Post-Game Notes
March 02, 2008 | Women's Basketball
March 2, 2008
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With Sunday's win, Washington clinches the No. 6 seed for next week's Pac-10 tournament and knocks California out of contention for a first place finish in the Pac-10. Washington improves to 40-11 all-time against California (21-3 at home), and has won five out of the last six meetings against the Bears.
The Huskies' last win against ranked opponent came against then-ranked #20 California (79-76 OT) on Feb. 8, 2007. UW's last win against an opponent ranked in the top-10 came against #10 Stanford (77-72) on Dec. 22, 2005.
In her final home game at Bank of America Arena, senior point guard Emily Florence recorded the first double-double of her career, matching a career high with 11 rebounds -including seven in the first half and 5 total offensive boards - and scoring 11 points on 3-7 shooting.
Sophomore guard Sami Whitcomb led all scorers with 24 points on 8-14 shooting (5-9 from behind the arc). Whitcomb's five three pointers matches a career high, a mark she set last against UCLA on Feb. 10, 2008.
Whitcomb single-handedly sparked a 12-4 run at the 12:30 mark in the second half, hitting four-straight three-pointers over the course of the next 4:23 to put Washington up by 11, 54-43.
Sophomore forward Laura McLellan scored in double figures for the sixth time this season and was just one point shy of tying her career high of 14 points, set against Oregon on Feb. 15, 2008.
The Huskies shot a season-high 53.3% (8-15) from three-point range, with their previous high of 46.7% (7-15) coming against Arizona on Feb. 21, 2008.
Washington has committed a season-low nine turnovers in each of their last two games, with their previous low of 12 coming at Oregon on Feb. 2, 2008.
The Huskies improve to 10-2 this season when taking a lead into the locker room at halftime.
Trailing 20-24 with five minutes remaining in the first half, the Huskies finished the period on a 13-5 run capped off by a Sami Whitcomb 3-pointer with 8 seconds remaining to put Washington up 33-29.
UW is now 1-4 against ranked opponents this season (45-109 all-time), and improves to 13-58 all-time against top-10 opponents.
