Post-Game Notes
February 05, 2004 | Women's Basketball
Feb. 5, 2004
With her fifth assist of the game, on Andrea Lalum's game-tying three-pointer at 7:18 of the second half, senior guard Giuliana Mendiola became Washington's all-time career assists leader. Mendiola finished the game with five assists to bring her career, surpassing Leteia Hughley's career record of 559, which had stood for the last 19 years.
Mendiola's record-setting assist sparked a 10-0 UW run over a span of 2:50, turning a 45-42 UCLA advantage into a 52-45 Husky lead. Mendiola herself was responsible for five of the Huskies' 10 points during the run.
Giuliana Mendiola scored 21 of her game-high 27 points in the second half, on 6-of-13 second-half shooting.
Mendiola's 27 points moved her past both Loree Payne and Yvette Cole into fifth place on Washington's all-time scoring list, with 1,684 career points. Mendiola - who has scored at least 20 points in four of her last six games - needs just 20 points to equal Leteia Hughley for fourth all-time.
Redshirt freshman forward Jill Bell had nine of her team-high 11 rebounds in the second half, accounting for half of UW's 18 total second-half boards. Bell has led the Huskies on the boards in nine of the team's last 15 games.
UCLA scored 12-straight points to take a five-point lead at the 1:33 mark of the second half, and ended the game on a 17-5 run. During the run, which accounted for the last 3:55 of game time, Washington was held to just one field goal, a three-pointer by Giuliana Mendiola with 11.1 seconds remaining.
UCLA's Noelle Quinn poured in a career-high 25 points for UCLA, marking her second-consecutive game over 20 points. Quinn scored a then-career-high 24 points against Oregon State last weekend, and has led the Bruins in both scoring and rebounding in each of the past two contests.
Noelle Quinn's double-double 25 points and 11 rebounds was her third-straight double-double, and the fourth of her UW career.
The Bruins' win was their second in a row against Washington, and the team's first win in in nearly four years, dating back to an 85-66 UCLA win on Mar. 11, 2000.
