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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES - DEC. 11, 2011 Washington State University Athletic Communications Bobby Alworth, Assistant Director • (509) 335-5785 • [email protected] 2011-12 SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME 10 DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT UC RIVERSIDE OCT. 29 (X)SEATTLE PACIFIC W, 72-60 vs. NOV. 6 (X)LEWIS-CLARK STATE W, 59-53 WASHINGTON STATE Nov. 11 No. 12/14 Penn State # L, 72-60 3:30 P.M. • SUNDAY Nov. 13 vs. UNC Wilmington # W, 72-60 2011-12 RECORD Friel Court at Beasley Coliseum 2011-12 RECORD Nov. 18 Wisconsin W, 69-51 5-4 Pullman, Wash. 1-6 Nov. 20 South Dakota State L, 63-58 Nov. 24 vs. Marquette @ W, 65-52 GAMETRACKER • LIVE RADIO - KHTR 104.3 FM, KQQQ 1150 AM • LIVE WEBSTREAM Nov. 25 vs. Michigan @ L, 69-39 Nov. 26 vs. Prairie View A&M @ W, 90-52 COUGARS HOST UC RIVERSIDE SUNDAY: Washington State University returns after an eight-day break for NOV. 30 NO. 24 GONZAGA % L, 71-69 a matchup against UC Riverside 3:30 p.m. Sunday at Beasley Coliseum. The Cougars will follow WSU’s men’s DEC. 2 SAN DIEGO STATE W, 65-50 game against Santa Clara University which begins at 1 p.m. DEC. 11 UC RIVERSIDE % 3:30 P.M. DEC. 19 LOUISVILLE 7 P.M. COMING UP: Washington State will take another seven days off following Sunday’s contest to focus on final Dec. 22 Ohio State 4 p.m. exams before closing out its four-game homestand against University of Louisville Dec. 19. Dec. 29 Oregon * 7 p.m. Dec. 31 Oregon State * 2 p.m. LAST WEEKEND: Redshirt-sophomore Ireti Amojo knocked down four three’s and finished with a game-high JAN. 5 UTAH * 7 P.M. 16 points to lead Washington State University past San Diego State University 65-50 Dec. 2. The Cougars JAN. 7 COLORADO * 1 P.M. improved to 5-4 overall after playing their fifth game in nine days. JAN. 14 WASHINGTON * (TV-ROOT) 7:30 P.M. Jan. 19 Stanford * 7 p.m. LISTEN IN: Fans can follow the Cougars on Pullman’s KHTR (104.3 FM), KQQQ 1150 AM or go to WSUCou- Jan. 22 California * (TV-ROOT) 3:30 p.m. JAN. 26 ARIZONA STATE * 7 P.M. gars.com and listen to with a subscription to Cougar All Access. Steve Grubbs will be calling the play-by- JAN. 28 ARIZONA * 1 P.M. play for the Cougs this season. Feb. 2 USC * 7 p.m. Feb. 4 UCLA * 2 p.m. COUGAR ATHLETICS ON THE WEB: Connect with Washington State University Athletics on the web at FEB. 9 OREGON STATE * 7 P.M. WSUCougars.com, the official website of Cougar Athletics, and on Twitter (twitter.com/WSUCougars_ FEB. 11 OREGON * & 8 P.M. com), Facebook (facebook.com/WSUCougarAthletics) and YouTube (youtube.com/WSUCougarAthletics) Feb. 16 Arizona * 6 p.m. during the 2011-12 season. Feb. 18 Arizona State * 1 p.m. Feb. 26 Washington * (TV-ROOT) Noon COUGAR NOTES: MAR. 1 UCLA * 7 P.M. MAR. 3 USC * 1 P.M. • Ireti Amojo; has hit four three’s in each of the past two games, is second in Pac-12 with team-high 51.7 3PT % • Jazmine Perkins leads the Pac-12 with 27 steals and averages 3.0 spg PAC-12 CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT • WSU leads the Pac-12 Conference with 101 steals and is in fourth with 11.1 spg (Los Angeles) • WSU is second in Pac-12 with 136 assists and is fifth with 15.1 apg Mar. 7 Opening Round TBA • Five different players have led WSU in scoring, Perkins has led in rebounding five times Mar. 8 Quarterfinal Round TBA • The win at Wisconsin was the first win over a Big Ten Conference opponent in program history Mar. 9 Semifinal Round TBA • The win over Marquette is the program’s first win over a Big East Conference opponent since beating St. John’s (12/3/93) Mar. 10 Championship TBA • Sage Romberg averaged 9.7 ppg, 5.7 rpg and shot 48% in the three games at the Paradise Jam • Freshman Tia Presley has started the past four games and averaged a team-best 10.3 ppg * Pac-12 Conference Game • The win over Prairie View A&M Nov. 26 gave coach Daugherty career win No. 350 & Selected as TV Wildcard (May be broadcast by ROOT) % Doubleheader with WSU men’s team • The Cougs went 3-2 on their 10-day, 8,100 mile road trip to Wisconsin, South Dakota and the Virgin Islands # Lady Lion Classic (University Park, Pa.) $ Paradise Jam Tournament (St. Thomas, Virgin Islands) PROBABLE STARTERS Home games in Bold F - #22 SAGE ROMBERG, 6-1, SO., MCKINLEYVILLE, CALIF.. 8.2 PPG, 5.2 RPG, 38.1% 3-PT All times Pacific F - #33 CARLY NOYES, 6-5, JR., MOSES LAKE, WASH. 8.9 PPG, 3.6 RPG, 1.0 BPG **All times and dates are subject to change G - #2 IRETI AMOJO, 5-10, RS-SO., BERLIN, GERMANY 8.7 PPG, 2.3 RPG, 51.7% 3-PT G - #1 APRIL COOK, 5-8, SR., CARSON, CALIF. 5.4 PPG, 1.6 RPG, 87.5% FT PG - #10 TIA PRESLEY, 5-8, FR., SPOKANE, WASH. 8.4 PPG, 1.9 RPG, 2.0 APG FIRST OFF THE BENCH G - #11 JAZMINE PERKINS, 5-10, SR., BERKELEY, CALIF. 7.9 PPG, 6.6 RPG, 2.4 APG, 3.0 SPG F - #21 ROSIE TARNOWSKI, 6-1, SR., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 4.8 PPG, 3.0 RPG, 41.0% FG G - #3 ROSETTA ADZASU, 5-5, SR., WEST LINN, ORE. 5.3 PPG, 2.6 APG, 50.0% FG HEAD COACH - JUNE DAUGHERTY - 5TH SEASON AT WSU, 23RD OVERALL WSU RECORD - 37-93 • CAREER PAC-12 RECORD - 125-142 • CAREER RECORD - 351-306 2011-12 COUGAR BASKETBALL 1 COACHES PAC-12 PRESEASON POLL 2011-12 PAC-12 STANDINGS (12/9/11) 1. STANFORD (11) 121 2. USC (1) 111 CONFERENCE OVERALL 3. CALIFORNIA 98 W L PCT. PF PA W L PCT. PF PA 4. UCLA 83 5. ARIZONA STATE 68 COLORADO 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0 8 0 1.000 71.0 51.5 6. UTAH 61 OREGON 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0 7 1 .875 85.6 77.9 7. WASHINGTON STATE 59 ARIZONA 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0 7 1 .875 78.1 64.8 8. OREGON 51 9. ARIZONA 48 ARIZONA STATE 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0 7 1 .875 64.8 50.9 10. WASHINGTON 38 STANFORD 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0 6 1 .857 81.3 57.6 11. COLORADO 36 12. OREGON STATE 18 OREGON STATE 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0 6 1 .857 77.4 52.1 CALIFORNIA 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0 7 2 .778 71.6 57.1 MEDIA PAC-12 PRESEASON POLL UCLA 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0 5 2 .714 67.9 59.9 1. STANFORD (11) 131 WASHINGTON 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0 5 2 .714 65.1 54.9 2. USC 121 USC 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0 4 3 .571 63.9 60.0 3. CALIFORNIA 107 4. UCLA 96 UTAH 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0 4 3 .571 62.0 54.6 5. ARIZONA STATE 79 WASHINGTON STATE 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0 5 4 .556 65.2 60.0 6. UTAH 73 7. OREGON 59 8. ARIZONA 58 ABOUT THE UC RIVERSIDE HIGHLANDERS: UC Riverside enters the week with 1-6 overall mark after drop- 9. WASHINGTON STATE 45 ping a pair of road contests at Utah State and Boise State last weekend. The Highlanders return six letter- 10. WASHINGTON 38 11. OREGON STATE 27 winners including two starters off of last year’s team that went 19-13, 11-5 in the Big West Conference and 12. COLORADO 23 advanced to the WNIT. This will be the inaugural meeting between Washington State and UC Riverside. Na- tasha Hadley paces the Highlanders at 13.6 ppg with TreShont Nottingham and Jessica Ogunnorin chipping MEDIA PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM in at 11.7 ppg and 10.2 ppg, respectively. Head coach John Margaritis is in his eighth year at UCR and owns ASHLEY CORRAL, SR, G USC a 233-182 record at the school including three NCAA Tournament apperances and two WNIT appearances. BRIANA GILBREATH, SR, G USC CHINEY OGWUMIKE, SO, F STAN NNEMKADI OGWUMIKE, SR, F STAN TEAM COMPARISON (2011-12 STATS) DAVELLYN WHYTE, HR, G ARIZ TEAM PPG Opp PPG FG% Opp FG% 3PT% Opp 3pt% FT% RPG RB Margin TOPG SPG BPG UCR 57.0 65.3 39.5 41.0 36.7 32.4 70.8 68.9 -3.9 18.6 7.9 2.4 PAC-12 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK WSU 65.2 60.0 43.6 37.9 31.6 34.4 60.5 71.8 +0.3 16.8 11.2 2.7 11/7-13 CANDICE WARTHEN, G, ARIZONA 11/14-20 AMANDA JOHNSON, F, OREGON 11/21-28 NNEMKADI OQWUMIKE, F, STANFORD COOK JOINS PERKINS IN 1,000 CAREER POINT CLUB: Senior guard April Cook became WSU’s 14th member 11/29-12/4 CHUCKY JEFFERY, G, COLORADO of its 1,000 career point club after scoring 10 points in the win at Wisconsin. Cook joined fellow classmate Jazmine Perkins who scored 17 points in last year’s first round defeat to USC at the Pacific-10 Conference Tournament to become the 13th player in program history to reach the 1,000 career-point mark.