November 30, 2015

Results of the Week

1. Oregon State, 5-0:
Beat Hofstra 73-50 in Puerto Rico. Sydney Wiese had 18 points and 6 assists and Jamie Weisner added 15 points. Beat Arkansas 63-47. Weisner had 26 points, 6 of 7 from three. Wiese had 9 points, 7 assists and 14 rebounds. Ruth Hamlin had 16 points, 11 rebounds and blocked 6 shots.
Dec 3 at Marquette, Dec 12 Idaho, Dec 15 Cal State Bakersfield


2. Stanford, 6-1:
Beat Missouri State 82-65. Lili Thompson scored 26 and had 6 assists. Bri Roberson added 18 and Karlie Samuelson 15. Erica McCall had 9 points and 10 rebounds. Beat Dayton 74-66. Alanna Smith had 22 points, 6 of 8 from three. Thompson had 19 points and 7 assists, McCall had 16 points and 9 rebounds. Beat Purdue in Overtime 71-65 making 25 of 26 free throws. Roberson had 26 points making 5 of 6 from three. Thompson scored 17 with 5 assists and was named the Tournament MVP. McCall had 12 points and 11 rebounds.
Dec 13 at Texas on ESPN, Dec 16 Tennessee



3. USC, 6-0: Beat Gonzaga at Gonzaga 60-56. Temi Fagbenle had 21 points. Beat Iona 76-56. USC shot 58% as Fagbenle and Kristen Simon each had 16 points and Jordan had 15 points and 10 rebounds.
Dec 4 Southern Utah, Dec 6 UNLV, Dec 13 Long Beach State


4. CAL, 5-1: Lost to # 10 Texas A&M in Las Vegas 75-58. Kristine Anigwe had 23 points and 12 rebounds. Beat Liberty 77-22 as Mikayla Cowling had 22 points. Anigwe had 16 points and 9 rebounds and Asha Thomas had 14 points and 8 assists.
Dec 5 St Mary’s, Dec 6 Villanova or Sac State, Dec 12 Nebraska


5. UCLA, 3-2: Beat Louisiana Tech in the Bahamas 63-47. Jordin Canada lead 4 Bruins in double figures with 14 points. Lost to Notre Dame in the Bahamas, in Overtime 92-84. Monique Billings had 18 points and 13 rebounds and Nirra Fields also had 18 points. Kennedy Burke had 16 points while Canada had 12 points and 8 assists.
Dec 5 Cal State Bakersfield, Dec 13 at Michigan, Dec 16 UC Irvine


6. Oregon, 6-0: Beat Clemson 69-56. Lexi Peterson had 20 points and Jillian Alleyne had 18 points and 12 rebounds. Beat North Dakota 77-51. Alleyne had 17 points and 11 rebounds. Lexi Bando had 14 points and Peterson had 13. Beat San Jose State 104-74. Lexi Bando had 35 points going 6 of 7 from three. Alleyne had 26 points and 20 rebounds. Oregon shot 61% from the field.

Dec 5 Utah Valley, Dec 12 Portland, Dec 15 UC Riverside



7. ASU, 3-2:
Lost to # 2 South Carolina 62-60 in Hawaii in the last second. Katie Hempen had 12 points, 4 of 7 from three. Dornstauder, Kelsey Moos and Sophie Brunner were all unavailable down the stretch and both Brunner and Moos will miss the next two games. Beat Hawaii 75-49 as Hempen and Quinn Dornstauder each scored 12 points. Beat Cal State Bakersfield 60-47. Dornstauder had 14 points and Hempen 12.
Dec 5 Va Commonwealth, Dec 6 Columbia or Toledo, Dec 12 at Syracuse, Dec 14 at Hartford


8. Washington, 5-1: Lost to # 23 Syracuse in Las Vegas 66-62. Kelsey Plum 19 points but 8 turnovers. Talia Walton had 22 pints and 11 rebounds. Beat Texas Tech in Las Vegas 77-72 as Plum scored 34 points and Walton had 17 points and 11 rebounds.
Dec 2 Portland, Dec 6 Oklahoma, Dec 12 at South Dakota



9. Washington State, 5-1:
Beat San Jose State 95-80 as Frosh Borislava Hristova had 30 points on 12 of 19 from the floor. Lost at Oklahoma State 70-60, as Hristova scored 22.
Dec 3 at Boise State, Dec 6 at San Diego, Dec 8 Gonzaga, Dec 12 at St Mary’s



10. Arizona, 4-1:
Beat North Texas 51-44 as JaLea Bennett scored 17.
Dec 2 New Mexico State, Dec 5 UOP, Dec 10 Louisiana Tech


11. Colorado, 3-2: Beat U Mass 90-63. Jamee Swan had 23 points and Alexis Robinson had 21 points. Lost to Florida 83-61. Kennedy Leonard had 16 points.
Dec 2 at Colorado State, Dec 6 at Long Beach State, Dec 9 Northern Arizona, Dec 12 Missouri


12. Utah, 3-2:

Lost to Oklahoma in the Bahamas 70-55. Emily Potter had 15 points. Lost to Boston College in the Bahamas 76-51. Erika Bean scored 10 points.
Dec 3 Cal State Northridge, Dec 9 Creighton, Dec 12 at BYU

November 24, 2015

Pac 12 review, The Results of the Week.

Stanford, 3-1:
Beat George Washington 84-63. Lili Thompson scored 21 poitns and had 6 assists. Erica McCall had 18 points and 10 rebounds. Karlie Samuelson had 17 points, 4 of 6 from three and played great defense. Kaylee Johnson had 10 rebounds and blocked 3 shots.

Lost to Santa Clara 61-58. Lili Thompson had 21 points, Erica McCall had 12 points and 11 rebounds. Stanford had 26 turnovers which sums up the night.

Nov 27 Missouri State in Florida, Nov 28 Dayton or Maine in Florida, Nov 29 Louisville or ?? in Florida, Dec 13 at Texas on ESPN, Dec 16 Tennessee


ASU, 1-1: Beat SMU 64-57. Quinn Dornstauder had 21 points and Elisha Davis added 15 points. The Sun Devils shot just 38%.

Nov 27- 29 Tournament in Hawaii, Dec 5 Va Commonwealth, Dec 6 Columbia or Toledo, Dec 12 at Syracuse, Dec 14 at Hartford


Oregon State, 3-0: Beat UC Riverside 86-65. 22 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists for Sydney Wiese. The Beavers shot 56% and were 11 of 21 from three, Wiese going 5 of 6 from three.

Nov 27 Hofstra in Puerto Rico, Nov 28 Arkansas In Puerto Rico, Dec 3 at Marquette, Dec 12 Idaho, Dec 15 Cal State Bakersfield


UCLA, 2-1: Beat James Madison 90-6. Kacey Swain had 11 points and 14 rebounds. Nirra Fields scored 23 points and Jordin Canada added 20.
Lost to South Carolina in a heartbreaker 68-65. Canada had 21 points and Fields 17, but the Bruins were out rebounded by 14 and shot 36%. However the Bruins only had 10 turnovers to caused 21 by South Carolina.

Nov 27 Louisiana Tech in the Bahamas, Nov 28 Denver or Notre Dame in the Bahamas, Dec 5 Cal State Bakersfield, Dec 13 at Michigan, Dec 16 UC Irvine



CAL, 4-0: Beat UC Riverside 64-58. Courtney Ranges had 20 points and Asha Thomas added 16. Cal shot just 39% but 10 of 24 from three.
Beat Cal Poly 82-57 making a school record 14 threes. Mikayla Cowling was 4 of 4 from three for 17 points, Thomas 4 of 6 from three for 19 points and Gabby Green 4 of 8 from three for 12 points. Cal shot 55% overall.

Nov 27 Texas A&M in Las Vegas, Nov 28 Liberty in Las Vegas, Dec 5 St Mary’s, Dec 6 Villanova or Sac State, Dec 12 Nebraska



Oregon, 3-0: Beat Hampton 86-51. Jillian Alleyne had 14 points and 10 rebounds in just 20 minutes for her 71st double double of her career, a new Oregon record. Kat Cooper had 16 points, 4 of 5 from three.
Beat UC Santa Barbara 79-51. Alleyne with 15 points and 13 rebounds, Jacinta Vandenberg added 14 points. The Ducks shot 57% and were 8 of 16 from three.

Nov 24 Clemson, Nov 28 North Dakota, Nov 30 San Jose State, Dec 5 Utah Valley, Dec 12 Portland, Dec 15 UC Riverside



Washington, 4-0: Beat Seattle 96-55. Chantel Osahor had 12 points, 20 rebounds and 4 assists. Kelsey Plum added 26 points and Talia Walton 18.
Beat Fresno State 89-79. 32 points for Plum and 17 points with 9 rebounds for Osahor. Katie Collier added 16points. Beat San Diego State 80-51. Plum had 32 points, Walton added 19 as the Huskies shot 55%.

Nov 27 Syracuse in Las Vegas, Nov 28 Texas Tech in Las Vegas, Dec 2 Portland, Dec 6 Oklahoma, Dec 12 at South Dakota



USC, 4-0: Beat Grand Canyon 75-44. Kristin Simon had 21 points and 13 rebounds. Jordan added 12 rebounds.
Beat West Virginia 78-67. Temi Fagbenle had 20 points and 14 rebounds. Courtney Jaco added 20 points.

Nov 24 at Gonzaga, at Iona, Dec 4 Southern Utah, Dec 6 UNLV, Dec 13 Long Beach State



Colorado, 2-1: Beat Northern Colorado 63-41. Haley Smith had 15 points and Jamee Swan had 13 points and 10 rebounds.
Lost to Kentucky 86-61. Kennedy Leonard had 15 points, Swan with 12.

Nov 27 U Mass, Nov 28, Florida or Ball State, Dec 2 at Colorado State, Dec 6 at Long Beach State, Dec 9 Northern Arizona, Dec 12 Missouri



Washington State, 4-0: Beat Nevada 70-57. Borislava Hristova scored 23 points.
Beat Hawaii 62-52 as Hristova scored 16 and Dawnyelle Awa also had 16 points. Beat George Mason 74-64. E

Nov 27 San Jose State, Nov 30 at Oklahoma State, Dec 3 at Boise State, Dec 6 at San Diego, Dec 8 Gonzaga, Dec 12 at St Mary’s



Utah, 2-0: Edged Lamar 71-67. Emily Potter scored 18 on 8 of 9 from the floor.
Beat George Mason 74-64. Emily Potter had 25 points and 18 rebounds. Paige Crozon added 17 points.

Nov 26 Oklahoma in the Bahamas, Nov 27 Boston College in the Bahamas, Dec 3 Cal State Northridge, Dec 9 Creighton, Dec 12 at BYU



Arizona, 3-1: Beat Howard 65-28. JaLea Bennet scored 18 and Michal Miller added 16.
Lost to University of San Diego 59-54. Beat Kansas 67-52. Taryn Griffey scored 17. 6,600 in attendance.

Nov 27 at North Texas, Dec 2 New Mexico State, Dec 5 UOP, Dec 10 Louisiana Tech

November 16, 2015

Pac 12 Review: Results of the Week

Stanford, 2-0: Beat UC Davis 74-45 with a 20-2 run to start the 2nd half. Erica McCall with 10 points and 11 rebounds, Bri Roberson with 15 points and Alanna Smith scored 13. Beat Gonzaga 65-48 with a 19-1 run at the end. McCall with 23 pints and 13 rebounds, Lili Thompson with 21 points and Kaylee Johnson with 10 rebounds.
Nov 21 George Washington, Nov 23 Santa Clara, Nov 27 Missouri State in Florida, Nov 28 Dayton or Maine in Florida, Nov 29 Louisville or ?? in Florida


ASU, 0-1: Lost to Kentucky 68-64 in Overtime in Tempe. Sophie Brunner scored 19 but the Sun Devils shot just 39%.
Nov 21 SMU, Nov 27- 29 Tournament in Hawaii


Oregon State, 2-0: Beat Longwood 110-45. Jamie Weisner scored 24 on 9 of 11 shooting and Sydney Wiese had 9 assists. Beat Portland 94-50. Weisner had 22 points.
Nov 22 UC Riverside, Nov 27 Hofstra in Puerto Rico, Nov 28 Arkansas In Puerto Rico



UCLA, 1-0: Beat St John’s 73-58 as Jordin Canada scored 23 and had 5 assists. Monique Billings had 14 rebounds.
Nov 20 James Madison, Nov 22 South Carolina, Nov 27 Louisiana Tech in the Bahamas, Nov 28 Denver or Notre Dame in the Bahamas


CAL, 2-0: Beat Austin Peay 67-58 Courtney Range led the scoring with 23. Beat # 8 Louisville before 16,000 plus fans. Overrated or not a huge win. Range had 19 points and 13 rebounds, Kristine Anigwe had 19 points and Mikayla Cowling had 12 points and 10 rebounds. Cal had 27 turnovers but out rebounded Louisville by 23 and shot 47%.
Nov 20 UC Riverside, Nov 22 Cal Poly, Nov 27 Texas A&M in Las Vegas, Nov 28 Liberty in Las Vegas


Oregon, 1-0: Beat # 22 North Carolina 79-77. Now North Carolina had a number of transfers so very over rated, still a nice win. Lexi Bando had 18 points for the Ducks, 4 of 8 from three, 5th year grad student Kat Cooper added 13, 3 of 6 from three. Jillian Alleyne had 12 points and 13 rebounds.
Nov 19 Hampton, Nov 22 UC Santa Barbara, Nov 24 Clemson, Nov 28 North Dakota, Nov 30 San Jose State


Washington, 1-0: Beat Santa Clara 100-55 as Talia Walton scored 33 points going an amazing 8 of 9 from three. Ke4lsey Plum scored 25 points. On a sad note Heather Corral retired due to her injuries.
Nov 18 Seattle, Nov 20 at Fresno State, Nov 23 San Diego State, Nov 27 Syracuse in Las Vegas, Nov 28 Texas Tech in Las Vegas


USC, 2-0: Beat Hope International 92-43, before 402 at USC. Jordan Adams had 18 points and 14 rebounds, Kristin Simon scored 20 and Temi Fagbenle had 10 rebounds. Beat Santa Clara 81-46. Adams had 20 points and Fagbenle added 17.
Nov 22 Grand Canyon in Spokane, Nov 23 West Virginia in Spokane, Nov 24 at Gonzaga, at Iona


Colorado, 1-0: Beat Loyola Marymount 92-81. Frosh Kennedy Leonard had 18 points and Lauren Higgins had 16 going 4 of 5 from three.
Nov 19 Northern Colorado, Nov 22 at Kentucky, Nov 27 U Mass, Nov 28, Florida or Ball State


Washington State, 2-0: Beat UC Santa Barbara 61-44. Borislave Hristova led with 15 points. Beat Hampton 68-61 almost blowing a good lead. Hristova scored 20.
Nov 20 at Hawaii, Nov 21 Nevada in Hawaii, Nov 27 San Jose State, Nov 30 at Oklahoma State


Utah, 1-0: Beat South Dakota 66-59 as Malia Nawahine scored 18 and Emily Potter had 17 points and 13 rebounds.
Nov 17 Lamar, Nov 20 George Mason, Nov 26 Oklahoma in the Bahamas, Nov 27 Boston College in the Bahamas


Arizona, 1-0: Beat Toledo 62-59 at Toledo. Taryn Griffey back after missing three years scored 18. Griffey missed her last 2 years of HS and redshirted last season, now healthy.
Nov 18 Howard, Nov 21 at San Diego, Nov 23 Kansas, Nov 27 at North Texas

November 12, 2015

Pac 12 Preview: Oregon State


Last Season:
27-5 and 16-2 in the Pac 12 where the Beavers won the Pac 12 season Championship. In the NCAAs the Beavers beat San Diego State then lost to Gonzaga. Ellie Tinkle had 14 points and 7 rebounds in that game for Gonzaga.


The Coaches:
Scott Rueck is in his 5th year and has been an outstanding coach.
James Chatterton is in his 2nd year. Eric Ely is in his 5th year. Mandy Close is in her 3rd year and an excellent recruiter.

Losses:
Ali Gibson is the Beavers only loss. She started every game and averaged 9 points.


Additions:
Tarea Green is a 6-4 Frosh Center. While Green is not a top 100 player she could have a bright future.
Taylor Kalmer is a 5-8 Frosh Guard. Kalmer averaged 19 points per game as a HS Sr. She was outside the top 100.
Katie McWilliams is a 6-2 Frosh Guard, ranked as high as # 40 nationally. McWilliams is a true Guard despite being 6-2. Nice three point shot and an excellent passer.


The Schedule:
Tennessee, Norte Dame, Marquette and Arkansas highlight the pre- conference schedule



The Team:
The Beavers return all but one player as mentioned, Ali Gibson.
Sydney Wiese is a 6-1 Jr Guard and the team leader. Wiese averaged 13 points, hitting 92 threes at 42%. She also averaged close to 6 assists per game with a 2:1 assist to turnover ratio which is very good.
Jamie Weisner is a 5-10 Sr Guard who averaged 14 points per game to lead the Beavers. Weisner made 73 threes at 42% and averaged 6 rebounds.
Ruth Hamblin is a is 6-6 Sr Center who averaged 13 points, almost 9 rebounds and almost 4 blocks per game.
Devin Hunter is a 6-3 Sr Forward who averaged 8 points and 8 rebounds per game.
The four listed above started every game last season for the Beavers.
Gabriella Hanson is a 5-11 Jr Guard who averaged 7 points in 24 minutes. Hanson has played on 4 different Swedish National Youth teams during the summer. She’s a former teammate of Stanford’s Bri Roberson.
Samantha Siegner is a 6-3 Sr Forward who averaged 3 points and 4 rebounds in 15 minutes.
Marie Gulich is a 6-5 Soph Center from Germany who averaged 3 points and 3 rebounds in 11 minutes. Marie was the top rebounder and shot blocker on Germany’s 20U team this past summer.
Breanna Brown is a 6-3 redshirt Soph Forward who sat out last season. Brown was ranked as high as $ 49 out of HS. As a frosh two years ago she averaged 3 points and 2 rebounds in 8 minutes.


Predictions:
Very experienced, loads of talent and picked to win the Pac 12 by all the coaches.


2016 Recruiting:
Kat Tudor, 5-10 Wing from CA # 42
Mikayla Pivec, 5-10 Wing from WA # 52
Madison Washington, 6-1 Forward from NV # 65
Janessa Thropay, 6-0 Forward from CA # 140

November 1, 2015

Pac 12 Preview: Cal

Pac 12 Preview: Cal

Last Season:
24-10 overall and 13-5 in Pac 12 play. In the NCAAs Cal beat Wichita State 78-66 then lost to Texas 73-70.

The Coaches:
Lindsay Gottlieb is in her 5th year as Head Coach at Cal after 3 years as Head Coach at UCSB and two years before that as the lead Assistant at Cal.
Charmin Smith with 2 degrees from Stanford returns for her 9th season at Cal and is now the Associate Head Coach.
Kai Felton is back for her 5th year at Cal. Kai has been an Assistant at Oregon, 2 years, and at USC, 5 years.
Jeff Cannon is in his 2nd year at Cal, coming from five years as an assistant at Long Beach State.



Losses:
Brittany Boyd was an outstanding player and a high draft choice into the WNBA, currently with New York. Boyd averaged 13 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists as the starting point guard for the past 4 seasons.

Reshanda Gray was the starting Center for the Bears averaging 17 points, high on the team with Boyd 2nd and 7 rebounds, second to Boyd. Gray was a high draft choice and plays for Atlanta.

Mercedes Jefflo was dismissed from the team. Jefflo averaged 10 points and started every game.

Justine Hartman was the back-up Center averaging 9 minutes and 2 points.
Brittany Shine averaged 8 minutes and 2 points.
The Bears lost their top three scorers, and three players who started all but the one game Boyd missed.



Additions:
Kristine Anigwe is a 6-4 Frosh Center. Anigwe was ranked as high as 13 out of HS and was a McD All American. She is from Arizona.
Breanna Cavanaugh is a 5-8 Frosh Guard. Cavanaugh was ranked from 66 to 100 by the four services. She is from New Jersey.

MaAne Mosley is a 5-11 Frosh Forward. Mosley is from Oakland and ranked as high as 69 and in the 100-150 range by the other services.

Asha Thomas is a 5-4 Frosh Guard. Thomas is from Oakland and ranked as high as 87 and in the 100-115 by the other services. Thomas tore her ACL but may be ready to play if not right away by the conference opener.

Chen Yue is a 6-7 Frosh Center from China. Yue is pretty much an unknown to the scouting sites, ranked just outside the top 100 by ESPN.




The Schedule:
Cal plays at Louisville, Texas A&M in Las Vegas and three homes games that could be tough, St Mary’s, Nebraska and in a neat scheduling arrangement, UCLA. The UCLA game is non-conference as the Bruins won’t visit Cal during the Pac 12 season.



The Team:
Cal lost a total of 101 starts and return a total of 69 starts, or close to half their minutes played. In points scored Cal lost 45 of 70 per game. So a new team in many respects.

Mikayla Cowling is a 6-2 Soph Forward who scored 10 points and grabbed 5 rebounds per game. Cowling shot a great 49% from the field. She will be very good.

Gabby Green is a 6-2 Guard who scored 7 points and pulled down 6 rebounds per game. Green shot just 34% from the field and 29% from three while making 37 threes. Green’s shooting must improve. Green was 2nd on the team in assists and could be the Point Guard or a Wing.

Courtney Range is a 6-3 Jr who scored 9 points and had 5 rebounds per game. With Green, Range and Cowling the Bears return three outstanding players.
Penina Davidson is a 6-3 Soph Post or Wing who can shoot the three. Last season she averaged 3 points and 1 rebound in 12 minutes per game.

KC Waters is a 6-2 Jr pst who hasn’t played much.

Cal has 5 Frosh, 3 Sophs and no Srs so a very young team, maybe the youngest in the Pac 12. Anigwe will start and almost certainly three other frosh will be in the rotation.

Predictions:
So young so very hard to predict. I think they will battle several teams for 4th-6th place.



2016 Recruiting:
Celeste West, 6-3 Post from CA, ranked 48 by Prospects Nation

Jaelyn Brown, 6-1 Wing from CA ranked 39 by Prospect Nation