Post-Game Notes
January 26, 2008 | Women's Basketball
Jan. 26, 2008
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With Saturday's win, Washington improves to 30-16 all-time against Arizona (19-3 at home), and has now won the last five straight games against the Wildcats.
Trailing 27-31 with 2:29 remaining in the first half, the Huskies ended the period on an 8-2 run, to go into the break up 35-33.
The Huskies swiped 10 steals in the first half alone, led by three from Sami Whitcomb, who is averaging 2.16 per game (fourth in the Pac-10)
Washington has won all of their Pac-10 conference games by a 15-point margin.
With her five assists, senior guard Emily Florence passes Lisa Raschkow (352 career assists) and moves into sole possession of eighth place on the Huskies all-time assists list with 354.
The Huskies received a considerable contribution from their bench, with the Washington reserves scoring 30 points compared to Arizona's 8.
Freshman forward Katelan Redmon finished with 18 points on 8-13 shooting, marking the 14th time she has scored in double-figures this season.
Washington is now 4-0 when four or more Huskies score in double-figures, and has a 7-2 record when going into the break with the lead.
The Huskies' 74 points are the most they have scored since beating Northern Arizona 83-70 on 11/17/07.
Senior Forward Andrea Plouffe finished with 12 points on 4-8 shooting. This marks the fifth straight game that Plouffe has scored in double-figures this season.
In her first game back since missing three contests due to a concussion, freshman center Jess McCormack finished with 15 points (two shy of career high) and a team-high 8 rebounds.
After being tied 51 with 12:22 remaining in the second half, the Huskies went on a 14-2 run to take a 12 point lead, 65-53, with 5:21 to play.
