Post-Game Notes
January 29, 2009 | Women's Basketball
Jan. 29, 2009
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Washington's loss to Arizona today extends its losing streak to seven straight games and breaks a six-game winning streak for the Huskies against the Wildcats. Washington falls to 31-17 all-time against Arizona, including a 19-4 record at home. Until today, the last time Arizona defeated UW at Bank of America Arena was Dec. 27, 2004 (67-73).
Washington trailed the Wildcats 24-27 with 4:07 remaining in the first half, but held Arizona without a field goal for rest of the period, ending the half on a 6-2 run to take the lead 30-29 at the break.
Junior guard Christina Rozier registered her first career double-double, scoring a career-high 12 points, and grabbing a career-high 11 rebounds. Rozier's 5 assists also marked her best performance yet in that category.
Junior guard/forward Sami Whitcomb's 14 points - 10 of which came in the first half - mark the tenth time this season that she has scored in double-figures, including the last five-straight.
Junior forward/center Laura McLellan matched her season-high of four blocks, last set against Oregon on Jan. 15.
Trailing 42-52 with 7:50 remaining, the Huskies mounted a 9-2 run to pull within 51-54 with 5:38 remaining. Washington would not score from that point on, however, as Arizona scored the final 11 points, all coming from the free-throw line.
Arizona senior forward Amina Njonkou registered a double-double in the first half with 12 points and 11 rebounds. She finished the contest with 16 points and a career-high 16 rebounds.
Arizona freshman guard Faihza Hill matched her career-high of 11 points, and set a new career-high with a total of 4 assists.
Washington is 0-5 when finishing the contest scoring between 50-59 points, and 0-7 overall when scoring under 60 total points.
The Huskies wore pink uniforms to honor and remember Kay Yow, the longtime head coach of the North Carolina State women's basketball program who lost her courageous battle with breast cancer last Saturday. The Huskies will wear the same uniforms when they participate in the WBCA's annual PinkZone initiative, Feb. 13-22, aimed to assist in raising breast cancer awareness.
