Pac 12: Results of the Week

The Pac 12 season starts tonight with USC hosting UCLA. Also sveral last non-conference games.
My ranking of teams below is my predicted Pac 12 League finish. However the # 5 thru # 11 teams seems much stronger than years past.

1. Stanford: 11-1 ranked # 4
Beat Tennessee 76-70. Chiney was Player of the Week on her 32 points and 20 rebounds. Lili Thompson and Taylor Greenfield had 14 and 11 points each and were both 3 of 5 from three.

Beat Fresno State 86-54, making 12 threes and having 26 assists on 32 field goals. Chiney with 20 points and 10 rebounds. Taylor Greenfield and Bonnie Samuelson with 4 threes each and Amber Orrange with 3 threes and 6 assists. Michaela Ruef with 8 assists.

Chiney is now 5th all time scoring at Stanford passing Val Whiting and Nicolle Powell. In rebounds be ready at the Oregon game as Chiney needs 7 to top Jayne Appel and 10 to pass Kayla Pederson to become # 1 all time at both Stanford and the Pac 10/12.
Against Top 25: 3-1
Jan 3 Oregon, Jan 5 Oregon State, Jan 10 at Utah, Jan 12 at Colorado


2. Colorado 10-1 Ranked # 12
Lost at Louisville before 9800 fans 69-62. Jen Resse scored 14 points and had 14 rebounds. Louisville’s Shonni Schimmel scored 30.
Beat Southern Utah 75-59. The Buffs were only 1 of 13 from three and 21 turnovers. Arielle Roberson had 18 points and 12 rebounds and Jasmine Sborov had 12 points and 10 rebounds.

Against top 25: 1-1
Jan 3 at USC, Jan 5 at UCLA, Jan 10 at Cal, Jan 12 at Stanford


3. Cal: 8- 3 Ranked # 23
Lost to UConn 80-47. No one in double figures for the Bears. Brittany Boyd was 3 for 23 from the floor.

Beat Lafayette 79-60. Rashanda Gray had 20 points and 8 rebounds and Brittney Boyd had 13 points and 7 assists. Gennifer Brandon was on the bench but did not play. Brandon has been out for unknown reasons for about a month.

Against top 25: 0-2

Jan 3 Oregon State, Jan 5 Oregon, Jan 10 at Colorado, Jan 12 at Utah



4. Arizona State: 10-1
Beat Miami of Florida 75-73. Adrianne Thomas scored 14 and three others were in double figures.
Against top 25: 1-0
Dec 30 Syracuse, Jan 3 at Washington State, Jan 5 at Washington, Jan 10 USC, Jan 12 UCLA



5. Oregon State: 8-4
Lost to what was a 4-5 Creighton team 70-62. Jamie Weisner with 20 points and 11 rebounds but the Beavers shot just 35%/.

Beat UNLV 68-60. Sydney Weise had 17 points but the Beavers had 25 turnovers.

Beat Clemson 74-41. Jamie Weisner had 17 points, 4 of 7 from three. The Beavers were 13 of 28 from three.

Lost to Norte Dame 70-58, but were down 4 with just 2 minutes to go. Weisner scored 18 points. Soph Center Ruth Hamlin tied the Oregon State record with 9 blocks. 4,000 fans attended.

Against top 25: 0-2

Jan 3 at Cal, Jan 5 at Stanford Jan 11 at Oregon Jan 13 Oregon



6. USC: 7-5
Lost at home to St Mary’s 71-55. Only 294 saw the game as the Trojans committed 24 turnovers. Cassie Harberts had 17 points and 12 rebounds.
Beat Hawaii 66-65. Harberts had 16 points and Ariya Crook had 18 points.

Beat Long Beach State 89-72. Cassie Harberts is really playing now with 24 points and 14 rebounds. Four others scored in double figures for the Trojans.
Against top 25: 0-3.

Dec 30 at UCLA, Jan 3 Colorado, Jan 5 Utah, Jan 10 at ASU, Jan 12 at Arizona



7. UCLA: 6-6
UCLA beat Minnesota in Minnesota scoring the last 11 points to win 58-55. 6-4 Center Corinne Costa played her first game but Gardner and Holliday did not play for the Bruins. Nirra Fields scored 19 points and Thea Lemberger 17 but the Bruins shot just 32%.
Lost to Auburn 66-60. Lemberger scored 18 and Antonye Nyingifa had 19 points. Corrine Costa blocked 7 shots.

Beat Cal Poly 96-89. UCLA played with 7 and three scored 82 of the 96 points. Nirra Fields had 36, 13 of 18 from the field. Atonye Nyiingifa and Thea Lemberger both had 23 points. Costa did not play.

Against top 25: 1-2

Dec 30 USC, Jan 3 Utah, Jan 5 Colorado, Jan 10 at Arizona, Jan 12 at ASU



8. Washington: 6-4
Beat Louisiana-Monroe 81-77. The Huskies had 4 out with injury, all solid role players and 3 of the 7 who played had 4 fouls. Jazmine Davis was 6 of 9 from three and scored 30 points. Kelsey Plum scored 18, 9 of 9 from the Free Throw line.

Lost to DePaul 73-66. Davis scored 21 and Plum 19. Aminah Williams 16 rebounds and Talia Walton scored 21 and had 10 rebounds. However 20 turnovers did in the Huskies.

Beat Pitt 76-69. Davis scored 30 and Plum 19 for the Huskies. Williams had 14 rebounds.
Dec 30 UC Irvine, Jan 3 Arizona, Jan 5 ASU, Jan 7 at Washington State, Jan 11 Washington State


9. Washington State: 6-6
Lost to Gonzaga 70-62. Tia Pressley scored 19 and Lia Gladeira 15 but the Cougars were hurt by 24 turnovers.
Against top 25: 1-2
Jan 3 ASU, Jan 5 Arizona, Jan 7 Washington, Jan 11 at Washington



10. Utah: 6-4
Beat Samford 69-49. Emily Potter and Malia Nawahine both scored 18 points.

Against top 25: 0-1
Dec 30 UCSB, Jan 3 at UCLA, jan 5 at USC, Jan 10 Stanford, Jan 12 Cal




11. Oregon 9-2
Beat Cal Poly 124-87. Christae Rowe scored 27 and Jillian Alleyne had 19 points and 16 rebounds. Lexi Peterson came off the bench to score 24 points.
Beat Cal State Northridge 96-61. Rowe with 28 points and Alleyne with 22 points and 19 rebounds.

Against top 25: 0-1
Jan 3 at Stanford, Jan 5 at Cal, Jan 11 Oregon State, Jan 13 at Oregon State



12. Arizona: 4-7
Beat UC Riverside 75-59. Five players were in double figure scoring for the Wildcats.

Beat Arkansas Pine Bluff 67-54. Three players with 14 points for the Wildcats.

Against top 25: 0-0

Jan 3 at Washington, Jan 5 at Washington State, Jan 10 UCLA, Jan 12 USC

Pac 12: Results of the Week

1. Stanford: 9-1 ranked # 6
Beat # 24 Gonzaga 73-45. Chiney had 19 points and Stanford was 8 of 16 from three.

Beat New Mexico 75-41. Chiney had 32 points in 23 minutes. Stanford shot 51% from the floor.
Against Top 25: 2-1
Dec 21 Tennessee, Dec 28 at Fresno State, Jan 3 Oregon, Jan 5 Oregon State, Jan 10 at Utah, Jan 12 at Colorado


2. Colorado 9-0 Ranked # 11
Beat Denver 83-61. Arielle Roberson with 22 points and 10 rebounds and Jen Reese 18 points and 8 rebounds in just 23 minutes.

Against top 25: 1-0
Dec 21 at Louisville, Dec 29 Southern Illinois, Jan 3 at USC, Jan 5 Oat UCLA, Jan 10 at Cal, Jan 12 at Stanford


3. Cal: 7- 2 Ranked # 21
Beat Cal State Bakersfield 70-51. Hind Ben-Abdelkader was 6 of 9 from three for 18 points as Cal hit 11 threes a school record. Brittany Boyd had 12 assists.

Against top 25: 0-1

Dec 22 UConn in NYC, Dec 29 Lafayette, Jan 3 Oregon State, Jan 5 Oregon, Jan 10 at Colorado, Jan 12 at Utah



4. Arizona State: 9-1
Beat Fullerton 81-55. Kelsey Moos was 8 of 10 from the floor for 19 points and Sophie Brunner had 13 points. ASU was 11 of 19 from three and 50% overall from the floor.

Against top 25: 1-0
Dec 21 at Miami of Florida, Dec 30 Syracuse, Jan 3 at Washington State, Jan 5 at Washington, Jan 10 USC, Jan 12 UCLA


5. USC: 5-4
Lost to Cal State Northridge, yes a terrible loss, 65-64. Assists to turnovers, Northridge 19-8, USC 15-17. Alexyz Vaioletama had a great game for USC , 21 points and 18 rebounds. Cassie Harberts had 18 points and 12 rebounds and Ariya Crook scored 19 points. The rest of the team scored 6 points. Plus USC was 10 of 21 from the FT line.

Against top 25: 0-3.

Dec 19 St Mary’s, Dec 21 Hawaii, Dec 28 Long Beach State, Dec 30 at UCLA, Jan 3 Colorado, Jan 5 Utah, Jan 10 at ASU, Jan 12 at Arizona


6. UCLA: 4-5

Beat San Diego State 56-55. Nirra Fields had 18 points and Thea Lemberger had 8 assists. The Bruins shot just 39%.

Against top 25: 1-2

Dec 20 at Minnesota, Dec 21 Auburn in Minnesota, Dec 28 Cal Poly, Dec 30 USC, Jan 3 Utah, Jan 5 Colorado, Jan 10 at Arizona, Jan 12 at ASU


7. Washington State: 5-5
Lost to Dayton 87-76. Lia Gladeira scored 29 points.

Beat UC Riverside in Overtime 77-73. Gladeira scored 26 and Tia Pressley 24 points.
Against top 25: 1-1
Dec 21 Gonzaga, Jan 3 ASU, Jan 5 Arizona, Jan 7 Washington, Jan 11 at Washington



8. Oregon State: 6-2
Beat Hawaii 76-64. Jamie Weisner scored 19 points and Sydney Weise had 17 points.

Against top 25: 0-1

Dec 19-21 3 games in Vegas, Creighton, UNLV and Clemson, Dec 29 Notre Dame, Jan 3 at Cal, Jan 5 at Stanford Jan 11 at Oregon Jan 13 Oregon


9. Washington: 4-3
Beat Wisconsin 80-67. Aminah Williams had 19 points and 12 rebounds as the Huskies shot 53%, and had 6 players with double figures.

Beat Montana State 83-60. Kelsey Plum had 19 points and Jazmine Davis scored 17.

Dec 19 Louisiana-Monroe in Las Vegas, Dec 20 DePaul in Vegas, Dec 21 Pitt in Vegas, Dec 30 UC Irvine, Jan 3 Arizona, Jan 5 ASU, Jan 7 at Washington State, Jan 11 Washington State



10. Utah: 5-4
Beat Utah Valley 81-70. Michelle Plouffe had 21 points and 13 rebounds. The Utes had 21 assists and only 7 turnovers.

Beat BYU in double Overtime 82-74. Michelle Plouffe scored 24 points and had 13 rebounds and was named Player of the Week. Emily Potter scored 18 points and added 11 rebounds and was Frosh of the Week.

Against top 25: 0-1
Dec 21 Samford, Dec 30 UCSB, Jan 3 at UCLA, jan 5 at USC, Jan 10 Stanford, Jan 12 Cal




11. Oregon 7-2
Beat Portland State 113-78. The Ducks took an incredible 95 shots hitting at 43%. Jillian Alleyne 18 points and had Christae Rowe scored 24 points. 7 players had 12 or more points.

Beat Southern 130-90. Ten players with 7 or more points Alleyne with 29 points and 18 rebounds. The Ducks made 16 three. 4 sport star Liz Brenner joined the team after playing volleyball.

Against top 25: 0-1
Dec 20 Cal Poly, Dec 29 Cal State Northridge., Jan 3 at Stanford, Jan 5 at Cal, Jan 11 Oregon State, Jan 13 at Oregon State


12. Arizona: 3-7
Beat Texas Tech a good fun for the Wildcats, 65-56. Candice Wartham had 23 points and 8 rebounds. Frosh LaBrittany Jones scored 12 points and had 15 rebounds.

Against top 25: 0-0

Dec 21 UC Riverside, Dec 29 Arkansas Pine Bluff, Jan 3 at Washington, Jan 5 at Washington State, Jan 10 UCLA, Jan 12 USC

Pac 12: Results of the Week

1. Stanford: 7-1 ranked # 6

Against Top 25: 1-1
Dec 14 Gonzaga, Dec 16 New Mexico, Dec 21 Tennessee, Dec 28 at Fresno State


2. Colorado 8-0 Ranked # 11
Beat Wyoming 63-59. Brittany Wilson had 19 points and Arielle Roberson scored 13 and had 12 rebounds. 3,000 people at the game in Wyoming.

Beat Illinois 79-56. Arielle Roberson had 17 points and 13 rebounds. Jen Reese had 16 points and the Center was 2 of 2 from three.

Against top 25: 1-0
Dec 12 Denver, Dec 21 at Louisville, Dec 29 Southern Illinois.


3. Cal: 6- 2 Ranked # 21
Beat UOP in OT 68-66. Reshanda Gray scored 23 points and had 11 rebounds. Brittany Boyd had 16 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 steals and 7 turnovers.
Against top 25: 0-1

Dec 14 Bakersfield, Dec 22 UConn in NYC, Dec 29 Lafayette


4. Arizona State: 8-1
Beat Scared Heart 81-49. Deja Mann and Sophie Brunner both scored 15 points.
Beat Long Beach State 74-67. Frosh Sophie Brunner leading the way with 17 points and 12 rebounds.

Against top 25: 1-0
Dec 14 at Fullerton, Dec 21 at Miami of Florida, Dec 30 Syracuse



5. USC: 5-3 No games this week


Against top 25: 0-3.

Dec 10 at Cal State Northridge, Dec 19 St Mary’s, Dec 21 Hawaii, Dec 28 Long Beach State




6. UCLA: 4-4


Lost at Notre Dame 90-48. The Bruins shot just 28%. Thea Lemberger scored 17 and Atonye Nyingifa added 19 points.

Against top 25: 1-2

Dec 15 at San Diego State, Dec 20 at Minnesota, Dec 21 Auburn in Minnesota, Dec 28 Cal Poly



7. Washington State: 5-4
Beat Cal State Northridge 68-59. Tia Presley scored 21 but the Cougars shot just 34%.

Against top 25: 1-1
Dec 15 at Dayton, Dec 18 UC Riverside, Dec 21 Gonzaga,

8. Oregon State: 5-2
Beat Portland 79-73 with Jamie Weisner scoring 23 points, 3 of 6 from three. Sydney Wiese had 16 points 4 of 7 from three.

Against top 25: 0-1

Dec 13 Hawaii, Dec 19-21 3 games in Vegas, Creighton, UNLV and Clemson, Dec 29 Notre Dame.



9. Washington: 2-3
Won at Houston 66- 55. Kelsey Plum scored 19 and Aminah Williams had 13 rebounds.

Lost at Texas A&M 74-68. Close game against the # 23 team despite the Huskies going 6 of 26 from three. Jasmine Davis scored 24 and Talia Walton added 15 points.

Dec 13 Wisconsin, Dec 15 Montana State, Dec 19 Louisiana-Monroe in Las Vegas, Dec 20 DePaul in Vegas, Dec 21 Pitt in Vegas, Dec 30 UC Irvine.



10. Utah: 3-4
Beat Nevada 61-57. Four players with 10 or 12 points for the Utes.

Against top 25: 0-1
Dec 11 Utah Valley, Dec 14 at BYU, Dec 21 Samford, Dec 30 UCSB




11. Oregon 5-2
Beat Seattle 105-100 as Frosh Chrishae Rowe set a school record with 41 points. Rowe was 14 of 25 from the floor including 6 of 8 from three. Transfer Katelyn had 22 points, 5 of 11 from three. Jillian Alleyne had 17 points and 16 rebounds, she’s a soph. The Ducks were 14 of 32 from three.

Against top 25: 0-1
Dec 14 Portland State, Dec 18 Southern, Dec 20 Cal Poly, Dec 29 Cal State Northridge.


12. Arizona: 1-7
Lost to the University of Alabama at Birmingham 63-53, shooting just 33% and with no one in double figure scoring.

Against top 25: 0-0

Dec 15 Texas Tech, Dec 21 UC Riverside, Dec 29 Arkansas Pine Bluff

Pac 12: Results of the Week

1. Stanford: 7-1 ranked # 6

Beat Texas at Texas 63-54. Chiney fouled out with 4 to go but had 18 points. We shot 32% but Texas 26%. Ruef 11 points and 10 rebounds. ( a note # 12 Texas Tech lost to Texas by 11 last week)

Beat # 16/22 Purdue 86-69. Stanford shot 61%. Chiney with 22 points and 5 others had 9-11 points. The Stanford frosh scored 30.

Beat Florida Gulf Coast 83-59. Chiney had 27 points and 13 rebounds. Ruef 14 points and 13 rebounds. Stanford had 10 threes and 25 assists. Lili Thompson scored 11 and had 5 assists.

Beat South Dakota State 80-60. Chiney had 29 points and 12 rebounds while Ruef had 12 rebounds and 7 assists. The Stanford frosh scored 32 points. Kailee Johnson scored 10 and Amber Orrange had 13 and both Kailee and Amber were 2 of 2 from three.

Against Top 25: 1-1

Dec 14 Gonzaga, Dec 16 New Mexico, Dec 21 Tennessee, Dec 28 at Fresno State



2. Colorado 6-0 Ranked # 11
Beat Iowa 90-87. 26 points for Brittany Wilson and 17 points for Arielle Roberson. A nice win. 26 points for Iowa’s Samantha Logic.

Beat New Mexico 85-43. Colorado shot 56% and 6 players had 9 or more points. Jen Reese led the way with 18 points.

Beat South Alabama 94-61. Jen Reese and Jamee Swan each with 16 points and three others in double figures as the Buffs shot 52%.

Beat Rice 75-58. Lexy Kresl scored 19 as the Buffs shot 51%.

Against top 25: 1-0
Dec 4 at Wyoming, Dec 7 Illinois, Dec 12 Denver, Dec 21 at Louisville, Dec 29 Southern Illinois.




3. Cal: 5- 2 Ranked # 21
Beat Northwestern 65-51. Gennifer Brandon has left the team, hopefully to return soon. Reshanda Gray had 23 points and 10 rebounds. Brittany Boyd fouled out playing just 14 minutes.

Beat Wake Forest 84-61 shooting 56%. Justine Hartman scored 16 as 6 Bears were in double figures.

Beat Nevada 59-55. Boyd had 8 rebounds, 8 assists and 15 points. Courtney Range had 11 points and 11 rebounds. Cal was 3 of 30 from three.

Against top 25: 0-1

Dec 7 UOP, Dec 14 Bakersfield, Dec 22 UConn in NYC, Dec 29 Lafayette


4. Arizona State: 6-1
Beat Providence 86-65. Five players in double figures for ASU.

Beat Illinois 84-60. Deja Mann had 20 points and Joy Burke 16. The Sun Devils shot 55%.

Beat North Carolina who was ranked # 11/ 12, 94-81. Adrianne Thomas had 23 points and 7 assists. Mann had 17 points and Sophie Brunner had 10 points and 10 rebounds. Five scored in double figures for the Sun Devils.

Beat Arkansas State 69-66. Brunner with 13 points and Promise Amukamara scored 15.

Against top 25: 1-0

Dec 7 Sacred Heart Dec 8 Long Beach State or Harvard, Dec 14 at Fullerton, Dec 21 at Miami of Florida, Dec 30 Syracuse




5. USC: 5-3
Lost badly to # 20 Oklahoma State 80-51. USC was outrebounded by 10 had 6 more turnovers and shot 33% to Oklahoma State’s 52%.

Lost to South Carolina 70-50. Ariya Crook had 16 points and Cassie Harberts had 14. USC had 22 turnovers and shot just 38%.

Lost to Iowa 78-65. Samantha Logic had 22 points and 7 assists for Iowa who you may remember as a one-time possible Stanford recruit. For the Ttojans Brianna Barrett had 15 points and Cassie Harberts 14.

Beat UNC-Wilmington 85-59. Crook had 18 points as 14 Trojans played 8 or more minutes and USC still shot 55%.

Beat Boston College 79-52. Crook and Harberts each scored 19 points and USC again shot 55%.

Against top 25: 0-3.

Dec 10 at Cal State Northridge, Dec 19 St Mary’s, Dec 21 Hawaii, Dec 28 Long Beach State




6. UCLA: 4-3
Big win over Oklahoma 82-76. Atonye Nyingifa had 28 points 16 rebounds and 6 assists. Nirra Fields had 27 points and 9 rebounds. UCLA out rebounded Oklahoma by 21.

Beat James Madison 77-67. Nirra Fields scored 21and Atonye Nyingifa added 17 points.

Beat Grand Canyon 62-60. Thea Lemberger scored 15.

Lost to North Carolina State 67-49. Lemberger scored 17. The Bruins had only 18 rebounds, out rebounded by 12 and took just 36 shots.

Against top 25: 1-1

Nov 29 James Madison in Florida, Nov 30 TBA, Dec 1 TBA., Dec 7 at Notre Dame, Dec 15 at San Diego State, Dec 20 at Minnesota, Dec 21 Auburn in Minnesota, Dec 28 Cal Poly




7. Washington State: 4-4
Beat Fresno State 92-79. Tia Presley scored 37 points and Lia Gladeira had 20 points. Presley was 15 of 24 from the floor including 5 of 7 from three.

Lost to BYU 80-73. Balanced scored and good rebounding by the Cougars but they were 3 of 18 from three while BYU was 8 of 17.

Beat # 15 Nebraska 76-72. The Cougars were 12 of 25 from three. Tia Presley scored 17 and Lia Gladeira had 14 points.
Against top 25: 1-1

Dec 4 Cal State Northridge, Dec 15 at Dayton, Dec 18 UC Riverside, Dec 21 Gonzaga,




8. Oregon State: 4-2
Beat Loyola Marymount 92-54 by making 17 of 32 from three. Both Jamie Weisner and Sydney Weise were 5 of 7 from three.

Lost to # 10 Penn State 61-56. Both teams shot just 31% and were even on rebounds. Jamie Weisner scored 14 points and had 10 rebounds.

Lost to Florida 73-70. Weisner scored 26 points.

Against top 25: 0-1

Dec 6 at Portland, Dec 13 Hawaii, Dec 19-21 3 games in Vegas, Creighton, UNLV and Clemson, Dec 29 Notre Dame.




9. Washington: 1-2
Beat Seattle 82-60. Kelsey Plum scored 22 and Jasmine Davis added 18 points. Washington shot 49%. Former Gunn star Kat Perez was scoreless.

Dec 4 at Houston, Dec 7 at Texas A&M, Dec 13 Wisconsin, Dec 15 Montana State, Dec 19 Louisiana-Monroe in Las Vegas, Dec 20 DePaul in Vegas, Dec 21 Pitt in Vegas, Dec 30 UC Irvine.




10. Utah: 2-4

Lost to Utah State 77-61 as Utah State’s Jennifer Schlott scored 37 points. Michelle Plouffe had 13 points and 15 rebounds for the Utes.

Beat UNLV 66-59. Plouffe had 26 points and 11 rebounds.

Lost to Butler 66-54. Plouffe had 22 points and 9 rebounds.

Lost to Marquette 72-65. Plouffe had 18 points and 13 rebounds.

Against top 25: 0-1
Dec 7 Nevada, Dec 11 Utah Valley, Dec 14 at BYU, Dec 21 Samford, Dec 30 UCSB




11. Oregon 4-2
Lost to UConn 114-68. UConn shot 64% and had 22 more rebounds. Also on two’s UConn shot 78%. Frosh Christae Rowe may be the real deal for Oregon as she had 27 points. She did take 27 shots.

Beat Pepperdine 83-80. Jillian Alleyne scored 21 points and had 17 rebounds 10 of them offensive. Oregon shot only 35% but were 10 of 32 from three.

Beat Princeton 110-90. Alleyne scored 27 points and had 12 rebounds. Katelyn Loper was 6 of 13 from three and scored 24 points.

Against top 25: 0-1
Dec 4 at Seattle, Dec 14 Portland State, Dec 18 Southern, Dec 20 Cal Poly, Dec 29 Cal State Northridge.






12. Arizona: 1-6
Lost to Stephan F Austin 60-56 at Tucson.

Lost to UOP 75-66. 26 Turnovers for the Wildcats. Former WSU star Kiki Moore scored 17.

Lost to Wake Forest 70-58. Candice Warthen was 3 of 20 for the Wildcats who shot 29%.

Lost to BYU 64-56, shooting only 36%. 14 points for both Warthen and Kama Griffitts.

Against top 25: 0-0

Dec 5 at UAB, Dec 15 Texas Tech, Dec 21 UC Riverside, Dec 29 Arkansas Pine Bluff

Pac 12 : Results of the Week

Too soon to change the rankings, I’ll wait until after Thanksgiving. An early cut off as Disneyland beckons.

1. Stanford: 4-1
Beat Texas at Texas 63-54. Chiney fouled out with 4 to go but had 18 points. We shot 32% but Texas 26%. Ruef 11 points and 10 rebounds.
Nov 26 Purdue in Mexico, Nov 27 Florida Gulf Coast in Mexico, Nov 28 South Dakota State in Mexico


2. Cal: 2- 2
Nov 24 Northwestern, Nov 29 Wake Forest in Reno, Nov 30 in Reno


3. USC: 3-1
Lost badly to # 20 Oklahoma State 80-51. USC was outrebounded by 10 had 6 more turnovers and shot 33% to Oklahoma State’s 52%.

Nov 25 South Carolina, Nov 28 Iowa in Mexico, Nov 29 UNC-Wilmington in Mexico, Nov 30 Boston College in Mexico


4. Colorado 4-0
Beat Iowa 90-87. 26 points for Brittany Wilson and 17 points for Arielle Roberson. A nice win. 26 points for Iowa’s Samantha Logic who you may remember as a one time possible Stanford recruit.
Beat New Mexico 85-43. Colorado shot 56% and 6 players had 9 or more points. Jen Reese led the way with 18 points.

Nov 29 South Alabama, Nov 30 Rice or Samford


5. Washington: 1-2
Beat Seattle 82-60. Kelsey Plum scored 22 and Jasmine Davis added 18 points. Washington shot 49%. Former Gunn star Kat Perez was scoreless.
Dec 4 at Houston


6. UCLA: 1-2

Nov 24 Oklahoma, Nov 29 James Madison in Florida, Nov 30 TBA, Dec 1 TBA.


7. Oregon State: 4-0
Beat Loyola Marymount 92-54 by making 17 of 32 from three. Both Jamie Weisner and Sydney Weise were 5 of 7 from three.

Nov 29 Penn State in the Bahamas, Nov 30 Florida or Illinois State in the Bahamas.


8. Washington State: 3-3
Beat Fresno State 92-79. Tia Presley scored 37 points and Lia Gladeira had 20 points. Presley was 15 of 24 from the floor including 5 of 7 from three.

Nov 26 at BYU, Nov 30 at Nebraska



9. Utah: 1-2
Lost to Utah State 77-61 as Utah State’s Jennifer Schlott scored 37 points. Michelle Plouffe had 13 points and 15 rebounds for the Utes.

Nov 26 at UMNLV, Nov 29 Butler in Las Vegas, Nov 30 Marquette in Las Vegas.


10. Arizona State: 3-1
Beat Providence 86-65. Five players in double figures for ASU.

Nov 28 Illinois in Mexico, Nov 29 North Carolina in Mexico, Nov 30 Arkansas State in Mexico


11. Arizona: 1-3
Lost to Stephan F Austin 60-56 at Tucson.

Nov 23 at UOP, Nov 26 Wake Forest, Nov 30 at BYU.


12. Oregon 2-2
Lost to UConn 114-68. UConn shot 64% and had 22 more rebounds. Also on two’s UConn shot 78%. Frosh Christae Rowe may be the real deal for Oregon as she had 27 points. She did take 27 shots.

Nov 25 Pepperdine, Dec 1 Princeton

Pac 12 : Results of the Week

Too soon to change the rankings, I’ll wait until after Thanksgiving.

1. Stanford: 3-1
Beat Cal Poly 86-51, Chiney with a career high 36 points and added 11 rebounds. Michaela Ruef with 9 points , 14 rebounds and 7 assists.

Beat UC Davis 66-48. Chiney with 28 points and 15 rebounds. Karlie Samuelson had 8 points and 6 assists.

Nov 23 at Texas, Nov 26 Purdue in Mexico, Nov 27 Florida Gulf Coast in Mexico, Nov 28 South Dakota State in Mexico



2. Cal: 2- 2
Lost to George Washington 75-72. Brittany Boyd with 17 points and Rashanda Gray added 24 points. Courtney Range with 14 rebounds.
Beat Georgetown 67-52. Five Cal players with 9-15 points. Boyd only 3 of 14 as the Bears shot just 36% and were out rebounded by 10. Gennifer Brandon missed both games for Cal.

Nov 24 Northwestern, Nov 29 Wake Forest in Reno, Nov 30 in Reno



3. USC: 3-0
Beat San Diego State 65-61. Ariya Crook with 18 points and Cassie Harberts with 17.

Nov 22 at Oklahoma State, Nov 25 South Carolina, Nov 28 Iowa in Mexico, Nov 29 UNC-Wilmington in Mexico, Nov 30 Boston College in Mexico



4. Colorado 2-0
Beat Alcorn State 83-33. Lauren Higgins with 16 points, 5 of 10 from three.

Nov 20 Iowa, Nov 23 at New Mexico, Nov 29 South Alabama, Nov 30 Rice or Samford



5. Washington: 0-2
Lost to Portland 91-77. What a poor start for the Huskies, very disappointing. Talia Walton scored 20 and Kelsey Plum 22 but Portland was 15 of 24 WOW! From three.
Nov 19 Seattle, Dec 4 at Houston



6. UCLA: 1-2
Lost to North Carolina 78-68 but what a game for the very depleted Bruins. Two are out for the season, two should play this year but missed this game so up to 7 scholie players for the game yesterday. And one of those first game in a year. Atonye Nyingifa with 18 points and 11 rebounds, Nirra Fields 12 points and 10 rebounds and playing her first game in one year Lauren Holliday with 10 points and 11 rebounds. Thea Lemberger led the Bruins with 19 points. UCLA shoot only 30% and there were 56 fouls in the game.

Nov 24 Oklahoma, Nov 29 James Madison in Florida, Nov 30 TBA, Dec 1 TBA.



7. Oregon State: 3-0
Beat Sacramento State 102-80. Ruth Hamblin had 18 points and 10 rebounds.

Nov 21 Loyola Marymount, Nov 29 Penn State in the Bahamas, Nov 30 Florida or Illinois State in the Bahamas.



8. Washington State: 2-3
Lost to Hawaii 77-66. Lia Gladeira had 29 points and 9 rebounds.

Lost to West Virginia 88-66. Tia Presley had 16 points. West Virginia shot 56%.
Beat Ole Miss 79-65. Presley had 29 points.

Nov 22 Fresno State, Nov 26 at BYU, Nov 30 at Nebraska



9. Utah: 1-1
Lost to Nebraska, # 15 in the country, 76-59. Michelle Plouffe had 27 points and 12 rebounds.

Nov 19 at Utah State, Nov 26 at UMNLV, Nov 29 Butler in Las Vegas, Nov 30 Marquette in Las Vegas.



10. Arizona State: 2-1
Lost to University of San Diego 61-53. Not a good game for the Sun Devils who had only 4 assists for the entire game and shot just 33 %.
Beat Texas Tech 85-77. Big win for the Sun Devils. 11 players scored for ASU Adrianne Thomas had 18, 14 of 14 from the free throw line. Deja Mann had 17 points.

Nov 23 Providence, Nov 28 Illinois in Mexico, Nov 29 North Carolina in Mexico, Nov 30 Arkansas State in Mexico


11. Arizona: 1-2
Beat UCSB 51-49. Candice Wartham had 18 points.

Nov 20 Stephen F Austin, Nov 23 at UOP, Nov 26 Wake Forest, Nov 30 at BYU.


12. Oregon 2-1
Lost to Sacramento State 97-85 as both teams combined set an NCAA record for threes attempted with 86!. Yet they only made 18. Christae Rowe had 28 points for the Ducks.

Nov 20 at UCONN, Nov 25 Pepperdine, Dec 1 Princeton

Pac 12 : The Season begins

1. Stanford: 1-1
Beat Boston College 83-71. Chiney with 30 points and 14 rebounds. Amber Orrange with 19 points , 9 rebounds and 10 assists. Bonnie Samuelson with 15 points, and Micheala Ruef with 10 rebounds. Stanford shot 56%

Lost at UConn 76-57. Chiney with 16 points and 13 rebounds and Amber Orrange was outstanding with 22 points.

Nov 15 Cal Poly, Nov 17 UC Davis, Nov 23 at Texas, Nov 26 Purdue in Mexico, Nov 27 Florida Gulf Coast in Mexico, Nov 28 South Dakota State in Mexico.



2. Cal: 1-1 Beat Long Beach State 70-51. Frosh Courtney Range had 9 points and 14 rebounds in her first game. Cal shot just 36%, 3 of 23 from three. Only a bit over 1,000 fans but for Duke on Sunday they expect over 10,000.

Lost to Duke 70-58 but 10,771 fans at Cal. Afure Jemerigbe scored 16 and Courtney Range had 10 rebounds for the Bears,

Nov 15 at George Washington, Nov 17 at Georgetown, Nov 24 Northwestern, Nov 29 Wake Forest in Reno, Nov 30 in Reno



3. USC: 2-0 Beat UC Davis in Davis 64-55. Ariya Crook led the way with 24 points, 4 of 7 from three. USC shot 41% with Cassie Harberts 0 for 8.

Beat Fresno State 63-57. Harberts had 13 points and 12 rebounds while Crook scored 14 for the Trojans.

Nov 13 San Diego State, Nov 22 at Oklahoma State, Nov 25 South Carolina, Nov 28 Iowa in Mexico, Nov 29 UNC-Wilmington in Mexico, Nov 30 Boston College in Mexico



4. Colorado 1-0
Beat Colorado State 63-59.

Nov 15 Alcorn State, Nov 20 Iowa, Nov 23 at New Mexico, Nov 29 South Alabama, Nov 30 Rice or Samford.



5. Washington: 0-1 Lost to St Mary’s as Jackie Nared of St Mary’s went off for 37. St Mary’s shot 52%. Washington was missing 2 players and Collier played only 18 minutes. Both Kelsey Plum and Jasmine Davis scored 23 for the Huskies. But Washington was killed by their poor defense.

Nov 15 Portland, Nov 19 Seattle, Dec 4 at Houston



6. UCLA: 1-1 Lost to Nebraska 77-49. UCLA had 6 healthy players and one fouled out. It’s going to be a very long season unless the three who they expect to play at some point, do play. Thea Lemberger scored 17 points.

Beat Pepperdine 82-78. Seven played and 2 fouled out for the Bruins. Lemberger scored 25, Nirra Fields scored 20 and had 10 rebounds and Atonye Nyingifa scored 24 points for the Bruins.

Nov 17 North Carolina, Nov 24 Oklahoma, Nov 29 James Madison in Florida, Nov 30 TBA, Dec 1 TBA.



7. Oregon State: 2-0 Beat Corban 94-49. Frosh Sydney Weise scored 20 points.

Beat CS Bakersfield 80-49. Devon Hunter scored 13 points and had 13 rebounds. 10 players scored 5 or more points.

Nov 15 Sac State, Nov 21 Loyola Marymount, Nov 29 Penn State in the Bahamas, Nov 30 Florida or Illinois State in the Bahamas.



8. Washington State: 1-1
Lost to Syracuse 69-65. Tia Presley scored 20 points and Shalie Dheenshaw had 13 rebounds for the Cougars.

Beat Seattle 81-72. Presley with 16 and Lia Galdeira with 19 points.

Nov 15 at Hawaii, Nov 16 West Va in Hawaii, Nov 17 Ole Miss in Hawaii Nov 22 Fresno State, Nov 26 at BYU, Nov 30 at Nebraska



9. Utah: 1-0
Beat Denver 73-56. Frosh Emily Potter scored 16 points and Michelle Plouffe scored 15 with 9 rebounds. Five Utah players scored 10 or more points.

Nov 15 Nebraska, Nov 19 at Utah State, Nov 26 at UMNLV, Nov 29 Butler in Las Vegas, Nov 30 Marquette in Las Vegas.




10. Arizona State: 1-0
Beat Hawaii 84-44. Deja Mann returned from a lost season to injury to lead the Sun Devils with 14 points. Transfer Katie Hempen scored 12.

Nov 13 at San Diego State, Nov 17 at Texas Tech, Nov 23 Providence, Nov 28 Illinois in Mexico, Nov 29 North Carolina in Mexico, Nov 30 Arkansas State in Mexico



11. Arizona: 0-2 Lost to Iona in OT 82-75. Candice Warthen returned from a season lost to an injury to score 22 points. Frosh LaBrittany Jones had 9 points and 10 rebounds.

Lost to Michigan 73-71, two heart breakers in a row. Warthen scored 21 points and Kama Griffins was 5 of 10 from three and scored 18 points.

Nov 16 at UCSB, Nov 20 Stephen F Austin, Nov 23 at UOP, Nov 26 Wake Forest, Nov 30 at BYU.




12. Oregon 2-0
Beat CS Bakersfield 131-91. The Ducks made 20 of 42 threes, although only 23 of 59 twos. Transfer Katelyn Loper was NINE of 15 from three and scored 29, Jillian Alleyne scored 24 and had 16 rebounds and Christae Rowe scored 27, 4 of 6 from three.
Beat Portland 113-86. Loper had 23 points, Rowe 22 and Alleyne had 25 points and 13 rebounds.

Nov 17 Sac State, Nov 20 at UCONN, Nov 25 Pepperdine, Dec 1 Princeton

Pac 12 : The Season begins

All the Exhibitions games are now final and the regular season begins.


1. Stanford: Beat Vanguard 79-47. Chiney with 27 points and 15 rebounds. Frosh Kailee Johnson with 13 points and 9 rebounds.

Nov 9 at Boston College, Nov 11 at UCONN, Nov 15 Cal Poly, Nov 17 UC Davis, Nov 23 at Texas



2. Cal: Beat Vanguard 9-62. Rashanda Gray, Brittany Boyd and frosh Courtney Range each scored 17 points and had 9 rebounds.

Nov 8 Long Beach State, Nov 10 Duke, Nov 15 at George Washington, Nov 17 at Georgetown



3. USC: Beat Westmont 73-38. Cassie Harberts scored 16 as 14 players played 7 or more minutes.

Nov 8 at UC Davis, Nov 10 at Fresno State, Nov 13 San Diego State, Nov 22 at Oklahoma State



4. Colorado: Beat Colo School of Mines, 91-42. Arielle Roberson scored 20 and Lauren Higgins was 5 of 9 from three for 15 points.

Nov 12 at Colo State, Nov 15 Alcorn State, Nov 20 Iowa



5. Washington: Beat Concordia 87-40. Kelsey Plum in her debut with 32 points, 6 of 10 from three. Katie Collier also in her debut 13 points and 12 rebounds. Aminah Williams 13 points and 19 rebounds.

Nov 8 at St Mary’s, Nov 15 Portland, Nov 19 Seattle, Dec 4 at Houston



6. UCLA: Beat Vanguard 66-57. Nirra Fields had 17 points and 9 rebounds, Atonye Nyingfa had 19 points and 16 rebounds. UCLA suited 7 including a walk on and one who will redshirt. Four possibles could not play with their injuries.

Nov 8 at Nebraska, Nov 11 Pepperdine, Nov 17 North Carolina



7. Oregon State: Beat St Martins 100-39. Jamie Weisner scored 21 points in just 17 minutes.

Nov 8 Corban, Nov 11 CS Bakersfield, Nov 15 Sac State, Nov 21 Loyola Marymount



8. Washington State: Beat Masters 94-47. The Cougars made 14 threes. Tia Pressley scored 18 and Lia Galdeira 17.

Nov 10 Syracuse, Nov 12 at Seattle, Nov 15 at Hawaii, Nov 16 West Va in Hawaii, Nov 17 Ole Miss in Hawaii Nov 22 Fresno State



9. Utah: Beat Mary 81-57. Michelle Plouffe had 11 points and 15 rebounds while Canadian frosh Emily Potter scored 24 points.

Nov 8 Denver, Nov 15 Nebraska, Nov 19 at Utah State



10. Arizona State: Nov 9 Hawaii, Nov 13 at San Diego State, Nov 17 at Texas Tech



11. Arizona: Nov 8 tourney at Iona, Nov 9 same tourney, Nov 16 at UCSB



12. Oregon: Beat Western Oregon 103-58. Frosh Christae Rowe and transfer Katelyn Loper each scored 17 points. Beat Oregon Tech 106-51 with Rowe scoring 35 with 15 rebounds from her guard position. Loper added 26 as she was 8 of 14 from three. Jillian Alleyne added 15 points and 11 rebounds.

Nov 4 Oregon Tech EXB, Nov 9 CS Bakersfield, Nov 12 Portland, Nov 17 Sac State, Nov 20 at UCONN

Pac 12 Preview: Predictions

1. Stanford. Well this is a Stanford site, LOL

Best Player Chiney.
Top Newcomer: Erica McCall
Player needed to step up: Michaela Ruef, especially with the loss of Beebe, but Ruef can be an excellent passer either out for threes or into the post.


2. Cal
Best Player Gennifer Brandon.
Top Newcomer: Courtney Range.
Player needed to step up: Reshanda Gray. Gray is already very good but Brandon has a leg injury and while Cal expects Brandon back Gray will either provide the post play or a tremendous 1-2 in the post.


3. USC.
Best Player: Cassie Harberts
Top Newcomer: Jordan Adams
Player Needed to step up: Adams. Jordan Adams was a top 10 player out of High School and will be the point guard. A tremendous player when healthy, but missed almost all of last season with an injury.


4. Colorado
Best Player: Arielle Robertson, the Pac 12 Frosh of the Year after missing her true frosh year with an injury.
Top Newcomer: Zoe Bread-Fails. Zoe tore her ACL as a HS Jr and is now recovered. Not highly rated but somewhat under the radar.
Player Needed to step up: Lexy Kresl. Lexy has been a starting guard. Colorado has good post players but need Lexy to step up to replace Chucky Jeffrey.


5. Washington
Best Player: Jasmine Davis
Top Newcomer: Katie Collier. Katie missed her frosh season with an ACL but came to Washington as a top 20 player. Katie active in the post will push Washington towards the top of the Pac 12.
Player Needed to step up: Kelsey Plum. Plum is just a frosh so a bit unfair but she is a tremendous three point shooter and if she can adjust quickly to the college game that will make the Husky post play that much better.


6. UCLA
Best Player: Antonye Nyingifa
Top Newcomer: Luiana Livolo. Livolo is a JC transfer from Portugal and if starting post Corrine Costa is out Livolo will be a huge key to success. At this point the severity of Costa’s injury is not public.
Player Needed to Step Up: Nirra Fields. Fields was a top 10 player out of HS and was a bit lost as a frosh but UCLA is really depending on her.


7. Oregon State:
Best Player: Jamie Weisner
Top Newcomer: Sydney Weise a frosh guard who in HS was a tremendous three point shooter.
Player Needed to Step Up: Samantha Siegner a 6-2 soph. The Beavers really need good play inside and Siegner was a top 100 player out of HS.


8. Washington State
Best Player: Lia Gladiera
Top Newcomer: Ivana Kmetovska from Europe is their only newcomber.
Player Needed to Step Up: Shalie Dkeensaw a 6-4 Jr Post. The Cougars are guard heavy post light.


9. Utah

Best Player: Michelle Plouffe
Top Newcomer: Emily Potter a 6-5 frosh from Canada
Player Needed to Step Up: Danielle Rodriquez who started all but one game will really have to increase here scoring. Or it’s Potter who should start with the sad news that outstanding post player Taryn Wicijowski tore her ACL several weeks ago.



10. Arizona State
Top Player: Joy Burke, the 6-5 post or Deja Mann
Top Newcomer: Deja Mann. The Jr Guard missed last season with a knee injury.
Player Needed to Step Up: Katie Hempton a transfer from Southern Illinois



11. Arizona
Top Player: Candice Warthen who missed last season with a knee injury
Top Newcomer: LaBrittany Jones a 6-1 forward
Player Needed to Step up: Erica Barnes, 6-2 post. Alli Gloyd who started at forward with Barnes last season recently tore her ACL and is out for the year.



12. Oregon
Top Player: Jillian Allyene, the Media Pac 12 Frosh of the year.
Top Newcomer: Katelyn Loper a transfer a year ago from Hofstra where she averaged 11 points per game.
Player Needed to Step Up: Laura Stanulis a guard who missed almost all of last season who replaces Jordan Loera who recently went down with an ACL.

Pac 12 Preview: Cal

Last Season: Cal was the co Pac 12 Champ with Stanford and advanced to the Final 4. A great season at 32-4 and 17-1 in Pac 12 play.


The Coaches:
Lindsay Gottlieb is in her 3rd year as Head Coach at Cal after 3 years as Head Coach at UCSB and two years before that as the lead Assistant at Cal. In five years as Head Coach two outright first place finishes and another co-championship and also a 2nd place finish and of course last season’s Final 4.

Charmin Smith with 2 degrees from Stanford returns for her 7th season at Cal and is now the Associate Head Coach.

Kate Steding, a Stanford grad, returns for her 2nd year at Cal after 2 years as Associate Head Coach at USF.

Kai Felton is back for her 3rd year at Cal. Kai has been an Assistant at Oregon, 2 years, and at USC, 5 years.
Smith, Steding and Felton were all outstanding players.



Losses:
Layshia Clarendon was as close to a top 5 All American as possible. She averaged 16 points per game, shooting at 45%. She also made 41 threes at 33%. Layshia was Cal’s go to player, and the opponents knew it and couldn’t stop her in clutch time.

Talia Caldwell was the Center averaging 9 points and 7 rebounds per game and shooting at 57%. Caldwell was even better on defense.

Eliza Pierre averaged just 3 points per game but was Cal’s defensive stopper.



Additions:
Brittany Shine is a 5-10 Jr guard who sat out last season after transferring from the University of Florida. Shine is from Sacramento and played travel with Sara James. Shine scored 28 in an early season game her frosh year at Florida, but her playing time decreased as a soph and she transferred to Cal last year. Shine was # 88 in the country out of High School.

Kyra Dunn is a 6-3 Jr post/power forward who is also a transfer. Dunn transferred from Pitt. Dunn was both a High School and Travel teammate of Shine. As a High School Sr Dunn averaged 11 blocked shots per game. At Pitt Dunn averaged 9 minutes per game as a frosh but as a Soph started most games and averaged 5 points and almost 6 rebounds per game. Dunn transferred to Cal for their 2nd semester and I believe will be eligible Dec 15 to play for Cal.

Courtney Range is a 6-3 wing from the Stockton area. Range played her first 3 years at the fabled St Mary’s of Stockton. Range was ranked 36, 38 and 43 out of High School. She is very long and quick and at 6-3 should she considerable playing time at several positions immediately.

Kendall Waters is a 6-2 power forward from Oakland’s Bishop O’Dowd High School who was ranked from # 42 to 54 out of High School. Waters is strong and very good scorer to 15’.

Mercedes Jefflo is a 5-10 frosh guard from Southern California ranked as high as 74 and 102 out of High School. Cal expects Mercedes to be a strong defensive player right off the bat.

Hind Ben Abdelkader is a 5-7 frosh guard from Belgium who played on their U17 team a year ago and was the high scorer at 19 per game at the World Championships.

So 6 newcomers, 4 frosh and 2 Jr transfers.



The Schedule:
Cal plays the Oregon schools, Colorado and Utah once each. The non- conference schedule overall isn’t tough, but Cal plays UConn and Duke, two top 5 teams. They don’t play anyone else with a last year’s RPI under 75. Georgetown, Wake Forest, UOP and Northwestern are on their schedule and all had RPIs from 77-97.



The Team:
Three starters return for the Bears, Boyd, Brandon and Jemerigbe.

Brittany Boyd is a 5-9 Jr and the Point Guard. Last season Boyd averaged 12 points, 5 rebounds and over 4 assists per game, with a fine 1.5:1 turnover ratio.

Gennifer Brandon is a 6-2 5th year Sr who will be at forward. Last season Brandon averaged a double, double, 12 points and 11 rebounds per game. However Brandon had a leg operation this summer and it’s unknown when she will be available. Public signs point to November at some point.

Afure Jemerigbe is a 6-0 Sr wing who averaged 7 points per game and led the team with 45 threes at 31%.
Reshanda Gray is a 6-3 Sr Post who averaged 8 points and 5 rebounds in 20 minutes per game last season. Gray, like Brandon and Jemerigbe were McDonalds All Americans in High School.

Mikayla Lyles is a 5-8 Sr guard. Last season she averaged 3 points in 10 minutes per game. Lyles made 26 threes at 35%. Lyles played travel with Dunn, Shine and Sara James.

Justine Hartman is a 6-2 Jr center who last season averaged 3 points and 3 rebounds in 11 minutes per game. Hartman was ranked # 7 out of High School the highest ranked player ever to enter Cal.

Avigiel Cohen is a 6-0 Sr guard who averaged less than a point in 5 minutes per game.

Hard to tell at this point who the 5th starter might be with Boyd, Brandon, Gary and Jemerigbe. My guess is Courtney Range, but Brittany Shine is a good guess also. And maybe both if Brandon is out for a while. Dunn, Hind and Waters should get good minutes off the bench.



Predictions:
With 6 new players it may take a bit before they gel, although Dunn and Shine has practiced with the team for a year or so now. The losses are big but some outstanding players return and Cal with fight for the Pac 12 Championship.



2014 Recruiting:
Gabby Green is a 6-1 point guard ranked # 9 overall. Her High School teammate 6-1 wing Alexis Cowling is ranked # 20 overall. Their High School is St Mary’s of Berkeley.

Pac 12 Preview: UCLA

Last Season:
UCLA had a great 26-8 record advancing to the Pac 12 final game. The Bruins were 14-4 in Pac 12 play. They ended the season losing to Oklahoma after beating Stetson in the NCAA tournament.


The Coaches:
Cori Close is back for her 3rd season at UCLA. Close is from Milpitas and was a longtime assistant at UCSB in their heyday and then Florida State.

Jenny Huth is back for her 3rd season as an assistant. Jenny Roulier then, was a standout player for Colorado 1998-2002.

Tony Newnan is also in his 3rd year as an assistant. He was an assistant at Westmont College in Santa Barbara before coming to UCLA and was an assistant at Oregon State before that.

Shannon Perry is back for her 3rd year as an assistant and was an assistant at Duke for 5 seasons.


Losses:
Here’s a stat: UCLA played 34 games and their leading scorer in 27 of those games has graduated or is hurt and out for the year.

First the really sad news that UCLA has already lost two players to ACLs. Kori Korver averaged 5 points a game as a frosh. The 5-9 guard would have seen considerable playing time this season. Korver hit a team high 38 threes at 35%.
6-3 Jr Kacy Swain also tore her ACL and like Korver out for this season. Swain averaged 3 points and 3 rebounds per game.

Alyssia Brewer, Markel Walker, Jasmine Dixon and Mariah Williams all graduated. Six players started 24 or more games and the graduated Srs were four of the six.

Brewer was the starting post and averaged 11 points, 2nd on the team and a team leading 8 rebounds per game.

Walker averaged 11 points and 7 rebounds and lead the team with 5.5 assists per game, more than double the next player.

Dixon averaged 8 points and 6 rebounds per game while recovering from missing the previous season with an injury.

Williams averaged 4 points and was 2nd on the team in assists.

Six big losses for the Bruins to overcome.



Additions:
Savanna Trapp is a 6-9, yes 6-9, frosh center and the plan is to redshirt her. Trapp was ranked as high as 41 but most had her about 150-200. The plan seems to remand to redshirt her despite the two injuries.

Dominique Williams is a 5-9 point guard from Arizona, ranked 94 and 111 by two Sites. She played HS with Courtney Ekmark who is committed to UConn in the 2014 class.

Paulina Hersler is a 6-2 frosh power forward, a year older than most, from Sweden. Paulina played on the Swedish National 16U and 18U teams and led all Europeans in scoring at the 18U with 21 points per game. She shots threes very well, making 52 at 47% for her team a year ago, and is a strong rebounder. Sadly Paulina had a knee operation several months ago and is predicted to be back in January in time for conference play.

Luiana Livolo is a 6-3 Center from Portugal by way of Northwest Florida JC. Livolo is a redshirt Jr with 2 years to play. She played on Portugal’s 16U, 18U and 20U teams. She is a fine rebounder but not yet a solid offensive player.



The Schedule:
UCLA plays the Arizona and the Washington schools once each. The non-conference schedule is a killer:
At Nebraska, North Carolina and Oklahoma at Home, at Notre Dame. They do play in a fairly weak tournament in Florida but even the games not mentioned here will not be easy.


The Team:
Thea Lemberger is a 5-7 Sr and will start at the point guard position. Last season Thea averaged almost 9 points per game, starting 24 games. Thea made 27 threes at 31%.

The other guard should be Nirra Fields a 5-9 soph who averaged 8 point in just 19 minutes per game, and made 21 threes at 36%. Fields was a top 10 player out of High School.

At Center will be 6-4 redshirt Jr Corrine Costa who sat out most of last season with an head injury, after playing 5 games. Costa already is on the top 10 UCLA list for career blocks, and her 50 2 seasons ago ranks 2nd for a single UCLA season.

Atonye Nyingifa is a 6th year 5-11 forward who was the Bruins leading scorer last season at 11.6points per game. Atonye was 3rd in rebounding with 7.1 per game, high was 7.7. She is an outstanding offensive player in the paint.

Lauren Holiday is the probable 5th starter, she’s a 5-9 redshirt frosh who played 3 games then had a head injury last season.

That’s a three guard line up with only one player 6’ or taller.

Rhema Gardner is a 6-1 redshirt Jr wing who missed last season with a knee, not ACL, injury. She started 20 games 2 seasons ago.

Then we have the four newcomers, one will be redshirted and one will be out until January.


Predictions:
The injury bug, giant bug, has really hit UCLA the past two years. Three didn’t play last year, Dixon and Nyingifa missed all season two years ago and two are out for this year. A 500 season, especially with their non-conference schedule might be good. But wait until next season.



2014 Recruiting:
Jordin Canada 5-6 point guard ranked # 4 in the country
Recee’ Caldwell 5-8 point guard ranked # 6
Lajahna Drummer 6-2 power forward # 10
Monique Billings, 6-2 post # 17
Kelli Hayes 6-0 wing # 42
The # 1 Class in the Nation by far.

Pac 12 Preview: Oregon

Last Season:
4-27 and 2-16 in Pac 12 play. Attendance is down to an average of 1575 for the school that had great attendance once.



The Coaches:
Paul Westhead begins his 6th season as the Oregon Head Coach. The Ducks record gets worse and worse.

Dan Muscatell returns for his 5th straight season and 11th overall as an Oregon Assistant. He was Head Coach before his 2nd tour with Oregon at Sacramento State.

Shandrika Lee is back for her 3rd season after being at Army and before that Cal Poly.

Bianca Ziemann is back for her 2nd season after a year at Loyola Marymount.


Losses:
Only Devyn Galland who isn’t on the roster although wasn’t a Sr last season. She averaged 7 points in just 18 minutes per game.


Additions:
Oregon got what could be a very good transfer last year in 5-11 Katelyn Loper who is now eligible after sitting out a year. Loper is a guard who played 2 years at Hofstra. In those two years she averaged 12 points per game and 71 threes at 35%. Her high was 29 and that was against St John’s.
Shae Rowe is a 5-10 frosh guard ranked from 67 to 156 out of HS. Rowe averaged 20 points per game in each of her last two HS seasons with two games in the 40’s. Played on the # 7 team, Santiago of Corona, CA.
Drea Tolar is a 5-5 frosh guard from SoCal. Tolar is a Point Guard and played for the IV Stare Champs last season.


The Schedule:
UConn in Hartford, Princeton the next toughest, then lower conferences. The Beavers play Cal, Stanford, Colorado and Utah once each.


The Team:
Leading the way is the Media’s choice for Pac 12 Frosh of the Year Jillian Alleyne. Jillian is a 6-3 soph and averaged 13 points and 12 rebounds a game to lead the Ducks in both categories. She’s a force in the paint.

At the other forward will be 6-2 Sr Danielle Love. Love averaged 7 points and 4 rebounds per game.

The guards will be Ariel Thomas a 5-6 Sr who has averaged 8, 9 then 11 points per game her last three seasons. Thomas is very quick. The other guard is 5-9 Jr Jordan Loaera who averaged 7 points and third on the team 5 rebounds per game. Jordan’s Mom played at Oregon and Thomas played Travel with Sara James.

The Post will be 6-4 Jr Megan Carpenter and after volleyball 6-1 Jr Liz Brenner. Carpenter averaged 4 points and 5 rebounds per game but when Brenner arrived for conference play Carpenter’s playing time decreased. Brenner averaged 8 points and 7 rebounds and 30 minutes per game. Brenner is an outstanding Volleyball player and her brother is a lineman on the Oregon Football team.

If three guards, and that’s possible, Amanda Delgado is a 5-7 Jr who lead the team with 59 threes almost double over the # 2 shooter and averaged 9 points per game.

Two others should get lots of playing time as should the transfer Loper profiled above. Laura Stanulis was a starter for the first 5 games last season then suffered a season ending injury. The 5-9 5th year guard averaged 8 points per game when she did play. Lexi Peterson is a 5-11 soph guard who missed last season except for the first game. Again, a season ending injury. Lexi scored 11 points in her one game.


Predictions:
The Ducks really had injury problems last season and if all healthy they may improve quite a bit. However right now it looks like and 11th or 12th place team in the Pac 12.


2014 Recruiting:
MacKynzie Fort 5-9 guard # 203, Mariah Williams 5-10 guard # 241 and Tatum Nuebert 6-2 forward # 328

Pac 12 Preview: Oregon State

Last Season:
A very disappointing season, 10-21 and 4-14 in Pac 12 play.


The Coaches:
Scott Rueck returns for his 4th season as Head Coach. Scott was Coach of the Year in the Pac 12 two years ago with a 20 win season and 5th in the league.

Mark Campbell returns for his 4th season and he is the Associate Head Coach.

Eric Ely returns for his 4th season.

Many of you will remember the newest addition to the staff, former Oregon State great Mandy Close. Mandy has been at Montana State as an assistant. She was an Oregon State great 2003-06.


The Losses:
The Beavers lose 3 players who averaged 18-20 minutes per game. Patricia Bright was the Center and averaged 6 points and 4 rebounds per game.

Mollie Schwegler averaged 6 points per game.

ShaKiana Edwards-Teasley averaged 2 points and nearly 5 rebounds per game.

Sage Indendi who missed last season with an injury used her redshirt year sitting out after transferring to Oregon State.


The Additions:
Breanna Brown is a 6-3 post player from the East Bay ranked 49 and 73 in the nation by two Sites. Brown played on the outstanding Bishop O’Dowd team of Oakland. Brown is a strong defensive player, but not yet a strong offensive threat. But post defense is just what Oregon State needs.

Gabriella Hanson is a 5-11 frosh guard from SoCal who is also able to play on the Swedish Junior teams which she has done the last 3 summers with the past 2 at the 18U level. Hanson averaged 6 points and led the team in rebounding (7), steals and assists. The year before she averaged 9 points per game and in 2011 for the 16U team she averaged 11 points per game. She was the # 28 wing out of HS and played 4 years with Stanford Frosh Brianna Roberson.

Kolbie Orum is a 6-3 frosh forward from Canada. A two time member of Canadian Jr teams. In HS Orum scored 1900 points and had over 800 rebounds in her last two seasons.

Sydney Wiese is a 6-0 frosh guard from Phoenix who was ranked 56, 66 and 80 by three sites out of HS. Wiese is an outstanding three point shooter hitting 114 as a Jr and as a SR was the Arizona large school Player of the Year.



The Schedule:
Penn State, Creighton, Clemson and then Notre Dame highlight their non-conference schedule. In the Pac 12 Oregon State plays Stanford, Cal, Utah and Colorado just once each.



The Team:
The Beavers return their top 3 scorers and 4 others who averaged 11-22 minutes per game.
Jamie Weisner is a 5-10 soph who was just outstanding as a frosh last season. Weisner averaged 12 points and 6 rebounds per game leading the team in scoring and barely 2nd in rebounding. Jamie also led the team with 48 threes at 37%. Weisner played for the Canadian World Championships in the 19U tournament and averaged 17 points per game. Her father is from Canada. Jamie was one of the nation’s top javelin throwers in HS. It would not be surprising if Jamie averaged close to 20 points per game this season. She is outstanding.

Ali Gibson is a 5-11 Jr guard who averaged 9 points per game and made 40 threes. Gibson scored 12 points per game with 54 threes as a frosh. Ali is a fine all around player.

Alyssa Martin is a 6-0 Sr guard who averaged 7 points per game last season with 32 threes. Martin has started just about every game since arriving at Oregon State. As a frosh she averaged 12 points per game and as a soph she averaged 8 points.

Deven Hunter is a 6-3 soph forward who started almost every game as a frosh averaging 5 points and 6 rebounds per game. Hunter was ranked # 100 out of HS.

Ruth Hamlin is a 6-6 soph center who averaged 4 points and 3 rebounds per game playing behind Bright. Hamlin comes from a small town way north in British Columbia. She rides show horses. Hamlin also made the Canadian National team this past summer. She had games of 16 points and another with 12 rebounds. Hamlin is a key for the Beavers.

Samantha Siegner is a 6-3 soph forward ranked # 94 out of HS. Last season Siegner averaged 4 points and 3 rebounds in 15 minutes per game. Siegner’s improvement will be a key.

Khadidja Toure is a 5-9 soph guard who averaged 3 points per game in 11 minutes per game last season. Toure was the state of Oregon hurdle champion in HS. She scored 48 in one HS game.
The frosh will really help.


Predictions:
The Beavers can be a first place team. They are young but have talent and are pretty deep.


2014 Recruiting:
None so far that I could find.

Pac 12 Preview: Utah

First a bit about Colorado’s schedule, info I didn’t have for their preview story. Colorado plays the Oregon schools and Cal and Stanford once. They do play Final two team Louisville but other than that not real challenging. The Buffalos play New Mexico and Illinois as the toughest teams after Louisville.

Last Season, back to Utah: The Utes were 23-14 and made it to the Finals of the WNIT. The Utes were 8-10 in Pac 12 play.


Coaches:
Anthony Levrets returns for his 4th season as Head Coach after 3 seasons as an assistant at Utah.

Velaida Harris is in her 4th season as an assistant at Utah. She was Jillian Harmon’s Sr year High School coach.

Matt Legerski has been an assistant at Utah since 2003. His uncle is the Women’s Coach at Wyoming.

Willette White is in her 3rd season at Utah but has been an Assistant coach at Oregon, Washington and associate head coach at UCLA. White has 20 years as a Pac 10/12 assistant and received her Master’s degree from Ohio State the same year Amy Tucker received hers.


Losses:
Iwalani Rodriques and Rachel Messer were the starting guards for Utah and have graduated. Rodriques averaged 11 points per game and Messer 4. But Messer made 37 threes at 44% ( and made on 9 two pointers for the season), and Rodriques made 43 threes at 34%. Rodriques also led the team in assists and was 3rd in rebounding.

Chelsea Bridgewater averaged 1 point and 9 minutes per game.

Additions:
Wendy Anae is a 6-3 Frosh unranked forward from San Diego. She is a cousin to the Nawahine sisters.

Malia Nawahine is 5-10 frosh wing from Utah who like her sister and cousin grew up in California. Malia is unranked but scored 18 points per game last season in HS and shot 40% from three.

Valarie Nawahine is a 5-9 soph guard who transferred from BYU. I believe she sat out this past season so can play this year.

Devri Owens is a 5-8 frosh guard from Texas. Like the others above, she was not ranked out of HS.

Emily Potter is a 6-5 post from Canada with starting experience for the Canadian 17U and 19U teams. She was the 3rd leading scorer for the 19U team in the World Championships this past summer.



Schedule: The Utes play the Oregon schools and Cal and Stanford once. Nebraska and BYU are their toughest non-conference teams. They also play Utah State and UCSB.

Team:
Utah has two of the Pac 12’s best players but many unknowns after 6-3 Post Taryn Wicijowki, and Michelle Plouffe a 6-4 Sr Forward. Both women are Canadians and both are Srs. Plouffe averaged 17 points and 9 rebounds per game last season. Plus she hit 58 threes at 35% and led the team in steals, more than twice the next player. Plouffe has 1,566 career points and 865 career rebounds, huge totals going into her Sr season. Plouffe had sisters play at Washington and Marquette.

Wicijowski averaged 14 points and 7 rebounds per game. Taryn has 1,455 career points and 774 career rebounds.

Danielle Rodruquez started all but one game last season averaging 3 points and 3 rebounds. Rodriquez is a 5-10 soph guard.
Paige Crozon is a 6-1 soph wing who is also Canadian. Paige started 10 games last season averaging 4 points and 2 rebounds. Like all Utah returnees Paige can make threes.

Cheyenne Wilson is a 5-11 Jr guard who averaged 4 points per game.

The returning players who will provide support include Nakia Arquette a 6-1 redshirt frosh forward who hurt her knee in the 4th game last season. Ciera Dunbar is a 5-10 redshirt Jr guard with 3 knee injuries but did play in all the games last season averaging one point per game. Awa Kalmstrom is a 5-7 soph guard who just played a few minutes and the same for 6-2 Sr forward Ariel Reynolds.

There is certainly room for the frosh to play especially Potter although it’s not a highly rated class at all.


Prediction: Two very good post players and the frosh Potter should help up front. But the Guard/Wing play is pretty much unknown. If several guards and or wings step up it’s a solid team. If not then Utah falls to the 2nd division.


2014 Recruiting:
Joesetti Fatuesi, 6-2 Post, # 123, Tanaeye Boclair, 6-0, 3 star.

Pac 12 Preview: Washington

Last Season:
The Washington Huskies were 21-12 last season and 11-7 in Pac 12 play. This was after losing outstanding frosh Katie Collier to a knee injury.


The Coaches:
Kevin McGuff did a great job in his 2 years as Head Coach coming from Xavier but he left for the Ohio State position. His assistant Mike Neighbors has replaced McGuff. Neighbors was with McGuff for 4 years at Xavier and is a longtime assistant at age 44.

Kevin Morrison is in his 3rd year at Washington and was named by Neighbors as the Associate Head Coach. Morrison spent 4 years at Cal and before that was a well known travel coach in Northern California.

Adia Barnes returns for her 3rd season. Barnes is the U of Arizona’s all time leading scorer, being all Pac 10 three times in the late 90’s.

Fred Castro joins the staff from Tulsa where he was an assistant for the past 2 seasons.


Losses:
While the Huskies lost 5 from last season 3 didn’t play because of injuries. Kristi Kingma is a big loss as those of us who remember her rain of threes at Maples several years ago can attest. Kingma averaged 13 points per game and hit 86 threes at 31% while returning from missing the previous season with an ACL. Jeneva Anderson played every game but scored less than a point per game.


Additions:
Having 6-3 Redshirt Frosh Center Katie Collier healthy is huge. She can be outstanding. Collier was sidelined some in her Sr season being treated for cancer, and then tore her ACL before the first game last season. Collier was a McD All American and ranked # 20 in the country out of HS. She is due all the good luck possible, and with it you’ll see a very good offensive post player.

Kelsey Plum is a 5-9 guard, who will play and maybe start right away. Plum was ranked # 26 out of HS and is an outstanding three point shooter.

Chantel Oshahor is a 6-2 post ranked # 71. She is the best passing post player I have ever seen at the HS level. She and Collier will be outstanding together at some point.

Brianna Ruiz is a 5-10 guard ranked # 51. She may have gotten hurt in the off season a re-occurrence of her first ACL.

Marcy Keen is a 6-5 post transfer from Miami of Florida who will sit out this season and then have three years to play. Keen was ranked # 37 out of High School but struggled at Miami.


The Schedule:
Washington plays the LA schools and the Arizona schools just once each. Non-conference games include Texas A&M, St Mary’s and Pitt and then some teams that should be quite beatable.


The Team:
6 of the top 7 scorers and the top 2 rebounders return, although rebounding was a big weakness last season. The Huskies have 4 players back who started all but 6 total games last season.

At the guards will be 5-7 Jr Jazmine Davis and 5-8 Sr Mercedes Wetmore. Davis was a huge surprise once she got to Washington going from under recruited to the Pac 12 Frosh of the Year, and now a two time all Pac 12 player. Davis averaged 19 points per game last season hitting 71 threes at 36%, and 3 assists per game. Wetmore averaged 7 points and 3.5 assists per game as she and Davis started side by side for all but 3 games.

Collier at the Post.

Talia Walton is a 6-2 soph and Aminah Williams a 6-0 Jr and they will be the forwards. Walton averaged 14 points and 7 rebounds per game and added 57 threes at 31%. Williams averaged 9 points and 11 rebounds per game, and led the team in steals.

Heather Corral is a 6-1 soph wing who averaged 4.5 points per game in 19 minutes. Mathilde Gilling is a 6-3 soph from Denmark who played 8 minutes per game.

Add the frosh Plum and Osahor and you have 5 very good starters and good depth.


Predictions: This is a first division team and young with only one Sr. The Huskies are back.


2014 Recruiting:
Kelli Kingma, sister of Kristi is a 5-9 guard, # 86. Hannah Johnson is a 6-2 forward ranked about 170. Toree Thompson is a 5-9 guard ranked
# 123. Then there is the transfer Macy Keen.

Pac 12 Preview: Colorado

Last Season:
The Buffalos were 25-7 this past season, 13-5 in Pac 12 play and into the NCAAs where they lost in the first round to # 12 Kansas.

The Coaches:
Linda Lappe is back for her 4th season and she has proven to be one of the nation’s best coaches as the Buffalos keep improving with Colorado ranked 19th at the end of the season.

James Chatterton is the Associate Head Coach back for his 4th season.

LaTonya Watson is in her 3rd season under Lappe but also coached 9 years under previous coach Ceal Berry.

Kelly Rae Finley is in her 2nd year after 4 years at Harvard. She played for Lappe when they were at Colorado State.

Losses:
The Malcolm-Peck twins graduated and Kyleesha Weston transferred out. But together the three averaged less than 4 points and 4 rebounds per game. The huge loss is their great guard Chucky Jeffery. Jeffery averaged 14 points and 8 rebounds per game. Chucky also averaged 4 assists per game and led the team in points, rebounds, assists and steals. She is a big loss.


Additions:
Zoe Beard-Fails is a 6-2 forward ranked # 152. As a HS soph she averaged 27 points and 18 rebounds, but tore her ACL just into her Jr season. Last year she averaged 17 points per game.

Desiree Harris is a 5-8 guard from Oakland who averaged 23 points and 7 rebounds as a HS Jr. She was not ranked in the top 300.

Haley Smith is 6-1 wing from the state of Washington ranked # 302

Brianna Watts is a 6-2 Center from Fresno ranked # 163.


The Schedule:
I don’t have their non-conference schedule so will include that later. Colorado plays Stanford and Cal once and the Oregon schools once.


The Team:
Colorado returns 9 of their top 10 scorers and 8 of their top 9 rebounders. No shortage of experience for a team coming off # 19 nationally. Jen Reese will be the Center, she is a 6-2 Jr. Last season Reese averaged 8 points and 5 rebounds per game splitting time with 6-4 Sr Rachel Hargis. Reese was a Parade All American in HS. Hargis averaged 4 points and 3 rebounds per game.

At forward will be 6-1 soph Arielle Roberson and probably 6-2 soph Jamie Swan. Roberson’s parents and two older sisters all played college volleyball or basketball. Roberson averaged 12 points and 6 rebounds a game last season. Roberson also hit 21 threes at 41%. She will be a star this season. While Roberson started all but one game Swan only started one but averaged 5 points and 5 rebounds in just 14 minutes per game. Swan was ranked # 38 out of HS.

Brittany Wilson and Lexy Kresl started 52 of the 64 games last season. Wilson is a 5-7 Sr guard and Kresl is a 5-11 Jr guard. Wilson averaged 8 points per game hitting 32 threes at 29%. Kresl averaged 6 points per game leading the team with 34 threes at 31%.

Jasmine Sborov is a 6-0 Jr guard who started 10 games averaging 3 points per game. Sborov was a good HS High Jumper. Ashley Wilson, twin of Brittany is a 5-7 Sr guard who averaged 3 points per game. Lauren Higgins is a 6-1 redshirt frosh forward who got hurt after just 5 games last season. Higgins was the # 64 player out of HS and an excellent three point shooter.

The frosh are for the future, with so many experienced and skilled players returning for the Buffalos.

Predictions:
This is a very good line up with 4 solid reserves and then they have the 4 frosh. Colorado could well be a team that finishes in the top three in league play.

2014 Recruiting:
Becca Thomas is their lone commit thus far, a 5-4 four star Point Guard from Texas. However a number of good players will be visiting the Buffalos.

Pac 12 Preview: Washington State

Last Season:
Washington State was 11-20 last season and 6-12 in Pac 12 play


The Coaching Staff:
June Daugherty returns for her 7th season with the Cougars after 10 seasons as Head Coach at the University of Washington.

Husband Mike Daugherty is the Associate Head Coach and is also in his 7th season at WSU. Mike also coached 11 years with June at Washington, and both are Ohio State grads.

Brian Holsinger returns for his 7th year.

Ashley Grover is in her 2nd year as an assistant but 6th year on the staff.


Losses:
Carly Noyes has graduated. The 6-5 Post averaged 5 points and 3 rebounds per game last season. She was the 5th leading scoring and only loss among the top 9 scorers.

Katie Grad averaged 2 points per game and Ireti Amojo also averaged 2 points per game and both graduated.


Additions:
Frosh forward Ivana Kmetovska from Macedonia is the only newcomer. Ivana is 6-3 and has been on her country’s 16U, 18U and 20U national teams.


The Schedule:
Syracuse and Nebraska had RPIs of 17 and 15 last season. West VA, Dayton and Gonzaga from 28-35. Add BYU and Fresno State and this is a tough schedule. June does this but hope it pays off at some point. WSU plays the Arizona schools and the LA schools only once, so that’s probably a wash.


The Team:
The Cougars return their top 4 scorers from this past season and their top 5 rebounders. Lia Galdeira is 5-11 soph guard who lead the team in scoring at 15 points per game and rebounding at 5 per game. Lia also lead in steals with double the next player. She was the Hawaii State Player of the Year 3 times, but pretty much unheralded when she arrived at WSU.

Tia Pressley is a 5-9 Jr guard who started the first 18 games averaging 13 points before being injured. She was a starter as a frosh but ended that season with a late injury.

Sage Romberg is a 6-1 Sr forward who was 3rd in scoring at 6 points per game and 2nd in rebounding with 4 ½ per game. Sage was ranked as high as # 73 out of High School.

Mariah Cooks is a 6-0 soph forward who only averaged 12 minutes per game but scored 6 points and 3 ½ rebounds per game.

Shalie Dheensaw is a 6-4 Jr Center who averaged 3 points and 3 rebounds in 13 minutes per game.

Hana Potter is a 6-2 Sr post player who will play both forward and center. Last season she averaged 3 points and 3 rebounds in 11 minutes per game.
Brandi Thomas is a 6-1 Sr forward who started 16 games although just 13 minutes per game. She averaged 2 points and 2 rebounds per game. Thomas averaged almost 6 points per game 2 seasons ago.

Taylor Edmondson is a 5-11 soph guard who averaged 4 points per game.

Dawnyelle Awa is a 5-9 soph guard who led the team in assists.

Ivana Kmetovska is a 6-3 frosh post.

Alexas Williamson is a 5-8 soph guard who scored 2 points per game. Alexas was a 3 year starter for Mater Dei High School.

Whitney Tinjum is a 6-1 frosh forward who played just 26 minutes last season. Whitney was her High School league Player of the Year all 4 years.



Predictions: The Cougars have two really good guards, but lack rebounding. If their three point shooting improves they could make a run for the first division. June now likes the hockey style rotations, does that help or hinder?


2014 Recruiting:
Nike McClure from Washington is a solid 6-2 post and Ashley Bolton is a 6-0 wing from Oregon.

Pac 12 Preview: Arizona State

Last Season:
This past season ASU was 13-18 and only 5-13 in Pac 12 play.


The Coaching Staff:
After making the NCAAs in 2010-11, Stanford grad Charli Turner Thorne took a year off. Returning last season didn’t go well as the record above indicates. However Charli has made the NCAAs 6 times in her 16 years at ASU and to the post season every year but last season.

Meg Sanders returns for her 10th season and is one of two Associate Head Coaches. Sanders was the Head Coach at Northern Arizona, succeeding Charli, before coming to ASU.

Amanda Levens is the other Associate Head Coach, returning for her 2nd season. Levens was all Pac 10 in the early 2000s at ASU.

Jackie Moore is back for her 2nd season, and 18th as a college women’s basketball coach.


Losses:
Janae Fulcher started every game and the 6-3 post player graduated. Fulcher was ASU’s leading scorer at 11.5 and added 5 rebounds per game.

Micaela Pickens started all but two games at a guard position last year averaging 6.5 points per game and has graduated.

Haley Videckis averaged 21 minutes and almost 7 points per game but did not return.

Jada Blackwell averaged 7 points per game in 16 minutes, playing in 18 games and did not return.


Additions:
Sophie Brunner is a 6-1 forward from Illinois ranked # 285. However she led her school to the State title as a Jr averaging 32 points per game. After her last HS game her jersey was retired.

Kelsey Moos (no relation that I could find), is a 6-0 foot forward from the state of Washington. Moos is the # 39 wing and small school Player of the year her last 3 seasons.

Breanna Burton is a 5-7 point guard and JC transfer from Texas after HS in Los Angeles. Burton averaged 12 points and 1.7 assists, low for a Point.

Quinn Dornstauder is a 6-4 frosh center from Canada. Quinn played on the Canadian 17U team that was 3rd a year ago in the world championships. She was 4th in the tournament in rebounding.

Katie Hempen is a 5-9 guard who transferred from Southern Illinois a year ago and sat out this past season. She has 3 years remaining. Hempen averaged almost 10 points per game and was the frosh player of the year in Southern Illinois league.

Deja Mann is a 5-7 Sr guard who sat out last season with a knee injury after starting 46 start games for the Sun Devils. More on Mann below.


The Schedule:
ASU had an RPI of about 100 last season so playing a team with an RPI of 50 or better makes for a tough game and ASU plays 5 of those types of teams. Miami, North Carolina, Syracuse, Texas Tech and Illinois are the tough games on the schedule. The average PRI of non- conference opponents is 105, about the same as USC. Again thanks to a UCLA fan for this.

The Team:
The return of Deja Mann will help quite a bit as the starting point guard. Two years ago she averaged 9 points and almost 4 assists per game. Mann is a cousin of 1968 400m Olympic Champ Lee Evans.

The other guard should be Promise Amukamara, a 5-8 Jr. Promise averaged 8 points per game last season, 2nd on the season. That’s not many but ASU averaged only 59 points per game as a team. Promise was a Parade All American in High School.

Joy Burke returns as the starting Center. The 6-5 Sr averaged 7 points and 6 rebounds per game.

At forward will be, well my guess, redshirt Soph, 6-0 Eliza Normen. Normen hurt her knee in the Sr season in High School and redshirted as a frosh. Last season she only scored a point per game in 13 minutes average. However she was highly ranked out of High School and I saw her play several games in High School and loved her great vision and athletic ability. She actually re-injured her knee as a frosh, so if completely healthy Normen will be a solid contributor.

I think the 5th starter could be 5-9 redshirt soph transfer Katie Hempen, discussed above.

Behind the first five, or maybe in the first 5 are four returnees and the frosh center 6-4 Quinn Dornstauder.

Arnecia Hawkins is a 5-10 soph guard who averaged 5 points per game and the top returning three point shooter with 26 at 26%.

Adrianne Thomas is a 5-9 Sr who started every game last season and at worse will be the 6th player. Thomas averaged 5 points per game and led the team in assists at 3 per game.

Isidora Pukovic is a 5-11 soph guard who played in almost every game averaging 1 point.

Nisha Barrett is a 6-1 Sr forward who didn’t play much this past season, after transferring from an Arizona JC.

Elisha Davis is a 5-3 soph guard who played every game last season averaging 2.5 points per game. Davis is from Berkeley High School and was the D1 Northern California Player of the Year as a Sr.

Transfer Burton and frosh Moos and Brunner, profiled above, will vie for playing time.


Predictions:
This is not a strong team and playing a strong pre- season. A winning record would be quite an achievement.


2014 Recruiting:
Nicole Iademarco is a 4 star guard, not ranked in the top 100, from Texas.

Pac 12 Preview: USC Trojans

Last Season:
USC was 11-20 and 7-11 in Pac 12 play. It was a very disappointing season which caused Head Coach Michael Cooper to resign.

The Coaching Staff:
Cynthia Cooper-Dyke starts her first season for the Trojans as Head Coach. Cooper-Dyke, no relation to the former Head Coach, was an outstanding USC player and played in Europe until age 34 when she played in the WNBA. She has coached 8 years at lower D 1 schools with a record of 150-106. The past 7 years her teams have played post season, 2 NCAAs and 5 WNITs.

Former Stanford staffer Evan Unrau is the lone holdover coach or staffer, returning for her 2nd season at USC.

Brandy Manning was the Associate Head Coach at Arizona and begins his first season at USC. He was at Arizona for 5 seasons.

Jualeah Woods joins the staff from San Diego State. Woods was a 4 year starter at USC and spent 6 seasons at San Diego State. Woods has also coached at Cal and Oregon State.

Losses:
Christina Marinacci is the only loss. In an injury riddled season in which she missed 8 games Marinacci averaged 7 points and 7 rebounds per game. She is now in the Bay Area working for the Pac 12.

Additions:
This past weekend Kaneisha Horn transferred from Alabama to USC. She is a 6-2 forward who just graduated from Alabama, in 3 plus years, so is able to play right away. Horn averaged 8 points and 5 rebounds per game last season. She missed a season with an ACL so will have two years at USC. Horn was a top 5 player out of High School but has had two knee injuries. If healthy she is a huge addition.

Drew Edelman is a 6-4 Post from Menlo High School. She was ranked # 218. However she has played for John Paye. Drew is a big strong post and some of you saw her play in the Kezar ProAm.

Courtney Jaco is a 5-8 guard from Southern California. She was ranked # 210. Jaco is a good three point shooter. The addition of Horn turns this lackluster class into far more.

Alexis Lloyd is a transfer from Virginia Tech. Lloyd is a 5-9 guard averaged 3 points in 13 minutes per game. She was ranked as the # 81 player out of High School. She will sit out this year as a transfer.

The Schedule:
In a change from the past season when Mr. Cooper had tough schedules, this one isn’t with just 3 of last’s years top 45 in RPI. The Trojans play Oklahoma State (14), South Carolina (21) and Iowa (33). They also play Fresno State and Boston College. Average RPI of their opponents is 107. Thanks to a UCLA fan for this information. USC plays the Arizona and Washington schools once each.




The Team:
Cassie Harberts is back for her final year and once again will be one of the top players in the Pac 12. Harberts is a 6-2 4/5 who averaged 18 points and 8 rebounds per game, leading the Trojans in both categories. She is tough inside and a great shooter from 15’

Back after her knee injury is 6-1 Point Guard Jordan Adams. Adams averaged 5 points and 4 rebounds per game in her shortened season. Adams is a 6-1 Soph and was a top 10 player out of High School. She is listed as a Soph on the roster and seems to have missed a redshirt by one game.

Kate Oliver is a 6-4 Sr 4/5 who started 15 games last season averaging 6 points and 6 rebounds per game. Oliver transferred from Marist where she averaged 8 points as a Soph. Oliver is from Australia.

Ariya Crook is a 5-7 Jr guard who averaged 13 points last season hitting 55 threes at 33%. Her 55 threes were more than twice anyone else on the team. Her goal post college is to become a detective.

These three will challenge for a lot of playing time and one or two will start:
Kiki Alofaituli is a 6-1 Jr wing who averaged 5 points and 3 rebounds in 20 minutes last season. Kiki was ranked # 26 out of High School.

Alexyz Vaioletama is a 6-1 Jr wing who could play the 4. Alexyz averaged 5 points and 5 rebounds in 21 minutes last season. She was a McDonalds All American in High School.

Kaneisha Horn is a 6-1 Jr transfer from Alabama was both a McD All American and a top 5 player out of High School. She already graduated from Alabama but has 2 years to play and will play immediately.

To back up the guards is 5-7 soph Brianna Barrett averaging 4 points and 3 assists while starting 21 games last season.

Deanna Calhoun is a 6-3 redshirt soph post who missed her frosh season with a knee injury and played just 11 games last season. But she’s a big strong presence in the post.

Desiree Bradley is a 6-1 Sr forward who averaged 3points per game last season but did hit 25 threes.

Destinie Gibbs is a 5-11 soph guard who started the first 9 games of the season last year.

Thaddesia Southhall is in her 4th season at USC. She is a 6-4 post who has played only 6 games due to knee injuries.

The two frosh, 6-4 post Drew Edelman and 5-8 guard Courtney Jaco appear to be backups at this point.

Predictions:
This is a very deep team with very good starters. They could well start the season with only 2 losses or less and be ranked. I see USC as a top three team with Stanford and Cal, just ahead of Washington and UCLA.

2014 Recruiting:
Chyanne Butler is a 5-4 or so guard ranked # 56. But The Trojans are in play for a number of top recruits.

Pac 12 Previews: the University of Arizona

Last Season:
The Arizona Wildcats were 12-18 and 4-14 in Pac 12 play. Quite a fall from 21 wins just two seasons before. The Wildcats are 7-29 in league play the past two years. Lack of Pac 12 type players would be the reason. I will note that they have two commits for 2014 who are quite good, so a start.

The Coaching Staff:
Niya Butts returns for her 6th season. Brady Manning left to be the Associate Head Coach at USC replaced by Sean LeBeauf who was a JC Head Coach and Athletic Director. E.C. Hill returns for her 3rd season and Calamity McIntire for her 2nd season.

The Losses:
Davelynn Whyte may be the best player in Arizona history and she has graduated. Last season she led the team in scoring at 17 per game and led the team in assists, double the next player. Whyte led the team in rebounding at 6 per game had 70 threes. Only two players had more than 15 threes.

Cheshi Poston who scored 5 per game and averaged 4 rebounds also graduated. Three others players are also gone.
Lynette Holmes transferred from Xavier but played only one game. At Xavier she averaged 12 pointed per game in two seasons. Cheylene Harper didn’t play last season and I believe graduated. The mystery departure is Simone Westbrook, who I can’t find in last year’s media guide. Westbrook was on the team at the start of last season and was one of the best HS players in Arizona.

The Schedule: Not yet released.

The Additions:
LaBrittany Jones is a 6-1 frosh from Texas, ranked # 87.

Breanna Workman is a 6-1 forward from Las Vegas ranked # 136.

Dejza James is a 6-1 forward from Elk Grove, CA ranked # 181.

Ashley Merrill is, a yes another, 6-1 guard from Southern California.

Arizona also added Farrin Bell a 6-0 guard transfer from SMU. Bell averaged 3 points and 3 rebounds per game for SMU last season as a frosh. She started 9 games and played in 30. I will assume she must sit out this coming season.

The Team:
The Wildcats had 3 players averaged 9-11 points per game returning and three who averaged 5-6 rebounds per game.
For the 2nd straight year the Wildcats do not have a true Center. Erica Barnes is a 6-2 Sr who was 5th on the team in average minutes and scored 9 points per game, 3rd on the team and had 5 rebounds per game, also 3rd. Barnes played more as a Soph averaging 11 and 7.

At the forwards should be 6-1 Sr Alli Gloyd. Gloyd averged 9 points and 6 rebounds per game. Gloyd was the Arizona JC player of the year 2 seasons ago.

Frosh LaBrittany Jones has an excellent chance to start at the 4. She is the highest ranked player out of HS on the roster and Butts describes her as a great rebounder who can really finish around the hoop and plays like she is 6-3 or 6-4.
At the 2 guard will be Kama Griffitts a 6-0 Sr and returning starter. Kama scored 11 points per game last season and hauled in 5 rebounds per. She is the only returning player with more than 15 threes having hit 60 at 31%. As a Soph at JC she hit threes at 58% scoring 22 points per game.

Carissa Crutchfield like Gloyd started every game, and should be the point guard. Last season the 5-8 Sr averaged 6 points per game and was 2nd on the team in assists. Crutchfield transferred from Oklahoma State two years ago.

Candice Warthen is a 5-5 Jr guard who sat out last season with a knee injury. Warthen averaged 12 points per game as a Soph but hurt her foot after starting the first 8 games. She missed 6 weeks then came back as a non starter. However before her injury she scored 36 in a game. She will get many minutes and probably start when healthy.
Three frosh stand out and have a great chance for early playing time.
Breanna Workman is a 6-1 forward from Las Vegas described as a good rebounder and excellent passer. She looks to be a 4 for the Wildcats.

Dejaza James is a 6-1 forward from the Sacramento area. James is described as a 3 or 4 and a very good rebounder.

Ashley Merrill is a 6-1 guard from Southern California. She is described as a very good passer who can shot from outside. Merrill’s cousin is former Stanford Tight End Derek Hubbard and another cousin is former UCLA WBB player Janae Hubbard.

Layana White is a 5-8 Jr guard who started 12 games averaging 3 points last season. White has a career high of 16 points.

Keyahndra Cannon is a 5-9 Soph guard who played in all the games last season averaging 4 points per game. Cannon was her team captain all 4 of her High School years.

Nyre Harris is a 5-8 Soph guard who played a bit last season.

Shereen Sutherland is a 6-1 Soph guard who played only 83 minutes last season. Sutherland’s older sister played at Kansas.

Ferrin Bell is a 6-0 Soph and transfer from SMU. Last season as a Frosh at SMU she averaged 3 points and 3 rebounds per game with 9 starts. She probably must sit out this season.

Predictions:
Sadly the Wildcats will probably battle with Oregon to stay out of the Pac 12 cellar.

2014 Recruiting:
Off to a great start with 3 commits. Taryn Griffey is the daughter of baseball great Ken Jr, and granddaughter of baseball All Star Ken Sr. Griffey is a 5-6 guard, ranked # 56. Jalea Bennet is a 5-11 wing ranked # 65. Cherice Harris is a 5-8 three star guard.

The News around the Pac 12

Arizona: Davellyn Whyte was selected 16th overall in the WNBA draft, going to San Antonio. Sean LeBeauf was added to the coaching staff to replace Brady Manning who moved to USC. LeBeauf’s last 4 years were as both the Women’s Head Coach and the Athletic Director at Paris, TX, JC. Before that he was a Men’s assistant at Southern University. And for the 7 years before that he coached High School and Travel boys and girls.

ASU: The Sun Devils signed two players in the April period. Breanna Burton comes from Western Texas JC. Burton is from Los Angeles and scored 12 points per game over the past 2 seasons. She is a Point Guard. Quinn Dornstauder is a 6-3 Canadian Post player who was the 4th leading rebounder is last year’s 17U World Tournament. She will be a Frosh.

CAL: Layshia Clarendon was the 9th pick, the highest Cal player ever, in the WNBA draft. She is with Indiana.

Colorado: Chuck Jeffery was the 12th pick in the WNBA draft going to Minnesota.

Oregon: Well they keep Paul Westhead as the Head Coach. That would be news after going 4-27.

Oregon State: Ruth Hamlin and Jamie Weisner will be trying out with the Canadian SR National Team. Hamlin was on last year’s 18U team.

Stanford: Amber Orrange has been invited to the University Team Tryouts.

USC: The Trojans have a new Head Coach, Cynthia Cooper Dyke was named the new Head Coach replacing Michael Cooper, no relational. Cooper-Dyke was an All Conference player at USC and on 2 National Championship teams, 1983 and 1984. She is in the USC, the Women’s Basketball and the Naismith Hall of Fames. Cooper-Dyke was a Head Coach for the past 8 years at Texas Southern, UNC Wilmington and Prairie View. She also was Head Coach for the Phoenix WNBA team.
Evan Uhrau, former Stanford staffer, remains on the Staff as an Assistant. Brady Manning comes from Arizona to join the Trojans. Julah Woods, a former USC player comes from San Diego State to round out the new Staff.
Cassie Harberts has been invited to try out for the World University team. Jordan Adams was invited to the 19U tryouts. Both have been on National teams in the past.

UTAH: The team is presently on a 10 day trip thru Denmark, Sweden and Nrway.
Michelle Plouffe, Taryn Wicijowski, and incoming frosh Emily Potter have been invited to the Canadian Sr National Team tryouts.

UCLA: Nirra Fields has been invited to the Canadian National Sr Team tryouts.

Washington: In a big surprise Head Coach Kevin McGuff resigned to go to Ohio State and was replaced by Head Assistant Mike Neighbors. Neighbors came to Washington from Xavier with McGuff and has been an assistant hat several top schools. Assistant Kevin Morrison is now the Associate Head Coach and assistant Adia Barnes will also stay. Fred Castro joins the staff from Tulsa. All players are staying and all recruits are coming to Washington.

Washington State: Lia Gladeira has been invited to the 19U trials.

Cooper -Dyke is the new USC Coach

Bring back a USC legand instead of an LA Pro legand, USC naked Cynthis Cooper-Dyke as their new Coach. Here's an AP story.



LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Hall of Famer Cynthia Cooper-Dyke is returning to Southern California as the Trojans' head women's basketball coach.
USC hired Cooper-Dyke on Thursday to replace Michael Cooper, who quit last month after four seasons.
''In Cynthia Cooper-Dyke, we have a proven winning coach who happens to be a USC basketball icon,'' USC athletic director Pat Haden said. ''She was a part of the best basketball ever played here at USC, and she has seen success at so many levels of the game. As a coach, she has turned around several programs. We believe she can lead USC back to successful women's basketball.''
Cooper-Dyke, who grew up in Los Angeles and attended Locke High School, played on the Trojans' NCAA championship teams in 1983 and 1984 alongside Cheryl Miller. USC went 114-15 during Cooper-Dyke's four seasons, also reaching the 1986 NCAA title game.
USC has never recaptured that run of standout play in the 1980s by Cooper-Dyke, Miller and twin sisters Pamela and Paula McGee under coach Linda K. Sharp. After eight mostly successful seasons as a head coach at three schools, Cooper-Dyke thinks she's ready to put the Trojans back on top.
''If you were to ask me what my dream job was at any point in my coaching career, I would always have said my dream is to come back and lead the USC women's basketball team,'' said Cooper-Dyke, who turns 50 on Sunday.
USC finished 11-20 last season in the fourth year for Cooper, who resigned March 13. Cooper, no relation to Cooper-Dyke, went 72-57 with the Trojans, who never reached the NCAA tournament under the former Lakers guard and Los Angeles Sparks head coach.
After starring at USC, Cooper-Dyke had a lengthy professional career in Spain, Italy and the WNBA. She also played extensively for the U.S. national team, winning a gold medal at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
After joining the nascent WNBA's Houston Comets in 1997, she won the league's first four consecutive titles - winning the WNBA finals MVP award each time - along with three scoring titles and two MVP awards before retiring in 2000. She became the first WNBA player enshrined in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2010.
Cooper-Dyke coached last season at Texas Southern, where she won a school-record 20 games just one year after a five-win season. She also has been a head coach at UNC Wilmington and Prairie View A&M, compiling a combined 150-106 record as a head coach.
''I feel like the different programs I've been a part of, from Prairie View A&M to UNC Wilmington to Texas Southern, have prepared me in many ways for the Pac-12 and USC,'' Cooper-Dyke said. ''We've been successful at these programs. I can't promise it will happen in a year like it did at these other programs, but I promise we will put forth our best effort as a staff to create a program that embraces the work ethic and mentality that will help us be successful.''
Prairie View A&M was hit with four years of NCAA probation and three years of scholarship restrictions in 2008 for violations that occurred during Cooper-Dyke's first season at the school in 2005-06, including small amounts of cash given to players. The NCAA ruled Cooper-Dyke hadn't been educated properly on its rules before her first season in college coaching.
Cooper-Dyke and her sports agent husband, Brian, have 10-year-old twins.