Updates: Washington’s GiGi Garcia will redshirt again with injuries.
Arizona has a commitment from 6-6 SoCal Post Semja Smith ranked about 90.
Pac 12 Preview: UCLA
Last Season: UCLA was 25-9 last season and 13-5 in conference play. The Bruins won their first two NCAA games before losing in the Sweet 16 to UConn.
The Coaches: Cori Close is in her 7th season as the Head Coach. Close has 123 wins in her 6 seasons, 20 wins per year. She went to HS in the San Jose area.
Jenny Huth joined the Bruins with Close, so now in her 7th year also.
Shannon Perry is in her 7th year and she coached at Duke for 5 seasons.
Tony Newnan like the others is in his 7th season. Thus the entire staff together from the first season Close coached at UCLA.
Losses:
Kari Korver averaged 9 points and hit 77 threes at 35%
Nicole Kornet averaged 8 points and hit 48 threes but at 26%.
Korver and Kornet hit 125 threes or about 55% of the Bruin threes
Paulina Hersler averaged 3 points and 3 rebounds.
Additions:
Lindsey Corsaro is a 6-1 Redshirt Frosh Wing ranked # 15 out of HS. Lindsey originally committed to Kentucky, then de committed when players transferred from Kentucky. Corsaro played just 4 games this past season before redshirting.
Ally Rosenblum is a 6-4 Soph Post ranked # 47 out of HS. Ally is from the great Mater Dei program in Southern California. Ally did play 12 games but saw little action before sitting out the rest of the season. She did average 3 rebounds in 8 minutes.
Lajahna Drummer is a 6-1 Redshirt Jr Forward who played just 2 games before redshirting like the two above with injures. Drummer has only started 9 games in her 2 years at UCLA but has averaged 6 points and 5 rebounds and will see a lot of action this coming season.
Now the Frosh and a transfer:
Chantel Horvat is a 6-1 Guard from Australia. Chantel was ranked # 15 in the class. Her father was a famous Australian soccer player.
Kayla Owens is a 6-1 Guard, ranked # 45. Owens is from Texas.
Michaela Onyenwere is a 5-11 Forward from Colorado ranked # 10. Her father ran in the Olympics for Nigeria. Michela could also run track if desired with excellent marks for the 100, 11.99 and 200, 24.55.
Japreece Dean is a 5-6 Jr Guard who transferred from Texas Tech. Dean averaged 12 points and 3 assists as a frosh at Texas Tech and was Big 12 Frosh of the week 6 times. She played just 2 games last season before transferring to UCLA so I presume she will be able to play about Dec 20.
Lauren Miller is a 6-1 Forward from Missouri who ranked # 16. Although ranked about 70 my other services.
This is the 5th ranked class.
The Schedule: UCLA plays Baylor UConn and Oklahoma State. In league play the Washington schools only away and the Arizona schools only at home.
The Team: Jordin Canada is a 5-6 Sr Point Guard who led the team in scoring at 18 points per game. Canada averaged 7.1 assists per game with a 2.7:1 assist to turnover ratio. Jordin also averaged 5 rebounds 2nd on the team. Canada is one of the top players in the country.
Monique Billings is a 6-4 Sr Post. Last season Billings averaged 17 points and 10 rebounds per game. She also led the team in blocks and here’s a great stat for a post, she was 3rd on the team in steals. Billings was rated as high as # 17 out of HS. Another top player in the country.
Kennedy Burke is a 6-1 Jr Wing. Last season Burke averaged 12 points and 5 rebounds. Burke was ranked as high as # 16 out of HS.
Kelli Hayes is a 6-0 Sr Guard who averaged 6 points and 4 rebounds per game. Kelli is from Mitty HS and was ranked as high as 26.
Ashley Hearn is 6-4 Jr 4/5. Hearn hasn’t played much in two years, just 8 minutes per game last season. However Ashley was ranked as high as # 12 out of HS.
Chrissy Baird is a 6-1 Jr Guard who redshirted last season.
Predictions:
A potential Final 4 team if the frosh jell with the upper class. In any case will certainly contend for the Pac 12 title.
2018 Recruiting:
Ahlana Smith is a 5-9 Guard from North Carolina ranked # 34.
Shayley Harris is a 6-5 Post from NorCal ranked just outside the top 100.
Kiara Jefferson is a 5-9 Guard from NorCal ranked # 65.
October 30, 2017
October 22, 2017
Lexi Bando
Lexi Bando was an excellent three point shooter, making 76 at 48%. Bando averaged 10 points per game.
Actually Bando is now a Sr at Oregon.
Thanks for the help my friend.
Actually Bando is now a Sr at Oregon.
Thanks for the help my friend.
October 21, 2017
Pac 12 Preview: Oregon
Pac 12 Preview: Oregon
Last Season:
23-14 overall and 8-10 in Pac 12 play. The Ducks lost to Stanford in the Pac 12 Semis and then lost to UConn in the NCAA Elite 8.
The Coaches:
Kelley Graves starts season three with the Ducks. The Ducks are picked tied with Stanford for 2nd in the Pac 12 poll. Quite a turnaround by Graves. Graves coached in the WCC first at St Mary’s then Gonzaga winning 67% of his game over 17 seasons.
Jodie Berry is in her 3nd season at Oregon as an assistant after coaching with Graves at Gonzaga for 11 years.
Mark Campbell is in his 3nd year at Oregon after 4 seasons as an assistant at Oregon State.
Xavi Lopez is in his first year.
Losses:
Lexi Bando was an excellent three point shooter, making 76 at 48%. Bando averaged 10 points per game.
Jacinta Vandenberg averaged 2 point and 3 rebounds.
Mar‘Shay Moore averaged 1 point.
Lauren Yearwood transferred out after averaging 2 points in 7 minutes.
Additions:
Satou Sabally is a 6-4 Frosh Post from Berlin, Germany. Sabally is the top ranked international recruit to an American college. She played for Germany in the U20 Championships.
Anneli Maley is a 6-2 Frosh Guard from Australia. Maley is the 3# 6 international recruit. Played for the Australia U19 team. She was the youngest player on the Adelaide Lighting of the WNBL of Australia.
Aina Ayuso is a 5-9 Frosh Guard from Spain. Ayuso is the # 10 international recruit. She played on Spain’s U19 team.
Erin Boley is a 6-2 Soph Wing who will redshirt after transferring from Notre Dame. Boley was the Gatorade National Player of the Year as a HS Sr. She averaged 6.5 points and 3 rebounds as a Frosh at Notre Dame. She also hit 47 threes at 40%.
The Schedule:
The Ducks play Mississippi, Mississippi State, Oklahoma and Texas A&M. They also have a tournament at home with 3 games but the teams haven’t been released yet. The Ducks play Cal and Stanford only at home and Colorado and Utah only on the road.
The Team:
Ruthy Hebard is a 6-4 Soph Forward who was the Ducks leading scorer and rebounder with 15 points and 8 rebounds per game.
Sabrina Ionescu is a 5-10 Soph Guard second in scoring at almost 15 points per game. Ionescu also averaged 5.5 assists with a 2.0 assist to turnover ratio. She made 73 threes at 42%.
Matie Cazorla is a 5-10 Jr Guard from Spain who averaged 8 points and 4 assists.
Mallory McGuire is a 6-5 Soph Post, niece of Mark, who averaged 7 points and 4 rebounds in 17 minutes.
Oti Gildon is a 6-1 Jr Forward who averaged 4 points and 3 rebounds in 10 minutes.
Sierra Campisano is a 6-3 Soph Forward who averaged 3 points in 7 minutes.
Morgan Yeager is a 5-9 Soph Guard from Australia who averaged 2 points in 9 minutes.
Justine Hall is a 5-10 Sr Guard who averaged 3.5 points per game.
Lydia Giomi is a 6-6 Redshirt Soph Post who played a bit then injured early.
Predictions:
The Ducks will definitely fight for the top of the conference. Plus they have just one Sr and she’s a back-up player so the future is very bright.
2018 Recruiting:
Taylor Chavez, a 5-9 Guard from Arizona ranked # 53.
Nyara Sabally, a 6-3 Forward from Germany and a sister of the current frosh player. She is the 2nd highest ranked international recruit.
Last Season:
23-14 overall and 8-10 in Pac 12 play. The Ducks lost to Stanford in the Pac 12 Semis and then lost to UConn in the NCAA Elite 8.
The Coaches:
Kelley Graves starts season three with the Ducks. The Ducks are picked tied with Stanford for 2nd in the Pac 12 poll. Quite a turnaround by Graves. Graves coached in the WCC first at St Mary’s then Gonzaga winning 67% of his game over 17 seasons.
Jodie Berry is in her 3nd season at Oregon as an assistant after coaching with Graves at Gonzaga for 11 years.
Mark Campbell is in his 3nd year at Oregon after 4 seasons as an assistant at Oregon State.
Xavi Lopez is in his first year.
Losses:
Lexi Bando was an excellent three point shooter, making 76 at 48%. Bando averaged 10 points per game.
Jacinta Vandenberg averaged 2 point and 3 rebounds.
Mar‘Shay Moore averaged 1 point.
Lauren Yearwood transferred out after averaging 2 points in 7 minutes.
Additions:
Satou Sabally is a 6-4 Frosh Post from Berlin, Germany. Sabally is the top ranked international recruit to an American college. She played for Germany in the U20 Championships.
Anneli Maley is a 6-2 Frosh Guard from Australia. Maley is the 3# 6 international recruit. Played for the Australia U19 team. She was the youngest player on the Adelaide Lighting of the WNBL of Australia.
Aina Ayuso is a 5-9 Frosh Guard from Spain. Ayuso is the # 10 international recruit. She played on Spain’s U19 team.
Erin Boley is a 6-2 Soph Wing who will redshirt after transferring from Notre Dame. Boley was the Gatorade National Player of the Year as a HS Sr. She averaged 6.5 points and 3 rebounds as a Frosh at Notre Dame. She also hit 47 threes at 40%.
The Schedule:
The Ducks play Mississippi, Mississippi State, Oklahoma and Texas A&M. They also have a tournament at home with 3 games but the teams haven’t been released yet. The Ducks play Cal and Stanford only at home and Colorado and Utah only on the road.
The Team:
Ruthy Hebard is a 6-4 Soph Forward who was the Ducks leading scorer and rebounder with 15 points and 8 rebounds per game.
Sabrina Ionescu is a 5-10 Soph Guard second in scoring at almost 15 points per game. Ionescu also averaged 5.5 assists with a 2.0 assist to turnover ratio. She made 73 threes at 42%.
Matie Cazorla is a 5-10 Jr Guard from Spain who averaged 8 points and 4 assists.
Mallory McGuire is a 6-5 Soph Post, niece of Mark, who averaged 7 points and 4 rebounds in 17 minutes.
Oti Gildon is a 6-1 Jr Forward who averaged 4 points and 3 rebounds in 10 minutes.
Sierra Campisano is a 6-3 Soph Forward who averaged 3 points in 7 minutes.
Morgan Yeager is a 5-9 Soph Guard from Australia who averaged 2 points in 9 minutes.
Justine Hall is a 5-10 Sr Guard who averaged 3.5 points per game.
Lydia Giomi is a 6-6 Redshirt Soph Post who played a bit then injured early.
Predictions:
The Ducks will definitely fight for the top of the conference. Plus they have just one Sr and she’s a back-up player so the future is very bright.
2018 Recruiting:
Taylor Chavez, a 5-9 Guard from Arizona ranked # 53.
Nyara Sabally, a 6-3 Forward from Germany and a sister of the current frosh player. She is the 2nd highest ranked international recruit.
October 16, 2017
Pac 12 Preview: Cal
Pac 12 Preview: Cal
Last Season: 20-14 overall and 6-12 in conference play.
The Coaches:
Lindsay Gottlieb is in her 7th 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 11th season at Cal and is now the Associate Head Coach.
Kai Felton is back for her 7th year at Cal. Kai has been an Assistant at Oregon, 2 years, and at USC, 5 years.
Wendale Farrow is in his 2nd season.
Losses:
For the 2nd straight year al has only one notable loss. Country Range averaged 9 points and 5 rebounds. Range also had 40 threes although at 30%.
Additions:
Alaysia Styles is a 6-3 Forward from La Jolla Country Day School. Styles averaged 21 points and 13 rebounds as a HS Sr and was ranked # 90.
Sara Anastasieska is a 5-11 Guard from Australia. Sara is a transfer from U of Texas San Antonio where she scored 5 points per game. She sat out this past season at Cal and will now play.
Kianna Smith is a 6-0 Guard from SoCal. Smith averaged 21 points as a HS Sr and was a McD All American, ranked # 17. Her Dad coaches at Cal State Fullerton where her brother plays.
The Schedule: Cal plays UConn, Kentucky, BYU and St Mary’s. Cal plays the Oregon schools only away Utah and Colorado only at home.
The Team:
Kristine Anigwe is a 6-4 Jr Center. Last season she averaged 21 points and 9 rebounds. The down side was 3 turnovers per game, however that was an improvement. Anigwe was ranked as high as 13 out of HS and was a McD All American.
Mikayla Cowling is a 6-2 Sr Forward who scored 9 points and grabbed 4 rebounds per game.
Asha Thomas is a 5-4 Jr Guard. Thomas is from Oakland and last season averaged 9 points and 3 assists per game. Thomas also led the team with 63 threes at 38%.
Penina Davidson is a 6-3 Sr Post or Wing. Last season she averaged 6 points and 5 rebounds per game.
Mi’Cole Clayton is a 5-9 Soph Guard who averaged 6 points per game.
CJ West is a 6-4 Soph Post who averaged 3 points and 3 rebounds in 8 minutes.
Jaeyln Brown is a 6-1 Soph Wing, who averaged 5 points and 2.5 rebounds in 16 minutes.
MaAne Mosley is a 5-11 Jr Wing. Mosley is from Oakland and this past season she averaged just 1 point in very limited play
Chen Yue is a 6-7 Jr Center from China who played just 58 minutes this past season.
Predictions:
Cal started last year winning their first 13, then went 7-14. The Bears have talent, however have been so unpredictable the past two seasons.
2018 Recruiting:
MacKenzie Forbes, 6-0 Wing from NorCal ranked # 20
Last Season: 20-14 overall and 6-12 in conference play.
The Coaches:
Lindsay Gottlieb is in her 7th 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 11th season at Cal and is now the Associate Head Coach.
Kai Felton is back for her 7th year at Cal. Kai has been an Assistant at Oregon, 2 years, and at USC, 5 years.
Wendale Farrow is in his 2nd season.
Losses:
For the 2nd straight year al has only one notable loss. Country Range averaged 9 points and 5 rebounds. Range also had 40 threes although at 30%.
Additions:
Alaysia Styles is a 6-3 Forward from La Jolla Country Day School. Styles averaged 21 points and 13 rebounds as a HS Sr and was ranked # 90.
Sara Anastasieska is a 5-11 Guard from Australia. Sara is a transfer from U of Texas San Antonio where she scored 5 points per game. She sat out this past season at Cal and will now play.
Kianna Smith is a 6-0 Guard from SoCal. Smith averaged 21 points as a HS Sr and was a McD All American, ranked # 17. Her Dad coaches at Cal State Fullerton where her brother plays.
The Schedule: Cal plays UConn, Kentucky, BYU and St Mary’s. Cal plays the Oregon schools only away Utah and Colorado only at home.
The Team:
Kristine Anigwe is a 6-4 Jr Center. Last season she averaged 21 points and 9 rebounds. The down side was 3 turnovers per game, however that was an improvement. Anigwe was ranked as high as 13 out of HS and was a McD All American.
Mikayla Cowling is a 6-2 Sr Forward who scored 9 points and grabbed 4 rebounds per game.
Asha Thomas is a 5-4 Jr Guard. Thomas is from Oakland and last season averaged 9 points and 3 assists per game. Thomas also led the team with 63 threes at 38%.
Penina Davidson is a 6-3 Sr Post or Wing. Last season she averaged 6 points and 5 rebounds per game.
Mi’Cole Clayton is a 5-9 Soph Guard who averaged 6 points per game.
CJ West is a 6-4 Soph Post who averaged 3 points and 3 rebounds in 8 minutes.
Jaeyln Brown is a 6-1 Soph Wing, who averaged 5 points and 2.5 rebounds in 16 minutes.
MaAne Mosley is a 5-11 Jr Wing. Mosley is from Oakland and this past season she averaged just 1 point in very limited play
Chen Yue is a 6-7 Jr Center from China who played just 58 minutes this past season.
Predictions:
Cal started last year winning their first 13, then went 7-14. The Bears have talent, however have been so unpredictable the past two seasons.
2018 Recruiting:
MacKenzie Forbes, 6-0 Wing from NorCal ranked # 20
October 9, 2017
Pac 12 Preview: Oregon State
Updates: ASU has a commitment from 5 star 6-1 JC Guard Iris Junio, originally from Spain. Junio has not yet been accepted but if so will play for ASU when Pac 12 League play starts.
Washington has a 2018 commit. Haley Van Dyke a 6-0 Forward ranked # 95. Haley is from the East Bay, Campolindo HS.
Pac 12 Preview: Oregon State
Last Season: 31-5, 16-2 Pac 12 Champions and a Sweet 16 team. It’s the 3nd straight Pac 12 Championship for the Beavers.
The Coaches:
Scott Rueck is in his 8th year and has been an outstanding coach, turning the then lowly Beavers into a Final 4 team.
James Chatterton is in his 4nd year.
Katie Baker is in her 2nd year, and she works with the post players. Baker is a 2013 Graduate of the University of Montanan.
Brian Holsinger is in his 2nd season after 8 seasons at Washington State. Brian coaches guards.
Losses:
The great Sydney Wiese graduated. Last season Wiese averaged 15 points and 4.5 assists. Wiese made 103 threes at 43%.
Breanna Brown averaged 8 points and 6 rebounds.
Gabriella Hanson averaged 7 points and 4 rebounds
Kobie Orum averaged 7 points and 5 rebounds.
Tarea Green just played a few games
Additions:
Aleah Goodman is a 5-9 Frosh guard from the state of Oregon. Goodman was the three time Oregon Player of the Year and was ranked # 63.
Tara Corosdale is a 6-3 post player from Washington, ranked # 26 .
Joanna Grymek is a 6-8 Center from Poland. Joanna transferred from a JC where she played for 2 seasons. Last season she averaged 15 points, 9 rebounds and 3 blocked shots.
Destiny Slocum is a 5-7 Soph Guard from Idaho who played last season at Maryland. Slocum was a McD All American in HS and continued that by being the Big Ten Frosh of the year this past season. She will sit out this season, I believe.
The Schedule: The Beavers play Duke and Notre Dame but after that North Dakota may be their toughest non conference game. The Beavers play Stanford and Cal only at home and the Colorado and Utah only on the road.
The Team:
Mikayla Pivec is a 5-10 Soph Guard who averaged 8 points and 5 rebounds per game. Pivec was recruited heavily by Stanford and choose Oregon State. She was 4th in the State of Washington 800, 4th in the 1600 and won the State Javelin. An outstanding athlete, Pivec was the State of Washington Gatorade Women’s Basketball Player of the Year.
Katie McWilliams is a 6-2 Jr Guard who averaged 5 points last season but could have a break out season. Katie was ranked as high as # 40 nationally out of HS.
Marie Gulich is a 6-5 Sr Center from Germany who averaged 10 points and 8 rebounds last season.
Kat Tudor is a 6-0 Soph Guard and might the best three point shooter in the Pac 12. Kat made 371 Threes in HS at 43%. Last season Kat averaged 5 points while making 49 threes at 41%, in 13 minutes per game.
Madison Washington is a 6-1 Soph Forward who didn’t play much this past season.
Janessa Thropay is a 6-2 Soph Forward who also didn’t play much
Taylor Kalmer is a 5-8 Sr Guard who averaged 3 points in just 9 minutes per game last season.
Predictions: The Beavers return 4 very good players and have a fine recruiting class. However a huge loss in Wiese and three other very solid players. Of course a year ago we said big losses and then the Beavers win the Pac 12 regular season championship. It’s a question with Slocum, it appears from what I have read she can play immediately. If true then the Beavers will be young but very good.
2018 Recruiting:
Andrea Aquino, 6-8 Post from New Jersey ranked # 30
Patricia Morris, 6-5 Post 4 star from SoCal.
Jasmine Simmons, 5-9, a 4 star Guard from Australia.
Washington has a 2018 commit. Haley Van Dyke a 6-0 Forward ranked # 95. Haley is from the East Bay, Campolindo HS.
Pac 12 Preview: Oregon State
Last Season: 31-5, 16-2 Pac 12 Champions and a Sweet 16 team. It’s the 3nd straight Pac 12 Championship for the Beavers.
The Coaches:
Scott Rueck is in his 8th year and has been an outstanding coach, turning the then lowly Beavers into a Final 4 team.
James Chatterton is in his 4nd year.
Katie Baker is in her 2nd year, and she works with the post players. Baker is a 2013 Graduate of the University of Montanan.
Brian Holsinger is in his 2nd season after 8 seasons at Washington State. Brian coaches guards.
Losses:
The great Sydney Wiese graduated. Last season Wiese averaged 15 points and 4.5 assists. Wiese made 103 threes at 43%.
Breanna Brown averaged 8 points and 6 rebounds.
Gabriella Hanson averaged 7 points and 4 rebounds
Kobie Orum averaged 7 points and 5 rebounds.
Tarea Green just played a few games
Additions:
Aleah Goodman is a 5-9 Frosh guard from the state of Oregon. Goodman was the three time Oregon Player of the Year and was ranked # 63.
Tara Corosdale is a 6-3 post player from Washington, ranked # 26 .
Joanna Grymek is a 6-8 Center from Poland. Joanna transferred from a JC where she played for 2 seasons. Last season she averaged 15 points, 9 rebounds and 3 blocked shots.
Destiny Slocum is a 5-7 Soph Guard from Idaho who played last season at Maryland. Slocum was a McD All American in HS and continued that by being the Big Ten Frosh of the year this past season. She will sit out this season, I believe.
The Schedule: The Beavers play Duke and Notre Dame but after that North Dakota may be their toughest non conference game. The Beavers play Stanford and Cal only at home and the Colorado and Utah only on the road.
The Team:
Mikayla Pivec is a 5-10 Soph Guard who averaged 8 points and 5 rebounds per game. Pivec was recruited heavily by Stanford and choose Oregon State. She was 4th in the State of Washington 800, 4th in the 1600 and won the State Javelin. An outstanding athlete, Pivec was the State of Washington Gatorade Women’s Basketball Player of the Year.
Katie McWilliams is a 6-2 Jr Guard who averaged 5 points last season but could have a break out season. Katie was ranked as high as # 40 nationally out of HS.
Marie Gulich is a 6-5 Sr Center from Germany who averaged 10 points and 8 rebounds last season.
Kat Tudor is a 6-0 Soph Guard and might the best three point shooter in the Pac 12. Kat made 371 Threes in HS at 43%. Last season Kat averaged 5 points while making 49 threes at 41%, in 13 minutes per game.
Madison Washington is a 6-1 Soph Forward who didn’t play much this past season.
Janessa Thropay is a 6-2 Soph Forward who also didn’t play much
Taylor Kalmer is a 5-8 Sr Guard who averaged 3 points in just 9 minutes per game last season.
Predictions: The Beavers return 4 very good players and have a fine recruiting class. However a huge loss in Wiese and three other very solid players. Of course a year ago we said big losses and then the Beavers win the Pac 12 regular season championship. It’s a question with Slocum, it appears from what I have read she can play immediately. If true then the Beavers will be young but very good.
2018 Recruiting:
Andrea Aquino, 6-8 Post from New Jersey ranked # 30
Patricia Morris, 6-5 Post 4 star from SoCal.
Jasmine Simmons, 5-9, a 4 star Guard from Australia.
October 2, 2017
Pac 12 Preview: Colorado
An update: Utah has added a 2018 recruit, 4 star Lola Pendande of Spain.
PAC 12 Preview: Colorado
Last Season: Colorado went 17-16, 10 more wins than the season before, and 5-13 in the conference,.
The Coaches: Head Coach JR Payne will be in her 2nd year at Colorado after two seasons at Santa Clara. Colorado improved greatly this past season. Two years Payne led Santa Clara to its first winning season in 8 seasons and finished 23-9. JR, no periods, and real name Ali-Marie, is a graduate of St Mary’s where she played for now Oregon coach Kelly Graves. Her first coaching job was at age 23 for Graves when he started at Gonzaga.
Shandrika Lee is in her 2nd season as an assistant at Colorado after coaching for Payne at Santa Clara. Lee is a graduate of Pepperdine and has coached at Oregon.
Toriano Towns is also in his 2nd and also coached with Payne at Santa Clara. Towns coached at Gonzaga with Payne and later at Arizona where he was the Post coach for the great, late Polk.
Alex Earl is in her 2nd year on the staff. Alex was an assistant with Payne this two seasons ago at Santa Clara and played for years at ASU graduating in 2013. Alex was a HS teammate of JJ Hones on a team where all five starters player Division 1 basketball.
Losses: A total of 8 losses which leaves just 5 returning players. 4 players graduated, 3 transferred and one retired.
Haley Smith graduated after scoring 11 points per game and hitting 47 threes at 39%
Ariana Freeman had to retire with injuries after averaging 8 points.
Makenzie Ellis averaged 6 points and transferred to SMU.
Monica Burich transferred to Drake after averaging 4 points and 3 rebounds.
Zoe Beard-Falls graduated after averaging 4 points.
Eleanor Jones transferred and Lauren Huggins graduated but neither played much.
These players above accounted for half the scoring last season.
Additions:
Eight new players and only 2 were signed during the normal November LOI date
Jenna Bunn is a 6-3 Jr Post from Midland College in Texas. Jenna is from Mass, but when to a JC as a frosh sat out one year then to a Texas JC. In her JC career she averaged 12 points, 9 rebounds and 4 blocked shots.
Peyton Carter is a 5-8 Frosh Guard from Colorado, where as a HS Sr she averaged 16 points and was named All State.
Mya Hollingshed is a 6-4 Frosh Forward from Texas where she averaged 18 points and 11 rebounds as a Sr. Both her Dad and Grandfather played College basketball and Grandfather was an NBA 2nd round draft choice.
Mathilde Diop is a 6-2 Soph JC transfer who is from France. Last year at the JC she averaged 10 points and 5 rebounds. She is originally from Senegal where her Father was an Olympic basketball player.
Annika Jank is a 6-3 Frosh Post from MN where she is her school’s all time leading scorer. Last season, in HS, she averaged 19 points and 9 rebounds. In 29015 she was the state Champion in Ultimate Frisbee.
Aubrey Knight is a 5-8 Frosh Guard from SoCal where for the last three years she was her league’s MVP. Last season she averaged 15 points and 8 rebounds. Her goal is to become a detective.
Sara Castro is a 5-8 Frosh Guard from Spain, born and raised in the Canary Islands. She averaged 15 points as a HS Sr.
Jaimie Curtis is a 6-7 Jr Post from near Sacramento. Last season at Sierra College she averaged 7 points and 5 rebounds.
The Schedule: The Pre conference schedule isn’t available yet. Colorado plays the Oregon schools once each and also they play Stanford and Cal once each. A huge break.
The Team: Kennedy Leonard is a 5-8 Jr Guard who averaged 17 points and almost 6 assists per game last season.
Alexis Robinson is a 5-10 Jr Guard who averaged 11 points per game.
Zoe Correal is a 6-4 Sr Post form San Francisco who averaged 4 points and had 4 rebounds in 15 minutes per game.
Becca Thomas is a 5-5 Sr Guard who averaged 6 minutes per game.
Quinessa Caylao-Do is a 5-8 Jr Guard who averaged 2 points in 15 minutes per game.
Predictions: Leonard and Robinson are excellent players but the other players, other than Correal are young or inexperienced. It’s going to be a long season in Boulder.
2018 Recruiting:
Cameron Swartz a 5-10 unranked Guard from Georgia.
Sirena Tuitele a 6-2 Forward from NorCal, also unranked.
PAC 12 Preview: Colorado
Last Season: Colorado went 17-16, 10 more wins than the season before, and 5-13 in the conference,.
The Coaches: Head Coach JR Payne will be in her 2nd year at Colorado after two seasons at Santa Clara. Colorado improved greatly this past season. Two years Payne led Santa Clara to its first winning season in 8 seasons and finished 23-9. JR, no periods, and real name Ali-Marie, is a graduate of St Mary’s where she played for now Oregon coach Kelly Graves. Her first coaching job was at age 23 for Graves when he started at Gonzaga.
Shandrika Lee is in her 2nd season as an assistant at Colorado after coaching for Payne at Santa Clara. Lee is a graduate of Pepperdine and has coached at Oregon.
Toriano Towns is also in his 2nd and also coached with Payne at Santa Clara. Towns coached at Gonzaga with Payne and later at Arizona where he was the Post coach for the great, late Polk.
Alex Earl is in her 2nd year on the staff. Alex was an assistant with Payne this two seasons ago at Santa Clara and played for years at ASU graduating in 2013. Alex was a HS teammate of JJ Hones on a team where all five starters player Division 1 basketball.
Losses: A total of 8 losses which leaves just 5 returning players. 4 players graduated, 3 transferred and one retired.
Haley Smith graduated after scoring 11 points per game and hitting 47 threes at 39%
Ariana Freeman had to retire with injuries after averaging 8 points.
Makenzie Ellis averaged 6 points and transferred to SMU.
Monica Burich transferred to Drake after averaging 4 points and 3 rebounds.
Zoe Beard-Falls graduated after averaging 4 points.
Eleanor Jones transferred and Lauren Huggins graduated but neither played much.
These players above accounted for half the scoring last season.
Additions:
Eight new players and only 2 were signed during the normal November LOI date
Jenna Bunn is a 6-3 Jr Post from Midland College in Texas. Jenna is from Mass, but when to a JC as a frosh sat out one year then to a Texas JC. In her JC career she averaged 12 points, 9 rebounds and 4 blocked shots.
Peyton Carter is a 5-8 Frosh Guard from Colorado, where as a HS Sr she averaged 16 points and was named All State.
Mya Hollingshed is a 6-4 Frosh Forward from Texas where she averaged 18 points and 11 rebounds as a Sr. Both her Dad and Grandfather played College basketball and Grandfather was an NBA 2nd round draft choice.
Mathilde Diop is a 6-2 Soph JC transfer who is from France. Last year at the JC she averaged 10 points and 5 rebounds. She is originally from Senegal where her Father was an Olympic basketball player.
Annika Jank is a 6-3 Frosh Post from MN where she is her school’s all time leading scorer. Last season, in HS, she averaged 19 points and 9 rebounds. In 29015 she was the state Champion in Ultimate Frisbee.
Aubrey Knight is a 5-8 Frosh Guard from SoCal where for the last three years she was her league’s MVP. Last season she averaged 15 points and 8 rebounds. Her goal is to become a detective.
Sara Castro is a 5-8 Frosh Guard from Spain, born and raised in the Canary Islands. She averaged 15 points as a HS Sr.
Jaimie Curtis is a 6-7 Jr Post from near Sacramento. Last season at Sierra College she averaged 7 points and 5 rebounds.
The Schedule: The Pre conference schedule isn’t available yet. Colorado plays the Oregon schools once each and also they play Stanford and Cal once each. A huge break.
The Team: Kennedy Leonard is a 5-8 Jr Guard who averaged 17 points and almost 6 assists per game last season.
Alexis Robinson is a 5-10 Jr Guard who averaged 11 points per game.
Zoe Correal is a 6-4 Sr Post form San Francisco who averaged 4 points and had 4 rebounds in 15 minutes per game.
Becca Thomas is a 5-5 Sr Guard who averaged 6 minutes per game.
Quinessa Caylao-Do is a 5-8 Jr Guard who averaged 2 points in 15 minutes per game.
Predictions: Leonard and Robinson are excellent players but the other players, other than Correal are young or inexperienced. It’s going to be a long season in Boulder.
2018 Recruiting:
Cameron Swartz a 5-10 unranked Guard from Georgia.
Sirena Tuitele a 6-2 Forward from NorCal, also unranked.
September 25, 2017
Pac 12 Preview: Washington
A Note: USC has another recruit, Jillian Archer a 6-2 Forward from SoCal ranked about 150.
Also three Pac 12 players have transferred to Santa Clara:
Joeseta Fatuesi from Utah
Lauren Yearwood from Oregon
Charise Holloway from Arizona
Pac 12 Preview: Washington
Last Year: 29-6 overall and 15-3 in league play. The Huskies lost in the Sweet 16 to finalist Mississippi State.
Coaches:
All new for this season. Jody Wynn is the new Head Coach moving from Long Beach State where she was Head Coach for 8 seasons and last year took Long Beach State to their first NCAA tournament in 25 years. Jody was a starting Guard at USC and also for 5 years an assistant at USC.
Derek Wynn is the Associate Head Coach, and her husband. Like Jody he was at Long Beach State and USC.
Michelle Augustavo returns to Washington where she was a player for two years transferring from San Diego where she set the single game scoring record of 42. Michelle coached with the Wynn’s this past season and before that 4 years at UC Irvine.
Paul Reed completes the move of the Long Beach State staff to Washington. He coached for three years at Long Beach State. Paul was a Small College All American Defensive back.
Losses:
Well the entire Coaching staff moved on. The Head Coach moved to Arkansas. And several of the greatest players in Husky history graduated.
Kelsey Plum graduated and goes down in history as one of the greatest players in College history. Plum averaged 32 points last season. She made 115 threes at 43%, and averaged 5 rebounds and 5 assists.
Chantel Osahor averaged 16 points, 15 rebounds and 4 assists.
Aarion McDonald was just a Frosh last season but choose to transfer to Arizona. McDonald averaged 10 points
Katie Collier averaged 6 points and 5 rebounds.
Heather Corral averaged 5 points and made 41 threes at 44%.
The Huskies lost 69 of their 85 points per game.
Additions:
Gigi Garcia is a 6-2 Post or Forward ranked # 89 two years ago. Gigi sat out last season with injuries so is a redshirt frosh.
Fapou Semebene is a 6-1 Soph Forward. She’s from Fairfax HS in LA where she was a strong rebounder. Fairfax is where Warren Zevon and many other famous people when to High school.
Kierra Collier is a 5-6 Frosh Point Guard from Missouri who was ranked # 55.
Khayla Rooks is a 6-1 Forward from SoCal. Rooks brother plays at Cal and Dad was a longtime NBA player and a standout at Arizona.
Alexis Griggsby is a 5-9 Frosh Guard from SoCal.
Missy Peterson is a 5-11 Frosh Guard from Washington.
Schedule: Washington plays the LA schools and the Arizona schools once each. Still no pre season schedule for the Huskies.
The Team:
Natalie Romeo is a 5-7 Sr Guard who transferred from Nebraska before last season. She averaged 9 points making 94 threes at 39% in her first season with the Huskies.
Mai-Loni Henson is a 6-1 Soph Forward who averaged 3 points and 1 rebound in 11 minutes per game. Henson was ranked # 69 in HS.
Amber Melgoza is a 5-10 Soph Shooting Guard who averaged 2 points in 8 minutes.
Deja Strother is a 6-5 Jr Post who averaged 3 points and 2 rebounds.
Hannah Johnson is a 6-1 Redshirt Jr Forward who averaged 3.5 points and 4 rebounds.
Kelli Kingma is a 5-8 Guard who missed last year with injuries. If healthy she will start. Kelli started her first two games last season before being hurt. Her sister is former Husky great Kristi.
Jenna Moser a Sr and MacKenzie Wieburg another Sr saw little action this past season.
Predictions: Huge losses and only one returning player averaged better than 4 points per game. It a very much rebuilding year for the Huskies.
2018 Recruiting: No Commits yet.
Also three Pac 12 players have transferred to Santa Clara:
Joeseta Fatuesi from Utah
Lauren Yearwood from Oregon
Charise Holloway from Arizona
Pac 12 Preview: Washington
Last Year: 29-6 overall and 15-3 in league play. The Huskies lost in the Sweet 16 to finalist Mississippi State.
Coaches:
All new for this season. Jody Wynn is the new Head Coach moving from Long Beach State where she was Head Coach for 8 seasons and last year took Long Beach State to their first NCAA tournament in 25 years. Jody was a starting Guard at USC and also for 5 years an assistant at USC.
Derek Wynn is the Associate Head Coach, and her husband. Like Jody he was at Long Beach State and USC.
Michelle Augustavo returns to Washington where she was a player for two years transferring from San Diego where she set the single game scoring record of 42. Michelle coached with the Wynn’s this past season and before that 4 years at UC Irvine.
Paul Reed completes the move of the Long Beach State staff to Washington. He coached for three years at Long Beach State. Paul was a Small College All American Defensive back.
Losses:
Well the entire Coaching staff moved on. The Head Coach moved to Arkansas. And several of the greatest players in Husky history graduated.
Kelsey Plum graduated and goes down in history as one of the greatest players in College history. Plum averaged 32 points last season. She made 115 threes at 43%, and averaged 5 rebounds and 5 assists.
Chantel Osahor averaged 16 points, 15 rebounds and 4 assists.
Aarion McDonald was just a Frosh last season but choose to transfer to Arizona. McDonald averaged 10 points
Katie Collier averaged 6 points and 5 rebounds.
Heather Corral averaged 5 points and made 41 threes at 44%.
The Huskies lost 69 of their 85 points per game.
Additions:
Gigi Garcia is a 6-2 Post or Forward ranked # 89 two years ago. Gigi sat out last season with injuries so is a redshirt frosh.
Fapou Semebene is a 6-1 Soph Forward. She’s from Fairfax HS in LA where she was a strong rebounder. Fairfax is where Warren Zevon and many other famous people when to High school.
Kierra Collier is a 5-6 Frosh Point Guard from Missouri who was ranked # 55.
Khayla Rooks is a 6-1 Forward from SoCal. Rooks brother plays at Cal and Dad was a longtime NBA player and a standout at Arizona.
Alexis Griggsby is a 5-9 Frosh Guard from SoCal.
Missy Peterson is a 5-11 Frosh Guard from Washington.
Schedule: Washington plays the LA schools and the Arizona schools once each. Still no pre season schedule for the Huskies.
The Team:
Natalie Romeo is a 5-7 Sr Guard who transferred from Nebraska before last season. She averaged 9 points making 94 threes at 39% in her first season with the Huskies.
Mai-Loni Henson is a 6-1 Soph Forward who averaged 3 points and 1 rebound in 11 minutes per game. Henson was ranked # 69 in HS.
Amber Melgoza is a 5-10 Soph Shooting Guard who averaged 2 points in 8 minutes.
Deja Strother is a 6-5 Jr Post who averaged 3 points and 2 rebounds.
Hannah Johnson is a 6-1 Redshirt Jr Forward who averaged 3.5 points and 4 rebounds.
Kelli Kingma is a 5-8 Guard who missed last year with injuries. If healthy she will start. Kelli started her first two games last season before being hurt. Her sister is former Husky great Kristi.
Jenna Moser a Sr and MacKenzie Wieburg another Sr saw little action this past season.
Predictions: Huge losses and only one returning player averaged better than 4 points per game. It a very much rebuilding year for the Huskies.
2018 Recruiting: No Commits yet.
September 18, 2017
Pac 12 Previw: Utah
First an recruiting update: USC has a Commit for 2018 Point Guard Desiree Caldwell, ranked # 13. Caldwell's Sister was a UCLA player who transferred to Texas Tech.
Pac 12 Preview: UTAH
Last Season:
16-15 overall and 5-13 in Pac 12 play finishing in a 4 way tie for 9-12th place.
The Coaches:
Lynne Roberts is in her 3nd 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. Utah improved quite a bit last season.
Gavin Peterson is in his 3nd 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.
Danyelle Snelgro is in her 3nd year after a season at TCU and 2 seasons at Fresno State. She played at Utah State.
Joanna Reitz is in her first season as a coach at Utah. Reitz has coached for 7 years mostly D2.
Losses:
Paige Crozon averaged 10 points and 5 rebounds. Paige also made 49 threes at 35%. She made 1/3 of the Utes three point shots.
Malia Nawahine averaged 10 points and 3 rebounds. Malia made 41 threes at 32%.
Together Malia and Paige made about 2/3 of the Utes three point shots.
Joeseta Fatuesi played in just 9 games.
Additions:
Megan Huff is a 6-3 Redshirt Jr Forward who transferred from Hawaii and will redshirted this past season. At Hawaii two seasons ago she averaged 10 points and 6 rebounds. She went to Hawaii to play Volleyball but switched to Basketball.
Jordan Cruz is a 5-11 Frosh Guard from Sacramento. She made 13 threes in one of her HS games and averaged 20 points as a Sr. Jordan was ranked # 111.
Tori Williams is a 5-10 Frosh Guard from Idaho. Tori averaged 22 points as a Sr. She was ranked # 99.
Elli Koskinen, 6-5 Frosh Post from Finland. Elli has played at least 4 years for various Finnish National age group teams.
Dru Gylten is a 5-11 Frosh Guard from South Dakota. Dru led her team to 4 straight State Championships and was All State her last 2 seasons.
Arianna LaLonde is a 6-4 Frosh Froward from Arizona. Arianna will be redshirting this season.
Maurane Corbin is a 6-5 Frosh Post from Quebec, who averaged 15 points and 13 rebounds as a Sr.
The Schedule: The Utes play Stanford and Cal once each and also the Oregon schools once each. Huge break as all four of these teams should be top 5-6. The non conference schedule has Alabama, St Marys, BYU and Purdue.
The Team:
Emily Potter is a 6-6 Sr Post who averaged 14 points, 8 rebounds and 3 blocked shots. Potter was a member of the Canadian National Team.
Tanaeya Boclair is a 6-0 Sr Wing who averaged 10 points and 4 rebounds.
Erika Bean is a 5-8 Jr Guard. Bean is from the Sacramento area and averaged 4 pints, 4 rebounds and 5.5 assists last season.
Wendy Anae is a 6-3 Sr Forward who averaged 4 points and 3 rebounds in 13 minutes last season.
Daneesha Provo is a 6-0 Redshirt Jr Guard. Provo transferred from Clemson where she scored 5 points per game as a Frosh and was on the Canadian National Jr team. Provo averaged 3 points and 2 rebounds in 12 minutes.
Kiana Moore is a 5-7 Soph Guard from Vacaville who averaged 3 points in 12 minutes.
Megan Jacobs is a 6-1 Frosh Wing from Las Vegas. Her brother plays Pro Football with Carolina. Megan averaged 3 points in 13 minutes.
Tilar Clark is a 5-10 Sr Guard who averaged 3 points in 8 minutes.
Predictions:
Only three players return who averaged 14 or more minutes per game, although all three were starters. Several interesting new players, four are 6-3 to 6-5. Should be interesting, but not top 6 in the Pac 12.
2018 Recruiting: No Commits yet.
Pac 12 Preview: UTAH
Last Season:
16-15 overall and 5-13 in Pac 12 play finishing in a 4 way tie for 9-12th place.
The Coaches:
Lynne Roberts is in her 3nd 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. Utah improved quite a bit last season.
Gavin Peterson is in his 3nd 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.
Danyelle Snelgro is in her 3nd year after a season at TCU and 2 seasons at Fresno State. She played at Utah State.
Joanna Reitz is in her first season as a coach at Utah. Reitz has coached for 7 years mostly D2.
Losses:
Paige Crozon averaged 10 points and 5 rebounds. Paige also made 49 threes at 35%. She made 1/3 of the Utes three point shots.
Malia Nawahine averaged 10 points and 3 rebounds. Malia made 41 threes at 32%.
Together Malia and Paige made about 2/3 of the Utes three point shots.
Joeseta Fatuesi played in just 9 games.
Additions:
Megan Huff is a 6-3 Redshirt Jr Forward who transferred from Hawaii and will redshirted this past season. At Hawaii two seasons ago she averaged 10 points and 6 rebounds. She went to Hawaii to play Volleyball but switched to Basketball.
Jordan Cruz is a 5-11 Frosh Guard from Sacramento. She made 13 threes in one of her HS games and averaged 20 points as a Sr. Jordan was ranked # 111.
Tori Williams is a 5-10 Frosh Guard from Idaho. Tori averaged 22 points as a Sr. She was ranked # 99.
Elli Koskinen, 6-5 Frosh Post from Finland. Elli has played at least 4 years for various Finnish National age group teams.
Dru Gylten is a 5-11 Frosh Guard from South Dakota. Dru led her team to 4 straight State Championships and was All State her last 2 seasons.
Arianna LaLonde is a 6-4 Frosh Froward from Arizona. Arianna will be redshirting this season.
Maurane Corbin is a 6-5 Frosh Post from Quebec, who averaged 15 points and 13 rebounds as a Sr.
The Schedule: The Utes play Stanford and Cal once each and also the Oregon schools once each. Huge break as all four of these teams should be top 5-6. The non conference schedule has Alabama, St Marys, BYU and Purdue.
The Team:
Emily Potter is a 6-6 Sr Post who averaged 14 points, 8 rebounds and 3 blocked shots. Potter was a member of the Canadian National Team.
Tanaeya Boclair is a 6-0 Sr Wing who averaged 10 points and 4 rebounds.
Erika Bean is a 5-8 Jr Guard. Bean is from the Sacramento area and averaged 4 pints, 4 rebounds and 5.5 assists last season.
Wendy Anae is a 6-3 Sr Forward who averaged 4 points and 3 rebounds in 13 minutes last season.
Daneesha Provo is a 6-0 Redshirt Jr Guard. Provo transferred from Clemson where she scored 5 points per game as a Frosh and was on the Canadian National Jr team. Provo averaged 3 points and 2 rebounds in 12 minutes.
Kiana Moore is a 5-7 Soph Guard from Vacaville who averaged 3 points in 12 minutes.
Megan Jacobs is a 6-1 Frosh Wing from Las Vegas. Her brother plays Pro Football with Carolina. Megan averaged 3 points in 13 minutes.
Tilar Clark is a 5-10 Sr Guard who averaged 3 points in 8 minutes.
Predictions:
Only three players return who averaged 14 or more minutes per game, although all three were starters. Several interesting new players, four are 6-3 to 6-5. Should be interesting, but not top 6 in the Pac 12.
2018 Recruiting: No Commits yet.
September 11, 2017
Pac 12 Preview: USC
Pac 12 Preview: Southern Cal
Last Season: 14-16 overall and just 5-13 in Pac 12 play. This has resulted in a new coaching staff.
The Coaches: Mark Trakh has returned to USC after six seasons as the Head Coach at New Mexico State. Mark coach for 5 seasons at USC before New Mexico. New Mexico State lost just 2 league games in the past 3 seasons. Mark started as a Head Coach at Pepperdine in 1994.
Jason Glover is the Associate Head Coach. Glover joined Mark at New Mexico State last season after several years coaching in both the NBA and the WNBA.
Aarika Hughes returns to USC where she played. Hughes coached for 5 years at New Mexico State. She was a HS teammate of JJ Hones and Colorado assistant Alex Earl.
Blanche Alverson is like the other assistants in their first year at USC after 2 seasons at New Mexico State.
Losses:
Lauren Higgins would have been a Soph Wing but has transferred to UOP. Last season she averaged 4.4 points while starting 15 games. She was a top recruit out of HS.
Courtney Jaco averaged 10.6 points and made 68 threes at 40%. Her 68 threes were more than the next 3 combined.
Ivana Jakubcova averaged 2 points and 3 rebounds.
Alexis Lloyd averaged just 9 minutes a game.
Ayanna Clark who should be a frosh and at one time the top player in her class is not listed on the roster.
Destiny Littleton who scored about 5,000 points in her California HS career was released with the coaching change and is at Texas.
Additions:
The big addition is 6th year Grad Student Jordan Adams, see more under The Team.
Shalexxus Aaron is a 6-1 Frosh Guard from SoCal who played her firsdt three years of HS in Washington. Aaron was ranked # 57. Her brother is on the USC Men’s Basketball team.
Mariya Moore is a transfer from Louisville. She is a 6-0 Wing and must sit out this season. Her sister Minyon is a starter on this team. Mariya averaged 12 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists for Louisville last season and is their # 13 all time leading scorer. She is a huge addition.
The Schedule:
Purdue and Texas A&M are the only standouts on the schedule. They play the Arizona and Washington schools once each.
The Team:
Kristen Simon is a 6-2 Sr Post who averaged 15 points and 9 rebounds starting every game last season. She led USC is both areas.
Sadie Edwards is a 5-10 Sr Guard who started her career at UConn. Sadie averaged 9 points per game, starting 22. She was a McD All American.
Minyon Moore is a 5-8 Soph guard who started at Point Guard last season. Minyon led the team is assists 4 per game and scored 12 points per game.
Jordan Adams is a 6-1 6th year Grad student at Guard. Jordan was only able to play 5 games last season, averaging 9 points. She was recruited to USC by new coach Trakh.
Aliyah Mazyck is a 5-9 Jr Guard who averaged 7 points per game last season in only 18 minutes.
Ja’Vavia Tapley is a 6-3 Soph Forward who averaged 6 points and 3 rebounds.
Asiah Jones is a 6-3 Soph Forwards who averaged 2 points and 3 rebounds.
Marquerite Effa is a 6-3 Jr Post who played 82 minutes in 14 games last season.
Candela Abejon is a 6-1 Jr Guard from Spoain who played just 5 games last year.
Dani Milisic is a 6-4 Redshirt Soph Post from Australia;’ Last season she played just 6 minutes a game and appeared in 2.3 of the games. An interesting stat: she had 7 rebounds in 128 total minutes.
Predictions:
Really hurt badly by 3 great players who won’t be with the Trojans . Maybe Clark will at the semester, but I don’t know her situation.
Thin but with a couple of very good players. Still hard to see them in the top 6.
2018 Recruiting: No Commits yet. However they have had and will have some outstanding visitors.
Last Season: 14-16 overall and just 5-13 in Pac 12 play. This has resulted in a new coaching staff.
The Coaches: Mark Trakh has returned to USC after six seasons as the Head Coach at New Mexico State. Mark coach for 5 seasons at USC before New Mexico. New Mexico State lost just 2 league games in the past 3 seasons. Mark started as a Head Coach at Pepperdine in 1994.
Jason Glover is the Associate Head Coach. Glover joined Mark at New Mexico State last season after several years coaching in both the NBA and the WNBA.
Aarika Hughes returns to USC where she played. Hughes coached for 5 years at New Mexico State. She was a HS teammate of JJ Hones and Colorado assistant Alex Earl.
Blanche Alverson is like the other assistants in their first year at USC after 2 seasons at New Mexico State.
Losses:
Lauren Higgins would have been a Soph Wing but has transferred to UOP. Last season she averaged 4.4 points while starting 15 games. She was a top recruit out of HS.
Courtney Jaco averaged 10.6 points and made 68 threes at 40%. Her 68 threes were more than the next 3 combined.
Ivana Jakubcova averaged 2 points and 3 rebounds.
Alexis Lloyd averaged just 9 minutes a game.
Ayanna Clark who should be a frosh and at one time the top player in her class is not listed on the roster.
Destiny Littleton who scored about 5,000 points in her California HS career was released with the coaching change and is at Texas.
Additions:
The big addition is 6th year Grad Student Jordan Adams, see more under The Team.
Shalexxus Aaron is a 6-1 Frosh Guard from SoCal who played her firsdt three years of HS in Washington. Aaron was ranked # 57. Her brother is on the USC Men’s Basketball team.
Mariya Moore is a transfer from Louisville. She is a 6-0 Wing and must sit out this season. Her sister Minyon is a starter on this team. Mariya averaged 12 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists for Louisville last season and is their # 13 all time leading scorer. She is a huge addition.
The Schedule:
Purdue and Texas A&M are the only standouts on the schedule. They play the Arizona and Washington schools once each.
The Team:
Kristen Simon is a 6-2 Sr Post who averaged 15 points and 9 rebounds starting every game last season. She led USC is both areas.
Sadie Edwards is a 5-10 Sr Guard who started her career at UConn. Sadie averaged 9 points per game, starting 22. She was a McD All American.
Minyon Moore is a 5-8 Soph guard who started at Point Guard last season. Minyon led the team is assists 4 per game and scored 12 points per game.
Jordan Adams is a 6-1 6th year Grad student at Guard. Jordan was only able to play 5 games last season, averaging 9 points. She was recruited to USC by new coach Trakh.
Aliyah Mazyck is a 5-9 Jr Guard who averaged 7 points per game last season in only 18 minutes.
Ja’Vavia Tapley is a 6-3 Soph Forward who averaged 6 points and 3 rebounds.
Asiah Jones is a 6-3 Soph Forwards who averaged 2 points and 3 rebounds.
Marquerite Effa is a 6-3 Jr Post who played 82 minutes in 14 games last season.
Candela Abejon is a 6-1 Jr Guard from Spoain who played just 5 games last year.
Dani Milisic is a 6-4 Redshirt Soph Post from Australia;’ Last season she played just 6 minutes a game and appeared in 2.3 of the games. An interesting stat: she had 7 rebounds in 128 total minutes.
Predictions:
Really hurt badly by 3 great players who won’t be with the Trojans . Maybe Clark will at the semester, but I don’t know her situation.
Thin but with a couple of very good players. Still hard to see them in the top 6.
2018 Recruiting: No Commits yet. However they have had and will have some outstanding visitors.
September 4, 2017
Pac 12 Preview: Arizona
Pac 12 Preview: Arizona
Last Season: Arizona was 14-16 overall and 5-13 in Pac 12 play, under first year coach Adia Barnes.
The Coaches: Adia Barnes is the all time leading scorer at Arizona and is in her 2nd year the Head Coach. Barnes had been at Washington as an assistant the past four years as the Huskies came from the 2nd division of the Pac 12 to the NCAA Final Four. Barnes played professionally for 12 years including for 4 WNBA Teams.
Sunny Smallwood is in her 2nd year as the Associate Head Coach. Smallwood was the Associate Head Coach the two seasons at Boise State. She has coached at Cal, one year but the recruiting year of Hampton, Walker and Gray-Lawson. She also coached 9 years at Nebraska and another 11 years at Washington.
Salvo Coppa, or Mr Barnes is a 2nd year assistant. Coppa is from Italy and has extensive overseas coaching experience and several years in the US.
Morgan Valley is a new assistant coming from the U of Washington. Morgan played at UConn and before Washington was an assistant at Virginia Tech.
Losses: Leading scorer LaBrittany Jones who averaged 15 points and 7 rebounds.
Malena Washington was their 2nd leading scorer at 12 points per game and led the team in assists.
Breanna Workman was the Wildcats 3rd leading scorer at 8 points and their 2nd leading rebounder to Jones with 5 per game.
Dejza James averaged 5 points.
Lauren Evans averaged 4 points.
Farrin Bell averaged 2 points.
6-8 Post Eugenie Simonet-Keller only played 3 games.
Lost were 47 of the Wildcats 64 points per game and 23 of their 35 rebounds per game.
Additions: Sammy Fatkin a 6-0 Frosh Guard from the state of Washington. Ranked as the # 30 Guard out of HS.
Marlee Kyles is a 5-7 Frosh Guard from Illinois. Ranked as the # 23 Guard out of HS.
Sam Thomas is a 6-0 Frosh Forward from Las Vegas and was ranked # 95 overall.
Kiana Chew is a 6-3 post. Chew is from Germany but played HS basketball in Florida.
Kat Wright is a 5th year Grad transfer from Florida Atlantic. She is from Los Angeles and a 6-0 Forward. Kat was injured last season at Florida Atlantic but as a true Jr made 87 threes including 11 in one game.
Aarion McDonald is 5-7 Soph Guard who transferred from Washington where she started and was the teams’ 3rd leading scorer. In Washington’s post season run Aarion averaged 14 points per game. She will sit out this season.
Tee Tee Starks is a 5-9 Guard who transferred from Iowa State where she started about half their games last season. Starks is technically a redshirt Soph but will sit out this season.
Dominique McBryde is a 6-2 Jr Forward who transferred from Purdue where she averaged 7 points and 6 rebounds this past season. McBryde will sit out this season.
That’s 8 new players to Arizona, and 5 who will be eligible to play this season. This frosh class was ranked 8th in the Pac 12
The Schedule: While it isn’t much. TCU, San Diego State, Utah State and Hawaii are the highlights. However this is a weak team this year, wait until next season. The Wildcats play the LA and Washington schools only once each.
The Team: Taryn Griffey is a 5-7 Redshirt Jr Guard. Griffey, daughter of Ken Jr, averaged 6 points per game last season but with injuries could only play 15 games. . She missed her last 2 years of HS and her Frosh season and 10 games her academic Soph season with injuries.
JaLea Bennett is a 6-0 Sr Wing who averaged 7 points last season.
Destiny Graham is a 6-3 Jr Post from Eastside Prep in East Palo Alto. Graham averaged 4 points and 3 rebounds per game last season.
Charise Holloway is a 5-7 redshirt Jr Guard who was injured and played just 10 games and 70 minutes. She also didn’t play her Soph season. As a Frosh Holloway averaged 7 points per game and lead the team in threes.
Lucia Alonso is a 5-7 Soph Guard who started all but 3 games last season averaging 5 points and hitting 43% from three. She also had a plus assist to turnover ratio.
Bria Rice is a 5-8 Soph Guard who averaged one point in 6 minutes per game.
Predictions: Just 6 returning players to go with 5 new players eligible for play. The Wildcats are very thin as two of the returning players have missed more time than they have played. Looks like another last place finish. However recruiting is great and 3 top transfer ready for the following season.
2018 Recruiting:
Catherine Reese is a 6-2 Forward from Texas ranked # 29.
Shalyse Smith is a 6-1 Forward from Washington ranked # 47.
Bryce Nixon is a 5-10 Wing from Arizona ranked # 147
Valeria Trucco is a 6-3 Post from Italy ranked as a 5 star which would make her about top 25.
A great class and with McDonald a top recruiting class.
Last Season: Arizona was 14-16 overall and 5-13 in Pac 12 play, under first year coach Adia Barnes.
The Coaches: Adia Barnes is the all time leading scorer at Arizona and is in her 2nd year the Head Coach. Barnes had been at Washington as an assistant the past four years as the Huskies came from the 2nd division of the Pac 12 to the NCAA Final Four. Barnes played professionally for 12 years including for 4 WNBA Teams.
Sunny Smallwood is in her 2nd year as the Associate Head Coach. Smallwood was the Associate Head Coach the two seasons at Boise State. She has coached at Cal, one year but the recruiting year of Hampton, Walker and Gray-Lawson. She also coached 9 years at Nebraska and another 11 years at Washington.
Salvo Coppa, or Mr Barnes is a 2nd year assistant. Coppa is from Italy and has extensive overseas coaching experience and several years in the US.
Morgan Valley is a new assistant coming from the U of Washington. Morgan played at UConn and before Washington was an assistant at Virginia Tech.
Losses: Leading scorer LaBrittany Jones who averaged 15 points and 7 rebounds.
Malena Washington was their 2nd leading scorer at 12 points per game and led the team in assists.
Breanna Workman was the Wildcats 3rd leading scorer at 8 points and their 2nd leading rebounder to Jones with 5 per game.
Dejza James averaged 5 points.
Lauren Evans averaged 4 points.
Farrin Bell averaged 2 points.
6-8 Post Eugenie Simonet-Keller only played 3 games.
Lost were 47 of the Wildcats 64 points per game and 23 of their 35 rebounds per game.
Additions: Sammy Fatkin a 6-0 Frosh Guard from the state of Washington. Ranked as the # 30 Guard out of HS.
Marlee Kyles is a 5-7 Frosh Guard from Illinois. Ranked as the # 23 Guard out of HS.
Sam Thomas is a 6-0 Frosh Forward from Las Vegas and was ranked # 95 overall.
Kiana Chew is a 6-3 post. Chew is from Germany but played HS basketball in Florida.
Kat Wright is a 5th year Grad transfer from Florida Atlantic. She is from Los Angeles and a 6-0 Forward. Kat was injured last season at Florida Atlantic but as a true Jr made 87 threes including 11 in one game.
Aarion McDonald is 5-7 Soph Guard who transferred from Washington where she started and was the teams’ 3rd leading scorer. In Washington’s post season run Aarion averaged 14 points per game. She will sit out this season.
Tee Tee Starks is a 5-9 Guard who transferred from Iowa State where she started about half their games last season. Starks is technically a redshirt Soph but will sit out this season.
Dominique McBryde is a 6-2 Jr Forward who transferred from Purdue where she averaged 7 points and 6 rebounds this past season. McBryde will sit out this season.
That’s 8 new players to Arizona, and 5 who will be eligible to play this season. This frosh class was ranked 8th in the Pac 12
The Schedule: While it isn’t much. TCU, San Diego State, Utah State and Hawaii are the highlights. However this is a weak team this year, wait until next season. The Wildcats play the LA and Washington schools only once each.
The Team: Taryn Griffey is a 5-7 Redshirt Jr Guard. Griffey, daughter of Ken Jr, averaged 6 points per game last season but with injuries could only play 15 games. . She missed her last 2 years of HS and her Frosh season and 10 games her academic Soph season with injuries.
JaLea Bennett is a 6-0 Sr Wing who averaged 7 points last season.
Destiny Graham is a 6-3 Jr Post from Eastside Prep in East Palo Alto. Graham averaged 4 points and 3 rebounds per game last season.
Charise Holloway is a 5-7 redshirt Jr Guard who was injured and played just 10 games and 70 minutes. She also didn’t play her Soph season. As a Frosh Holloway averaged 7 points per game and lead the team in threes.
Lucia Alonso is a 5-7 Soph Guard who started all but 3 games last season averaging 5 points and hitting 43% from three. She also had a plus assist to turnover ratio.
Bria Rice is a 5-8 Soph Guard who averaged one point in 6 minutes per game.
Predictions: Just 6 returning players to go with 5 new players eligible for play. The Wildcats are very thin as two of the returning players have missed more time than they have played. Looks like another last place finish. However recruiting is great and 3 top transfer ready for the following season.
2018 Recruiting:
Catherine Reese is a 6-2 Forward from Texas ranked # 29.
Shalyse Smith is a 6-1 Forward from Washington ranked # 47.
Bryce Nixon is a 5-10 Wing from Arizona ranked # 147
Valeria Trucco is a 6-3 Post from Italy ranked as a 5 star which would make her about top 25.
A great class and with McDonald a top recruiting class.
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