December 29, 2014

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



December 22, 2014

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



December 15, 2014

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



December 8, 2014

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



December 1, 2014

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.