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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 (1-0, 0-0 Pac-12) NO. 17 WASHINGTON (1-0) QUICK COMPARISON COLORADO STATE (1-0) Date Opponent Time 100.0 ppg Points Per Game 69.0 ppg 52.0 ppg Points Allowed Per Game 42.0 ppg Oct. 29 Central Washington (Exh.) W, 97-66 39.0 rpg Rebounding Per Game 39.0 rpg Nov. 2 Concordia (Exh.) W, 99-57 .540 Field Goal Pct. .443 .328 Field Goal Pct. Defense .319 Nov. 11 Eastern Washington W, 100-52 Nov. 14 Colorado State or Omaha 7 p.m. Nov. 14, 2016 | Alaska Airlines Arena | Seattle, Wash. Nov. 22 Idaho 5 p.m. After winning its season opener on Friday (Nov. 11), the No. 17 University of Washington women's Nov. 26 at Seattle U. 4 p.m. basketball team hosts Colorado State for the second round of the WNIT Preseason Tournament on Monday (Nov. 14) at 7 p.m. PT inside Alaska Airlines Arena. The game will be streamed online Nov. 27 at Portland 2 p.m. via GoHuskies.com and will be broadcast on 1150 KKNW AM radio and kknw.com. Dec. 1 at Grand Canyon 6 p.m. Dec. 4 Fresno State 2 p.m. Washington begins the season ranked as the No. 17 team in the nation, the highest preseason Dec. 7 CSUN 7 p.m. ranking in program history. The Huskies were also selected to finish third in the Pac-12, its highest ranking since 2003-04. Washington received two first-place votes and garnered 93 points. Dec. 11 Boise State 2 p.m. Dec. 18 Savannah State 2 p.m. The Huskies return three starters from a squad that reached the 2016 NCAA Final Four. 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 70-35. Dec. 30 at Oregon* (P12N) 3 p.m. He has built the program into a national contender, leading Washington to its first NCAA Final Four 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. Jan. 13 at Arizona* (P12N) 6 p.m. QUOTABLE Jan. 15 at Arizona State* (P12N) 5 p.m. Mike Neighbors, Head Coach "You have to win one game at a time in this Preseason WNIT Tournament so Jan. 22 at Washington State* (P12N) 1 p.m. you can't look ahead at potential matchups. There's nobody easy in this field. Jan. 27 California* (P12N) 6 p.m. Colorado State won 31 games last season so we have to be ready to play." Jan. 29 Stanford* (P12N) 5 p.m. Feb. 3 at Utah* (P12N) 7 p.m. BY THE NUMBERS Feb. 5 at Colorado* (P12N) 11 a.m. Mike Neighbors begins year five as head coach of the Huskies, sporting a record of 70-35, Feb. 10 Arizona* (P12N) 8 p.m. with two NCAA appearances and a Final Four berth. Feb. 12 Arizona State* (P12N) 5 p.m. 5 Feb. 17 at UCLA* (P12N) 8 p.m. In the AP Top 25 poll, Washington begins the season ranked as the No. 17 team in the Feb. 19 at USC* (P12N) 3 p.m. 17 nation, the highest preseason ranking in program history. Feb. 23 Colorado* (P12N) 8 p.m. Feb. 25 Utah* (P12N) 2 p.m. In the USA Today Coaches Poll, the Huskies are ranked No. 15. Joining UCLA (9), Stan- Mar. 2-5 Pac-12 Tournament^ TBA 15 ford (10), Arizona State (16) and Oregon State (17) as the Pac-12 teams ranked. Mar. 24-April 2 NCAA Tournament TBA In Washington's 100-52 season opening win against Eastern Washington, the Huskies * Pac-12 Conference Game 25 hit the century mark for the 25th time in program history ^ at KeyArena LAST GAME'S STARTERS FOR WASHINGTON PPG RPG A G 20 KELLI KINGMA 5-8 MILL CREEK, WASH. 0.0 0.0 2.0 F 14 HEATHER CORRAL 6-1 VANCOUVER, WASH. 9.0 1.0 3.0 F 13 KATIE COLLIER 6-3 COVINGTON, WASH. 3.0 4.0 2.0 C 0 CHANTEL OSAHOR 6-2 PHOENIX, ARIZ. 13.0 7.0 3.0 G 10 KELSEY PLUM 5-8 POWAY, CALIF. 32.0 5.0 5.0 KELSEY PLUM Pac-12 with a 1.7 assist to turnover ratio (127 assists / AP Top 25 Plum returns as one of the most 74 TO's). Osahor led the team with 11 double-doubles RK TEAM PTS 1 Notre Dame (14) 793 decorated players in collegiate last season. 2 Baylor (12) 789 women's basketball. Since 3 Connecticut (6) 743 arriving on campus in 2013, she A WASHINGTON WIN WOULD... 4 South Carolina (1) 719 has started in every game (105), Advance the Huskies to the semifinals of the Pre- 5 Louisville 718 scoring in double-digits in 103 of season WNIT where the team would face the winner 6 Maryland 635 of Missouri vs. Nebraska. 7 Ohio State 632 those contests, including 74 20-plus 8 Texas 604 point games, a program record. 9 UCLA 557 INSIDE THE SERIES The Poway, Calif. native's 960 points last season 10 Mississippi State 516 Washington has lost both of the only two meetings led the nation and her 25.9 points per game ranked 11 Stanford 471 between the two schools, the most recent being a 12 Florida State 437 fourth. As a junior, she broke Washington's all-time two-point loss, 66-64, on Dec. 29, 2001. 13 Tennessee 415 scoring record (2,418) and also led the nation in free 14 Miami 328 throws made (266) and minutes played (1,414). SCOUTING COLORADO STATE 14 Syracuse 328 16 Oklahoma 285 Colorado State, who received votes in both polls, is Plum enters her senior year with career averages 17 Washington 259 coming off its first NCAA Tournament appearance 18 Arizona State 244 of 23.3 points, 4.0 rebounds and 3.4 assists. She since 2002 and returns nine letterwinners from a 19 Kentucky 228 became the first player in program history to earn a team that went 31-2 last season. The Rams are led by 20 Florida 181 spot on the Associated Press Preseason All-Amer- senior guard Ellen Nystrom, who was selected the 21 DePaul 160 22 West Virginia 154 ica Team. The point guard was also a unanimous Mountain West Player of the Year last season. pick on the preseason All-Pac-12 team. 23 Indiana 108 24 Missouri 98 PLUM BY THE NUMBERS For the third consecutive year, the Rams were picked 25 Oregon State 95 to win the Mountain West after winning it the past Plum needs 35 more three-pointers three seasons. Others receiving votes: Michigan State 78, to break the career record at UW. Auburn 43, Texas A&M 20, Duke 16, Colo- 35 rado State 10, California 9, Creighton 9, Last year, CSU ranked fifth in the nation in field goal South Florida 8, Temple 6, BYU 6, South Da- percentage defense, sixth in scoring defense and kota State 5, Belmont 4, UTEP 3, Green Bay Plum is 225 free throws away eighth in three-point field goal defense. 2, Chattanooga 2, NC State 2, Boise State from breaking the 32-year-old 2, Saint Louis 1, Iowa State 1, Oregon 1 225 NCAA career free throw record. In their season opener on Friday (Nov. 11), Colorado State beat Omaha, 69-42, led by Nystrom who scored a career-high 22 points while the Rams’ defense USA Today Coaches Poll RK TEAM PTS Plum needs 288 points to break forced 16 turnovers. 1 Connecticut (18) 755 the Pac-12 career scoring 2 Notre Dame (8) 739 288 record. LAST TIME OUT 3 South Carolina (3) 712 Washington is coming off a season opening win 4 Baylor (2) 709 against Eastern Washington (100-52). It was the 25th 5 Maryland 603 Plum needs 944 points to break 6 Ohio State 594 time in program history the Huskies hit the century 6 Texas (1) 594 the NCAA all-time scoring mark. Washington was fueled by double-digit per- 8 Louisville 586 944 record. formances by Kelsey Plum (32), Chantel Osahor (13), 9 UCLA 481 Mai-Loni Henson (12) and Hannah Johnson (10). 10 Stanford 467 11 Mississippi State 446 Plum has started and played 12 Florida State 431 OTHER RETURNERS 13 Syracuse 394 in all 105 games of her career, Joining Osahor in the frontcourt is Katie Collier who 14 Tennessee 360 103 scoring in double-figures 103 was the fourth leading scorer last season (6.0 ppg) 15 Washington 352 times. and third in rebounds (5.5 rpg). The Covington, Wash. 16 Arizona State 321 native scored in double-figures seven times and was 17 Oregon State 255 Plum has scored 20-plus points 18 Oklahoma 235 a big defensive presence, leading the Huskies with 41 19 Kentucky 227 in 74 games throughout her blocked shots. 20 Miami 179 74 career. 21 DePaul 173 Also returning is Deja Strother and Hannah Johnson 22 Michigan State 167 who both displayed good offseasons. Strother saw 23 Texas A&M 123 24 Florida 101 CHANTEL OSAHOR action in 20 games as a sophomore, scoring 39 points 25 West Virginia 76 After leading the team off the and pulling down 36 boards while Johnson returns bench as a sophomore, Chantel after seeing action in 16 games last season.