Conference Play Begins

Pac 12 Results of the Week:

            

Stanford: (13-1,1-0) Beat Creighton 72-59.   Lepolo hit 5 threes and scored a career high 19 points.  Jones had 16 points and 8 assists, Brink had 14 points and 16 rebounds, Iriafen had 11 points and 9 rebounds.  Beat Cal 90-69.  Jones had 21 points and 10 rebounds. Jump had 17 points, 5 of 9 from three.  Both Bosgana and Betts had 9 points and Belibi added 8 points. 

 

Oregon: (10-2, 1-0) Handed Arkansas their first loss 85-79.  Van Slooten had 26 points and Rogers had 20 points.  Lost to # 3 Ohio State 84-67.  Van Slooten had 29 points and 9 rebounds; Paopao added 17 points.  

 

UCLA: (12-1, 1-0)  Beat Fresno State 82-48.  Osborne had 16 points and the bench scored 39 points. 

 

Arizona: (10-1) Beat UT Arlington 78-59.  All 11 players scored.   Martinez led with 13 points.  

     

Utah: (12-0, 1-0)  Beat Weber State 88-52.  Pili had 20 points.  Beat Southern Utah 90-56.  

 

Colorado:  (10-3, 0-1)  Beat previously ranked Marquette 71-48.  Four players scored between 13 to 17 points.  

 

USC: (10 -2, 0-1)   Beat St Mary’s 71-45.   Marshall had 18 points and 15 rebounds.  

 

Oregon State: (8-4, 0-1)  Beat NC Central 89-52.  Beers had 27 points and 10 rebounds.  Von Oelhoffen had 11 points and 12 rebounds.  Aaron had 17 points.  

  

Washington: (9-2, 1-0) Beat SIUE 71-40.  Daniels had 15 points and 9 rebounds.  

 

Washington State: (9-2, 0-1)  Beat Texas A&M at CC 75-49.  Leger-Walker and Wallack both had 20 points.   Beat Houston 70-63.  Seven players scored between 7 to 14 points. 

 

Cal: (8-3. 0-1)  Lost to Stanford 90-69.  Curry had 20 points, McIntosh had 17 points.         

 

ASU: (7-4)    

Pac 12 Results for the week ending Dec. 18

Pac 12 Results of the Week:

            

Stanford: (11-1) Beat Tennessee 77-70.  Jones and Jump both had 19 points and Brink had 21 points, 17 rebounds and 6 blocks. 

 

Oregon: (9-1, 1-0) Beat Eastern Washington 88-38.  VanSlooten had 26 points and 10 rebounds.  Kyei had 18 rebounds.   Beat Bakersfield 76-47.  The bench scored over half the points.   Beat Charleston 97-33.  

 

UCLA: (11-1, 1-0) Beat USC 59-56.  UCLA shot just 33%, Rice and Osborne 12 for 42 shooting.   Both had 14 points. 

 

Arizona: (9-1) Beat Texas Southern 89-55.  Reese had 20 points and 10 rebounds, Martinez had 16 points and 12 rebounds.  Beat Baylor 75-54.  Pellington had 18 points and Reese had 13 points and 13 rebounds. Martinez had 15 rebounds.  

     

Utah: (10-0, 1-0) Beat Colorado 85-58.   Pili had 25 points and Kneepkens had 17 points.  Utah shot 57%.   Beat UC Riverside 92-45.  Johnson had 18 points. 

 

Colorado: (9-3, 0-1) Lost to Utah 85-58.  Colorado shot just 31%.  Beat Alcorn State 82-47.  Foremann had 21 points.  

 

USC: (9 -2, 0-1) Lost to UCLA 59-56.  Marshall had 15 points and 10 rebounds, Sissoko had 20 points.  Lost to Texas 62-48.  Marshall and Sissoko each had 12 points.    Marshall had 18 rebounds.  

 

Oregon State: (7-4, 0-1) Beat Nevada 96-84.  von Oelhoffen had 40 points, and 6 assists, she was 13 of 13 from two and 4 of 7 from three.  Lost to LSU 87-55.  Von Oelhoffen had 14.  

 

Washington: (8-2, 1-0) Lost to Liberty 66-54.  Van Dyke had 13 points.  

 

Washington State: (8-2, 0-1) Beat Jackson State 83-56.  Leger-Walker had 20 points.  

 

Cal: (8-2) Beat UCSD 75-61.  Curry had 22 points and Onylah had 15 points and 11 rebounds.  Beat FAMU 88-58.  Curry had 19 points and Martin had 15 points.   

 

ASU:  (7-4)    Beat Prairie View 82-67.  Hunt had 22 points.  

Results for Week Ending Dec. 11

 

Pac 12 Results of the Week:

            

Stanford: (10-1) Dead week, did not play.

 

Arizona: (7-1) Lost to Kansas 77-50.  Reese had 14 points. 

            

Oregon: (7-1, 1-0) Beat Oregon State 75-67.  Roger had 34 points, 6 of 10 from three and 9 rebounds with 6 assists.  

 

UCLA: (9-1)  Beat Fullerton 64-41.  Rice had 14 points and Osborne had 13 points. 

 

Utah: (8-0) Beat BYU 76-59.   Pili had 28 points, 13 of 18 from the floor.   Kneepkens had 18 points. 

 

Oregon State: (6-3, 0-1)  Lost to Oregon 75-67.  Mitrovic had 13 points and 11 rebounds.  Von Oelhoffen had 12 points and 7 assists.  

 

Colorado (8-2) Beat Southern Utah 78-48.  Miller had 13 points. 

 

Washington State: (7-2, 0-1) Beat U of Portland 69-63.  Leger-Walker had 15 points.  Lost to Washington 82-66.  Leger-Walker had 40 points, 7 of 12 from three.  

 

USC: (9 - 0) Beat San Jose State 71-44.  Sissoko had 17 points.  

 

Washington: (8-1, 1-0) Beat Washington State 82-66.  Schwartz had 21 points and Daniels had 12 points and 10 rebounds.

 

Cal: (7-2) Beat UOP 83-66.  Marin was 5 of 10 from three for 21 points.  Curry had 16 points. 

 

ASU: (6-4) Lost to SF Austin 75-60.  Skinner had 22 points.

Pac 12 Results as of 12-4-22

 

Pac 12 Results of the Week: 

            

Stanford: (10-1)  

Beat Santa Clara 82-59.  Santa Clara had 8 players make threes and they made 13 threes overall.  Jump was 4 of 8 from three for 19 points.  Iriafen had 16 points, Belibi had 12 points and 8 rebounds and Jones had 14 points and 11 rebounds.

Beat # 23 Gonzaga 84-63.  Brink had 14 points and 16 rebounds.  Jump was 4 of 6 from three for 12 points and Demetre was 5 of 9 from three for 17 points.  The flow offense produced 20 assists on 29 made baskets.  

 

Arizona: (7-0)  Beat New Mexico 77-60.  Loville had 27 points, 6 of 7 from three and Pellington added 19 poits.  

            

Oregon: (6-1)    

Beat U of Portland 90-51.  Gray had 20 points. 

 

UCLA: (8-1)    

Lost to South Carolina in a close game until about 2 minutes to go 73-64.  Osborne had 24 points and Rice 16 points.   

Beat Santa Barbara 68-57 after trailing 20-4 after the first quarter.  Osborne had 19 points. 

 

Utah: (6-0)    

Beat Mississippi Valley State 109-42.  Pili had 28 points. And 7 other Utah players had 8 or more points.

 

Oregon State: (6-2)  

Beat Southern 89-36.  Mitrovic had 10 points and 14 rebounds, Beers had 14 points and 10 rebounds.  The Beavers had 26 assists on 30 made baskets. Also the Beavers were 15 of 23 from three. 

Beat Jackson State 63-53.  Frosh Guard Martha Piesch had 14 points, Beers had 10 points and 12 rebounds. 

 

Colorado: (7-2)  

Beat Western Michigan 75-37.  Miller had 20 points.  

Beat Boise State 71-48, with very balanced scoring. 

 

Washington State: (6-1)  

Beat South Dakota State 61-41.  Teder had 17 points and Murekatete had 15 points and 11 rebounds.  

Beat Montana 77-57.  Leger-Walker scored 24 and Murekatete haed 21 points. 

 

USC: (8 - 0)     

Beat Cal Baptist 69-58.  Sissoko had 15 points and 12 rebounds.  Littleton had 16 points.   

Beat Merrimack 88-40.  Bigby had 21 points making all 3 threes and Miura had 19 points, 5 of 6 from three.

 

Washington: (7-1)  

Beat Seattle 60-49.  Daniels had 17 points and 15 rebounds. 

Beat Queens 54-28. 

 

Cal: (6-2)       

Beat Arkansas Pine Bluff 84-51.  Curry had 19 points and 10 rebounds.  Bush had 15 points.  Lost to SMU 70-56.  Curry had 15 points.  

 

ASU: (6-3)  

Beat Grand Canyon 80-72.  Skinner had 29 points.  

Lost to UMass 88-64. Skinner and Simmons both had 15 points.  

Lost to Missouri 71-60.  Skinner had 29 points.  

Results for Week Ending Nov. 27

Pac 12 Results of the Week:

            

Stanford: (8-1) Beat FGC 93-69.  Haley Jones had 24 points and 14 rebounds.  Iriafen had 16 points and 11 rebounds.  Beat Grambling 87-50.  Betts had 11 points and 13 rebounds in 17 minutes.  Jump had 19 points, 5 of 7 from three and Bosgana had 11 points.  Beat Hawaii 68-39.  Prechtel had 17 points, making 5 of 9 from three and also 11 rebounds.  Brink had 15 points and 9 rebounds.

 

Arizona: (5-0) Beat CA Baptist 81-63.   Before you think close game the Wildcat bench scored 53 points.  Gilbert had 25, 4 of 7 from three and Conner had 22 points, 5 of 9 from three.  Beat U of San Diego 86-60.  Pueyo had 22 points. 

            

Oregon: (5-1)  Beat Southern Utah 66-54.  Paopao had 17 points.  Lost to # 8 North Carolina 85-79.   PaoPao had 18 points and VanSlooten had 17 points and 11 rebounds.  Kyei also had 11 rebounds.  Beat Michigan State 86-78.   Rogers had 19 points and Kyei had 15 points and 16 rebounds. 

 

UCLA: (7-0)  Beat Marquette who last week beat both Texas and Gonzaga 66-58.  Rice had 18 points, Osborne had 9 points on 4 of 16 shooting.    Beat Jackson State 72-60.  Osborne had 20 points. Londynn Jones had 16 points.  

 

Utah:  (5-0)  Beat Alabama 93-86.  Utah shoot 59%.  Kneepkens had 21 points and Pili added 18 points.   Beat previously 5-0 Ole Miss 69-67.   With the game tied and .6 seconds left McQueen of Utah was fouled shooting a three and made 2 of the 3 FTs for the win.  Pili had 21 points and Johnson had 16 points and 10 rebounds.

 

Oregon State: (4-2)  Lost to #9 Iowa 73-59.  Von Oelhoffen had 22 points.  Lost to Duke 54-41.  The Beavers shot just 26%.

 

Colorado: (5-2) Lost to Tennessee 69-51.  Wetta scored 13 points.  Beat Chicago State 83-32.  Vonish had 18 points.

 

Washington State: (4-1) Beat Troy 87-72.  Five players scored in double figures led by Murekatete with 22 points and 10 rebounds. 

 

USC: (6-0)   Beat U of Penn 66-60.  Marshall had 19 points and 18 rebounds and Sissoko had 18 points and 11 rebounds.  USC had 18 more rebounds but shot 35%.  Beat Utah State 79-48.   Sissoko had 20 points and Marshall added 18 points. 

 

Washington: (5-1) Beat Fordham 71-62.  Grothaus had 21 points.  Lost to Santa Clara 71-58.  Stines had 13 points. 

 

Cal: (5-1) Beat LMU 68-49.  Curry had 16 points.  Beat Montana 65-44.  Martin had 18 points and 8 rebounds. 

 

ASU: (5-1)  Beat American 70-61.  Skinner had 24 points.  Isadora Sousa had 12 rebounds.  Lost to ND 85-65 although close game after 3 quarters.  Skinner had 15 points and Simmons added 14 points.

Pac 12 Results of the Week:

 

Pac 12 Results of the Week: Nov 14 -20

            

Stanford: (5-1) Beat Cal Poly 80-43.  Jump was 8 of 15 from three for 24 points. Betts had 13 points in 14 minutes.  Lost to South Carolina in Overtime 76-71.  Brink had 25 points and 4 blocks, Prechtel had 5 blocks.  Haley Jones was just 5 of 19 however had 9 rebounds and 6 assists. 

 

Arizona: (4-0) Beat LMU 87-51.  Pellington had 19 points.  Beat Long Beach 86-64.  Martinez had 10 points and Loville added 18 points.  

            

Oregon: (2-0)   Won at Southern U 83-46.  Kyei had 10 points and 10 rebounds.  Kyei is the 6-8 Post who is stepping up while replacing Prince.  Hurst was 5 of 7 from three for 15 points.

 

UCLA: (5-0)   Beat S Dakota St 72-65.  Osborne had 28 points.   Beat # 11 Tennessee 80-63.   Osborne had 23 points.  

 

Utah: (3-0)  Beat # 16 Oklahoma 124-78.   Utah shot 55% and had 20 more rebounds than Oklahoma.  Kneepkens had 24 points, Phili and McQueen each had 21 points. 

 

Oregon State: (4-0)  Beat Eastern Washington 73-66.  Von Oelhoffen had 32 points and 10 rebounds.  Beat Prairie View 100-59.  Frosh Reagan Beers had 28 points and 12 rebounds. 

 

Colorado: (4-1) Beat the Louisiana Ragin Cajuns 73-43.  Miller had 17 points.  Lost to Texas Tech in OT 86-85.  Miller had 24 points, 3 of 4 from three and Sherrod had 21 points.  Beat Air Force 71-63.  Sherrod had 15 points and 8 assists.  Wetta had 15 points going 4 of 4 from three. 

 

Washington State: (3-1) Lost to BYU 65-56.  Leger-Walker scored 21.  

 

USC: (4-0)  Beat U of San Diego 58-50.  Sissoko had 19 points.   Beat USF 74-48.  Sissoko had 21 points.  Marshall had 18 points and 10 rebounds.  

 

Washington: (4-0) Beat UC Irvine in OT 62-60.  Daniels had 23 points and 14 rebounds.  Beat Idaho State 56-39.  Ladine had 10 points.  

 

Cal: (3-1) Beat Idaho 84-71.  Martin had 19 points, and McIntosh had 12 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists.  Beat St Mary’s 69-66.  McIntosh had 18 points.   

 

ASU: (4-0)  Beat Montana State 79-64.  Skinner had 24 points and Treasure Hunt had 19 points.  Beat New Mexico 83-77.  Skinner had 24 points.  

The real games have started with the Pac 12 losing only one game this week.

Pac 12 Results of the Week:

            

Stanford: (4-0)  Beat San Diego State 86-48.  Iriafen had 16 points, Bosgana added 15 points and Nivar 13 points.  Lepolo had 11 assists.  Beat Cal State Northridge 104-40.  Betts had 18 points, Brink 11 points and 11 rebounds and Jump 17 points, 5 of 8 from three.  Beat UOP 98-44.  Iriafen had 15 points, Jump 14 points going 4 of 4 from three and Prechtel was 3 of 4 from three for 11 points.  Beat U of Portland 87-47. Jones had 17 points, Brink had 12 points, 9 rebounds and 5 blocks.  Lepolo had 9 assists only 2 turnovers. 

 

Arizona: (2-0) Beat Northern Arizona 113-56.  Eight scored in double figures.  Martinez had 20 points and 15 rebounds, Pellington also had 20 points.  Beat Cal State Northridge 87-47. Five players had 12 or more points.  

 

Oregon:  (2-0)  Beat Northwestern 100-57.  VanSlooten had 20 points.  She and two other Frosh totaled 51 points.   Beat Seattle 80-47.   VanSlooen had 16 points and 9 rebounds and another Frosh Isai had 15 points.  Rogers added 15 points.  

UCLA:  (3-0)  Beat Cal Poly 84-48.  Osborne had 20 points.   Beat UC Riverside 64-43.  Osborne had 12 points and 13 rebounds, Bessoir had 16 points.   Beat Troy 95-83.  Osborne had 29 points and 10 rebounds, Rice had 16 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists.  

 

Utah:  (2-0)  Beat Idaho 88-63.  Pili had 27 points.   Beat Utah Valley 97-27.   Beat SE Louisiana 99-62.   Four players had 16-20 points.  Utah made 17 of 32 Threes.  

Oregon State: (2-0) Beat Hawaii 61-60.  AJ Marotte had 16 points.  Beat Seattle 89-53.  Mitrovic had 14 points and 13 rebounds, Marotte had 20 points and von Oelhoffen added 18 points. Frosh Reagan Beers had 22 points and 11 rebounds.   

 

Colorado:  (2-0) Beat New Mexico State 85-55.  Quay Miller had 22 points and 17 rebounds.  Beat Jackson State 77-53.  Formann had 17 points. 

 

Washington State: (3-0)  Beat Loyola Marymount 93-41.  Bella Murekatete had 18 points.  Beat USF 69-63.   Leger-Walker had 34 Points.  Beat Prairie View 89-61.  Leger-Walker had 24 points and Wallack added 20 points.  

 

USC:  (2-0) Beat Bakersfield 86-41.   Five scored in double figures, Marshall had 12 points and 10 rebounds.   Beat Idaho State 75-42.   Destiny Littleton had 19 points. 

 

Washington: (2-0) Beat Utah Tech 87-74.  Trinity Oliver had 18 points.  Beat UC Davis 82-60.  Daniels had 16 points and Van Dyke added 14 points.  

Cal: (1-1)  Beat Cal State Northridge 86-56.  Lutje Schipholt had 18 points.  Lost to Notre Dame 90-79.  Curry had 24 points, 8 of 23 from the floor.  

 

ASU:  (2-0)  Beat Northern Arizona 69-68.  Jadden Simmons had 22 points.  Beat Grambling 62-49.  Tyi Skinner had 16 points.  

Around the Pac-12: Preseason Week 1

Pac 12 Results of the Week (Nov 7 -13):

 

Stanford:  Beat Vanguard in an Exhibition 102-25.  No one played even half the game for Stanford Bosgana 11 points and 8 rebounds and 4 assists.   

            

Arizona:  Beat Cal State LA in an Exhibition 102- 46.  Jade Loville the transfer from ASU had 26 points in 21 minutes.   Kate Reese played one minute, nothing in the story of the game indicates why.  

 

Oregon:   Beat Carroll College in an Exhibition 72-41.  Two Frosh, Isai and VanSlooten each had 12 points.  Sadly Sedona Prince has ended her career with an injury. 

 

UCLA:  Defeated Cal Poly Pomona 84 - 48.

 

Utah:  Beat Northwest Nazarene 119-62 in an Exhibition.  Frosh Sidberry had 22 points, Six others were in double figures scoring. Beat Westminster in an Exhibition 99-52.  Everyone played aebout half the game.         

 

Oregon State:  Beat Western Oregon in an Exhibition 82-66.  Talia von Oelhoffen had 23 points and AJ Marotte had 19 points.  

 

Colorado:  Beat Adams State in an Exhibition 75-48.  Arizona transfer Vonleh had 20 points on 10 of 13 from the floor.             

 

Washington State:  Beat Westmont in an Exhibition 64-40.  Bella Murekatete had 26 points and 10 rebounds.  

 

USC:   Beat Cal State LA in an Exhibition 87-48.  Kadi Sissoko had 25 points and 10 rebounds while Rayah Marshall had 21 points and 15 rebounds.   

 

Washington:   Defeated Dixie State 87 -74.

 

Cal: Beat CSUN 86-56. Also won an Exhibition with Curry hitting 8 of 10 from three for 30 points. 

 

ASU:  One point win over Northern Arizona (69 - 68).

Preview Washington State

Pac 12 Preview:  Washington State  

Last Year:

19-11 for the year and 11-6 in conference play.   

Coaches:

Kamie Ethridge is in her 5th year as Head Coach.   Ethridge was the Head Coach at Northern Colorado for 4 seasons averaging 21 wins and making the NCAAs this past season.   She was an Assistant for 18 years at Kansas State.  Kamie won a Gold Medal for USA Basketball at the 1988 Olympics then won an NCAA Championship as a Player at Texas.

Jason Chainey is in his 4th year after coaching in the Women’s pro league in his native Australia.  

Laurie Koehn is in her 5^th year and came from Northern Colorado after three years with Ethridge.   She played professionally for 11 years.  

Camille Williams is in her 4th year at Washington State.  She was the Head Coach at Academy of Art is San Francisco last season and before that nine years at Nevada.   She was a two sport star at Wisconsin, basketball and the High Jump.  

Losses:    

Krystal Leger-Walker averaged 10 points, 4 rebounds and almost 5 assists last season 

Shir Levy only played 10 games.

Michaela Jones  averaged 3 points last season. 

 

Additions:

Astera Tuhina, 5-9 Frosh Guard.   Tuhina is the youngest player to play for her native Kosovo National team and scored 17 points with 3 threes with the Small States championship game. 

Kyra Gardner 5-11 Frosh Wing who was the state of Washington Gatorade POY.

Lauren Glazier 6-4 Frosh Post from the state of Washington.  

Cia Eklof 5-10 Frosh Guard from Finland who played on their 20U National team.

 

The Returning Team:

Charlisse Leger-Walker, 5-10 Jr Guard from New Zealand who averaged 16 points and 5 rebounds 

Bella Murekatete is a 6-5 Sr Post from Rwanda and Played HS in Idaho who averaged 10 points and 7 rebounds.    

Johanna Teder, 5-8  Sr originally from Estonia.  Last season she averaged10 points and made 56 threes at 33%. 

Ula Motuga is a 6-0 5^th year Forward from Australia who averaged 6 points and 6 rebounds.   

Emma Nankervis is a 6-3 Sr Post from Australia.   Last season she averaged 1 point.

Grace Sarver is a 5-8 Sr Guard who averaged 2 points.  

Jessica Clarke, 6-3 Jr Post from British Canada who averaged 2 points and 2 rebounds.  

Tara Wallack, 6-2 Soph Wing from Canada and averaged 5 points and 3 rebounds.   

Kaia Woods, 5-5 Soph  PG from Canada who played just 8 games last season

 

 

Schedule:   

BYU and Houston are the Power 5 opponents.

 

Predictions:

Leger-Walker is a super player and Murekatete is solid.  Add Teder and three good players. Last year’s WSU players great but they need more from other players to continue this past season.  

 

Recruiting 2023:

Alex Covill, 6-6 Post from MT, not ranked 

Jenna Villa 6-1 Guard/Wing from WA ranked # 68

Preview Washington Huskies

Pac 12 Preview:  Washington

 

Last Year:   7-16 overall and 2-12 in league play.    

 

Coaches:

Tina Langley is in her 2^nd year  asHead Coach after 6 great seasons at Rice and before that 7 seasons as an Assistant at Maryland. She was 126-61 at Rice. Langley has two Masters Degrees.  

 

Katie Faulkner is in her 2^nd year coming from Oregon State where she was an Assistant for 5 years.  Faulkner played at Montana where she was an outstanding player.  She will also be the Recruiting Coordinator.  

 

Dan Tacheny is in his 2^nd year and was new to Women’s Basketball having coached Men, most recently in the NBA G League.

 

LaTara King is in her 2^nd year coming from Rice with Langley, having coached there the past 3 seasons and before that at Boston College.  

 

 

Losses:  

 

Nancy Mulkey who graduated, averaged 10 points and 6 rebounds last season.

 

Missy Peterson graduated and last season averaged 7 points and 3 rebounds. 

 

Olivia Pollerd transferred to Santa Clara after playing only 37 minutes last season.

 

Maka Jackson, averaged 3 points. Jackson graduated.   

 

Marisa Davis-Jones who transferred to San Jose State after playing in just 4 games last season.

 

Jess Finney transferred to San Diego after playing just 4 games last season.

 

Alexis Whitfield transferred to UC Santa Barbara after averaging 3 ppg.

 

 

Additions:  

 

Tergan Brown, 5-10 Wing CA , Ranked # 79

 

Elle Ladine, 5-11 Guard Pinewood HS  Ranked # 53

 

Hannah Stines,  5-10 Guard SoCal  Ranked # 40

                                                                              

Dalayah Daniels 6-2 Jr Wing Transferred from Cal where she averaged 8 points and 5 rebounds. 

 

Emma Grothaus 6-3 Grad Forward Grad transfer from Lehigh where she averaged 12 points and 9 rebounds.

 

Shalya Gilmore 6-1 Forward from SoCal who was POY in her league. 

 

 

The Returning Team:

 

Haley Van Dyke is a 6-1, 5^th year Forward.   Last season Haley averaged 11 points and 6.7 rebounds.  

 

Lauren Schwartz, 5-11 Sr Wing who transferred from Rice.   Last season with Washington she averaged 10 ppg.

 

Trinity Oliver, 5-9 Redshirt Sr Guard who averaged 4 points and 5 rebounds. 

 

Darcy Rees is a 6-4 5^th year Post from Australia.   Two seasons ago Rees averaged 8 points and 3 rebounds.  Last season she didn’t play much. 

 

Nia Lowery is a 5-9 Redshirt Soph who played just a few games last season.

 

Alexis Griggsby is a 5-9 grad student Guard from SoCal who averaged 7 points however played just 7 games last season. 

 

Tyiona Watkins is a 5-11 Redshirt Sr Guard who averaged 4 points 

 

Jayda Noble, 5-11 Jr Guard averaged 2 points and 2 rebounds.

 

 

Schedule:  

Washington doesn’t play a Power 5 team non-conference.  

 

 

Predictions:  

With returnees Van Dyke and Schwartz and a healthy Rees plus solid transfers Daniels and Grothaus Washington has a good experienced five.   However frosh Ladine and Stines should break into their backcourt.   The recruiting and future are on the rise in Seattle.   

 

 

2023 Recruiting:    

                                   

Olivia Anderson, 6-6 Post from WA, was ranked top 60 at one point

Ari Long, 6-0 Guard/Wing from SoCal, ranked # 46

Chloe Briggs, 5-11 Guard from SoCal, ranked # 93

Sayvia Sellers, 5-7 PG from Alaska, ranked # 28

Preview Utah

 

Pac 12 Preview:  Utah

Last Season:  21-12 overall and 8-7 in Pac 12 play, Runner-up in Pac 12 Tournament. 

 

The Coaches:

Lynne Roberts is in her 8th year after moving from the University of Pacific, UOP.  Roberts was Head Coach at UOP for 9 seasons, being named Conference Coach of the Year twice in the last three years.  Before UOP Roberts was Head Coach at Chico State for 4 seasons.   

Gavin Peterson is in his 8th year after 2 seasons with Roberts at UOP.  Peterson has been an assistant in the West since 2002 and an Associate Head Coach for 6 of those seasons.

Jerise Freeman is in her 2nd season at Utah.  Freeman was an Assistant at Oklahoma State for 4 years.  

Jordan Sullivan is in her first year at Utah.   Sullivan is a former Montana player who was an Assistant at Montana the past 5 seasons.   

 

Losses:

Kemery Martin only played 6 games due to injury and transferred to Cal. 

Brynna Maxwell averaged 11 points with 68 threes at 38% transferred to Gonzaga.

Dru Gylten averaged 5 points and 5 assists transferred to South Dakota State.

Andrea Torres averaged 5 points and 3 rebounds and graduated.

Maka Jackson, averaged 3 points. Jackson graduated.   

 

Additions:

Alissa Pili 6-2 Jr Post who transferred from USC where she averaged 8 points and 4 rebounds however played hurt much of the time.

Nene Sow Jr 6-8 Jr Post JC transfer originally from Belgium 

Naya Ojukwu 6-0 Frosh Wing from Idaho

Teya Sidberry, 6-1 Frosh Wing, UT Not ranked However the all-time leading scorer in Utah HS history.

Lani White, 5-11 Frosh Guard SoCal Not ranked

 

The ReturningTeam:

Jenna Johnson 6-2 Soph Forward averaged 12 points and 4 rebounds. 

Gianna Kneepkens 5-11 Soph Guard averaged 12 points and 4 rebounds and made 56 threes at 38%.

Kennady McQueen, 5-10 Jr Guard averaged 10 points and 4 rebounds and made 61 threes at 44%.

Payton McFarland, 6-4 Jr Post from Idaho ranked # 80 out of HS and averaged 7 points and 4 rebounds.

Kelsey Rees, 6-5 Jr Post from Australia.    Kelsey averaged 5 points and 5 rebounds.

Isabel Palmer is a 5-9 Sr Soph Guard who transferred from Texas where as a Frosh she averaged 3 points.   Palmer was born in the US but moved to Australia with her family at the age of 4 months.  She averaged 4 ppg.

Dasia Young, 5-11 Sr Wing averaged 7 points and 3 rebounds last season.

Ines Vieira, 5-6 Soph  Guard from Portugal.   She averaged 4 points and 2 assists.  

 

The Schedule:   

Oklahoma, Alabama, Ole Miss and BYU

 

Predictions:           

Johnson, McQueen and Kneepkens are three solid players and two are preseason all-conference the other Honorable Mention.   Pili is a great addition if healthy to join Reese and Mcfarland who are solid front court players.   Young was solid off the bench last season.  The Media prediction is 5^th place in the conference for Utah.  

 

2023 Recruiting:          

Daniela Falcon, 6-3 Wing/ Forward from Germany

Reese Ross 6-1 Forward from SD Not ranked

Preview USC

Pac 12 Preview:  Southern Cal

Last Season: 12-16 overall and 5-12 in Pac 12 play.  

 

The Coaches:  

Lindsay Gottlieb is in her 2^nd , after two years in the NBA and 8 years as the Head Coach at Cal where she won 67% of her games.

Beth Burns is in her first year at USC after coaching at Louisville.   Beth was once at Stanford.  Beth is the Associate Head Coach.

Wendale Farrow is in his 2nd year after 5 years at Cal, three with Gottlieb.

Nneka Enemkpali is in her 2nd year after one season at UNLV and 2 at UCSB.   She averaged 10 points per game over her 4 years at Texas.  

 

Losses:

Alissa Pili averaged 8 points and 4 rebounds in an injury plagued season.  Pili transferred to Utah

Angel Jackson averaged 4 points and 3 rebounds.  Jackson transferred to Jackson State

Jordyn Jenkins averaged 15 points and 7 rebounds.  Jenkins transferred to Texas-San Antonio.

Jordan Sanders averaged 12 points and 4 rebounds and graduated.

Desiree Caldwell averaged 4 points and 3 assists and graduated..

Amaya Oliver, only played 39 minutes and transferred to LMU.

Kyra White averaged one point and transferred to Texas San Antonio.

Tera Reed averaged 6 points and 4 rebounds and graduated.  

That’s a loss of 50 points per games.    

 

Additions:

Aaliyah Gayles, 5-9 Point Guard, NV who Ranked # 8   Badly injured so I’m sure will redshirt 

Taylor Rigby 6-1 Soph Guard transferred from Oregon after averaging 2 points however highly recruited out of HS.

Rokia Doumbia is a 5-9 Guard Grad Transfer from Purdue where she averaged 4 points and 4 rebounds.

Destiny Littleton 5-9 Sr Guard who transferred from South Carolina where she averaged 2.6 ppg.  A McD All American in HS.

Koi Love 6-0 Jr Forward who transferred from Arizona where she averaged 5 points and 4 rebounds.

Okako Adika 6-0 Sr Wing who transferred from TCU where she averaged 10 points and 5 rebounds.

Kadi Sissoko 6-2 Grad Transfer Wing from Minnesota where she averaged 11 points and 6 rebounds in the last two seasons.

Kayla Williams 5-7 Redshirt Soph Guard who transferred from UC Irvine where she averaged 15 points and 4 assists and made 68 threes.

 

The Returning Team:

Alyson Miura is a 5-9 Sr Guard who averaged 6 points and made 38 threes at 39%. 

Madison Campbell is a 5-11  Redshirt Jr Guard  who averaged 4 points.

India Otto is a 5-9 Sr Guard who played just 6 games this past season and 3 games the previous season.

Clarice Akunwafo, 6-6 Soph Post who averaged 3 points and 3 rebounds.

Rayah Marshall, 6-4 Soph Forward who averaged 11 points and 8 rebounds.   

Bella Perkins is a 5-9 Soph  Guard from Virginia who was the State Gatorade POY.  Bella averaged 3 points.

 

The Schedule: 

Texas, that’s it for Power 5, plus U of San Diego hey look how good they are in WVB. 

 

 

Predictions:   

Five transfer out and three Graduate so eight gone with their 50 points per game.    However here come eight transfers in, plus six returning.   Crazy.  Marshall will start but I can’t guess what the other starters will be or the top 8.

 

2023 Recruiting Commits:  

Malia Samuels, 5-11 Guard from Seattle Ranked # 49