14-16 .467


The Bracket for the Pac 12 Tournament with TV times. Sadly it appears no TV again for Wednesday or Thursday.
Wednesday, March 7 • First Round
Gm 1: #8 Washington vs. #9 Oregon 12 p.m. PT
Gm. 2: #5 UCLA vs. #12 Arizona 2:15 p.m. PT
Gm. 3: #7 Utah vs. #10 Colorado 5 p.m. PT
Gm. 4: #6 Oregon State vs. #11 Washington State 7:15 p.m. PT
live stream: YouTube.com/Pac12Conf

Thursday, March 8 • Quarterfinals
Gm. 5: #1 Stanford vs. Winner 8/9 12 p.m. PT
Gm. 6: #4 Arizona State vs. Winner 5/12 2:15 p.m. PT
Gm. 7: #2 California vs. Winner 7/10 5 p.m. PT
Gm. 8: #3 USC vs. Winner 6/11 7:15 p.m. PT
live stream: YouTube.com/Pac12Conf

Friday, March 9 • Semifinals
Gm. 9: Gm. 5 Winner vs. Gm. 6 Winner (FSN) 12 p.m. PT
Gm. 10: Gm. 7 Winner vs. Gm. 8 Winner (FSN) 2:30 p.m. PT

Saturday, March 10 • Championship
Gm. 11: Championship Game (FSN) 11:30 a.m. PT
FSN - indicates Fox Sports Net

The Results of the Past Week

The Pac 12 Tournament starts Wednesday, March 7 in LA and runs for four days. The first 2 days are at USC’s Galen Center and the final 2 days are in the Staples Center. The top 4 teams in the standings have a bye Day 1 while the other 8 teams play to advance to Day 2 against the top 4 teams.

On Day 1, March 7th it’s 8 vs 9, 5 vs 12, 7 vs 10 and 6 vs 11.

On Day 2, March 8th, it’s # 1 Stanford vs the Winner of the 8 vs 9 game. This game is at Noon. Then it’s Seed # 4, vs the winner of the 5 vs 12 game. The third game is Seed # 2, Cal, vs the winner of the 7 vs 10 game. Finally it’s Seed # 3 vs the winner of the 6 vs 11 game.


1. Stanford 26-1, 17-0. Beat Colorado 68-46. Nneka scored 23 points while Chiney scored 18. Nneka also had 11 rebounds. Stanford had 15 turnovers in the first half, 19 overall.

Beat Utah 69-42. Nneka with 15 points and 5 blocked shots. Jos had 12 points and 9 rebounds. Chiney with 16 points, 12 rebounds and a world class Sr Day speech as a tribute to Nneka.

Next Games: March 4 at Cal, TV


2. Cal 22-7, 13-4. Beat Utah 60-46. Strange stats for Cal, only 10 turnovers, excellent, only 4 assists, poor. Layshia Clarendon scored 15 points. Talia Caldwell scored 13 and had 11 rebounds.

Beat Colorado 64-43. Clarendon scored 15 points with 4 assists. Brittany Boyd had 7assists and scored 11 points.

Next Games: March 4 Stanford, TV.


3. USC 16-11, 10-6. Beat Arizona 78-62. The Trojans out rebounded the Wildcats by 18. Stephanie Gilbreath had 18 points, 3 of 3 from three. Briana Gilbreath with 14 points and 9 rebounds, Cassie Harberts with 14 points and 11 rebounds. Ashley Corral with 17 points, 3 of 5 from three and 5 assists. 335 fans braved the sunshine to attend. Great that the Pac 12 tournament is catering to this fan base.

Beat ASU 59-53. Christina Marinacci scored 12 points and had 10 rebounds.

Next Games: March 1 at Washington, March 3 at Washington State.


4. Oregon State 18-9, 9-7 Beat Oregon 69-53, outscored the Ducks 28-12 at the end. Patricia Bright scored 14 points and had 5 blocked shots giving her 95 blocks for the season and a new school record. Earlysia Marchbanks had 19 points and 9 rebounds but 7 turnovers.

Next Games: March 1 at Utah, March 3 at Colorado


4. UCLA 14-13, 9-7. Beat ASU 53-38. Markel Walker had 21 points, 11 rebounds and 9 turnovers. Post Corrine Costa left after just 3 minutes with an undisclosed injury. That left UCLA with 6 scholarship players.

Beat Arizona 72-58. The Bruins are now playing with 6 scholarship players and a walk on who played 5 minutes. Yet they won by 14. The Bruins out rebounded the Wildcats by 10 but had 18 turnovers, 8 more than the Wildcats. Walker had 17 points and 12 rebounds. Rebekah Gardner scored 21 points, 3 of 3 from three. Sister Rhema Gardner had 12 rebounds. Frosh Kacy Swain had her best game with 14 points and 7 rebounds.

Next Games: March 1 at Washington State, March 3 at Washington


6. Arizona State 19-9, 9-8 Lost to UCLA 53-38. Janae Fulcher scored 16 points the rest of the team 22 shooting 9 for 35.

Lost to USC 59-53. Deja Mann scored 22 points, 4 of 4 from three.

Next Games: March 3 at Arizona


7. Washington 14-11 7-9 Beat Washington State 60-56. Regina Rogers scored 21 points as did Jazmine Davis. Rogers also had 9 rebounds.

Next Games: March 1 USC, TV, March 3, UCLA, TV


8. Utah 13-14, 6-10. Lost to Cal 60-46. Utah played without their Point Guard Janita Baden. Iwalani Rodriquis scored 23 points. Taryn Wicijowski scored 17 and had 11 rebounds. Michelle Plouffe had only 4 points and 4 rebounds but 8 turnovers in 40 minutes.

Lost to Stanford 69-42. Wicijowski scored 15 points. Played again without Badon.

Next Games: March 1 Oregon State, March 3 Oregon


8. Oregon 14-14 6-10 Lost to Oregon 68-53. The game at Oregon drew 3600. Oregon was 7 of 34 from three. Amanda Johnson had 13 points and 10 rebounds.

Next Games: March 1 at Colorado, March 3 at Utah


10. Colorado 16-11, 5-11. Lost to Stanford 68-46. Chucky Jeffrey had 13 points and 13 rebounds.

Lost to Cal 64-43. Jeffery scored 18 points and had 7 rebounds.

Next Games: March 1 Oregon, March 3 Oregon State


11. Washington State 12-16 4-12 Lost to Washington 60-56. Brandi Thomas scored 15for the Cougars.

Next Games: March 1 at UCLA, March 3 at USC


12. Arizona 14-15, 3-14. Lost to USC 78-62. Erica Barnes had 20 points for the Wildcats.

Lost to UCLA 72-58. Candice Warthen scored 17, 3 of 4 from three. It’s been a very disappointing season for the Wildcats.

Next Games: March 3 ASU