2002-2003 University of Washington Husky Women’s Basketball Media Relations Contact: Erin Rowley • Phone: 206-685-3118 • Fax: 206-543-5000 • Email: [email protected] 2002-03 Schedule/Results Huskies Face Tough Test On Bay Area Swing At Record: 12-2 Overall Cal and No. 6 Stanford This Weekend 4-1 Pac-10 Thurs., Jan. 16 - Washington (12-2, 4-1) at California (5-8, 1-3) Date Opponent Time/Result Haas Pavilion • Berkeley, Calif. • 7 p.m. PT N10 Bay Area Pro-Am (exh) W, 82-64 Sat., Jan. 18 - Washington (12-2, 4-1) at No. 6 Stanford (12-1, 4-0) N22 at Boise State W, 73-55 N24 at #13 Texas Tech (Fox Net) L, 99-67 Maples Pavilion • Stanford, Calif. • 12 p.m. PT • Fox Sports Net N29-30 Seattle Times Classic N29 vs. St. Bonaventure (FSNW)W, 105-48 This Week: Coming off a sweep of the Arizona schools at home, Washington N30 vs. Kentucky W, 88-56 women’s basketball (12-2, 4-1 Pac-10), heads to the Bay Area to face Cal (5-8, 1- D2 Wisconsin W, 81-69 3) and No. 6 Stanford (12-1, 4-0) this weekend. UW’s game with Cal tips off Thurs- D6-7 at NC State Tournament day at 7 p.m. at Haas Pavilion on the Berkeley campus. The Huskies will then set D6 UW vs. NC State W, 88-78 their sights on No. 6 Stanford, Saturday, at noon at Maples Pavilion. Saturday’s D7 vs. Houston W, 76-65 game will be televised live to a national audience on Fox Sports Net with Jim Watson D20 San Francisco (FSNW) W, 83-56 and Mary Murphy calling the action. Washington has won three-straight and 11 of D22 Iowa State W, 64-63 its last 12 games. The Huskies have had a flair for the dramatic as of late, winning D28 at Washington State* (FSNW)W, 77-69 two of their last three games on last-second shots. UW downed USC 83-81 in J3 at UCLA* L, 72-46 overtime Jan. 5, before coming back to stun then-No. 18 Arizona 60-59 on Kristen J5 at USC* W, 83-81 ot O’Neill’s last-second bucket. Keep an eye out for UW senior Loree Payne, who J9 Arizona State* W, 69-56 needs just two three-point field goals to set the Washington career record. UW’s J11 #18 Arizona* (FSNW) W, 60-59 12-2 start is the team’s best since opening the 1989-90 season also 12-2. It is the J16 at California* 7 p.m. best-start ever under current head coach June Daugherty. J18 at Stanford* (Fox Net) 12 p.m. J23 Oregon* 7 p.m. Huskies On The Radio: All UW women’s basketball games can be heard live on J25 Oregon State* (Fox Net) 5 p.m. the radio at KKNW 1150 AM. Calling the play-by-play action is Steve Sandmeyer in J30 USC* 7 p.m. his fourth season as the voice of the Huskies. Joining Sandmeyer this season and F1 UCLA* 1 p.m. doing the color commentary for most home games will be former Husky basketball F6 at Arizona* 7 p.m. MT player Elise (Niemela) Woodward. Games can also be heard over the internet. F8 at Arizona State* (Fox Net) 1 p.m. MT Just click on the official UW website at www.gohuskies.com. F13 Stanford* 7 p.m. F15 California* 12 p.m. Probable Husky Starters (2002-03 Stats): F20 at Oregon State* 7 p.m. Giuliana Mendiola • G • 5-11 • Jr. • Lake Forest, Calif. • 15.5 ppg • 6.2 rpg F22 at Oregon* 7 p.m. Kristen O’Neill • G • 6-1 • So. • Edmonds, Wash. • 4.9 ppg • 4.6 rpg M1 Washington State* 12 p.m. Loree Payne • G • 6-0 • Sr. • Havre, Mont. • 14.3 ppg • 2.9 rpg M7-10 Pac-10 Tournament San Jose, CA Emily Autrey • F • 6-0 • Sr. • Kennewick, Wash. • 10.6 ppg • 5.1 rpg M21-23 NCAA 1st and 2nd Rounds Andrea Lalum • C • 6-4 • Jr. • Bozeman, Mont. • 10.9 ppg • 4.7 rpg M28-30 NCAA Regionals A4-6 NCAA Final Four Huskies Off The Bench (2002-03 Stats): * Pac-10 Game • Times local to site Sarah Keeler • F • 6-4 • Rs-So. • Pendleton, Ore. • 3.5 ppg • 3.6 rpg Gioconda Mendiola • G • 5-7 • Jr. • Lake Forest, Calif. • 2.6 ppg • 1.4 rpg All home games held at Bank of America Arena Cheryl Sorenson • F • 6-0 • Sr. • Milwaukie, Ore. • 2.3 ppg • 1.5 rpg Erica Schelly • G • 5-11 • Fr. • Fort Collins, Colo. • 1.5 ppg • 0.5 rpg Nicole Castro • G • 5-10 • Rs-Fr. • Darwin, Australia • 1.0 ppg • 0.1 rpg Alicia Heathcote • 5-9 • G • 5-0 • Seattle, Wash. • 1.0 ppg • 1.0 rpg HUSKY QUICK FACTS Scouting the Huskies: The Huskies embark on their fourth weekend of Pac-10 Head Coach: June Daugherty (Ohio State, ’78) play with a third-place conference standing. UW is on a modest three-game win- Record at UW: 112-80 (seventh season) ning streak after an eight-game win streak was halted with a 72-46 loss at UCLA Jan. 3. The Huskies’ only other loss of the season was vs. then-No. 13 Texas Tech Career Record: 235-154 (14th season) in Lubbock, Nov. 24. UW averages a margin of victory of 17 points in 12 wins, but Assistant Coaches: Sunny Smallwood (Boise has won two of its last three games in the final seconds of the contest. The Huskies State, ’83), Mike Daugherty (Ohio State, ’77), bounced back from the UCLA loss with an 83-81 overtime win over USC on a Shimmy Gray (Michigan, ’94) bucket by junior All-America candidate Giuliana Mendiola. And most recently against Arizona Saturday, UW pulled off a 60-59 win at Bank of America Arena on a 2001-02 Record: 19-12 (Third Round of WNIT) Kristen O’Neill layin. UW is averaging 75.7 points a game while holding its oppo- 2001-02 Pac-10 Record: 12-6 (tied for 2nd place) nent to just 66.1 points. Junior Giuliana Mendiola is the team leader in points Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 11/1 (15.5), rebounds (6.2) and assists (65) and has scored in double-figures in 13 games Starters Returning/Lost: 5/0 including the last six straight. UW tallied an impressive 8-1 non-conference record Redshirts Returning: 1 this season and it’s 12-2 record is its best start since a 12-2 mark to open the 1989- 90 campaign. UW will face a ranked opponent in No. 5 Stanford for the second- Newcomers: 3 straight week. The Huskies are 1-1 against teams in the Top-25. -- pg 1 of 13 -- www.gohuskies.com Washington Women’s Basketball -- Jan. 14, 2002 Kayla Burt’s UW Career Comes To A Close: Washington announced Jan. 6 that ALL-AMERICA CANDIDATES Husky sophomore Kayla Burt will no longer play Div. I basketball due to being diag- nosed with a rare heart condition called Long Q-T Syndrome. Burt’s heart stopped beating on New Year’s Eve and her teammates came to her rescue, performing CPR #22 Loree Payne until paramedics could arrive. On Jan. 6 she had surgery to implant a defibrillator in the right side of her chest, a device which will monitor her heart rhythm and shock it Senior • G • 6-1 back to a normal rhythm should an abnormality occur again. Burt started all 10 Husky Havre, Mont. games before falling ill. She averaged eight points and 3.7 rebounds a game. Burt turned in a stellar effort in UW’s Dec. 22 win over Iowa State, either matching or Havre HS setting career highs in rebounds (seven), assists (eight), three-pointers made (three) and three-pointers attempted (six). • Only 17th player in UW history to Burt Named Honorary Captain: Upon her return to the team, Kayla Burt was asked score 1,000 points...currently ninth all- by her teammates to accept the role of co-captain which she accepted. Burt will join time in UW scoring with 1,450 career previous co-captains seniors Loree Payne and Cheryl Sorenson and junior Giuliana points Mendiola. She was also announced as UW’s honorary “sixth starter” in her first • First-Team All-Pac-10 in 2001-02 game back with her teammates against Arizona State. • First-Team Pac-10 All-Academic in Burt’s Story Reaches Nationwide Audience: The story of Kayla Burt’s sudden- 2001-02 death episode and the efforts of her teammates to revive her has not only received a • Played on USA Basketball Jones Cup great deal of attention from the Seattle media, but has reached nationwide audiences team that toured Taiwan following her as well. So far, Burt and her teammates have been featured on Good Morning America freshman season (1999-2000) and Inside Edition, as well as a live interview on CNN’s Connie Chung Tonight that • No. 2 on UW career three-pointers aired Friday night. The story has also been covered by USA Today, ESPN.com and the L.A. Times among other national newspapers. made list, No. 4 on Pac-10 career list • Led Pac-10 in three-pointers made in Payne Just Two Treys Shy Of UW Career Record, Still: Senior Loree Payne will 2002 make Washington history with her next two three-point buckets. Her first three-pointer • Shares school record for three-point- this weekend will tie the UW career record owned by former Husky Megan Franza, ers with seven vs.