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 Rematch With Gonzaga On Tap For Cougs 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. Nebraska L - 87-79 Waikiki Beach Marriott Rainbow Wahine Showdown Washington State Cougars (2-7, 0-0) 11/26 vs. North Carolina L - 93-55 11/27 vs. Long Beach State W - 87-63 at Gonzaga (6-3) 11/28 vs. Gonzaga L - 67-65 Dec. 11 • Spokane, Wash. • 2 p.m. (PT) 12/5 vs. Nevada W - 67-54 12/7 vs. South Dakota St. L - 72-61 WSU and Zags face off for second time this season 12/11 at Gonzaga 2 p.m. 12/18 at Wyoming 1 p.m. at Wyoming 12/21 at San Diego State 7 p.m. 12/31 vs. USC 1 p.m. Dec. 18 • Laramie, Wyo. • 1 p.m. (PT) 1/2 vs. UCLA 1 p.m. 1/6 at Oregon TBA Cougs travel to Wyoming for second of three straight road games 1/8 at Oregon State TBA 1/14 vs. California 5:30 p.m. What’s Happening: Coming off a brief two-game homestand, their longest of the 1/16 vs. Stanford 1 p.m. 1/20 at Arizona State 10 a.m. season, the Washington State Cougars return to the road to face Gonzaga, Saturday, 1/22 at Arizona TBA Dec. 11 for a 2 p.m. tip. The game at Gonzaga will be the first of three consecutive 1/30 at Washington 12 p.m. road games for WSU. After a week off for finals, the Cougars embark on a two-game 2/3 vs. Oregon State 7 p.m. road trip to play their final non-conference games of the season at Wyoming (Dec. 2/5 vs. Oregon 1 p.m. 18) and at San Diego State (Dec. 21). 2/10 at Stanford TBA 2/12 at California 7:30 p.m. Series History: Saturday’s game will mark the 22nd all-time meeting between WSU 2/17 vs. Arizona 7 p.m. and Gonzaga and the second this season. At the Rainbow Wahine Classic in Hono- 2/19 vs. Arizona State 1 p.m. lulu, Hawaii, Nov. 28, WSU fell to the Zags, 67-65, in a hard-fought battle. The game 2/26 vs. Washington 7:30 p.m. 3/3 at USC TBA featured 10 ties, 16 lead changes, and no team had a lead larger than six points the 3/5 at UCLA TBA entire game. The final tie came when, trailing 65-62, Ireti Amojo made a three-pointer to tie the game at 65 with 12 seconds left. On the ensuing possession, Gonzaga’s 3/9-3/12 Pac-10 Conference Tournament Katelan Redmon was fouled, and Redmon, who finished with a game-high 22 points, made both free throws to give Gonzaga the decisive margin of victory. Jazmine Per- kins led WSU with 14 points. The Cougars leads the all-time series 17-4. Listen In: Fans can listen to Saturday’s game live on KQQQ 1150 AM or KHTR (104.3 FM) in the Pullman/Moscow area, or with a subscription to Cougar All Access at WSUCougars.com (click on the All Access button on the WSUCougars.com home page). Steve Grubbs will call the action. Basketball Youth Day at the Spokane Arena: June Daugherty and the Cougars will join Ken Bone and the men’s basketball team for Cougar Basketball Youth Day, Fri- day, Dec. 10 at the Spokane Arena. The clinic begins at 4 p.m. and is open to all kids ages 8-14. The clinic will precede the men’s basketball game vs. Texas-Pan Ameri- can at 7 p.m. For more information call 1-800-GO-COUGS. 2010-11 WASHINGTON STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Homestand Recap: The Cougars split their two-game homestand vs. Nevada and WSU Quick Facts South Dakota State. Against Nevada, Sunday, Dec. 5, WSU captured a 67-54 win to hand the Wolf Pack only their second loss of the season. Katie Madison and Ireti Amojo led a widespread scoring effort with 11 points each. April Cook added 10 points and Sage Romberg contributed nine points and 11 rebounds. Seven Cougars scored at least seven points in the win. Two days later, WSU fell to South Dakota State 72-61. Rosetta Adzasu led the Cougars with 10 points and Ireti Amojo added nine points. WSU Information Location ................ Pullman, Wash. Making Some Noyes: With 17 blocks this season, sophomore Carly Noyes Nickname. Cougars Colors . Crimson and Gray increased her career total in that category to 74, placing her fifth on the school’s Founded . .1890 career list. Noyes surpassed Kathy Weber (1990-93) for fifth place on the list with President ................ Elson S. Floyd three blocks vs. South Dakota State. With a 1.9 blocks per game average, Noyes Athletic Director ................Bill Moos Faculty Representative. ranks second in the Pac-10 in that category and her five blocks vs. Portland, Nov. .Ken Casavant 18 is the second-best single-game performance in the Pac-10 this season. Conference. .Pacific-10 Enrollment ......................23,300 Cook returns: After sitting out the Cougars’ first four games with a sore back, junior Venue . Beasley Coliseum (11,671) Tickets ...............1-800-GO-COUGS point guard April Cook saw her first action of the season at the Rainbow Wahine Website. .www.WSUCougars.com Showdown in Hawaii. WSU’s leading scorer last season, Cook averaged 15 min- Twitter. .twitter.com/WSUCougars_com utes and seven points in three games at the tournament. In five games, Cook is Facebook ................ facebook.com/ WSUCougarAthletics averaging 17.6 minutes and 7.8 points a game. YouTube youtube.com/WSUCougarAthletics News & Notes: Three Cougars (Sage Romberg, Carly Noyes, Rosetta Adzasu) SID Information SID. .Bill Stevens have started all nine games…the three true freshman (Hana Potter, Sage Rom- Assistants . .Linda Chalich berg, Brandi Thomas) have started at least two games this season. …Romberg . Craig Lawson leads the team in scoring averaging 9.8 points per game…eight Cougars (Cook, . .Jessica Schmick Address ...... Bohler Athletic Complex 195 Amojo, Madison, Perkins, Adzasu, Romberg, Noyes Potter) have scored in double- . .Pullman, WA 99164-1602 digits in at least one game this season…Rosetta Adzasu’s nine assists vs. Nebras- Phone . .509-335-COUG (2684) ka, Nov. 22 is tied with two other players as a Pac-10 game high this season. FAX. 509-335-0267 Team Information Cougars on TV: WSU’s Jan. 14 game versus California has been selected for Head Coach. June Daugherty broadcast by Fox Sports Northwest. The Cougars’ match-up against the Golden . .Ohio State, 1978 Bears at Beasley Coliseum will tip at 5:30 p.m. It will mark the third appearance for WSU Record. 24-66 (Three Seasons) Career Record ......338-279 (21 Seasons) the Cougars on television during the 2010-11 season. Two games have previously Associate Head Coach. Mike Daugherty been selected for live national television broadcasts. The Cougars’ match-ups at Assistant Coach. Mo Hines Washington (Jan. 30) and at California (Feb. 12) were selected as part of the Pac- Assistant Coach. .Brian Holsinger Coordinator of Operations .....Kate Werner 10’s 20-game package with FSN, and will be televised nationally. Student-Athletes Returning. 9 Newcomers. 5 Oestreicher retires: Center Jessica Oestreicher will no longer compete with the 2009-10 Record ................... 8-22 2009-10 Pac-10 Record/Finish. 3-15/9th women’s basketball team due to injuries. Oestreicher redshirted her sophomore season in 2009-10 after undergoing knee surgery following her freshman sea- son. During the 2008-09 season, Oestreicher played in 18 games, starting three, Find WSU Women’s Hoops averaging 2.3 points and 1.3 rebounds a game. She is will continue to be on scholarship while pursuing her degree in communication and will serve as color WSU RADIO:Fans can listen to Cougar games commentator with Steve Grubbs during road broadcasts on the Washington State live on KQQQ 1150 AM or KHTR (104.3 FM) in ISP Sports Network the Pullman/Moscow area, or with a subscrip- tion to Cougar All Access at WSUCougars.com Non-Conference Schedule: In addition to a Pac-10 schedule that features 2010 (click on the All Access button on the WSUCou- national runner-up Stanford, 2010 WNIT champion California, NCAA participant gars.com home page). Steve Grubbs will call UCLA, and in-state rival Washington, the Cougars non-conference slate features at the games live. least 10 teams that advanced to postseason play in 2009-10 including Nebraska, WSUCOUGARS.COM: Student-athlete bios, one of four No. 1 seeds in the 2010 NCAA Tournament. stats, schedule, results, records, and blog can be found at the women’s basketball home page Tickets: Season and single-game tickets are on sale by calling 1-800-GO-COUGS at WSUCougars.com, the official website of or visiting WSUCougars.com. Cougar Athletics. Cougs on Social Network sites: Follow the WSU women’s basketball team on COUGAR ATHLETICS ON SOCIAL MEDIA: twitter (@WSUWomenshoops). Also follow the team on the WSU Athletics official Find WSU Athletics on Twitter (twitter.com/ WSUCougars_com), Facebook (facebook.com/ twitter page (@WSUCougars_com), Facebook page (facebook.com/WSUCouga- WSUCougarAthletics) and YouTube (youtube.