Post-Game Notes
February 03, 2008 | Women's Basketball
Feb. 3, 2008
With Sunday's win, Washington improves to 56-10 all-time against Washington State (28-6 at home), and has now won the last 26-straight meetings against the Cougars.
Washington shot a season high 45.5% (10-22) from behind the arc, and their 10 threes were also a season high.
The Huskies' 26 point halftime advantage (45-19) was their largest of the season. Washington led Arkansas State by 19 (42-23) going into the half in their meeting on 11/25/07.
WSU's 19 first half points is the least allowed by the Huskies in the opening period this season, and tied for the least scored by any UW opponent in a half on the year. Washington previously held Arkansas State to 23 points in the first half, and UW held USC to 19 points in the second half on 1/13/08.
Washington's 45 first half points are the most UW has scored in the opening period this season. The Huskies previous high of 42 first half points came against Arkansas State on 11/25/07.
The Huskies forced 16 turnovers in the opening period, resulting in 21 of their 45 first half points. Washington ended the game with 27 forced turnovers and a 33-4 advantage in the points off turnovers category.
The Huskies 44-point margin of victory is their largest of the season. Washington's previous high of an 18 point win came against UC Irvine on 1/2/07. This also marks the largest margin of victory in UW-WSU series history, with WSU winning the first game of the series by 42 (68-26) on 2/14/75. The previous high for a UW victory in the series stood at 34 points, winning 98-64 on 12/21/01, and 91-57 on 2/7/87.
With her 8 assists, senior guard Emily Florence passes Jacki Myers (355 career assists) and moves into sole possession of seventh place on the Huskies all-time assists list with 362.
Freshman forward Katelan Redmon matched a career high with 20 points on 7-13 shooting. This marks the 15th time she has scored in double-figures this season.
Sophomore Laura McLellan's 11 points tied a career high, previously set against UC Irvine on 12/2/07.
Washington held the Cougars to 20.8% (10-48) from the field, a season low for any Husky opponent.
