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WASHINGTON STATE Women’s Basketball Washington State Athletic Media Relations • Bohler Addition 195 • Pullman, WA 99164 • (509) 335-2684 Jason Krump (Interim Women’s Basketball) - Office 509.335.8843 • [email protected] Bill Stevens, Director - Office: 509.335.4294 • Email: [email protected] Assistant Directors: Linda Chalich ([email protected]) • Craig Lawson ([email protected]) • Jessica Schmick ([email protected]) WSU Schedule Time (PT)/Result WSU Travels to Oregon, Oregon State 11/7 Lewis-Clark State (Exh.) W - 64-63 11/12 at Saint Mary’s L - 73-69 11/14 at UC Davis L - 77-38 11/18 at Portland L - 91-80 11/22 vs. No. 21 Nebraska L - 87-79 Waikiki Beach Marriott Rainbow Wahine Showdown Washington State Cougars (2-12, 0-2) 11/26 vs. No. 14 North Carolina L - 93-55 11/27 vs. Long Beach State W - 87-63 at Oregon 11/28 vs. Gonzaga L - 67-65 Jan. 6 • Eugene, Ore. • 7 p.m. (PT) 12/5 vs. Nevada W - 67-54 12/7 vs. South Dakota St. L - 72-61 Cougars the opponent for next-to-last game at Mac Court 12/11 at Gonzaga L - 93-75 12/18 at Wyoming L - 63-43 at Oregon State 12/21 at San Diego State L - 66-57 12/31 vs. USC L - 72-57 Jan. 8 • Corvallis, Ore. • 2 p.m. (PT) 1/2 vs. No. 8 UCLA L - 80-55 1/6 at Oregon 7 p.m. WSU concludes first Pac-10 road swing vs. Beavers 1/8 at Oregon State 2 p.m. 1/14 vs. California 5:30 p.m. What’s Happening: The Washington State women’s basketball team (2-12, 0-2 Pac- 1/16 vs. Stanford 1 p.m. 10) embarks on its first Pac-10 road trip of the season at Oregon (9-4, 0-2), Thursday, 1/20 at Arizona State 10 a.m. 1/22 at Arizona 1 p.m. Jan. 6, at 7 p.m. and Oregon State (7-6, 0-2), Saturday, Jan. 8, at 2 p.m. 1/30 at Washington 12 p.m. 2/3 vs. Oregon State 7 p.m. Listen In: Fans can listen to this weekend’s game live on KQQQ 1150 AM or KHTR 2/5 vs. Oregon 1 p.m. (104.3 FM) in the Pullman/Moscow area, or with a subscription to Cougar All Access 2/10 at Stanford 7 p.m. at WSUCougars.com (click on the All Access button on the WSUCougars.com home 2/12 at California 7:30 p.m. page). Steve Grubbs and Jessica Oestreicher will call the action. Live video for Thurs- 2/17 vs. Arizona 7 p.m. day’s Oregon game will also be available at GoDucks.com. 2/19 vs. Arizona State 1 p.m. 2/26 vs. Washington 7:30 p.m. Oregon Series History: Oregon leads the all-time series with WSU 55-12. The teams 3/3 at USC 7 p.m. 3/5 at UCLA 2 p.m. split the season series last year with each team winning on its home court. Oregon won a 98-92 shootout at Eugene, Jan. 3, 2010. The Cougars came back to capture a 3/9-3/12 Pac-10 Conference Tournament 67-53 win at Pullman, March 5, 2010. The Cougars’ last win at Eugene occurred Feb. 12, 2009, a 58-45 victory. Last Games at Mac Court: Thursday’s game marks the next-to-last game to be played at Mac Court. The Ducks will move to Matthew Knight Arena, Jan. 23 vs. Oregon State. Oregon State Series History: Oregon State leads the all-time series with WSU 45-24. OSU swept the 2010 season series, capturing a 63-49 win at Corvallis, New Year’s Day and a 50-45 win at Pullman, March 7, 2010. The Cougars last defeated OSU, Jan. 9, 2009, a 65-52 win in Pullman. WSU’s last win at Corvallis was a 58-41 victory, Dec. 21, 2006. On The Road Again: The Cougars return to the road to play their 10th and 11th games of the season away from Pullman. The Cougars have only played five of their first 14 games at Beasley Coliseum. 2010-11 WASHINGTON STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Strength of Schedule: According to the Jeff Sagarin/CBN Women’s College Basket- WSU Quick Facts ball Ratings, WSU has played the 10th toughest schedule in the nation. As of Jan. 5, the combined record of the Cougars’ 13 non-conference opponents (they played Gonzaga twice) is 119-61 (.661). Only two of the Cougars’ non-conference oppo- nents (Long Beach State, 2-13; South Dakota State, 5-9) have a losing record. Ranked Opponents: Last Sunday’s game vs. No. 8 UCLA marked the third ranked opponent WSU faced this season. The Cougars hosted No. 21 Nebraska, Nov. 22 WSU Information and played No. 14 North Carolina at the Rainbow Wahine Showdown in Honolulu, Location ................ Pullman, Wash. Nov. 26. The last time the Cougars defeated a ranked opponent since, Feb. 10, Nickname. Cougars 2001, when the Cougars defeated No. 22/19 Arizona, 93-86, in Pullman. Colors . Crimson and Gray Founded . .1890 President ................ Elson S. Floyd Last Game Recap: The Cougars opened Pac-10 play with a 72-57 defeat to USC, Athletic Director ................Bill Moos Friday, Dec. 31. Ireti Amojo scored a career-high 14 points to lead the Cougars Faculty Representative. .Ken Casavant while Hana Potter added 10. Two days later, WSU fell to No. 8 UCLA, 80-55. Once Conference. .Pacific-10 again, Amojo led WSU with 13 points. Amojo made a season-high four 3-point field Enrollment ......................23,300 goals vs. USC and UCLA. Venue . Beasley Coliseum (11,671) Tickets ...............1-800-GO-COUGS Website. .www.WSUCougars.com Making Some Noyes: With 25 blocks this season, sophomore Carly Noyes career Twitter. .twitter.com/WSUCougars_com total in that category stands at 82, placing her fourth on the school’s career list. Facebook ................ facebook.com/ Noyes surpassed Cassandra Overby’s 81 blocks for fourth place on the list with WSUCougarAthletics YouTube youtube.com/WSUCougarAthletics three blocks at San Diego State, Dec. 21. Noyes now sets her sight on Ebonee Coates’ 101 blocks for third position on the list. With a 1.8 blocks per game aver- SID Information age, Noyes is third in the Pac-10 in that category and her five blocks vs. Portland, SID. .Bill Stevens Assistants . .Linda Chalich Nov. 18 is the second-best single-game performance in the Pac-10 this season. Craig Lawson . .Jessica Schmick Cook Returns: After sitting out the Cougars’ first four games with a sore back, junior Address ...... Bohler Athletic Complex 195 . .Pullman, WA 99164-1602 point guard April Cook saw her first action of the season at the Rainbow Wahine Phone . .509-335-COUG (2684) Showdown in Hawaii, Nov. 26-28. WSU’s leading scorer last season, Cook aver- FAX. 509-335-0267 aged 15 minutes and seven points in three games at the tournament. In 10 games, Cook is averaging 6.9 points a game. She is seven points shy of 900 for her career. Team Information Head Coach. June Daugherty Her current 893 points placed her 17th on WSU’s career scoring list. .Ohio State, 1978 WSU Record. 24-66 (Three Seasons) News & Notes: Carly Noyes is the only Cougar to start all 14 games…WSU has Career Record ......338-279 (21 Seasons) Associate Head Coach. Mike Daugherty used six different starting combinations and nine players have started at least one Assistant Coach. Mo Hines game…four freshmen (Hana Potter, Sage Romberg, Brandi Thomas, and Ireti Assistant Coach. .Brian Holsinger Amojo) have started a combined 30 games…eight Cougars (Cook, Amojo, Madi- Coordinator of Operations .....Kate Werner Student-Athletes Returning. 9 son, Perkins, Adzasu, Romberg, Noyes Potter) have scored in double-digits in at Newcomers. 5 least one game this season…Rosetta Adzasu is third in the Pac-10 averaging 4.4 2009-10 Record ................... 8-22 assists a game. 2009-10 Pac-10 Record/Finish. 3-15/9th Cougars on TV: WSU’s Jan. 14 game versus California has been selected for Find WSU Women’s Hoops broadcast by Fox Sports Northwest. The Cougars’ match-up against the Golden Bears at Beasley Coliseum will tip at 5:30 p.m. It will mark the third appearance for the Cougars on television during the 2010-11 season. Two games have previously WSU RADIO:Fans can listen to Cougar games been selected for live national television broadcasts. The Cougars’ match-ups at live on KQQQ 1150 AM or KHTR (104.3 FM) in Washington (Jan. 30) and at California (Feb. 12) were selected as part of the Pac- the Pullman/Moscow area, or with a subscrip- tion to Cougar All Access at WSUCougars.com 10’s 20-game package with FSN, and will be televised nationally. (click on the All Access button on the WSUCou- gars.com home page). Steve Grubbs will call Oestreicher retires: Center Jessica Oestreicher will no longer compete with the the games live. women’s basketball team due to injuries. Oestreicher redshirted her sophomore season in 2009-10 after undergoing knee surgery following her freshman season. WSUCOUGARS.COM: Student-athlete bios, During the 2008-09 season, Oestreicher played in 18 games, starting three, averag- stats, schedule, results, records, and blog can ing 2.3 points and 1.3 rebounds a game. She is will continue to be on scholarship be found at the women’s basketball home page while pursuing her degree in communication and will serve as color commentator at WSUCougars.com, the official website of Cougar Athletics.