A Review of the Past Week

New Rankings: Per AP Oregon State 13, Stanford 15 and ASU 22. Washington could join after their huge win over # 5 Texas A&M.

First League Game is Tuesday Dec 30 with UCLA at USC on TV. The rest of the PAC 12 kicks off on Sat Jan 3.


1. Oregon State 10--1 Record against Top 25, 1-1
Lost at Tennessee in a close game until the last couple of minutes, 74-63. Sydney Wiese with 19 points and Ali Gibson scored 14.

Jan 3 at UCLA, Jan 5 at USC, Jan 9 Oregon, Jan 11 at Oregon, Jan 16 Washington State, Jan 19 Washington, Jan 23 at Azona, Jan 25 at ASU



2. Stanford 8-4 Record against Top 25, 1-3
Beat UC Santa Barbara 90-34. Off the bench Brianna Roberson with 11 points, Britany McPhhee with 10 points and Erica McCall with 12 rebounds.

Jan 3 Colorado, Jan 5 Utah, Jan 9 at Washington, Jan 11 at WSU, Jan 16 Arizona, Jan 19 ASU, Jan 23 at UCLA, Jan 25 at USC



3. ASU 11-1 Record against Top 25, 0-0
Beat Yale 69-51. Quinn Dornstauder had 11 points and 11 rebounds.

Jan 3 Washington, Jan 5 LSU, Jan 8 at Arizona, Jan 10 Arizona, Jan 16 at Cal, Jan 19 at Stanford, Jan 23 Oregon, Jan 25 Oregon State



4. Washington 11-1 Record against Top 25, 1-0
Beat # 25 Texas A&M 70-49 with Kelsey Plum scoring 32, and 5 assists. Aminah Williams with 15 rebounds and Talia Walton with 21 points, 4 of 7 from three. Huge win.

Jan 3 at ASU, Jan 5 at Arizona, Jan 9 Stanford, Jan 11 Cal, Jan 16 at Oregon, Jan 19 at Oregon State, Jan 23 Colorado, Jan 25 Utah



5. Washington State 9-2 Record against top 25, 2-1
Jan 3 at Arizona, Jan 5 at ASU, Jan 9 Cal, Jan 11 Stanford, Jan 16 at Oregon State, Jan 18 at Oregon, Jan 23 Utah, Jan 25 Colorado




6. Cal 8-3 Record against Top 25, 0-1

Beat Old Dominion 79-59. Brittany Boyd with 14 points 8 rebounds, 14 assists, 7 steals and 7 turnovers. Reshanda Gray scored 20.

Jan 3 Utah, Jan 5 Colorado, Jan 9 at WSU, Jan 11 at Washington, Jan 16 ASU, Jan 18 Arizona, Jan 23 at USC, Jan 25 at UCLA,




7. Colorado 7-3 Record against Top 25, 0-1

Dec 30 Long Beach State, Jan 3 at Stanford, Jan 5 at Cal, Jan 9 USC, Jan 11 UCLA, Jan 14 Utah, Jan 18 at Utah, Jan 23 at Washington, Jan 25 at Washington State




8. UCLA 4-7 Record against Top 25, 0-4
Lost to Notre Dame 82-67. Nirra Fields had 20 points and Jordin Canada added 16.

Dec 30 at USC, Jan 3 Oregon State, Jan 5 Oregon, Jan 9 at Utah, Jan 11 at Colorado, Jan 18 USC, Jan 23 Stanford, Jan 25 Cal




9. USC 8-3, Record against Top 25, 0-2
Dec 30 UCLA, Jan 3 Oregon, Jan 5 Oregon State, Jan 9 at Colorado, Jan 11 at Utah, Jan 18 at UCLA, Jan 23 Stanford, Jan 25 Cal



10. Oregon 7-4 Record against Top 25: 0-1

Beat Seattle 70-44. Jillian Alleyne had 13 points and 16 rebounds. Kateyln Loper added 16 points.

Jan 3 at USC, Jan 5 at UCLA, Jan 9 at Oregon State, Jan 11 Oregon State, Jan 16 Washington, Jan 18 Washington State, Jan 23 at ASU, Jan 25 at Arizona,




11. Utah 6-5 Record against top 25, 0-1
Beat Charlotte 54-52. Taryn Wicijowski had 17 points and 10 rebounds.

Jan 3 at Cal, Jan 5 at Stanford, Jan 9 UCLA, Jan 11 USC, Jan 14 at Colorado, Jan 18 Colorado, Jan 23 at Washington State, Jan 25 at Washington




12. Arizona 7-4. Record against top 25, 0-0
Beat Tennessee Martin-56. Candice Warthen scored 17.

Jan 3 WSU, Jan 5 Washington, Jan 8 ASU, Jan 10 at ASU, Jan 16 Stanford, Jan 18 at Cal, Jan 23 Oregon State, Jan 25 Oregon

A Review of the Past Week

New Rankings:
Per AP Oregon State 11, Stanford 16 and ASU 25.

1. Oregon State 10--0 Record against Top 25, 1-0
Won at # 6 North Carolina 70-55. North Carolina shot just 27% and made only 1 three, great defense by the Beavers. Sydney Weise had 13 points and 8 assists, Ruth Hamlin had 17 points and 10 rebounds, Devon Hunter had 16 rebounds. The downside were 23 Oregon State turnovers.

Beat Southern Illinois in New Orleans 71-55. Weise with 12 points and 6 assists. The Beavers shot 48% and had just 9 turnovers.

Beat Nevada in New Orleans 73-50. But not that close as the bench scored 45 of the 73 points.

Dec 28 at Tennessee, Jan 3 at UCLA, Jan 5 at USC, Jan 9 Oregon, Jan 11 at Oregon




2. Stanford 7-4 Record against Top 25, 1-3

Lost at Chattanooga 54-46, for Stanford’s first non conference loss to an unranked team in 14 years. Stanford shot just 27% so despite Chattanooga not making a field goal in the last 11 ½ minutes Stanford still couldn’t pull this out.

Lost at Tennessee 59-40 shooting 25%. Two games in a row scoring in the 40’s.

Beat UC Davis 72-59. Bonnie Samuelson a career high 30 points, 6 of 10 from three. Sister Karlie 9 points 3 of 4 from three. Kaylee Johnson with 11 points and 11 rebounds.

Dec 28 UC Santa Barbara, Jan 3 Colorado, Jan 5 Utah, Jan 9 at Washington, Jan 11 at WSU



3. ASU 10-1 Record against Top 25, 0-0
Won at Illinois State 89-44. Quinn Dornstauder had 19 points and Elisha Davis had 11 assists.
Beat Leigh 81-61. Dornstauder had 12 points and 7 rebounds in 21 minutes. Katie Hempen had 15 points and Elisha Davis had 9 assists.

Beat Northwestern 88-75 for their first loss. Sophie Brunner had 24 points and 13 rebounds. Elisha Davis had 16 points and 6 assists but 10 turnovers.

Dec 28 Yale, Jan 3 Washington, Jan 5 LSU, Jan 8 at Arizona, Jan 10 Arizona



4. Washington 10-1 Record against Top 25, 0-0 Oklahoma # 27

Won at San Diego State 69-48, Kelsey Plum with 30 points.

Won at UC Riverside 74-71. Washington trailed by 12 at the half. Plum had 21 points. UC Riverside had 5 players scored in double figures.

Dec 29 Texas A&M, Jan 3 at ASU, Jan 5 at Arizona, Jan 9 Stanford, Jan 11 Cal,




5. Washington State 9-2 Record against top 25, 2-1
Beat Montana State 82-51. Lia Gladiera had 26 points and 5 steals.

Beat Loyola Marymount 87-60. Playing time for all as the bench scored 35.

Jan 3 at Arizona, Jan 5 at ASU, Jan 9 Cal, Jan 11 Stanford,




6. Cal 7-3 Record against Top 25, 0-1
Lost to Louisville 70-57. Reshanda Gray had 17 points and 10 rebounds. Cal shot 32%. 8300 fans at Cal.

Dec 29 Old Dominion, Jan 3 Utah, Jan 5 Colorado, Jan 9 at WSU, Jan 11 at Washington




7. Colorado 7-3 Record against Top 25, 0-1
Beat Wyoming 76-71. Jamee Swan had 16 points and Jen Reese added 15.

Dec 30 Long Beach State, Jan 3 at Stanford, Jan 5 at Cal, Jan 9 USC, Jan 11 UCLA




8. UCLA 4-6 Record against Top 25, 0-3
Lost to Miami of Florida at New Orleans 74-67. 6 assists and 21 turnovers for the Bruins. Nirra Fields had 15 points but was 6 of 19 from the floor. Monique Billings had 10 points and 9 rebounds.

Beat Samford at a Tournament in New Orleans 71-52 before a crowd of…118. Fields was 10 of 12 for 21 points. UCLA had 18 steals.
Lost at UConn 86-50. Kari Korver had 14 points.

Dec 28 Notre Dame, Jan 3 Oregon State, Jan 5 Oregon, Jan 9 at Utah, Jan 11 at Colorado




9. USC 8-3, Record against Top 25, 0-2
Beat Loyola Marymount 96-54. Both McKenzie Calvert and Brianna Barnett had 18 points as the Trojans shot 55%. Sadly just 313 fans at USC.

Lost to # 19 Oklahoma State 66-62. Alexyz Vaioletama scored 20 points.

Jan 3 Oregon, Jan 5 Oregon State, Jan 9 at Colorado, Jan 11 at Utah




10. Oregon 6-4 Record against Top 25: 0-1

Beat Santa Clara in double overtime 92-88. Jillian Alleyne had 16 points and 20 rebounds. Lexi Bando had 28 points, 6 of 8 from three. Lexi Peterson added 24 points.

Lost to Fresno State 68-59. Jillian Alleyne had 26 points and 16 rebounds.

Dec 29 Seattle, Jan 3 at USC, Jab 5 at UCLA, Jan 9 at Oregon State, Jan 11 Oregon State




11. Utah 5-5 Record against top 25, 0-1
Beat Louisiana Tech 67-52. Joeseta Fatuesi had 16 points and 9 rebounds. Taryn Wicijowski had 17 points and 8 rebounds.

Dec 29 Charlotte, Jan 3 at Cal, Jan 5 at Stanford, Jan 9 UCLA, Jan 11 USC



12. Arizona 6-4. Record against top 25, 0-0
Lost at Stephen F Austin 72-60. Candice Warthen scored 16 as the Wildcats shot just 39% and didn’t make a three.

Dec 29 Tennessee Martin, Jan 3 WSU, Jan 5 Washington, Jan 8 ASU, Jan 10 at ASU

A Review of the Past Week

New Rankings:

1. Stanford 6-2 Record against Top 25, 1-2
Beat Santa Clara 82-43. Kaylee Johnson had 22 rebounds 3rd most in Stanford history and the 2nd time she has had 22. Only Chiney with two games of 20 rebounds or more. Amber Orrange had 20 points.

Dec 17 at Chattanooga, Dec 20 at Tennessee, Dec 22 UC Davis, Dec 28 UC Santa Barbara



2. Oregon State 7-0 Record against Top 25, 0-0
Dec 16 at North Carolina, Dec 19 Southern Illinois in New Orleans and Dec 20 Nevada in New Orleans, Dec 28 at Tennessee


3. Washington 8-1 Record against Top 25, 0-0 Oklahoma # 27

Beat Grambling 84-53. Kelsey Plum had 26 points. Sad news as Guard Heather Corral was forced to retired with injuries.

Dec 18 at San Diego State, Dec 20at UC Riverside, Dec 29 Texas A&M



4. Washington State 7-2 Record against top 25, 2-1
Beat Gonzaga 59-58. Tia Pressley ahd 21 points for the Cougars and Ellie Tinkle had 14 points for Gonzaga. By the way Tinkle scored in the last second to win a game for Gonzaga last week.

Dec 20 Montana State, Dec 22 at Loyola Marymount,




5. ASU 7-1 Record against Top 25, 0-0
Beat UC Davis 72-51. Eliza Normen had 8 points and 9 rebounds in 18 minutes.

Dec 16 at Illinois State, Dec 20 Leigh, Dec 21 TBA, Dec 28 Yale,




6. Cal 7-2 Record against Top 25, 0-0
Lost at Long Beach State in overtime 58-56. Reshanda Gray ejected in the first half and Courtney Range out with a knee injury. Brittany Boyd had 21 points, 15 rebounds, 7 assists and 9 turnovers. Cal had 31 turnovers.

Dec 21 Louisville, Dec 21, Dec 29 Old Dominion







7. Colorado 6-3 Record against Top 25, 0-1
Lost at Missouri 53-50. Colorado scored just 17 points in the 2nd half.
Dec 21 Wyoming, Dec 30 Long Beach State,



8. UCLA 3-4 Record against Top 25, 0-3
Beat UC Riverside 57-43. Recee Caldwell had 9 assists. The Bruins scored only 57 points, yet shot 55%. Interesting stat.

Beat Sacramento State 92-83. Kari Korver had 22 points. Frosh Monique Billings had 10 points and 10 rebounds. Nirra Fields had 15 points and 12 rebounds.

Dec 18 Miami of Florida at New Orleans, Dec 19 Samford at New Orleans, Dec 21 at UConn, Dec 28 Notre Dame.



9. USC 7-2, Record against Top 25, 0-1
Beat Cal State Northridge in overtime 85-74. Alexya Vaioletama led the way with 18 points.

Beat now 1-8 Sacramento State 101-99. The Trojans played with only 7 players, 3 out with injuries and another maybe ill. Kaneisha Horn had 20 points and 15 rebounds and Kiki Alofaituli had 26 points and 10 rebounds. USC had 27 turnovers.

Dec 18 Loyola Marymount, Dec 21 Oklahoma State



10. Oregon 5-3 Record against Top 25: 0-1
Beat Northern Arizona 59-47. Jillian Alleyne had 20 points and 15 rebounds.

Dec 18 Santa Clara, Dec 21 Fresno State, Dec 29 Seattle




11. Utah 4-5 Record against top 25, 0-1


Beat Idaho State 59-40. Frosh Joeseta Fatuesi had 16 points.

Lost to BYU 60-56. Taryn Wicijowski had 15 points and 13 rebounds.

Dec 20 Louisiana Tech, Dec 29 Charlotte,




12. Arizona 6-3. Record against top 25, 0-0

Beat Southern 56-45.

Beat UAB 49-44.

Dec 20 at Stephen F Austin, Dec 29 Tennessee Martin

A Review of the Past Week

New Rankings:
1. Stanford 5-2 Record against Top 25, 1-2

Dec 14 Santa Clara, Dec 17 at Chattanooga, Dec 20 at Tennessee, Dec 22 UC Davis, Dec 28 UC Santa Barbara



2. Oregon State 7-0 Record against Top 25, 0-0
Beat Idaho 75-53. Ruth Hamlin with 14 points, 12 rebounds and 6 blocks.

Beat Sacramento State 109-61. Everyone had great stats as the Beavers shot 58%, but the big stat, on 45 made shots the Beavers had 40 assists.
Dec 16 at North Carolina, Dec 19 Southern Illinois in New Orleans and Dec 20 Nevada in New Orleans, Dec 28 at Tennessee



3. Washington 7-1 Record against Top 25, 0-0 Oklahoma # 27

Beat Seattle 102-69. Aminah Williams had 16 points and 13 rebounds. Kelsey Plum had 20 points and 8 assists while Jazmine Davis had 19 points and 6 assists.

Beat Portland 80-45. Plum with 20 points and 5 assists.

Dec 14 Grambling, Dec 18 at San Diego State, Dec 20at UC Riverside, Dec 29 Texas A&M



4. Cal 7-1 Record against Top 25, 0-0
Beat Sacramento State 107-94. Brittany Boyd with 11 points, 19 rebounds and 16 assists. The assists mark ties the Cal record. Reshanda Gray with 37 points and 10 rebounds. Sac State has one win thus far.

Lost at Kansas 62-39 as Cal shot just 24% and were outrebounded by 15. Kansas had lost earlier to Notre Dame by 40.

Dec 13 at Long Beach State, Dec 21 Louisville, Dec 21, Dec 29 Old Dominion




5. Washington State 6-2 Record against top 25, 2-1
Beat UCSB 81-55. Lia Galdeira with 28 points and Tia Presley with 17 points.

Dec 9 at Gonzaga, Dec 20 Montana State, Dec 22 at Loyola Marymount,



6. ASU 6-1 Record against Top 25, 0-0
Beat SMU 77-42. The Sun Devils were 8 of 16 from three.

Dec 13 UC Davis, Dec 16 at Illinois State, Dec 20 Leigh, Dec 21 TBA, Dec 28 Yale,



7. Colorado 6-2 Record against Top 25, 0-1
Beat San Jose State in Overtime 97-89. Jamee Swan had 26 points and 11 rebounds and Haley Smith had 24 points and 12 rebounds.

Lost at # 19 Iowa 78-63. Jasmine Sborov had 17 points and 12 rebounds.

Dec 12 at Missouri, Dec 21 Wyoming, Dec 30 Long Beach State,



8. UCLA 1-4 Record against Top 25, 0-3
Beat Cincy 66-58. Kori Korver had 15 points and Nirra Fields 13 rebounds but 4 of 18 from the field. Only 507 at UCLA to watch.

Dec 10 UC Riverside, Dec 12, Sacramento State, Dec 18 Miami of Florida at New Orleans, Dec 19 Samford at New Orleans, Dec 21 at UConn, Dec 28 Notre Dame.



9. USC 5-2, Record against Top 25, 0-1
Lost at St Mary’s 64-58. The Trojans shot just 32% and were out rebounded.

Dec 9 Cal State Northridge, Dec 14 Sacramento State, Dec 18 Loyola Marymount, Dec 21 Oklahoma State



10. Oregon 4-3 Record against Top 25: 0-1
Beat Navy 72-64. Jillian Alleyne had 19 points and 16 rebounds.
Dec 13 Northern Arizona, Dec 18 Santa Clara, Dec 21 Fresno State, Dec 29 Seattle




11. Utah 3-4 Record against top 25, 0-1

Beat Utah State 63-57. Trayn Wicijowski with 20 points and 17 rebounds.

Beat UNLV 62-49. Frosh Joeseta Fatuesi had 10 rebounds in just 16 minutes.

Dec 10 Idaho State, Dec 13 BYU, Dec 20 Louisiana Tech, Dec 29 Charlotte,



12. Arizona 4 -3. Record against top 25, 0-0
Beat Grambling State 65-51. La Brittany Jones had 12 points and 12 rebounds.

Won at Wake Forest 72-69. Huge win for the Wildcats. Candice Warthen was only 5 of 22 from the floor but was 11 of 14 from the free throw line for 21 points and added 10 rebounds.

Dec 14 UAB, Dec 20 at Stephen F Austin, Dec 29 Tennessee Martin

A Review of the Past Week

1. Stanford 5-2 Record against Top 25, 1-2
Lost to North Carolina 70-54. Stanford shot just 31% with only 6 assists. North Carolina was 8 of 12 from three in the 2nd Half.

Beat Hawaii 86-73. Every Stanford player except one shot 50% or better from the floor. Lili Thompson was 6 of 7 from three for 26 points. Amber Orrange had 19 points and Stanford was 12 of 18 from three.

Beat Prairie View 88-45. Bre Roberson and Brittany McPhee came off the bench to combine for 20 points. Stanford 11 of 18 from three.
Dec 14 Santa Clara



2. Cal 6-0 Record against Top 25, 0-0
Beat San Jose State 110-87. Brittany Boyd had 11 points, 13 rebounds and 12 assists with 7 turnovers. Reshanda Gray had 23 points. Gabby Green had 17 points, 12 rebounds and 7 assists.

Beat Creighton 94-69. Boyd with 14 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists. Gray with 21 points and Justine Hartman 134 on 6 of 6 from the floor.
Dec 3 Sacramento State, Dec 7 at Kansas




3. Oregon State 4-0 Record against Top 25, 0-0
Beat Butler 85-53. Ali Gibson scored 20 going 5 of 7 from three. Sydney Weise was also 5 of 7 from three and scored 19. The Beavers were 15 of 28 from three.

Beat BYU 71-61. Ruth Hamlin with 16 points and 15 rebounds. Jamie Weisner had 20 points and 6 assists. Weise and Wisner combined for 6 of 11 from three.

Dec 4 Idaho, Dec 6 Sacramento State




4. Washington 5-1 Record against Top 25, 0-0 Oklahoma # 27

Beat Florida State 80-68. Kelsey Plum had 13 points and Jazmine Davis had 24 points.

Beat Furman 80-71. Plum had 30 points and Davis 25. Aminah Williams had 13 rebounds.

Beat Hartford 101-69. Plum with 17 and Davis with 26.

Dec 4 at Seattle, Dec 7 at Portland


5 UCLA 0-4 Record against Top 25, 0-3
Lost to Nebraska 71-66. Nirra Field had 10 points and 10 rebounds but 4 of 18 from the floor. Jordin Canada had 14 points but 5 of 16 from the floor.
Dec 2 Cincy, Dec 10 UC Riverside



6. USC 5-1, Record against Top 25, 0-1
Beat Sam Houston State 88-67. McKenzie Calvert had 19 points. Courtney Jaco added 14 going 4 of 4 from three. USC was 9 of 16 from three and had 25 assists on 36 baskets.

Beat SMU 64-57. Each starter scored 10-13 points.

Dec 6 at St Mary’s




7. Washington State 5-2 Record against top 25, 2-1
Beat Hampton 74-60. Tia Presley scored 36 points.

Lost to Michigan 76-64. Lia Gladeira had 24 points but the Cougars shot just 30%.

Beat # 10 Maryland 70-64 with Gladeira scoring 33 points in the huge upset.

Dec 4 at UCSB




8. Oregon 2-3 Record against Top 25: 0-1
Beat Portland State 63-56. Lexi Bando had 18 points and Jillian Alleyne had 17 points and 13 rebounds.

Lost Central Michigan 73-67. Bando had 18 points while Alleyne had 16 points and 17 rebounds.

Lost to American 72-64. Lexi Peterson scored 21 and Alleyne had 19 points and 10 rebounds.
Dec 6 Navy



9. ASU 5-1 Record against Top 25, 0-0
Won at Miami of Florida 65-61. Katie Hempen had 17 points.

Beat Villanova 51-46.

Lost to Green Bay 63-57. Sophie Brunner had 13 point and 11 rebounds.

Beat Vanderbilt 65-61. A very nice non conference win against the now 5-2 Vandy team. Promise Amukamara scored 21 for the Sun Devils.
Dec 6 SMU, Dec 13 UC Davis




10. Colorado 5-1 Record against Top 25, 0-0

Beat Denver 77-49. Jamee Swan scored 23 while Lexy Kresl had 10 points and 10 assists.

Beat Missouri State 87-59. Haley Smith had 18 points.

Beat Colorado State 87-81 in Double Overtime. Jen Reese had 26 points and 14 rebounds. Kresl had 12 points 11 rebounds and 11 assists

Dec 5 San Jose State, Dec 7 at Iowa



11. Utah 1-4 Record against top 25, 0-1
Lost to Ole Miss 52-38. Utah shot 29%. Wicijowski had 13 rebounds.

Lost to Portland State 58-50. Wicijowski had 18 points and 9 rebounds.

Dec 3 Utah State, Dec 6 UNLV




12. Arizona 2 -3. Record against top 25, 0-0

Beat UCSB 61-34. Candice Wathen had 15 points.

Beat Florida International 65-58. Candice Wathen scored 18.

Lost to Toledo 69-54. The Wildcats shot 33%.

Dec 3 Grambling, Dec 7 at Wake Forest.

A Review of the Past Week

1. Stanford 3-1
Lost to Texas in Overtime 87-81. Lili Thompson scored 28 points and Kaylee Johnson added 13 rebounds. Stanford shot just 36%.

Beat New Mexico 70-65 scoring the final 6 points. 6600 in attendance at New Mexico. Kaylee Johnson with 22 rebounds just missed the school record of 24 by Chiney.

Nov 28-30 in Hawaii, North Carolina, Hawaii, Prairie View



2. Cal 4-0
Beat Hawaii 79-72. Mikayla Cowing with 18 points and 9 rebounds. Courtney Range 14 points and 9 rebounds. Brittany Boyd with 9 assists.
Beat Missouri 82-70. Reshanda Gray had 28 points and Boyd again had 9 assists. The Bears were out rebounded by 14 and their starters played all by 7 minutes.

Nov 28 San Jose State, Nov 29, Creighton, Dec 3 Sacramento State




3. Oregon State 3-0

Beat Concordia of Oregon 92-35. Sx Beavers scored in double figures.

Nov 27 Bulter in Hawaii, Nov 29 BYUin Hawaii, Dec 4 Idaho



4. Washington 2-1

Beat South Dakota 96-82. Kelsey Plum scored 37 points while Aminah Williams had 14 points and 10 rebounds.

Beat Yale 81-51 as Plum scored 28 points. Plum is now 24 of 27 from the Free Throw line in just 3 games. Williams had 13 points and 11 rebounds and Jazmine Davis added 9 assists.

Nov 27 Florida State in Cancun, Nov 28 Furman in Cancun, Nov 29 Hartford in Cancun, Dec 4 at Seattle



5 UCLA 0-3
Lost to Texas 75-65. Nirra Fields had 19 points and 8 rebounds.

Nov 28 Nebraska, Dec 2 Cincy



6. USC 3-1
Beat Long Beach State in Overtime 90-85. Alexyz Vaioletama had 19 points. Jordan Adams had 15 points and 5 assists although 6 turnovers. Frosh Mckenzie Calvert had 13 points, 3 of 5 from three.

Beat Fresno State 68-50. USC shot 50% or a bit better for the 2nd game in a row. Adams with 6 assists.

Nov 28 Sam Houston State in Dallas, Nov 29 SMU or Florida A&M in Dallas, Dec 6 at St Mary’s




7. Washington State 3-1

Lost to Nebraska 82-61 after being tied at the half. The Cougars shot 7%, yes 7%, 2 of 27 from three. Gladeira and Presley combined for 27 points but were 10 of 34. Shalie Dheenshaw had 19 points and 11 rebounds.


Beat Seattle 82-62. Tia Presley scored 25.
Nov 25 at Hampton, Nov 28 Michigan in Puerto Rico, Nov 29 Maryland in Puerto Rico, Dec 4 at UCSB



8. Oregon 1-1

Lost to North Carolina 76-59 after being up 1 at the half. Jillian Alleyne had 18 points and 17 rebounds. Frosh Lexi Bando added 14 points including 3 threes.

Nov 25 Portland State, Nov 28 Central Michigan in Vegas, Nov 29 American in Vegas, Dec 6 Navy



9. ASU 2-0
Beat Cal State Bakersfield 83-54. Sophie Brunner had 22 points.

Nov 25 at Miami of Florida, Nov 28 Villanova in Florida, Nov 29 TBD, Nov 30 TBD, Dec 6 SMU



10. Colorado 2-1
Lost to Western Kentucky in OT 79-78. Jen Reese had 24 points and 11 rebounds while Lexy Kresl added 20 points.

Beat Arkansas State 80-69. Jen Reese had 12 points and 10 rebounds while Haley Smith added 16 points and 8 rebounds.

Nov 25 at Denver, Nov 28 Missouri State, Nov 29 TBD, Nov 30 TBD, Dec 5 San Jose State



11. Utah 1-2

Lost to Creighton 64-56. Taryn Wicikowski had 14 points and 13 rebounds.

Lost to Nebraska 66-43. Wicikowski was just one for six from the floor.

Nov 28 Ole Miss in Reno, Nov 29 TBD in Reno, Dec 3 Utah State




12. Arizona 0-2

Lost to Texas Tech 57-54. Frosh Charise Holloway started and had 14 points.

Nov 25 UCSB, Nov 28 Florida International at Miami, Nov 30 Virginia or Toledo at Miami, Dec 3 Grambling

Review of the past week

1. Stanford 2-0
Beat Boston College 96-63. Lili Thompson scored 26 points and Erica McCall added 16 points. Stanford shot 65%.

Beat former # 1 UConn 88-86 to move into First Place in the Coaches Poll. Lili Thompson scored 24 and Amber Orrgane added 17 points. Kaylee Johnson added 13 rebounds. Stanford Out rebounded UConn and shot 49% to UConn’s

Nov 20 Texas TV, Nov 24 at New Mexico, Nov 28-30 in Hawaii, North Carolina, Hawaii, Prairie View



2. Cal 2-0
Beat UOP 84-64 although UOP’s top player is out with a concussion. Courtney Range scored 27 points and had 11 rebounds making 3 of 4 from three. Mikayla Cowling added 18 points and was 2 of 3 from three. Brittany Boyd had 8 assists.

Beat Nevada 76-54. Reshanda Gray scored 17 points and Cowling was 3 of 4 from three for 13 points. Boyd had 7 assists and frosh Gabby Green had 8 assists.

Nov 21 at Hawaii, Nov 23 Missouri in Hawaii, Nov 28 San Jose State, Nov 29, Creighton, Dec 3 Sacramento State




3. Oregon State 2-0
Beat Portland 87-65. Ruth Hamlin aed 20 points and Ali Gibson added 16. Sydney Weise had 7 assists.

Beat Utah State 85-62. Six players scored in double figures.
Weise had 8 assists and Hamlin had 12 rebounds

Nov 22 Concordia of Oregon, Nov 27 Bulter in Hawaii, Nov 29 BYUin Hawaii, Dec 4 Idaho



4. Washington 0-1
Lost at Oklahoma 90-80 despite Kelsey Plum’s 45 points and 5 assists. The Huskies only had 10 assists.

Nov 20 South Dakota, Nov 23 Yale, Nov 27 Florida State in Cancun, Nov 28 Furman in Cancun, Nov 29 Hartford in Cancun, Dec 4 at Seattle



5 UCLA 0-2
Lost to James Madison 91-87. Nirra Fields had 26 points but 7 turnovers. The bruins had 26 turnovers. Frosh Jordin Canada had 15 points and 10 rebounds. 36 fouls on UCLA and 4 players fouled out.

Lost to North Carolina 84-68. Fields had 21 points and Frosh Monique Billings had 12 rebounds. 27 fouls by UCLA and they were 4 of 23 from three.

Nov 23 Texas, Nov 28 Nebraska, Dec 2 Cincy



6. USC 1-1
Lost at South Carolina 70-61. The Trojans shot 33% but Center Drew Edelman from Sunnyvale was 5 of 5 from the floor for 10 points.

Beat Davidson 99-64. Courtney Jaco was 5 of 7 from three as all five starters scored in double figures. USC shot 52% and were 8 of 17 from three.

Nov 21 at Long Beach State, Nov 23 Fresno State, Nov 28 Sam Houston State in Dallas, Nov 29 SMU or Florida A&M in Dallas, Dec 6 at St Mary’s



7. Washington State 2-0

Beat # 22 Dayton 76-60. Guards Lia Gladeira and Tia Presley led with way with 21 and 18 points respectively. Both teams shot just 33% but the Cougars had 13 steals as Dayton had 30 turnovers.

Beat Idaho State 84-34. Presley had 29 points, 6 of 10 from three while Gladeira had 24 points.

Nov 19 Nebraska, Nov 21 Seattle, Nov 25 at Hampton, Nov 28 Michigan in Puerto Rico, Nov 29 Maryland in Puerto Rico, Dec 4 at UCSB



8. Oregon 1-0
Beat Utah State 100-77. The Ducks shot 55% and were lead by Katelyn with 33 points going 8 of 12 from three. Jillian Alleyne added 20 points and 12 rebounds as the Ducks shot 55%, and 17 of 32 from three.

Nov 23 North Carolina, Nov 25 Portland State, Nov 28 Central Michigan in Vegas, Nov 29 American in Vegas, Dec 6 Navy



9. ASU 1-0
Beat Middle Tennessee 81-67. Sophie Brunner had 20 points and 12 rebounds.
Nov 19 Cal State Bakersfield, Nov 25 at Miami of Florida, Nov 28 Villanova in Florida, Nov 29 TBD, Nov 30 TBD, Dec 6 SMU



10. Colorado 1-0
Beat North Dakota 68-59. Jen Reese had 21 points and 9 rebounds and Jamee Swan added 16 points.

Nov 19 WNIT TBD, Nov 25 at Denver, Nov 28 Missouri State, Nov 29 TBD, Nov 30 TBD, Dec 5 San Jose State



11. Utah 1-0
Beat San Jose State in overtime 100-87. Taryn Wicijowski returned from a lost season due to an ACL to score 36 points and collect 19 rebounds. Frosh Joesta Fatutsi had 14 points and 9 rebounds in 14 minutes.

Nov 20 at Creighton, Nov 23 at Nebraska, Nov Ole Miss in Reno, Nov 29 TBD in Reno, Dec 3 Utah State



12. Arizona 0-1
Lost to Cal State Bakersfield 76-72. Candice Warthen scored 18 but the Wildcats shot just 35%.

Nov 21 at Texas Tech, Nov 25 UCSB, Nov 28 Florida International at Miami, Nov 30 Virginia or Toledo at Miami, Dec 3 Grambling

Pac 12 Preview: UCLA

Last Season:
The Bruins were 13-18 overall and 7-11 in Pac 12 play during a terribly sad injury ridden year. Average attendance was 2,119.

The Coaching Staff:
Cori Close is in her 4th season as Head Coach and enjoyed her 2nd year going 26-8. Close was the lead assistant at Florida State for 7 seasons and went to HS in Milpitas.

Jenny Huth is in her 4th season at UCLA. She was all Big 12 threes seasons while playing at Colorado.

Tony Newman is in his 4th season at UCLA, after 8 years at Westmont.

Shannon Perry is also in her 4th season at UCLA. Perry was at Duke for 5 years and at USC before that.




Losses:
Atonye Nyingifa averaged 18 points and 9 rebounds per game leading the team in both categories. A major loss.

Thea Lemberger averaged 15 points and 4 assists per game at the Point. Led the team in assists and 3rd in scoring. Also Thea hit 49 threes, 2nd on the team by one.

Lauren Holiday was a starter at the start of the season but could only play 9 games and has now retired due to injuries. She averaged 4 points per game

Rhema Gardner played 14 minutes per game and has also retired due to injuries.



The Schedule:
UCLA plays North Carolina, Texas. Nebraska, Miami of Florida, UConn and Notre Dame. A killer schedule. They play the Arizona and Washington schools once each, with the Washington games on the road.




Additions:
Wow, 10 additions with 5 new frosh, 3 back from injuries, a good walk on and at some point 6-9 Savanna Trapp may return.
The three who missed last year with injuries should all play quite a bit.

Kari Korver is a 5-9 Redshirt Soph who as a Frosh she had a game high of 17 points and hit 38 threes at 35%. Kari tore her right ACL last year and her left as a HS SR. As a HS Jr she averaged 25 points per game. Cousin Kyle is a great NBA three point shooter.

Kacey Swain is a 6-3 Redshirt Jr Forward. As a Soph Swain averaged 11 minutes, 3 points and 3 rebounds. She was ranked # 25 overall out of HS.

Paulina Hesler is a 6-3 redshirt Frosh Forward. Hesler is from Sweden and on their 18U team in the European Championship Tournament averaged 21 points per game.

Chrissy Baird is a 6-1 Frosh Guard/Forward and a walk on. Baird averaged 15 points and 10 rebounds as a HS Sr.

6-9 Redshirt Frosh Center Savanna Trapp is on a leave this quarter for personal reasons. Plus she is getting married.

Now on to the # 1 recruiting class in the country:
Jordin Canada is a 5-6 Frosh Guard.
Recee Caldwell is a 5-8 Frosh Guard
Lajahna Drummer is a 6-1 Frosh Forward
Kelli Hayes is a 6-0 Frosh Wing
Monique Billings is a 6-4 Frosh Forward/Center



The Team:
Nirra Fields is 5-9 Jr Guard who was 2nd in scoring last season, 17 points per game, plus she averaged 6 rebounds per game. She will be outstanding this season.

Corinne Costa is a 6-4 Sr Center presently recovering from an injury. Last season Costa averaged 6 points and 5 rebounds per game.

Luiana Livulo is a 6-3 Sr Center who averaged 4 points and 5 rebounds per game.

Hard to tell who starts with Fields, but almost certainly it will be four players who didn’t play last season.




Predictions:
Very young but so talented. Four very good teams ahead of them at this point.


2015 Recruiting:
Kennedy Burke, 6-2 Wing CA # 32 overall, ESPN # 29, Blue Star # 58

Ashley Hearn 6-4 Post , CA. # 24 on PN # 11 ASGR, # 13 ESPN, Blue Star # 22

The first week of play, all exhibitions

1. Stanford: McCall and Kailee Johnson will be very good. The screens will help our very good three point shooters be even better.
Top Player: Amber Orrange
Top Newcomer: Kaylee Johnson

Beat Vanguard 105-50. Lili Thompson with 26 points, Frosh Kaylee Johnson with 12 points and 16 rebounds and Erica McCall with 15 points and 10 rebounds.

Beat UCSD 74-51. McCall with 18 points and 8 rebounds. Taylor Greenfield had 16 points and both Kaylee Johnson and Amber Orrange had 12 rebounds. The downside, Stanford shot just 37%.

Nov 14 Boston College, Nov 17 UConn, Nov 20 Texas



2. Cal: Hard to beat the combo of Gray and Boyd and their pretty easy schedule. But they lost two very good Srs and the frosh won’t replace them for a while.

Top Player: Well got to pick two Reshanda Gray and Brittany Boyd.
Top Newcomer: Two again Gabby Green and Mikayla Cowling

Beat Vanguard 75-42. Courtney Range had 15 points and 11 rebounds while Brittany Boyd had 12 points and 9 assists. Cal was just 4 of 21 from three but dominated inside even without Reshanda Gray as they were 60% inside the three point line.

Nov 16 at UOP, Nov 18 Nevada, Nov 21 at Hawaii




3. Oregon State: Great guards and the big post Hamlin.
Top Player: Sydney Wiese
Top Newcomer: Marie Gulich

Beat Western Oregon 98-38. Jamie Weisner had 25 points, 10 of 10 from the floor including 5 of 5 from three.

Nov 14 Portland, Nov 16 Utah State, Nov 22 Concordia of Oregon



4. Washington: The best Guards in the conference and I’m banking on Collier to be all the way back. They will rain threes. Great depth which was missing last season.

Top Player: Kelsey Plum
Top Newcomer: Heather Corral back from injury

Nov 14 at Oklahoma, Nov 20 South Dakota, Nov 23 Yale, Nov 27 Florida State in Cancun



5 UCLA: Players back from injury a great player in Fields and the # 1 recruiting class. Still maybe a year away.
Top Player: Nirra Fields

Top Newcomer: Two again or maybe three Recee Caldwell, Jordin Canada and Monique Billings

Beat Westmont 92-54 with an amazing 61 fouls called. Frosh Paulina Hesler had 14 points and 13 rebounds. Kari Korver had 4 threes. UCLA only shot 36%, but did make 10 threes at 37%.

Nov 14 at James Madison, Nov 16 at North Carolina, Nov 23 Texas



6. USC: The graduation of Harberts hurts but the loss of Crook really hurts.
Top Player: Alexya Vaioletama
Top Newcomer: Alexis Lloyd who transferred in last year.

Beat Concordia 120 -56. Frosh Kristen Simon made her debut with 19 points and 15 rebounds in just 16 minutes.

Nov 15 at South Carolina, Nov 17 at Davidson, Nov 21 at Long Beach State



7. Washington State: They have most back from last year and they have their best team in years.
Top Player: Lia Gladeira
Top Newcomer: Louise Brown from Australia

Beat Central Methodist 71-56 with Lia Gladeira scoring 26 points.

Nov 14 Dayton, Nov 16 Idaho State, Nov 19 Nebraska, Nov 21 Seattle




8. Oregon: New Coach new philosophy and some good players.
Top Player: Jillian Alleyne
Top Newcomer: Jacinta Vandenberg

Beat Westmont 81-44. Jillian Alleyne had 12 points and 10 rebounds.

Nov 14 Utah State, Nov 23 North Carolina, Nov 25 Portland State



9. ASU: Two really good young players in Moos and Brunner but Charlie does it year after year so probably will do better than 8th.
Top Player: Kelsey Moos and Sophie Brunner
Top Newcomer: Ayanna Edwards

Nov 14 Middle Tennessee, Nov 19 Cal State Bakersfield, Nov 25 at Miami of Florida, Nov 28 Villanova in Florida



10. Colorado: Tough league which is best ever in depth. Loss of Roberson really hurts.
Top Player: Jen Reese
Top Newcomer: Alina Hartman from Germany

Beat Colorado State, Pueblo 90-57. Very balanced scoring.

Nov 15 WNIT North Dakota, Nov 16 WNIT TBD, Nov 19 WNIT TBD




11. Utah: The return of Wicijowski is a big boost.
Top Player: Taryn Wicijowski
Top newcomer: Wicijowski who missed last season with an ACL.

LOST to Alaska Anchorage 67-61 despite going 11 of 22 from three.

Nov 14 San Jose State, Nov 20 at Creighton, Nov 23 at Nebraska




12. Arizona: Again.
Top Player: Candice Warthen
Top Newcomer: Taryn Griffey

Nov 11 Concordia, exhibition, Nov 17 Cal State Bakersfield, Nov 21 at Texas Tech, Nov 25 UCSB

My Predictions with first 2 weeks of the schedule

1. Stanford: McCall and Kailee Johnson will be very good. The screens will help our very good three point shooters be even better.
Top Player: Amber Orrange
Top Newcomer: Kaylee Johnson

Nov 2 Vanguard Exhibition, Nov 8 UC San Diego Exhibition, Nov 14 Boston College, Nov 17 UConn, Nov 20 Texas



2. Cal: Hard to beat the combo of Gray and Boyd and their pretty easy schedule. But they lost two very good Srs and the frosh won’t replace them for a while.

Top Player: Well got to pick two Reshanda Gray and Brittany Boyd.
Top Newcomer: Two again Gabby Green and Mikayla Cowling

Nov 1 Vanguard, exhibition, Nov 16 at UOP, Nov 18 Nevada, Nov 21 at Hawaii



3. Oregon State: Great guards and the big post Hamlin.
Top Player: Sydney Wiese
Top Newcomer: Marie Gulich

Nov 9 Western Oregon Exhibition, Nov 14 Portland, Nov 16 Utah State, Nov 22 Concordia of Oregon



4. Washington: The best Guards in the conference and I’m banking on Collier to be all the way back. They will rain threes. Great depth which was missing last season.

Top Player: Kelsey Plum
Top Newcomer: Heather Corral back from injury

Nov 14 at Oklahoma, Nov 20 South Dakota, Nov 23 Yale, Nov 27 Florida State in Cancun




5 UCLA: Players back from injury a great player in Fields and the # 1 recruiting class. Still maybe a year away.

Top Player: Nirra Fields
Top Newcomer: Two again or maybe three Recee Caldwell, Jordin Canada and Monique Billings

Nov 2 Westmont Exhibition, Nov 14 at James Madison, Nov 16 at North Carolina, Nov 23 Texas



6. USC: The graduation of Harberts hurts but the loss of Crook really hurts.

Top Player: Alexya Vaioletama
Top Newcomer: Alexis Lloyd who transferred in last year.

Nov 9 Concordia of Ca Exhibition, Nov 15 at South Carolina, Nov 17 at Davidson, Nov 21 at Long Beach State



7. Washington State: They have most back from last year and they have their best team in years.

Top Player: Lia Gladeira
Top Newcomer: Louise Brown from Australia

Nov 2 Central Methodist Exhibition, Nov 14 Dayton, Nov 16 Idaho State, Nov 19 Nebraska, Nov 21 Seattle



8. Oregon: New Coach new philosophy and some good players.

Top Player: Jillian Alleyne
Top Newcomer: Jacinta Vandenberg

Nov 9 Westmont exhibition, Nov 14 Utah State, Nov 23 North Carolina, Nov 25 Portland State



9. ASU: Two really good young players in Moos and Brunner but Charlie does it year after year so probably will do better than 8th.
Top Player: Kelsey Moos and Sophie Brunner
Top Newcomer: Ayanna Edwards

Nov 14 Middle Tennessee, Nov 19 Cal State Bakersfield, Nov 25 at Miami of Florida, Nov 28 Villanova in Florida



10. Colorado: Tough league which is best ever in depth. Loss of Roberson really hurts.

Top Player: Jen Reese
Top Newcomer: Alina Hartman from Germany

Nov 8 Colorado State, Pueblo exhibition, Nov 15 WNIT North Dakota, Nov 16 WNIT TBD, Nov 19 WNIT TBD



11. Utah: The return of Wicijowski is a big boost.
Top Player: Taryn Wicijowski
Top Newcomer: Wicijowski who missed last season with an ACL.

Nov 5 Alaska Anchorage Exhibition, Nov 14 San Jose State, Nov 20 at Creighton, Nov 23 at Nebraska


12. Arizona: Again.
Top Player: Candice Warthen
Top Newcomer: Taryn Griffey

Nov 11 Concordia, Exhibition, Nov 17 Cal State Bakersfield, Nov 21 at Texas Tech, Nov 25 UCSB

Pac 12 Preview: Washington Huskies

Last Season:
Washington was 20-14 overall and 10-8 in Conference play. The Huskies won three games in the post season WNIT. Average attendance was 1,795.



The Coaching Staff:
Mike Neighbors is in his 2nd year as the Head Coach after 2 years as the lead assistant. He came to Washington from Xavier with then Head Coach Kevin MuGuff. Neighbors was an assistant for MuGuff at Xavier for 4 years, and before he was an assistant at Arkansas, twice, Colorado and Tulsa.

Kevin Morrison is the Associate Head Coach and in his third year at Washington. Morrison was an assistant at Cal for 4 years before Washington.

Adia Barnes is in her 3rd year at Washington and is the leading scorer at the University of Arizona.

Fred Castro is in his 2nd season after several years at Tulsa.



Losses:
Mercedes Wetmore averaged 6 points and 4 assists per game as the starting Point Guard. That’s the Huskies only loss.



The Schedule:
Washington’s non-league schedule includes Oklahoma, Florida State, San Diego State and Texas A&M. In Pac 12 play they have single games against the Arizona and LA schools, with the LA schools in Seattle.




Additions:
Heather Corral is back after an ACL. Corral is a 6-1 Wing and a redshirt Soph. She played just a few games last season averaging 6 points per game and as a frosh averaged 5 points per game. She is the sister of former USC player Ashley Corral who stands 2nd all time Pac 12 in three pointers made.

Brianna Ruiz is a 5-10 Redshirt Frosh Guard who missed last season with a knee injury. Ruiz averaged 20 points per game as a HS Sr and was a T&F star.

Hannah Johnson is a 6-1 Frosh Forward. Johnson was the AAA Southern CA Section player of the year as a Jr. She was ranked # 83.

Kelli Kingma is a famous name for Washington basketball and is a 5-8 Frosh Guard. Kingma was ranked # 68.

Kalia Lark is a 6-0 wing and a Frosh. Lark played for the fabled Mater Dei program and signed with Fresno State then got her release after the coaching change.

That’s four new players, 2 frosh and 2 off injury and all will play and contribute this season.



The Team:
Jazmine Davis is a 5-7 Sr Guard ranked as only the # 25 PG out of HS and now listed pre- season as one of the Pac 12’s top players. Davis averaged 19 points per game playing 36 minutes per game. She made 82 threes at 34% although shot just 39% overall.

Kelsey Plum is a 5-9 Soph Guard who averaged 21 points and 37 minutes per game. Plum made 81 threes at 37% and 85% from the Free Throw line. Plum also averaged just under 5 rebounds. Her sister was an outstanding setter at Oregon, Mom played volleyball at UC Davis and Dad Football at San Diego State.

Talia Walton is a 6-2 Redshirt Jr Forward who averaged 11 points and 8 rebounds. On the down side Walton shot just 34%, but did make 52 threes.

Aminah Williams is a 6-0 Sr Forward who averaged 7 points and 10 rebounds while shooting 47%. Dad Guy Williams was an All American basketball player at Washington State and played NBA with the Warriors.

These four players started all but 4 games last season.

Katie Collier is a 6-3 Redshirt Soph Center. Collier was ranked # 22 overall out of HS and the first woman from Washington named to the McD All Star game. Collier beat cancer as a HS Sr then sat out her frosh year after injuring her knee. Back this past season she averaged 4 points and 2 rebounds. However Collier is a talent and if back close to her HS Jr ability she can be a force and the key to a run to the top for the Huskies.

Chantel Osahor is a 6-2 So Forward/Center. Osahor is a great passer who averaged 3 points and 4 rebounds.

Mathilde Gilling is a 6-3 Jr Center who averaged 7 minutes per game this past season. Her brother played for ASU the past few seasons.


Predictions:
A strong starting line-up with great three shooters and now good to very good depth. The Huskies will challenge for a top 3 finish in the Pac 12.


2015 Recruiting:
Deja Strother, 6-5 Post WA, PN # 40 overall, Blue Star # 66

Pac 12 Preview: Oregon

Last Season:
Under former coach Paul Westhead the Ducks were 16-156 overall and 6-12 in the conference. The Ducks averaged 93 points but gave up 80. I expect under their new coaching staff that will change a lot. The Ducks average attendance was 1,038 and that will rise for sure.


The Coaching Staff:
It’s all new with Kelly Graves coming in as the Head Coach after so much success at Gonzaga. Graves coached at Gonzaga for 14 seasons and won 70% of his games taking over for a down and out program at the time. Graves was named the League’s Coach of the Year 8 times. Before Gonzaga he was the Head Coach at St Mary’s for 3 seasons.

Former Stanford All American Nicole Powell is in her first season at Oregon having come from Gonzaga with Graves. Nicolle coached one year at Gonzaga while playing in the WNBA. Powell has retired from the NBA after playing for 11 seasons.

Jodie Berry is in her first season at Oregon coming with Graves after 11 seasons at Gonzaga.

Mark Campbell is a big time addition to the Staff after 4 years at Oregon State as their prime recruiter.



Losses:
Ariel Thomas was the starting Point Guard averaging 14 points and leading the team with 3 assists per game.
Danielle Love averaged 27 minutes and 6 points with 5 rebounds.
Laura Stanulis averaged 2 points per game.



The Schedule:
After North Carolina it’s Fresno State. The Ducks should thrive in the pre-season. Oregon plays Stanford, Cal, Utah and Colorado just once, another break.




Additions:
Lexi Bando is a 5-9 Frosh Guard from Eugene. Bando was all state 3 times averaging about 20 points per game those 3 years.

Jacinta Vandenberg is a 6-5 Center from Australia, but she is also a transfer from Fresno State and will redshirt this year due to transfer rules. She started every game last season for Fresno averaging 6 points and 6 rebounds.

Danielle Walter is a 6-0 guard who transferred from Gonzaga after graduating, but isn’t on the current roster. So maybe she didn’t come.

Marie Berthuel is a 5-3 Guard from France who graduated from Oregon this past year and will walk on.

Tatum Neubert is a 6-2 Forward from Colorado. Tatum led the state in scoring, 23 points per game. Her father was on the TV show Baywatch for several years, a show some of us remember.



The Team:

The Ducks return 4 of their top 6 scorers and with the frosh Center Vandenberg coming in it’s really hard to tell if 6-3 Jr Post Jillian Alleyne will be the 4 or the 5. But given the other 3 top scorers returning are less than 6-0 I’ll guess Alleyne at the 4 and Vandenberg starts at the 5. Alleyne averaged 21 points and 16 rebounds while shooting 55%.

We all know the offense will not be run and gun making some but shoot again Offense and will play far better Defense so keep that in mind when reading these stats from last season. For reference the Ducks shot 40% and the opponents 44% last season. Also opponents had 50% more assists than the one on one playing Ducks.

Chrishae Rowe is a 5-10 Soph who last season averaged almost 22 points per game but shot just 37%. She did make 81 threes but at 31%. Rowe averaged 7 rebounds per game.

Katelyn Loper is a 5-11 Sr Guard who averaged 14 points shooting only 32%. Loper made 83 threes at 27%.

Lexi Peterson is 5-11 Jr Guard who averaged 10 points per game.

Off the bench will be the Frosh Neubert up front. Also 6-4 Sr Center Megan Carpenter will play. Last season Carpenter averaged 2 points and 2 rebounds per game.

Drea Toler is a 5-5 Soph Guard who averaged 3 points per game.

Amanda Delgado is a 5-7 Sr Guard who averaged 3 points per game.

Janitah Iamaleava is a 6-2 Redshirt Jr Forward who just played a few games last season, and few the year before.

Jordan Loera is a 5-9 Redshirt Jr Guard who missed last season with a knee injury but as both a Frosh and Soph averaged 6 points per game. Loera will probably be the first Guard off the bench and may well be a starter.



Predictions:
So hard to tell with the major coaching and philosophy change. Anywhere from 6th to 10th.



2015 Recruiting:
Lauren Yearwood, 6-3 P Canada. Playing now for the National 17U team. May play against the US.

Otiona Gildon (6-1 PF Spokane, WA/Gonzaga Prep) commits to Oregon, will be a Duck! # 51 ESPN

Pac 12 Preview: Oregon State

An update on Colorado who sadly lost the outstanding Post Arielle Roberson for the season with an ACL. Another update on USC who lost outstanding guard Ariya Crook who was dismissed from the team.


Last Season:
24-11 overall and 13-5 in Pac 12 play. The Beavers lost to USC by 9 in the Pac 12 tournament final then lost to South Carolina by 9 after winning their first NCAA game. The Beavers drew 2,049 per game.


The Coaching Staff:
Scott Rueck is in his 5th season at Oregon State and last year had his 2nd 20 win season after taking over a program with just two scholarship players. This past season Oregon State lost just one home game, and won all the conference home games. Both school records. That’s quite a turnaround.

Jonas Chatterton is in his first year as an assistant after 4 years at Colorado and before that at BYU.

Mandy Close is in her 2nd year with the Beavers after 5 years at Montana State. Close is a former Oregon State star. She coaches the guards who were so good last season.

Eric Ely is in his 5th season at Oregon State, coaching the Centers, see Ruth Hamlin below. Ely has 12 years previous D 1 experience.


Losses:
The Beavers lost just two players. Guard Khadidja Toure played 9 minutes per game and averaged 3 points. Forward Alyssa Martin played 16 minutes per game starting almost half and averaged 4 points and 2 rebounds.



The Schedule:
The pre-season includes games against BYU, North Carolina and Tennessee. The Beavers play Cal and Stanford at home and Colorado and Utah on the road.


Additions:
Jen’Von’Ta Hill is a 5-8 Jr Guard From Hutchinson JC a Women’s Basketball powerhouse. Hill averaged 11 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists. She was from Minnesota and played her Sr HS year in Dallas.

Alex Kalmbach is a 5-9 Frosh Guard from Oakland’s Bishop O’Dowd HS.

Marie Gulich is a 6-5 Frosh Center from Germany. She spent the summer on Germany’s 20U team.



The Team:
Oregon State returns 95% of their scoring and 96% of their rebounds.
It’s starts with the Guards and Oregon State has played a 3 Guard Line-up.

Sydney Wiese is a 6-0 Soph Guard who broke into the Pac 12 averaging 14 points and 4 assists per game at the Point. Wiese made an incredible 112 threes at 42%. She shot twice as many threes as twos. She was All Pac 12 Frosh, All Pac 12 Tourney, All Pac 12 and 2nd team Frosh All American.

Jamie Weisner is a 5-10 Frosh Guard who averaged 13 points and 5 rebounds. Weisner made 55 threes at 40% despite struggling with an injury, causing her to miss 9 games. Jamie was All Frosh Pac 12 after her healthy frosh season. She has Canadian and US citizenship and played this past summer on the Canadian National team. Jamie won the Washington State Javelin throw as a HS Sr.

Ali Gibson is a 5-11 Sr Guard who averaged 9 points while making 43 threes. Gibson averaged 9 points as a Soph and 11 as a Frosh before Weisner and Wiese joined the team.

Ruth Hamlin is a 6-6 Jr Center from Canada and like Weisner played on the Canadian National team this past summer. Named All Pac 12 Defense Hamlin averaged 9 points and 8 rebounds and had 141 blocks or 4 per game. Ruth rides and shows horses.

Deven Hunter is a 6-3 Jr Forward. Hunter averaged 9 points and 7 rebounds per game.
The entire line-up returns form this past year.

Gabriella Hanson is a 5-11 Soph Guard who averaged 7 points and 5 rebounds. Hanson’s favorite athlete growing up was Candice Wiggins and she played HS basketball with Stanford Guard Briana Roberson. Hanson has played on the Swedish 16U, 18U and last summer their 20U teams. On the 20U team she averaged 9 points and 6 rebounds in the European Championships.

Samantha Siegner is a 6-3 Jr Forward. Siegner averaged 3 points and 3 rebounds in 15 minutes. Siegner was a top 100 player out of HS.
Brenna Brown is a 6-3 Soph Forward/Center who averaged 2 points and 3 rebounds in 8 minutes last season. Brown was ranked as high as # 49 out of HS.



Predictions:
The Beavers will challenge for the league title after finishing 2nd last season. They have all five starters returning and they have both depth and height.



2015 Recruiting:
Terea Green a 6-3 post from Oregon, # 74 on PN

Taylor Kalmer, 5-8 PG, AZ 4 star on PN, top 150

Pac 12 Preview: Arizona

Last Season:
5-25 and 1-17 in Pac 12 play. The Wildcats scored just 58 points per game and 31 of those points are gone. Arizona shot just 39% and were out rebounded by 5 per game. Average attendance was 1,374.



The Coaches:
Niya Butts returns for her 7th season as the Head Coah. She is averaging 12 wins a season.
EC Hill returns for her 4th season. Calamity McEntire returns for her 3rd season. Sean LaBeauf returns for his 2nd season.



Losses:
The Wildcats lost 6 players but two didn’t play last season and I presume retired. Kama Griffitts made 50 threes, more than twice anyone else, and scored 10 points per game.

Carrissa Crutchfield scored 8 points per game. Both Crutchfield and Griffitts started every game with the exception of one.

Erica Barnes scored 9 points and had 5 rebounds per game and was 4th in minutes per game.
Ashley Merrill missed 13 games but averaged 20 minutes and 4 points when she did play.



Additions:
The Wildcats have added seven new players and have their best recruiting class in years. Prospects Nation ranks the class at 25.

Taryn Griffey is a 5-7 Frosh Guard. Taryn was ranked # 58 by Blue Star and # 101 by PN.

Charise Holloway is a 5-9 Frosh Guard. Charise is a very good three point shooter. She was ranked # 132 by PN and also the # 23 Guard.

JaLea Bennett is a 6-0 Frosh and ranked the # 21 Guard.

Cherice Harris is a 5-8 Frosh Guard.

Chy Cunningham is a 5-10 Jr Guard and a JC transfer. Last season she averaged 13 points per game shooting 50% from the field.

Malena Washington is a 5-6 Jr Guard.

Lauren Evans is a 5-11 Jr Guard.

Notice all seven are Guards.





The Schedule:
When the only top 100 teams the Wildcats might play are Texas Tech and Wake Forest then I’d say whoa that’s weak. Arizona plays the LA and Washington schools just once each.



The Team:
The Wildcats return just 4 players who saw considerable playing time this past season. Plus 2 return from injuries and redshirt years.
Candice Warthen is a 5-5 5th year Sr Guard who started every game, playing 33 minutes and averaging 11 points per game to lead the Wildcats.

LaBrittany Jones is a 6-1 Soph Forward who also started every game and averaged 7 points and 6 rebounds.

Breanna Workman is 6-1 Soph Forward who started all but 2 games averaging 7 points and 4 rebounds.

Keyahndra is a 5-9 Jr Giatd who played 19 minutes per game averaging 4 points.

Ali Gloyd is a 6-1 5th year Sr Forward who sat out last season with an ACL. Two years ago she was a starter averaging 9 points and 6 rebounds.

Dejza James is a 6-1 redshirt Frosh Froward who tore her ACL in game 10 and could get a redshirt. In 13 minutes she averaged 4 points and 2 rebounds.




Predictions:
Sadly doomed to last place.



2015 Recruiting:
Ashanti Coleman, 6-1 # 23 Forward, # 110 overall
Destiny Graham, 6-3 Post, # 14 player in NorCal

Pac 12 Preview: USC

Last Season:
22-13 overall and 11-7 in league and of course won the Pac 12 tournament. USC lost in the opening round of the NCAA. Average Attendance was 1,010.


The Coaching Staff:
Cynthia Cooper-Dyke is in her 2nd year at USC and her 9th season overall as a Head Coach. Cynthia has made post season, 3 times NCAA and 5 WNIT, 8 straight seasons. She had a storied career at USC and playing Professional that placed her in the Basketball Hall of Fame.

Beth Burns is in her first year as an Assistant after a very successful run as the Head Coach at San Diego State. Beth worked on Tara’s staff for a year prior to San Diego State and was an Assistant for Tara at Ohio State. Beth was Head Coach at San Diego State for 8 seasons then Head Coach at Ohio State for 5 years and following a year a Stanford she went back to San Diego State for 8 more seasons as the Head Coach.

Jualeah Woods is in her 2nd season as an Assistant at USC and also a former USC player, a four year starter and 2 year team captain. Jualeah spent 9 years at San Diego State as an assistant to Beth Burns and her final year as the Head Coach. She has been an Assistant at Cal and Oregon State.

Taja Edwards starts her first year at USC coming from Cal State Fullerton where she coached for a year.


The Schedule:
USC plays the Washington and Arizona schools once each. The non conference schedule is very weak with only South Carolina figuring to be a top 25 team. Of course that one is tough, as South Carolina should be top 10 or better team and that’s the first game for the Trojans. After South Carolina comes St Mary’s and Oklahoma State. To be fair last season USC lost to both Oklahoma State and St Mary’s.



The Losses:
Cassie Harberts started every game at Center and scored 15 points and gathered in 7 rebounds per game. Cassie led the team playing 33 minutes per game.

Desiree Bradley scored 5 points per game and was 2nd on the team with 35 threes shooting threes at 40 %

Kate Oliver was the back-up Center and played forward scoring 2 points and getting almost 2 rebounds in 9 minutes per game.

Deanna Calhoun also played some Center but only played 20 games due to injuries. Deanna averaged just 5 minutes and has graduated in three years. She will continue playing at Hawaii.


Additions:
USC had the # 15 recruiting class in the nation, behind Pac 12 schools UCLA (1), Stanford (10) and Cal (14). All four recruits were Top 100 on either ESPN or Prospects Nation. Two were top 50.

McKenzie Calvert is a 5-9 Frosh Guard, # 16 ESPN and # 72 PN. Calvert was a one-time commit to Baylor at a young age. She is an outstanding scorer and was a HS honor student who hopes to major in Pre Med or Pre Law.

Kristen Simon is a 6-1 Frosh Center/Forward who may well be the starting Post this season. Simon was ranked # 32 and 48. She is very strong in the Paint. Coached in HS by Vanessa Nygaard.

Amy Okonkwo is a 6-2 Frosh Forward ranked # 90 and 120.

Chyanne Butler is a 5-6 Frosh Point Guard. She was ranked # 72 on PN. A three star on ESPN.

Also coming to USC last year from Virginia Tech is5-10 Redshirt Soph Guard Alexis Lloyd. Lloyd averaged 3 points per game as a frosh at VA Tech and was ranked # 81 out of HS.



The Team:
Jordan Adams is a 6-1 RS Soph and the returning starter for the first 2/3 of the season at Point Guard. Jordan was a McD All American and ranked as high as # 7 in HS. She suffered a season ending injury as a Frosh after just 8 games and was hindered by it this past season. She averaged 3 points and 3 rebounds and was 2nd on the team in assists. If fully healthy she could star.

Ariya Crook is a 5-7 Sr Guard who was the starter last year. Ariya’s career goal is being a detective. Last year she led the team with 16 points per game. She also led the team in threes by a lot with 69 and a career high 36%. Ironically she shot just 37% overall from the field, however that too was a career high. Ariya was a McD All American.

Alexyz Vaioletama is a 6-1 Sr Forward who started every game last season averaging 9 points and 8 rebounds. She led the team in steals. She was ranked # 14 out of HS and like Crook and Admas a McD All American.

Kiki Alofaituli is a 6-1 Sr Guard/Forward and started 2/3 of the games last year. Kiki averaged 5 points and 3 rebounds. She was ranked # 26 out of HS.

I believe Frosh Kristen Simon will start at Center.

Others who started last season include 6-1 Sr Forward Kaneisha Horn who averaged 3 points and 3 rebounds in 12 minutes of play, shooting just 32%. Horn played at Alabama for three seasons graduated and is in a USC Masters program. She is USC’s 4th McD All American.

Brianna Barrett is a 5-7 Jr Guard who started 15 games averaging 7 points and led the team is assists. Brianna has 26 starts in her 2 years.

Courtney Jaco is a 5-8 Soph Guard who played in HS with Simon. Jaco scored 4 points per game in 13 minutes as a frosh. However in her brief play she hit 25 threes at 36%.

Drew Edelman is a 6-4 Soph Center and Destinie Gibbs is a 5-11 Jr Guard. Both of Gibbs’ uncles played in the NFL. Edelman is from Sunnyvale and Menlo HS and plans on a career in medicine.



Predictions:
USC has really good depth with the four good frosh and the returnees. But they return only 41 points per game from last season. Picking up the offense and scoring will be the key for playing time. The Trojans have a big hole at Center, solving that will be the key for success for the team.



2015 Recruiting:
6-3 Fairfax forward Marguerite Effa, ranked 134.

2017 Commits:

6-2 Post Ayanna "Yanni" Clark, LB Poly, Ranked # 4 2017.

Pac 12 Preview: Washington State

Last Season:
The Cougars went 17-17 overall. 9-9 in Pac 12 play. This was June’s best season at Washington State and her first 500 season either overall or in league play. The Cougars played in the WNIT losing their first game. Average Attendance was 1,046.



The Coaching Staff:
This will be June Daugherty’s 8th season in Pullman after 11 seasons at rival Washington. Also June was once an assistant at Stanford. This past season was June’s best at Washington State and things could be even better this season.
Mike Daugherty is also in his 8th season at Washington State having coached with wife June for more than 20 years.

Brian Holsinger is also in his 8th season as the recruiting coordinator and like Mike now an Associate Head Coach.

Ashley Grover is in her 3rd year as an assistant after holding several jobs on the staff before and as a student was the student manager.



Losses:
Sage Romberg is a big loss after averaging 9 points per game last year, starting every game. She also was 2nd with 47 threes and at a team high 39%. Sage was 2nd in rebounding with 6 per game.

Hana Potter and Brandi Thomas both played about 10 minutes per game and scored just under 2 points per game each.



The Schedule:
In Pac 12 play the Cougars play the LA schools and the Arizona schools just once. In non-conference play the Cougars play Virginia, Nebraska, Gonzaga, Michigan and Maryland. A solid schedule as always for June and the Cougars.




Additions:
Louise Brown is a 6-2 Frosh Forward from Australia. Brown is ranked has the 9th best foreign recruit for this class. She has played on several of Australia’s National youth teams.

Bianca Blanaru is a 6-5 Frosh Post from Romania. Blanaru has played on several of her countries youth national teams. She originally signed with Arkansas but was released due to their coaching change.

Ashley Bolston is a 6-2 Frosh Guard from Medford, Oregon. Bolston stared on the Oregon State Championship team two years ago with Tess Picknell. She was ranked # 106.

Calia Haley is a 5-9 Frosh Guard from SoCal. She was ranked the # 18 Guard and helped year her HS to a CA stare Title as a Jr.

Nike McClure is a 6-3 Frosh Forward/Center from the state of Washington. Nike is a strong rebounder and was ranked the # 22 Forward. She excelled in HS in the 800 and High Jump.

Pinelopi Pavlopoulou is a 5-9 Frosh Point Guard from Greece. She has played on a number of youth National teams for Greece.

Kyrystle McKenzie is a 5-7 Frosh Guard from Australia. She has played on a youth National team.




The Team:
All Pac 12 5-11 Jr Guard Lia Gladeira returns and will start. Lia averaged 18 points and 5 rebounds per game last season. She was one of three guards in the 3 guard lineup. Lia had a plus assist to turnover ratio and led the team with 62 threes at 31%. Lia was the POY 3 times in Hawaii.

Tia Pressley is a 5-9 Sr Guard who lead the team with 19 points per game. Tia averaged 4 rebounds and also had a plus assist to turnover ratio. Tia was also all Pac 12 and with Lia the first Cougar teammates ever to receive all Pac honors.

Dawnyelle Awa is a 5-9 JR Point Guard who 5 points per game and better than 3 assists a game with an assist to turnover ratio of almost 2:1. Awa was the Gatorade POY in Hawaii as a Sr.

Shalie Dheensaw is a 6-4 Sr Center who averaged 7 points and 6 rebounds per game this past season. Shalie played for several youth national teams for her native Canada.

Mariah Cooks is a 6-0 Jr Forward who averaged 6 points and 4 rebounds this past season.
The Cougars return 4 starters and Cooks played every game, 16 minutes per game.

Taylor Edmondson is a 5-11 Jr Guard who averaged 5 points per game and hit 29 threes at 39%.




Predictions:
Certainly a program on the rise, but lots of very good Pac 12 programs ahead of the Cougars.



2015 Recruiting:
None yet. But a 7 member 2014 class. They have 2 scholarships available for this class.

Pac 12 Preview: Colorado

Last Season:
After winning their first 9 games Colorado ended up 19-15, 6-12 in League play. The Buffs did win 2 of 3 in the WNIT to end the season. Average attendance was 2,507.



The Coaching Staff:
Linda Lappe will be in her 5th season and two years ago Colorado was 25-7. Lappe is a former Colorado player.

Jenni Benningfield is in her 2nd season as an Assistant. She is a former star player and Vanderbilt and played in the WNBA.

Kelly Rae Finley is in her 3rd year as an Assistant having spent the 4 previous years at Harvard.

Needing no introduction is the newest addition to the Buff Coaching staff and that is Jamie Carey. The former Stanford and Texas star had been working for USA Basketball.



Losses:
Brittany Wilson was a starting guard averaging 11 points per game.

Rachel Hargis started most of the games at Center averaging 3 points and 3 rebounds per game, but in just 15 minutes.

Ashley Wilson started half the games at guard scoring almost 8 points per game.



The Schedule:
Not strong with North Dakota, Iowa and Missouri the tough games. But, they could play two tougher teams in the WNIT tournament after North Dakota.



Additions:
Zoe Correal is a 6-4 Post from Salesian of Richmond. At this point Zoe is a good defensive player, but not a big scorer.

Brecca Thomas is a 5-5 Guard from Texas. Becca was ranked # 59 by Blue Star. She is fine passing Point Guard who can drive and score.

Alina Hartman is a 6-0 Forward from Germany. Hartman has played on several of Germany’s youth National teams and is a good three point shooter.
Bri Watts is a 6-2 RS Frosh Post from Fresno who didn’t play last season.



The Team:
Arielle Roberson is a 6-1 Jr Forward who last season started all but one game averaging 12 points and 8 rebounds per game. She shot 46% from the floor. Roberson is a very aggressive rebounder and scorer and one of the top players in the Pac 12. She comes from a very athletic family as Dad and Mom were college athletes, two sisters were college athletes and a brother is in the NBA.

Jen Resse is a 6-2 Sr Center who last season averaged 12 point and 6 rebounds per game. She missed a few games with an injury that lingered. Despite that she shot 48% from the floor. Jen was a 2 time Oregon Gatorade Player of the Year and a Parade All American. Jen is a very strong post presence.

Lexy Kresl is a 5-11 Sr Guard who averaged 11 points per game and led the team in assists. Lexy has 124 threes in her first 3 seasons.

Jamee Swan is a 6-2 Jr who averaged 8 points and 5 rebounds per game last season Swan was the # 38 player out of HS and she is strong and tough. Jamee was the Arizona HS Shot Put Champion.

Jasmine Sborov is a 6-0 Sr Guard who played in 14 games last season before missing the final 20 with an injury. Jasmine averaged 8 points and almost 5 rebounds. She was the MVP of her HS team all 4 years. Also she has High Jumped a good 5-6 while in HS.

Lauren Huggins is a 6-1 RS Soph Wing who was the Buffs top three shooter at 36% making 36. She averaged 5 points last season in 16 minutes per game. Lauren was # 64 out of HS.

Haley Smith is a 6-1 Soph Wing who averaged 18 minutes and 3.5 points per game. Haley is majoring in Chemical and Biological Engineering.

Rounding out the returnees are Zoe Beard-Fails and Desiree Harris. Zoe is a 6-2 Soph Forward and Desiree a 5-8 Soph Guard.

Frosh Hartman and Thomas figure to play in the rotation.



Predictions:
A very good solid team, definitely a possible top 6 finisher, but so many good teams at least on paper this season.



2015 Recruiting:
Alixis Robinson 5-10 PG, KY 4 star, Blue Star # 29

Kennedy Leonard 5-8 PG, TX 4 star. Leonard had an outstanding summer and will zoom up in the rankings.

Monica Burich, 6-1 F, MN 4 star

Pac 12 Preview: Utah Utes

Last Season:
Utah went 12-19 last season and 4-14 in Pac 12 play. They were really hurt by the loss of Post Taryn Wicijowski who suffered an ACL before the season started. Taryn is now healthy and back for her 6th year, having missed all but 3 games 4 years ago with an ACL.
Average attendance was 886.



The Coaching Staff:
Anthony Levrets returns for his 5th year and with a career record of 69-66 maybe needs a solid season to continue. Levrets was an Assistant at Utah before becoming the Head Coach.

Matt Legerski is the Associate Head Coach and in his 12th season at Utah. He is a Utah Grad.

Velaida Harris is in her 6th year at Utah, one year as Director of Operations and 5 years as an Assistant.

JD Gustin is in his first year as an Assistant having been the Director of Operations. He was Head Coach at NAIA Westminster for 7 seasons.



Losses:
The great Michelle Plouffe has graduated and taking with her 18 points and 10 rebounds per game. Of course Plouffe is a huge loss.

Ciera Dunbar started all but 3 games averaging 6 points per game and 2nd on the team in threes.

Ariel Reynolds also graduated but played just 7 minutes per game.




The Schedule:
In Pac 12 play the Utes play Stanford and Cal once each as they do the Oregon schools. So it’s a big break there missing 3 games against maybe the top 3 teams. In non- conference games the highlights are Nebraska and BYU and Ole Miss. Not a tough schedule.



Additions:
Utah has in effect 7 “new” players, 4 truly new to Utah and 3 returning from injuries.

Start with returnee for her final season after missing last season is Taryn Wicijowski who 2 years ago averaged 14 points and 7 rebounds. Taryn has played a number of years with Canadian National Teams.

Paige Crozen is a 6-1 RS Soph Guard who averaged 4 points and 2 rebounds 2 years ago. Paige has twice played for Canadian National Teams.

Valarie Nawahine is a 5-9 Soph guard who transferred from BYU. Valarie’s sister and cousin are both on the Utah team.

Tanaeya Boclair is a 6-0 frosh Forward who averaged 15 points and 11 rebounds for her San Antonio HS team. Boclair was all State for her Diviosn and San Antonio athlete of the year.

Gabrielle Bowie is a 5-9 frosh Guard also from San Antonio and played Travel ball with Boclair. Bowie averaged 14 points and 11 rebounds per game in HS.

Joeseta Fatuesi is a 6-4 frosh Center from Wilcox HS in Santa Clara. Joeseta averaged 18 points 12 rebounds and 6 assists over her prep career. She is very big and the key will be getting up and down the court.

Jada Matthews is 6-1 Frosh Forward from Long Beach Poly. Starter on last year’s CA Division 1 state champion.



The Team:
Taryn Wicijowski the 6-3 Post averaged 14 points and 7 rebounds a game two years ago, when she was last healthy. I’m told she is healthy which means Utah has a very good Post.

Emily Potter is a 6-5 Soph who can start at Forward and back up at Center. Last season Emily averaged 10 points and 7 rebounds playing Center in place of the then injured Wicijowski. Emily has a very bright future. She has been a member of a Canadian national team.

Danielle Rodriquez is a 5-10 Jr Guard who averaged 8 points and over 4 assists a game as the Starting Point Guard.
Danielle’s assist to turnover ratio was 2:1. She also ran in the California State meet in HS in the 1600.

Cheyanne Wilson is a 5-11 Sr Guard who averaged 7 points per game and led the Utes with 44 threes at 38%. Like Potter and Rodriquez Wilson is a returning starter.

The 5th starter could be a newcomer of one of several others who played quite a bit last season but I’ll project 6-1 RS Soph Paige Crozon here. Paige missed last season with an injury but started 10 games while playing 16 minutes a game as a Frosh. She averaged 4 points and 2 rebounds. In 2 games against Stanford she twice had 8 rebounds scoring 11 and 10 points.

Three others played quite a bit last season. Malia Nawahine played 20 minutes per game averaging 6 points. Malia is a 5-10 Soph Forward who grew up in California then moved to Utah and was the HS Player of the Year in Utah.

Devri Owens is a 5-8 Soph Guard who averaged 14 minutes and 3 points last season.
Nakia Arquette is a 6-1 RS Soph Forward who averaged 14 minutes and 3 points per game also. Nakia played Travel ball with Ellie Tinkle.

Wendy Anae is a 6-3 Soph Forward who averaged 10 minutes last season. Wendy is a cousin to the Nawahine’s and their grandfather played Football at Utah.

Awa Kalmstronm is a 5-7 Jr Guard who hasn’t played much thus far.

The frosh who should contribute are Matthews and Fatuesi.



Predictions:
Battling for a place in the 1st division.


2015 Recruiting:
Jordanna Porter 5-11 WF Killeen Ellison HS.

Pac 12 Previews: Arizona State University

Last Season:

The ASU Sun Devils were 23-10 this past season and 11—7 in Pac 12 Play. They advanced to the NCAAs with a win over Vanderbilt before losing to Notre Dame. ASU lost their first Pac 12 Tournament game to winner USC by just 2. Home attendance averaged 2,041.



The Coaching Staff:
Charli Turner Thorne returns for her 18th season as the Head Coach, and has taken the Sun Devils to the NCAAs 7 of her last 9 years of coaching. Charli sat out the 2012 season on a sabbatical.

Amanda Levens is one of two Associate Head Coaches. She is a former outstanding player with the Sun Devils and returns for her 3rd season. At age 29 Amanda was named the Head Coach at Southern Illinois.

Meg Sanders is the other Associate Head Coach and returns for her 12th season. Meg was a HS teammate of Cheryl Miller, played on the National Hand Ball team and like Charli was the Head Coach at Northern Arizona.

Jackie Moore is in her 3rd year as an Assistant at ASU. She has been an assistant at Miami of Florida, Boston College and Nevada.



The Losses:
Last year ASU played mostly with 3 guards and 2 forwards. One loss was 6-5 Post Joy Burke who started 11 games averaged 16 minutes but was 5th in scoring, 7 points per game and 3rd in rebounding with 5 per game.

However ASU also lost their top two scorers, both guards. Deja Mann averaged 11 points per game and Adrianne Thomas averaged 8 points per game.



The Schedule:
It’s weak. Northwestern and Miami for sure and they aren’t much, but are the headliners. In a tournament ASU could play UConn, Vandy, Green Bay or Minnesota. Doubtful they would play more than 2 of those four, but they would help strengthen the schedule. In League Play ASU plays the Washington and LA schools only once each. A big time break there.



The Additions:
Nicole Iademarco is a 6-1 frosh Forward from Texas. Nicole averaged 12 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists in college. Called a G/F she will be versatile. An excellent student.

Tia Kanoa is a 5-8 frosh Guard from Hawaii. Began her HS career at La Jolla Country Day HS before moving to Hawaii. Lead her team to the Hawaii State title. A knee injury ended her Sr season after 8 games.

Peace Amukamara is a 5-7 Guard and a JC transfer from the Phoenix area and the sister of Sr Promise. Peace averaged 14 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists per game at her JC.

Ayanna Edwards is a 6-4 frosh Post from Sacramento. Ayanna nicknamed Shaq for her 11 rebounds and NINE blocks per game in HS. She was ranked the # 15 Post and a top 100 player. Edwards is a big post presence, rather she had go for many minutes is to be seen. She is also an excellent student.




The Team:
Five players return who averaged 16 or more minutes per game.

Katie Hempen is a 5-9 RS Jr Guard, meaning 2 years left, who averaged 8 points per game last season. Katie is the only returning player, of two last season, to hit 20 or more threes. Katie made 44 threes at 34 %.

Sophie Brunner is a 6-1 Soph Forward who had a fine first season starting 22 games and averaging almost 8 points and over 6 rebounds, second on the team, per game. Sophie shot 50% from the field. She had her jersey retired after her HS career and being All State of Illinois for 2 years.

Kelsey Moos is a 6-0 Soph Forward who averaged 7 points and a team high 7 rebounds per game. Kelsey was the state of Washington 2A POY three times.

Promise Amukamara is a 5-8 Sr Guard who averaged 7 points and led the team in steals. Promise’s brother Prince was a first round NFL draft choice and a Super Bowl winner. She played on the Nigerian 19U National team.

Elisha Davis is a 5-3 Jr Guard who averaged 5 points and 3rd on the team with threes but only had 19. Elisha went to Berkeley HS and was Division 1 POY as a Sr.
These will probably be the five starters. Short and without a real post but experienced and despite being about 6 foot both Moos and Brunner are good rebounders.

Quinn Dornstauder is a 6-4 Soph who averaged 3 points and 2 rebounds in just 7 minutes per game last season. Quinn will be the Post presence. Quinn was on the Canadian 19U team and spent one HS year living in France.

Arnecia Hawkins is a 5-10 Jr Guard who averaged 3+ points last season.

Eliza Normen is a 6-0 and a RS Jr. She averaged 2 points and 2 rebounds last season. Eliza was highly ranked going into her Sr year in HS but suffered a knee injury. Then as a frosh hurt her leg and missed that season.

Isidora Purkovic is a 5-11 Jr G. A Canadian who hasn’t played much at ASU.

Nisha Barrett is a 6-0 Sr Forward. Originally a JC transfer, Nisha missed last season with an injury. She is in Grad School.
Of the newcomers Edwards and Peace should see the most playing time.



Predictions:
On paper this looks like a team destined for 8th-11th place. But ASU has a great and proven coaching staff so very hard to predict. However sure looks like a 2nd division Pac 12 team.



2015 Recruiting:
Armani Hawkins, 5-9 wing AZ, 4 star, ESPN # 10 G # 37 Player
Sabrina Haines, 5-9 G AZ, 4 star ESPN # 16 G
Kianna Ibis, 6-0 F, Neb

Pac 12 Tournament 2014-Day 2

Stanford beat Colorado 69-54 after Stanford’s worse first half of the season. Brittany Wilson had 16 points and Arielle Roberson had 17 rebounds for the Buffs. Micaela Ruef had 10 points, 16 rebounds and 5 assists for the Card. Chiney added 19 points and 11 rebounds. The huge 2nd half spark for Stanford was the 8 straight points by Lili Thompson. Thompson had 16 points and Bonnie Samuelson added 15.

USC beat ASU 59-57. Kelsey Moos had 10 points and 11 rebounds for the Sun Devils. Cassie Harberts scored 14 and Ariya Crook added 12 points for the Trojans.

Saturday, 6PM it’s Stanford vs USC.



Washington State beats Cal 91-83. Lia Galdeira with 28 points, Tia Presley with 19 and Sage Romberg with 16 as the Cougars shot 47% and 9 of 18 from three. For Cal Rashanda Gray had 26 points and Gennifer Brandon 20. Cal shot 41% and 2 of 13 from three.

Oregon State over Utah 50-35 as Utah shoots just 21%. Frosh Sydney Weise with 21 for the Beavers.

Saturday, 8:30 it’s Washington State vs Oregon State.




Sunday, 6PM on ESPN: For the Championship

Pac 12 Tournament 2014-Day 1

Updated scores are itemized by NEW


Thursday Noon: UCLA the 8 seed vs Colorado the 9th seed. Jen Reese was hurt this past weekend and if she can’t play that will hurt the Buffs. Thea Lemberger didn’t play the last UCLA game which hurts UCLA even more. Last weekend Colorado beat UCLA by 20, but I think this time UCLA with their very short bench of 8 at the most holds on to advance.

NEW***** Colorado breaks open a tight game to beat UCLA 76-65. Neither Jen Reese of Colorado or Thea Lemberger of UCLA were able to play. The Wilson sisters of Colorado combined to score 33 points and Lexy Kresl added 14. Jamie Swan had 10 rebounds but was 3 of 16 from the floor. Nirra Fields had 24 points for the Bruins and in a great final game former walk on Maddie Brooks scored 12. Colorado now plays Stanford.****


Thursday 2:30: USC # 5 vs Arizona #12. USC wins easily and this could be Arizona’s Coach Butts last game.

NEW*****USC won a close one over Arizona 59-54 and will face ASU on Friday. Ariya Crook had 19 points to lead the Trojans. *****
Thursday 6PM: # 7 Washington State vs # 10 Oregon. Paul Westhead was just told he would not be back at Oregon next season and I think this will fire up Oregon. I love the Washington State Guards, but I see a Duck win.

NEW**** Washington State with the win over Oregon 107-100. Washington State shot 46% and Oregon 40% so not fantastic shooting but a lot of shooting. Tia Presley and Lia Galdeira both with 31 points for the Cougars. Jillian Alleyne had 28 points and 21 rebounds and becomes the single season Pac 12 rebound leader. Chrishae Rowe scored 29 points******


Thursday 8:30PM # 6 Washington vs # 11 Utah. Except for the recent 20 point loss to red hot Oregon State, Washington has played very well. The Huskies are the host and should have a big crowd on hand. Washington wins.

NEW*****My predictions are wrong on 3 of 4 as Utah defeats Washington 65-53. Kelsey Plum with 20 points and Jazmine Davis with 18 but the rest of the Huskies team could manage only 15 points. Michelle Plouffe scored 30 points and Emily Potter had 12 points and 15 rebounds for the Utes. The ice cold Huskies shot just 21%.******

Friday, Noon, #1 Stanford vs Colorado. Stanford wins.

Friday 2:30: USC vs # 4 ASU: ASU has not finished the season well and doesn’t really have a go to player like Harberts or Crook. USC wins.

Friday 6PM: # 2 Cal vs Washington State. Oregon spent from their win over Washington State. Cal fresh and I would presume with Boyd who missed her last game. Cal wins.

Friday 8:30 PM: Utah vs # 3 Oregon State. The Beavers have won 9 in a row but the Huskies have recently beaten both Stanford and Cal. Best game thus far. With Jamie Weisner be back for the llBeavers? She has missed all 9 wins. The Beavers win.

Saturday, 6PM: Stanford vs USC. Stanford wins.

Saturday, 8:30 PM: Oregon State vs Cal. A very close game. If Cal is healthy then Cal but they aren’t real healthy and the Beavers on a roll for the win.

Sunday, 6PM on ESPN: Stanford vs Oregon State and the Card win their 8th title in a row.

Pac 12 Tournament 2014

The tournament starts on Thursday and ends on Sunday in Seattle. Hope many of you will be there. My predictions follow.

Thursday Noon: UCLA the 8 seed vs Colorado the 9th seed. Jen Reese was hurt this past weekend and if she can’t play that will hurt the Buffs. Thea Lemberger didn’t play the last UCLA game which hurts UCLA even more. Last weekend Colorado beat UCLA by 20, but I think this time UCLA with their very short bench of 8 at the most holds on to advance.

Thursday 2:30: USC # 5 vs Arizona #12. USC wins easily and this could be Arizona’s Coach Butts last game.

Thursday 6PM: # 7 Washington State vs # 10 Oregon. Paul Westhead was just told he would not be back at Oregon next season and I think this will fire up Oregon. I love the Washington State Guards, but I see a Duck win.

Thursday 8:30PM # 6 Washington vs # 11 Utah. Except for the recent 20 point loss to red hot Oregon State, Washington has played very well. The Huskies are the host and should have a big crowd on hand. Washington wins.

Now of course the next games are assuming I’m right but still this can be a guide for the Tourney.

Friday, Noon, #1 Stanford vs UCLA. Stanford wins.

Friday 2:30: USC vs # 4 ASU: ASU has not finished the season well and doesn’t really have a go to player like Harberts or Crook. USC wins.

Friday 6PM: # 2 Cal vs Oregon. Oregon spent from their win over Washington State. Cal fresh and I would presume with Boyd who missed her last game. Cal wins.

Friday 8:30 PM: Washington vs # 3 Oregon State. The Beavers have won 9 in a row but the Huskies have recently beaten both Stanford and Cal. Best game thus far. With Jamie Weisner be back for the Beavers? She has missed all 9 wins. The Beavers at the buzzer.

Saturday, 6PM: Stanford vs USC. Stanford wins.

Saturday, 8:30 PM: Oregon State vs Cal. A very close game. If Cal is healthy then Cal but they aren’t real healthy and the Beavers on a roll for the win.

Sunday, 6PM on ESPN: Stanford vs Oregon State and the Card win their 8th title in a row.

Results of the Week

The four teams with byes in the Pac 12 tournament, two settled by tie breakers, are :
1. Stanford
2. Cal
3. Oregon State
4. ASU

1. Stanford: 27-2, 16-1 ranked # 5
Beat Washington 83=60. Chiney had 32 points and 11 rebounds. Micaela Ruef had 14 rebounds and Bonnie Samuelson scored 14 points. Stanford out rebounded Washington by 18.

Beat Washington State 84-64. Chiney with 37 points and 13 rebounds. Amber Orrange added 20 points.

Against Top 25: 8-1



2. Cal: 21-8, 13-5 Ranked # 18
Beat Washington State 75-68 in Overtime. Rashanda Gray had a career high 43 points hitting 17 of 20 shots and also had 16 rebounds. Brittany Boyd was only 2 of 16 from the floor but scored 13 points. However she had 14 rebounds and 11 assists. Other than Gray Cal was 7 of 49 from the floor. And still won.

Lost to Washington 70-65. Gray 16 points and 16 rebounds. Afure Jemerigbe scored 24 points. Brittany Boyd did not play.

Against top 25: 3-5



2. Oregon State: 21-9, 13-5
Beat Arizona 78-48. Balanced scored with three in double figures and the Beavers won their 8th straight by shooting 55% overall and making 12 of 22 from three.

Beat ASU 66-43. Four players scored in double figures as the Beavers shot 51%.

Against top 25: 2-3



4. Arizona State: 22-8, 11-7 Ranked # 20
Lost to Oregon 98-90. Joy Burke had 17 points and 10 rebounds. Katelyn Hempen scored 19 points.

Lost to Oregon State 66-43. Deja Mann scored 13 points as ASU shot just 26 %.

Against top 25: 3-4




4. USC: 18-12, 11-7

Beat Utah 67-57. 4 Trojans were in double figures as they shot 44%.
Beat Colorado 66-59. Ariya Crook scored 18 and Cassie Harberts added 14 points.
Against top 25: 2-7.

6. Washington: 17-12, 10-8
Lost to Stanford 83-60. Kelsey Plum scored 21 points. Aminah Williams had 12 rebounds. The Huskies were 12 of 25 from three and just 10 of 34 from two.
Beat Cal 70-65. Plum had 22poins and Jazmine Davis added 20 points.
Against Top 25: 3-3



7.Washington State: 15-15, 9-9
Lost to Cal in Overtime 75-68. Tia Presley had 15 points and 11 rebounds. Lia Gladeira had 13 points and Shalia Dheenshaw added 14 points and 15 rebounds.

Lost to Stanford 84-64. Gladeira scored 16 points.

Against top 25: 3-6




8. UCLA: 12-17, 7-11
Lost to Colorado 62-42, shooting 30% and scoring only 12 second half points.

Beat Utah 62-52. Nirra Fields led with 22 points although just 4 of 16 from the floor. Fields was 13 of 17 from the Free Throw Line.

Against Top 25: 0-9




9. Colorado 16-13, 6-12

Beat UCLA 62-42 holding UCLA to 12 second half points.
Arielle Roberson had 14 points and 11 rebounds.

Lost to USC 66-59, Brittany Wilson led with 15 points.

Against top 25: 1-5



10. Oregon 15-14, -12
Beat ASU 98-90. Jillian Alleyne had 29 points and 16 rebounds. Chrishae Rowe had 25 points and Adrienne Thomas added 22 points. The Duck shot 48%.

Beat Oregon 90-78. Alleyne had 18 points and 16 rebounds and four other Ducks scored in double figures.

Against top 25: 1-2




11. Utah: 11-17, 4-13
Lost to USC 67-57. Michelle Plouffe had 27 points and 18 rebounds. She was just shy of the team totals in both categories.
Lost to UCLA 62-52. Plouffe had 20 points.

Against top 25: 0-5




12. Arizona: 5-28, 1-17
Lost to Oregon State 78-48. LaBrittany Jones had 15 points.

Lost to Oregon 90-78. Candice Warthen had 21 points.
Against top 25: 1-4

Results of the Week

Stanford wins the Pac 12 title again, 14 in a row. Cal clinches a bye to open the Pac 12 tourney while ASU and Oregon State are just a win away from a first round bye.


1. Stanford: 25-2, 14-1 ranked # 5
Beat USC 64-59. Chiney with 27 points and 7 rebounds and Bonnie Samuelson with 14 points, 8 of 8 on FTs with 6 of those in the last few minutes. Stanford trailed by 19 early in the first half. Stanford clinches at least a share of the Pac 12 title.

Beat UCLA 65-56. Chiney with 26 points and 15 rebounds. Orrange had 13 points and Ruef had 11 rebounds. The Cardinal had 9 assist to 16 turnovers, maybe a season low.

Against Top 25: 8-1
Feb 27 Washington, March 1 Washington State



2. Cal: 20-7, 12-4 Ranked # 18
Beat UCLA 77-72. Reshanda Gray with 13 points and 15 rebounds and Gennifer Brandon with 14 points and 11 rebounds. Brittany Boyd had 14 points and 6 assists but also 6 turnovers. However Boyd had a huge steal with seconds left and then made 2 free throws to win the game for the Bears.

Beat USC 76-57. Gray with 22 points and 11 rebounds. Afure Jemerigbe with 16 points and 7 assists. The Bears shot 51%.

Against top 25: 3-5

Feb 27 Washington State, March 1 Washington




3. Arizona State: 22-6, 11-5 Ranked # 20
Beat Colorado 55-51. Katie Hempen with 3 of 4 from there for 13 points.

Beat Utah 60-40.

Against top 25: 3-4
Feb 28 at Oregon, March 2 at Oregon State




3. Oregon State: 19-9, 11-5

Beat Washington State, again without Weisner, 67-53. It was the Beaver 6th straight win. Ruth Hamlin with 15 points and 15 rebounds. Sydney Weise with 16 points, 4 of 9 from three.

Beat Washington 77-57 at Washington for their 7th straight win. Hamlin 18 points and 14 rebounds. Devon Hunter with 17 points and Gabriella Hanson with 15 points. The Beavers shot 53%.

Against top 25: 0-3
Feb 28 Arizona, March 2 ASU


5.USC: 16-12, 9-7

Lost to Stanford 64-59 after leading by 19 in the first half. With a fury of 12 points late USC had scored only 10 in the first 17 minutes of the 2nd half. Cassie Harberts had 12 points and Ariya Cook lead with 24 points.

Lost to Cal 76-67. Harberts had 18 points.

Against top 25: 2-7.
Feb 28 at Utah, Mar 2 at Colorado




5. Washington: 16-11, 9-7
Beat Oregon 108-100. Kelsey Plum scored 38 points, 6 of 12 from three and 5 assist with no turnovers. Jazmine Davis added 24 points and 7 assists. The Huskies had just 7 turnovers.

Lost to Oregon State 77-57. The Huskies shot just 32%, 3 of 17 from three.
17 from three. Plum had 26 and Davis had 19 points. The rest of the team was 5 of 23 for 12 points.

Against Top 25: 2-2

Feb 28 at Stanford, Mar 1 at Cal




5.Washington State: 15-13, 9-7

Lost to Oregon State 67-53. Lia Galdeira had 18 points while the Cougars had just 4 turnovers. However they were out rebounded badly and shot just 29%.

Beat Oregon 108-88. Tia Presley had 32 points on 13 of 17 from the floor. Gladeira scored 27. The Cougars shot 54 % overall and 67% from 2 point range.
Against top 25: 3-4
Feb 27 at Cal, Mar 1 at Stanford




8. UCLA: 12-16, 6-10
Lost to Cal 77-72. Nirra Fields had 30 points, Atonye Nyingifa had 22 and Thea Lemberger had 17 while the other players (5) had 3 points.

Lost to Stanford Fields had 24 points and Lemberger had 14 points and Corinne Costa had 12 rebounds.

Against Top 25: 0-9
Feb 28 at Colorado, Mar 2 at Utah



9. Colorado 15-12, 5-11
Lost to ASU 55-51. Jen Reese had 18 points.

Beat Arizona in Overtime 61-56 after being behind 18 in the first half. Arielle Roberson with 13 points and 10 rebounds.
Against top 25: 1-5
Feb 28 UCLA, Mar 2 USC

10. Oregon 13-14, 4-12
Lost to Washington 108-100. Jillian Alleyne had 30 points and 22 rebounds. Katelyn Loper had 24 points, 7 of 12 from three.
Lost to Washington State 108-88. 22 points for Loper and Alleyne had 19 points and 13 rebounds.

Against top 25: 0-2
Feb 28 ASU, March 2 Arizona




10. Utah: 11-16, 4-12
Beat Arizona 52-47. Michelle Plouffe had 14 points and 11 rebounds.

Lost to ASU 60-40, Plouffe had 10 points.
Against top 25: 0-5

Feb 28 USC, Mar 2 UCLA





12. Arizona: 5-22, 1-15
Lost to Utah 52-47. The Wildcats had 7 players, up from 6 last week. Breanna Workman had 14 points.

Lost to Colorado in overtime 61-56. LaBrittany Jones with 13 points.
Against top 25: 1-4

Feb 28 at Oregon State, Mar 2 at Oregon