2016-17 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON Assistant Director of Athletic Communications • Traci Bode • (712) 899-4133 • [email protected] Website: GoHuskies.com • Twitter: @UW_WBB • Instagram: @UW_WBB • Facebook: UWHUSKYWOMENSBASKETBALL 2016-17 SCHEDULE (2-0, 0-0 Pac-12) NO. 17 WASHINGTON (2-0) QUICK COMPARISON NO. 25 MISSOURI (2-0) Date Opponent Time 100.5 ppg Points Per Game 53.5 ppg 60.0 ppg Points Allowed Per Game 40.5 ppg Oct. 29 Central Washington (Exh.) W, 97-66 42.0 rpg Rebounding Per Game 43.0 rpg Nov. 2 Concordia (Exh.) W, 99-57 .528 Field Goal Pct. .350 .371 Field Goal Pct. Defense .217 Nov. 11 Eastern Washington W, 100-52 Nov. 14 Colorado State W, 101-68 Nov. 17, 2016 | Alaska Airlines Arena | Seattle, Wash. Nov. 17 Missouri 5 p.m. After a pair of season-opening wins against Eastern Washington and Colorado State, No. 17 Nov. 22 Idaho 5 p.m. Washington hosts No. 25 Missouri for the semifinals of the WNIT Preseason Tournament on Thursday (Nov. 17) at 5 p.m. PT inside Alaska Airlines Arena. The game will be streamed online via Nov. 26 at Seattle U. 4 p.m. GoHuskies.com and will be broadcast on gohuskies.leanplayer.com. Nov. 27 at Portland 2 p.m. Dec. 1 at Grand Canyon 6 p.m. Washington remains No. 17 in the latest AP Top 25 poll. Four other Pac-12 teams are also ranked: Dec. 4 Fresno State 2 p.m. UCLA at No. 9, Stanford at No. 11, Arizona State at No. 18 and Oregon State at No. 24. In the USA Today Coaches Poll, the Huskies are ranked No. 15. Dec. 7 CSUN 7 p.m. Dec. 11 Boise State 2 p.m. With its highest ranking since 2003-04, Washington was also selected to finish third in the Pac-12. Dec. 18 Savannah State 2 p.m. The Huskies received two first-place votes and garnered 93 points. Dec. 22 at BYU 1 p.m. Dec. 27 Washington State* (P12N) 7 p.m. Head coach Mike Neighbors begins his fourth season at the helm with an overall record of 71-35. He has built the program into a national contender, leading Washington to its first NCAA Final Four Dec. 30 at Oregon* (P12N) 3 p.m. appearance last season and second-straight trip to the NCAA Tournament after an eight-year Jan. 1 at Oregon State* (P12N) Noon hiatus. Jan. 6 USC* (P12N) 8 p.m. Jan. 8 UCLA* (ESPN2) 2 p.m. QUOTABLE Mike Neighbors, Head Coach Jan. 13 at Arizona* (P12N) 6 p.m. "I could not be more happy for our team. We carried that Final Four loss with us Jan. 15 at Arizona State* (P12N) 5 p.m. for a long time and now we're back in a "final four" of a tournament so let's see Jan. 22 at Washington State* (P12N) 1 p.m. how we respond this time. We're really fortunate to get to play at home and now we're going to see what we can do on Thursday." Jan. 27 California* (P12N) 6 p.m. Jan. 29 Stanford* (P12N) 5 p.m. BY THE NUMBERS Feb. 3 at Utah* (P12N) 7 p.m. Washington has put up 100 and 101 points, respectively, in its first two games Feb. 5 at Colorado* (P12N) 11 a.m. of 2016-17. It's the 25th and 26th time in program history the Huskies have hit 100+ the century mark. Feb. 10 Arizona* (P12N) 8 p.m. Feb. 12 Arizona State* (P12N) 5 p.m. In the first two games of the season, the Huskies have dominated the glass, out-re- Feb. 17 at UCLA* (P12N) 8 p.m. 84 bounding their opponents, 84-56. Feb. 19 at USC* (P12N) 3 p.m. Feb. 23 Colorado* (P12N) 8 p.m. Washington is 26-of-52 from three-point range this season, hitting at a .500 clip. Feb. 25 Utah* (P12N) 2 p.m. .500 The Huskies hit 10 vs. EWU and then followed with 16 against Colorado State. Mar. 2-5 Pac-12 Tournament^ TBA Mar. 24-April 2 NCAA Tournament TBA Mike Neighbors begins year four as head coach of the Huskies, sporting a record of 71-35, * Pac-12 Conference Game with two NCAA appearances and a Final Four berth. ^ at KeyArena 4 PROBABLE STARTERS FOR WASHINGTON PPG RPG A G 05 NATALIE ROMEO 5-7 MARTINEZ, CALIF. 9.0 0.5 3 F 14 HEATHER CORRAL 6-1 VANCOUVER, WASH. 8.0 2.5 2.0 F 13 KATIE COLLIER 6-3 COVINGTON, WASH. 9.0 6.0 2.0 C 00 CHANTEL OSAHOR 6-2 PHOENIX, ARIZ. 16.0 9.5 3.0 G 10 KELSEY PLUM 5-8 POWAY, CALIF. 29.0 4.5 6.5 KELSEY PLUM CHANTEL OSAHOR USA Today Coaches Poll Plum returns as one of the most After leading the team off the bench Rank School (record) decorated players in collegiate as a sophomore, Chantel Osahor 1. Notre Dame (2-0) 2. Connecticut (1-0) women's basketball. Since had a breakthrough junior season 3. South Carolina (1-0) arriving on campus in 2013, she in which she set the Washington 4. Baylor (2-0) has started in every game (106), single-season rebounding record 5. Maryland (1-0) scoring in double-digits in 104 of with 417. She's one of only two 6. Louisville (2-0) those contests, including 75 20-plus returning Pac-12 players to average a double-double 7. Stanford (2-0) 8. Ohio State (1-1) point games, a program record. last season and her 3.41 assists per game were sec- 9. Mississippi State (2-0) The Poway, Calif. native's 960 points last season ond-most among Pac-12 forwards. The Phoenix, Ariz. 10. Texas (0-1) led the nation and her 25.9 points per game ranked native led all post players in the Pac-12 with a 1.7 11. UCLA (1-1) fourth. As a junior, she broke Washington's all-time assist to turnover ratio (127 assists / 74 TO's). Osahor 12. Florida State (1-1) 13. Tennessee (2-0) scoring record (2,418) and also led the nation in free led the team with 11 double-doubles last season. 14. Syracuse (2-0) She recorded her first double-double of the season throws made (266) and minutes played (1,414). 15. Washington (2-0) against Colorado State (19pts, 11reb) 16. Arizona State (2-0) Plum entered her senior year with career averages 17. Oklahoma (1-0) of 23.3 points, 4.0 rebounds and 3.4 assists. She WORTH NOTING 18. Oregon State (2-0) 19. Kentucky (2-0) became the first player in program history to earn a - This will be the first meeting between the two schools. 20. DePaul (2-0) spot on the Associated Press Preseason All-Amer- 21. Michigan State (2-0) ica Team. The point guard was also a unanimous 22. Miami (Fla.) (1-1) pick on the preseason All-Pac-12 team. - Washington is 13-4 in the month of 23. Florida (2-0) November during the Mike Neighbors 24. Texas A&M (1-0 PLUM BY THE NUMBERS era. 25. West Virginia (1-0) Others receiving votes: Indiana (2-0) 59; Plum needs 30 more three-pointers - Washington's best quarters this season have been Michigan (2-0) 34; South Dakota State (2-0) to break the career record at UW. the second and third, with the Huskies outscoring 25; Missouri (2-0) 22; Duke (2-0) 16; Auburn 30 opponents, 112-50. (1-0) 15; South Florida (0-0) 14; St. John’s (1-0) 11; Western Kentucky (1-0) 6; North A WASHINGTON WIN WOULD Carolina State (1-0) 5; Oklahoma State (1-0) 5; California (2-0) 4; Temple (2-0) 4; Drake Advance the Huskies to the Preseason WNIT final to She is 220 free throws away (1-0) 3; Georgia (2-0) 3; Saint Louis (2-0) 3; from breaking the 32-year-old face the winner of No. 1 Notre Dame and Green Bay. Gonzaga (2-0) 2; Wisconsin-Green Bay (2- 220 NCAA career free throw record. 0) 2; Georgia Tech (2-0) 1; Tulane (1-0) 1. INSIDE THE SERIES This will be the first meeting between the two schools. Associated Press Top 25 She needs 262 points to break 1. Notre Dame (14) the Pac-12 career scoring 2. Baylor (12) SCOUTING MIZZOU 262 record. 3. UConn (6) The Tigers are coming off an NCAA 4. South Carolina (1) Tournament appearance and their first 5. Louisville NCAA Tournament victory since 2001 6. Maryland She needs 918 points to break after taking down 7-seeded BYU in the 7. Ohio State the NCAA all-time scoring 8. Texas 918 opening round as a No. 10 seed. 9. UCLA record. 10. Mississippi State Mizzou returns four players from a season ago who 11. Stanford started at least 24 games in redshirt senior Lindsey 12. Florida St. She has started and played in all Cunningham, SEC Freshman of the Year Sophie 13. Tennessee 106 games of her career, scor- Cunningham, senior Sierra Michaelis and sophomore 14. Syracuse 104 Cierra Porter. The Tigers spent eight consecutive 15. Kentucky ing in double-figures 104 times. 16. Oklahoma weeks in the AP Top 25 poll during the 2015-16 cam- 17. Washington paign. 18. Arizona State She has scored 20-plus points 19. Florida Cunningham was voted First-Team Preseason 20.