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GAME NOTES VS. SIMON FRASER Washington State University Athletic Communications Bobby Alworth, Assistant Director • (509) 335-5785 • [email protected] 2012-13 SCHEDULE/RESULTS EXHIBITION (0-0, 0-0 Pac-12) SIMON FRASER DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT vs. Oct. 30 (X) Simon Fraser 7 p.m. WASHINGTON STATE Nov. 3 (X) Western Oregon 12:30 p.m. 7 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 30 BEST BUY CLASSIC Beasley Coliseum (11,671) 2011-12 RECORD 2011-12 RECORD Nov. 10 Minnesota # 10 a.m. Pullman, Wash. 17-11 (11-7 Great Northwest) 13-20 (5-13 Pac-12) Nov. 11 Villanova / South Dakota State # 9/11 a.m. NOV. 16 MONMOUTH 5 p.m. RADIO WASHINGTON STATE IMG SPORTS NETWORK NOV. 18 WISCONSIN 1 p.m. NOV. 24 BYU % 3 p.m. COUGARS HOST SIMON FRASER TUESDAY FOR EXHIBITION: Washington State women’s basketball Nov. 28 UC Riverside 7 p.m. hosts Simon Fraser University in an exhibition matchup 7 p.m., Tuesday at Beasley Coliseum. Nov. 30 Fresno State 7 p.m. DEC. 15 OHIO STATE Noon NEXT UP: WSU continues its preseason schedule with another home exhibition against Western Oregon Dec. 18 Louisville 4 p.m. University 12:30 p.m., Saturday at Beasley Coliseum. The Cougars open their 2012-13 season Nov. 10-11 Dec. 21 Syracuse 4 p.m. at the Best Buy Classic in Minneapolis hosted by the University of Minnesota, WSU’s first opponent. Dec. 29 Gonzaga TBA JAN. 4 ARIZONA * 7 p.m. LISTEN IN: Fans can follow the Cougars on Pullman’s KHTR (104.3 FM), KQQQ 1150 AM or go to WSU- JAN. 6 ARIZONA STATE * 1 p.m. Cougars.com and listen to with a subscription to Cougar All Access. Steve Grubbs will be calling the Jan. 11 UCLA * 8 p.m. (P12N) play-by-play for the Cougs this season. Jan. 13 USC * 2 p.m. Jan. 15 Washington * 6 p.m. (P12N) COUGAR ATHLETICS ON THE WEB: Connect with Washington State University Athletics on the web at JAN. 20 WASHINGTON * 2 p.m. (P12W) WSUCougars.com, the official website of Cougar Athletics, and on Twitter (twitter.com/WSUCougars_ JAN. 25 OREGON * 7 p.m. com), Facebook (facebook.com/WSUCougarAthletics) and YouTube (youtube.com/WSUCougarAthlet- JAN. 27 OREGON STATE * 1 p.m. ics) during the 2012-13 season. Fans can follow along on the Cougars Gameday page at http://www. Feb. 1 Arizona State * 6 p.m. wsucougars.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/gameday.html Feb. 3 Arizona * 1 p.m. FEB. 8 USC * 6 p.m. JUNE DAUGHERTY ON TWITTER: Washington State University Women’s Basketball Head Coach June FEB. 10 UCLA * Noon Daugherty is now on Twitter. Follow coach Daugherty at @CoachJuneD Feb. 15 Oregon State * 7 p.m. Feb. 17 Oregon * 4 p.m. (P12W) COUGARS PICKED 10TH IN PAC-12 PRESEASON POLL: Washington State University was picked tenth Feb. 22 Colorado * 6 p.m. in 2012-13 Pac-12 Conference women’s basketball preseason coaches’ poll. The Cougars were placed Feb. 24 Utah * 2 p.m. ahead of the University of Oregon and University of Arizona who were voted No. 11 and No. 12, respec- FEB. 28 CALIFORNIA * 6 p.m. tively. WSU returns three starters from last year’s squad that advanced to the semifinals of the Pac-12 MARCH 2 STANFORD * Noon (P12N) Tournament and finished the season with 13 victories, the most by a Cougar team since 1995-96. Stan- PAC-12 CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT ford was voted the preseason favorite after collecting a maximum number of points (121) and first-place March 7-10 TBA (P12N) votes (11). * Pac-12 Conference Game % Doubleheader with WSU men’s team # Best Buy Classic (Hosted by Minnesota in Minneapolis) FIVE CONFERENCE GAMES TO BE TELEVISED: WSU will play five of its Pac-12 Conference games on the ^ Pac-12 Tournament (Seattle – KeyArena) P12N – Pac-12 Networks National Pac-12 Networks this season. The games that will be televised will be WSU’s game at UCLA, Jan. 11, P12W – Pac-12 Networks Washington Home games in BOLD both games against the University of Washington, Jan. 15 and 20, the Feb. 17 game at University of Or- All times Pacific egon on Pac-12 Networks Oregon/Washington and the regular-season finale at home against Stanford **All times and dates are subject to change University, Feb. 26 on Pac-12 Networks. FINAL 2011-12 PAC-12 STANDINGS CONFERENCE OVERALL W L W L ANOTHER CHALLENGING NONCONFERENCE SLATE IN 2012-13: Highlighted by home games against XY - Stanford $ 18 0 35 2 Wisconsin, BYU and Ohio State, WSU’s 2012-13 nonconference schedule features games against nine California $ 13 5 25 10 teams that reached the postseason last year, including six NCAA Tournament teams and last year’s USC 12 6 18 12 WBI Champions, Minnesota in the season-opener. Arizona State 10 8 20 12 UCLA 9 9 14 16 Oregon State 9 9 20 13 WSU NOTCHES MOST WINS SINCE 1995-96: Washington State finished the year with 13 wins, the most Utah 8 10 16 16 by a Cougar team since the 1995-96 team recorded 17 victories. The Cougars also posted their second Washington 8 10 20 14 double-digit win season since the 2000-01 with both double-digit win campaigns coming under head Oregon 7 11 15 16 Colorado 6 12 21 14 coach June Daugherty, notching 13 victories this season and 11 in 2008-09. Washington State 5 13 13 20 Arizona 3 15 15 17 COUGARS SET SINGLE SEASON MARKS: As a team, WSU set the record for rebounds in a season with X - Regular Season Champion 1,267, grabbing nearly 100 more than the previous record. The Cougars scored the sixth most points in Y - Pac-12 Tournament Champion a season, made the fourth most three’s, recorded the fifth most assists and the second most steals in $ - NCAA Championship Participant single season history. 2012-13 COUGAR BASKETBALL 1 WSU QUICK FACTS ABOUT SIMON FRASER: Simon Fraser University is an NAIA school that competes in the Great North- west Athletic Conference and went 17-11 last season including 11-7 in conference play. Bruce Langford FOUNDED: 1890 is in his 11th season as head coach of the Clan. SFU beat Douglas 101-40 in an exhibition game last NICKNAME: Cougars Friday. Erin Chambers and Carla Wyman each tallied 25 points while Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe added 16 COLORS: Crimson/Gray points and 13 rebounds. These two programs have met before with WSU holding a 7-4 advantage in the CONFERENCE: Pac-12 series. The last meeting was in 1982. ENROLLMENT: 19,255 LOCATION: P. O. Box 641602 ADZASU INKS PROFESSIONAL CONTRACT TO PLAY IN FINLAND: Former WSU guard Rosetta Adzasu Pullman, WA 99164-1602 recently signed a professional contract with the Kerava Energia in Finland. Adzasu was a two-year let- ARENA: Friel Court at Beasley Coliseum (11,671) terwinner for the Cougars, appearing in 62 games and starting 26 while leading the team in assists the PRESIDENT: Elson S. Floyd past two seasons. In just two seasons at WSU, the West Linn, Ore. native finished her career with 382 ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: Bill Moos points, 171 rebounds, 194 assists and 125 steals. As a senior, the 5-5 guard was second on the team with FACULTY ATHLETIC REP: Ken Casavant TICKET OFFICE: 509-335-9626, 800-GO-COUGS 7.4 ppg in conference play, posted eight double-digit scoring efforts and helped the Cougars reach the GENERAL DEPARTMENT: 509-335-0311 semifinal round of the Pac-12 Conference Tournament. WSU ATHLETICS FAX: 509-335-5197 WSU ATHLETICS WEBSITE: www.wsucougars.com COUGARS CLOSE OUT SEASON WITH PAC-12 TOURNAMENT RUN: Washington State University closed out its 2011-12 season with a couple wins at the Pacific Life Pac-12 Tournament in Los Angeles. The OFFICE ADDRESS: Cougars beat No. 6 Oregon State in the opening round, knocked off No. 3 seed USC on its home floor Bohler Addition 195 Pullman, WA 99164-1602 to advance to the semifinals held in the Staples Center. WSU then matched No. 2 seed California for 30 OFFICE PHONE: 509-335-COUG minutes before falling in its semifinal matchup. OFFICE FAX: 509-335-0267 FRIEL COURT PRESS ROW: 509-335-COUG NOYES, PERKINS RECEIVE ALL-CONFERENCE HONORS: Carly Noyes and Jazmine Perkins each received ASSOC. A.D./ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS: Bill Stevens All-Pac-12 Conference recognition. Perkins received All-Pac-12 honorable mention and All-Defensive OFFICE PHONE: 509-335-4294 EMAIL: [email protected] Team honorable mention, as voted on by the Pac-12 coaches and was also placed on the All-Defensive SPORTS: Football, Women’s Tennis First Team by the Pac-12’s women’s basketball media members. The Berkeley, Calif. native earns her ASST. DIRECTOR: Bobby Alworth (WBB Contact) third career all-conference honorable mention accolade and second career all-defensive team honor. OFFICE PHONE: 509-335-5785 Noyes picked up her first career all-conference accolade, earning all-defensive team honorable men- CELL: 951-452-6129 tion. The junior forward led the Cougs with 11 blocks while matching up against the opponent’s top low EMAIL: [email protected] post players during conference play. Washington State has had multiple players receive all-conference SPORTS: Football, Women’s Basketball ASST. DIRECTOR: Linda Chalich recognition in each of head coach June Daugherty’s five seasons at WSU. OFFICE PHONE: 509-335-0268 EMAIL: [email protected] PAC-12 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT MOVES TO SEATTLE: With its new partnership with SPORTS: Volleyball, Cross Country, Track & Field Force 10 Sports Marketing, LLC, the Seattle Sports Commission and Seattle Center, the Pac-12 Confer- ASST.