2007-08 University of Washington Husky Women's Basketball
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2007-08 University of Washington Husky Women’s Basketball Media Relations Contact: Erin Rowley • Phone: 206-685-3118 • Fax: 206-543-5000 • Email: [email protected] 2007-08 Schedule/Results Huskies Wrap SoCal Road Swing At UCLA Sunday Record: 9-14 Overall, 4-7 Pac-10 National Ranking: na GAME 24 - Sun., Feb. 10, 2008 Washington (9-14, 4-7 Pac-10) at UCLA (12-11, 7-5 Pac-10) Date Opponent Time/Result 1:30 p.m. PT • Pauley Pavilion • Los Angeles, Calif. N3 Love & Basketball (exh) W, 84-59 --- N6 Seattle Pacific (exh) L, 67-75 Radio: KKNW AM 1150 • TV: ESPN2 N10 at Kansas State L, 61-88 Internet: Live Stats/Audio at GoHuskies.com N12 at Gonzaga L, 72-91 N16-18 Waikiki Beach Marriott Classic Up Next: After having its two-game winning streak snapped by USC on Friday, Washington N16 at Hawaii L, 75-80 women’s basketball (9-14, 4-7 Pac-10) will look to get back on track when it wraps up its N17 vs. Northern Arizona W, 83-70 Southern California road swing facing UCLA (12-11, 7-5 Pac-10), Sunday, Feb. 10, at 1:30 p.m. N18 vs. UC Davis L, 58-69 at Pauley Pavilion. The contest will be televised live on ESPN2 as a part of ESPN’s February N 23/25 Husky Classic Frenzy. Jon Sciambi and Mary Murphy will call the action from Westwood. After the Huskies N23 Idaho W, 73-57 defeated USC by 15 points in the teams’ earlier season meeting in Seattle (60-45), USC turned N25 Arkansas State W, 69-59 around to hand UW a 16-point loss, 68-52, in Los Angeles. UCLA, on the other hand, is coming off a 68-56 victory over Washington State at Pauley on Friday. UCLA defeated UW 59-57 in D2 UC Irvine W, 87-69 the teams’ earlier meeting in Seattle Jan. 10. As of Saturday, the Huskies still have a hold D4 Pepperdine L, 56-74 on sixth-place in the conference standings with the Bruins and Women of Troy locked up D7 at Boise State L, 66-88 in fourth place. The Huskies have had a difficult time on the road this season, going 1-9 in D16 #19/17 Ohio State (FSN) L, 54-71 true road contests and 1-1 on a neutral court. UW is participating in the WBCA’s “Think D21 Purdue W, 66-65 Pink” initiative in support of breast cancer awareness Feb. 8-17. The Huskies are wearing D28 at #11/11 California* L, 40-66 pink warm-ups and pink ribbons on their uniforms during the week. D30 at #2/2 Stanford* L, 42-77 J4 at Washington St. (FSNNW)* W, 61-46 TV Coverage: Washington’s game at UCLA on Sunday will be televised live on ESPN2. Jon J10 UCLA* L, 57-59 Sciambi will call the play-by-play and Mary Murphy will provide the color commentary from J13 USC (FSN)* W, 60-45 Pauley Pavilion. The contest is being televised as a part of ESPN’s February Frenzy. J17 at Oregon State* L, 64-68 Radio Coverage: All Husky women’s basketball games can be heard live on the radio at J19 at Oregon* L, 64-66 KKNW 1150 AM. Steve Sandmeyer, in his ninth season as the voice of UW women’s hoops, J24 Arizona State* L, 62-68 will call the play-by-play. Former Husky Elise (Niemela) Woodward joins Sandmeyer as the J26 Arizona* W, 74-59 color commentator for home broadcasts. F3 Washington State (FSN)* W, 84-40 F8 at USC* L, 52-68 Internet Coverage: Live statistics, as well as a live audio broadcast for Washington’s game F10 at UCLA (ESPN2)* 1:30 p.m. with UCLA will be available on GoHuskies.com. A Dawg Channel All-Access pass is required F15 Oregon* 7 p.m. to watch or listen to the game, but membership is free. F17 Oregon State* 2 p.m. F21 at Arizona* 7 p.m. MT Previous Game Starters (Feb. 8 at USC) No. Name P Ht. Yr. EXP. 07-08 Stats Hometown F24 at Arizona State* (FSN) 12:30 p.m. MT 4 Emily Florence G 5-5 Sr. 3V 6.7 ppg, 6.4 rpg Boise, Idaho F29 Stanford* 7 p.m. 20 Sami Whitcomb G 5-10 So. 1V 10.4 ppg, 4.2 rpg Ventura, Calif. M2 California* 2 p.m. 21 Katelan Redmon G/F 6-1 Fr. HS 12.7 ppg, 4.6 rpg Spokane, Wash. 24 Jess McCormack F/C 6-5 Fr. HS 8.3 ppg, 4.9 rpg Auckland, New Zealand M7-10 Pac-10 Tournament San Jose, Calif. 32 Andrea Plouffe F/C 6-2 Sr. 3V 8.1 ppg, 4.4 rpg Edmonton, Alberta M22-25 NCAA 1st and 2nd Rounds Campus Sites M29-A1 NCAA Regionals Campus Sites Huskies Off The Bench A 6&8 NCAA Final Four Tampa, Fla. No. Name P Ht. Yr. EXP. 07-08 Stats Hometown * Pac-10 Game • Times local to site 0 Laura McLellan F/C 6-2 So. 1V 5.6 ppg, 3.7 rpg Campbell, Calif. All home games held at Bank of America Arena 11 Kali Bennett C 6-5 Fr. HS 4.4 ppg, 3.2 rpg Ventura, Calif. 12 Sarah Morton G 5-8 Fr. HS 1.5 ppg, 0.9 rpg Snohomish, Wash. 14 Heidi McNeill F 6-3 Jr. 2V 3.1 ppg, 2.7 rpg Oak Harbor, Wash. 15 Michelle Augustavo G 6-0 Jr. TR 6.8 ppg, 2.4 rpg Bothell, Wash. 42 Sara Mosiman G 5-9 So. 1V 5.3 ppg, 2.1 rpg Seattle, Wash. UW To “Think Pink”: Washington will participate in the WBCA’s (Women’s Basketball Coaches Association) “Think Pink” initiative during the week of Feb. 8-17. “Think Pink” is a global, unified effort for the WBCA’s nation of coaches to assist in raising breast cancer awareness. During that span, Husky players will wear pink warm-up shirts, as well as pink ribbons on their uniform jerseys, while UW coaches will also wear pink. Washington Women’s Basketball Game Notes -- UCLA -- Feb. 10, 2008 Scouting The Huskies: Washington had its two-game winning streak snapped with a 52-68 loss HUSKY QUICK FACTS to USC at the Galen Center Friday. The Huskies had won their last two home games over Arizona and Washington State before hitting the road this week. UW trailed by as many as 16 points at Location: ..................................... Seattle, Wash. halftime and 21 just three minutes into the second-half at USC, but thanks to the play of freshman Founded: ................................November 4, 1861 guard/forward Katelan Redmon the Huskies rallied to close to within four points with 5:49 to go. Enrollment: .................................................31,474 But the shooting woes that have plagued UW all season hit again and USC proceeded to run away Nickname: .............................................. Huskies with a 16-4 run to end the game. Redmon, who scored 14 of her 16 points after the intermission, Colors: ...........................................Purple & Gold has led the Huskies in scoring the last three-straight games with three-straight double-digit ef- School Song: ......“Bow Down to Washington” forts. Redmon tallied 18 points versus Arizona (Jan. 26) and equaled a career-high with 20 points Conference:.........................................Pacific-10 versus Washington State (Feb. 3). The freshman phenom continues to lead UW with 12.7 points per President: ............................... Dr. Mark Emmert outing. Sophomore guard Sami Whitcomb, who scored 12 points against USC, is second on the Acting Athletic Director: ...... Scott Woodward squad with 10.4 points per game. Whitcomb has also been a catalyst on defense for the Huskies, leading the Pac-10 in steals during conference play with an average of 2.4 swipes. Freshman Executive Associate A.D:........... Jeff Compher forward/center Jess McCormack (8.3 ppg) and senior forward/center Andrea Plouffe (8.1 ppg) Senior Associate A.D.: ................... Marie Tuite round out the Huskies’ top four scorers. Senior point guard Emily Florence is UW’s floor general, Home Court: .Bank of America Arena (10,000) averaging 6.7 points and a team-high 6.4 rebounds. She also leads the squad with 3.5 assists Press Row: .....................................206-543-2230 per contest and ranks among the Top-10 Pac-10 players in six statistical categories. Florence is coming off a nine-point, nine-rebound performance versus USC on Friday. Women’s Basketball Staff Head Coach:.................................... Tia Jackson Jackson In First Year At Washington: Tia Jackson was named the eighth head coach in the Alma Mater: .......................................Iowa, 1995 history of the women’s basketball program on April 6, 2007. Jackson is in the midst of her first Current Season at UW: ................................. 1st season at Washington after a successful 11-year tenure in the assistant coaching ranks. Before Record at UW: ..............................................9-14 coming to UW, she spent the last two seasons as an assistant coach at Duke, where she was considered by many experts as one of the top recruiters in the country. She helped lead the Blue Career Record: .............................................9-14 Devils to the NCAA championship game in 2006 and the NCAA Sweet 16 in 2007. In addition to Assistant Coaches: .........................Fred Applin working at Duke, Jackson served as an assistant coach at UCLA (2000-2005), Stanford (1999- ....................Katie Abrahamson-Henderson 2000), and Virginia Commonwealth (1996-1999). As an assistant coach, she has been to four NCAA ....................................................Loree Payne Tournaments and one NCAA Final Four. Jackson played her collegiate career at the University of Director of Operations:.............Wingate Smith Iowa where she was a two-time All-Big Ten selection and helped lead the Hawkeyes to the 1993 Video Coordinator: ...................Betsy Butterick NCAA Final Four.