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2015-16 Women’s Basketball University of Washington Athletic Communications • Box 354070 • Graves Hall • Seattle, WA 98195 • (206) 543-2230 • (206) 543-5000 fax Assistant Director of Communication (Women's Basketball) • Ricky Brackett • (206) 790-6368 (cell) • [email protected] UW 2015-16 Schedule 2016 Pac-12 Tournament (21-9, 11-7 Pac-12) #5 Washington vs. #4 Stanford Date Opponent Time KeyArena Nov. 2 Concordia (OR) (Exh.) W, 94-46 March 4, 2016 - 8:30 p.m. Nov. 8 Warner Pacific (Exh.) W, 88-44 TV: Pac-12 Networks Nov. 14 Santa Clara W, 100-55 Nov. 18 Seattle U. W, 96-55 Radio: 1150 KKNW Nov. 20 at Fresno State W, 89-79 What To Look For Nov. 23 San Diego State W, 80-51 - Kelsey Plum (2,253) needs 25 points to pass Jazmine Davis (2,277 points) for the UW all-time scoring lead. Nov. 28 vs. #23 Syracuse% L, 66-62 - Plum (26.5 ppg) is third in the nation in scoring behind Jasmine Nwajei of Wagner (29.0 ppg) and Rachel Nov. 29 vs. Texas Tech% W, 77-73 Banham of Minnesota (27.7 ppg). Dec. 2 Portland W, 83-65 - UW is 8-14 all-time in the Pac-12 Tourney and hasn't advanced past the 2nd Rd since the Pac-12 expanded. Dec. 6 #21 Oklahoma (P12N) L, 71-68 - The Dawgs were ranked in the AP Poll for two weeks this season, their first AP rank since 2003. Dec. 12 at South Dakota W, 77-64 - Plum became the fastest to 2,000 points in Pac-12 and 7th-fastest in NCAA history, doing it in 88 games. Dec. 18 UC Riverside W, 78-43 - The Huskies RPI is at No. 38, fifth in the Pac-12 behind Stanford, Arizona State, Oregon State and UCLA. Dec. 21 Weber State W, 69-56 - The Huskies are third in the Pac-12 in points per game, averaging 71.7 per contest. Dec. 29 at Washington State* (P12N) W, 79-64 - Chantel Osahor is averaging just short of a double-double (9.7 pts / 10.6 reb). Jan. 2 at Colorado* (P12N) W, 76-74 - Osahor has nine double-doubles this season, while Talia Walton has five. Jan. 4 at Utah* (P12N) L, 88-83 - Walton is eighth in the Pac-12 in scoring at 15.6 ppg, notching double figures in 27 of 30 contests. Jan. 8 #14 Arizona State* (P12N) L, 68-61 Jan. 10 Arizona* (P12N) W, 63-47 - Osahor leads all post players in the Pac-12 with a 1.8 assist to turnover ratio (100 assists / 55 TO's). Jan. 15 #17 UCLA* (P12N) W, 64-56 - Plum and Walton became the 12th and 13th players in program history to reach 1,500 points. Jan. 17 #25 USC* (P12N) W, 69-60 - Osahor is just the fifth Huksy to have a 300-rebound season (Nielsen, Williams, Hall, McClary). Jan. 23 Washington State* (P12N) W, 69-63 - Osahor became the fourth player in program history with a 20-rebound game vs. Seattle U. Jan. 29 at #16 Stanford* (P12N) L, 69-53 - Walton's 33 points in the opener were a career high, while her eight 3's were second-most in UW history. Jan. 31 at California* (P12N) W, 75-65 - Gilling leads the Dawgs in bench minutes at 13.1 a game, averaging 2.9 points per game. Feb. 5 #9 Oregon State* (P12N) L, 61-53 - UW is 2nd in the Pac-12 with 7.0 3-pointers a game, while Walton and Plum are tied for 2nd in with 64 made. Feb. 7 Oregon* L, 75-63 - The Huskies two non-conference losses came against ranked teams, #21 Oklahoma and #23 Syracuse. Feb. 12 at USC* W, 61-53 - The Dawgs are now 2-7 against ranked teams after beating No. 17 UCLA and No. 25 USC in Pac-12 play. Feb. 14 at #14 UCLA* (ESPNU) L, 63-59 - Plum leads the nation with 219 free throws made, is 3rd with 246 attempts and 6th in percentage (.888). Feb. 19 at Arizona* W, 74-52 - Plum set a Pac-12 record for free throws made, breaking a 20-year old mark of Tanja Kostic (Now has 629). Feb. 21 at #9 Arizona State* (P12N) L, 77-57 - The win over USC was the 60th of Mike Neighbors' head coaching career (Now 64-33 all-time). Feb. 25 Utah* W, 73-60 - Walton has made 232 career 3-pointers, passing Kristi Kingma for third all-time at UW. Feb. 27 Colorado* (P12N) W, 68-47 - After leading the nation in FT percentage last year, UW is fourth so far this season at 78.4 percent. Mar. 3 Colorado^ W, 67-51 - Katie Collier is one of four Huskies to start every game this season and leads the team with 31 blocks. Mar. 4 #11 Stanford^ 8:30 p.m. - Plum's 26.5 points per game would be a Pac-12 record if it holds up (Current record C. Ogwumike - 26.1). Mar. 18 NCAA First & Second Rounds# TBA - Plum broke her own school record for points in a season vs. Utah. She now has 795 (old record was 746). Mar. 26 NCAA Third & Fourth Rounds# TBA - Jenna Moser made her Husky debut at Arizona after being a practice player for a year and a half. Apr. 3 NCAA Final Four# TBA % South Point Shootout in Las Vegas - Walton is now one of four Dawgs on both the UW top-10 lists for scoring and rebounding. * Pac-12 Conference Game - Plum is sixth in the nation and leads all power conference players at 37.8 minutes per game. ^ at KeyArena - Brianna Ruiz played the first 16 games before being lost for the season with a knee injury. # NCAA Tournament Games - Plum is 7th in Pac-12 history with 2,253 points. Next up on the list is former teammate Jaz Davis with 2,277. 2015-16 Washington Player Notes No. Name PPG RPG APG Notes 22 Alexus Atchley (G, 5-9, Sr.) 4.8 3.1 1.2 Former walk-on transfer from Colorado ... earned scholarship and now a starting role ... had 15 pts vs. WSU 13 Katie Collier (F/C, 6-3, R-Jr.,) 5.8 5.5 0.5 Has 73 career blocked shots ... tied a career-high with 16 points at USC ... former McDonald's All-American 14 Heather Corral (G/F, 6-1, R-Jr.) Injured Missed all of last season with injury ... was a 3-point sharpshooter for the Dawgs before injury 11 Mathilde Gilling (F/C, 6-3, Sr.) 2.9 2.1 0.2 Post player from Denmark ... scored a career-high 10 points at Colorado ... averaging 13 mins per game 1 Hannah Johnson (F, 6-1, R-Fr.) 0.2 0.6 0.1 Redshirted last season after a back injury ... brings a motor and rebounding to the Husky frontcourt 20 Kelli Kingma (G, 5-8, So.) 1.5 0.5 0.1 Younger sister of Husky legend Kristi Kingma ... terrific outside shooter and ball handler 24 Jenna Moser (G, 5-6. So.) 0.0 0.0 0.0 Former practice player was added to the roster midseason ... practice player all of last year 0 Chantel Osahor (F/C, 6-2, Jr.) 9.7 10.6 3.3 One of the top assist/TO ratios in the nation ... great passing post player ... averaging near a double-double 10 Kelsey Plum (G, 5-8, Jr.) 26.5 3.5 3.8 All-America candidate ... a Wooden Finalist this season ... on pace to be one of top NCAA scorers ever 23 Brianna Ruiz (G, 5-10, R-So.) 5.6 2.8 1.3 Started 15 of 16 games, before injuring knee that will cost her rest of season ... made 53 career 3-pointers 34 Deja Strother (C, 6-5, Fr.) 2.2 2.0 0.2 Comes to UW from Inglemoor HS in Bothell, Wash. ... McDonalds All-America post player in HS 3 Talia Walton (F, 6-2, Sr.) 15.6 6.8 1.6 Scored 33 points, making 8 3's against Santa Clara ... the all-time leader in blocked shots at Washington 42 Mackenzie Wieburg (G, 5-9, So.) 0.5 0.1 0.0 Former walk-on guard played in 12 games as a freshman ... athletic, left-handed point guard 2015-16 Pac-12 Standings UW In The Pac-12 Tournament # (AP Ranking) Washington will enter the tournament as the No. 5 seed, matching their highest seed since the conference Team Overall GB Conf went to 12 teams. The Dawgs were a No. 2 seed in the first two Pac-12 Tournaments back in 2002 and #8 Oregon State 25-4 - 16-2 2003. Overall, the Huskies are just 8-14 in Pac-12 Tournament, never winning more than one game in any #10 Arizona State 25-5 - 16-2 one year. The best finishes for the Huskies came in both 2003 and 2004 when they had a bye through to the #11 Stanford 24-6 - 14-4 quarterfinals and then won to advance to the semifinals. #12 UCLA 22-7 - 14-4 Washington 21-9 - 11-7 Oregon 20-10 - 9-9 Previous Matchups With Stanford Utah 16-14 - 8-10 The Dawgs are 15-46 all-time against Stanford, including losing in Palo Alto earlier this season, 69-53. The USC 19-12 - 6-12 Huskies last defeated the Cardinal in 2014 in Seattle when Stanford was ranked No. 3 in nation, but Wash- Washington State 14-16 - 5-13 ington prevailed, 87-82.