Post-Game Notes
January 31, 2009 | Women's Basketball
Jan. 31, 2009
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Washington's loss to Arizona State on Saturday extends its losing streak against the Sun Devils to nine straight. Washington falls to 26-22 all-time against Arizona State, including a 17-7 record at home. The last time the Huskies defeated ASU was Dec. 29, 2004 at Bank of America Arena (63-55).
Trailing just 27-29 with 2:21 remaining in the first half, the Huskies fell victim to a 10-2 run by the Sun Devils spanning the rest of the period, entering halftime down 29-39. Arizona State started the second half on a 12-2 run, pushing their lead to as much as 20, 51-31 with 15:25 remaining. The Huskies closed the gap to within nine on four separate occasions, but ultimately could not overcome the deficit.
Junior guard/forward Sami Whitcomb finished with a career-high 29 points on 12 of 22 shooting, with 20 of those points coming in the second half. Her previous career-high of 27 points was set against UCLA on Feb. 10, 2008. This marks the 13th time this season that Whitcomb has scored in double-figures, including the last six-straight.
Freshman guard/forward Kristi Kingma finished with 14 points on 6 of 14 shooting, despite playing with a high ankle sprain that was first suffered against WSU on Jan. 3 and re-aggravated against Arizona on Thursday. Kingma has scored in double-figures in 9 of the 16 she has played in this season.
Junior guard Christina Rozier swiped a career-high 5 steals and added 9 rebounds in 18 minutes of action.
Junior guard Sara Mosiman dished-out a season-high 5 assists, with her previous high of 3 coming against Weber State on Nov. 19.
Washington shot just 3-10 from the free-throw line for the game, compared to the Sun Devils' 23-28 (82.1%) shooting from the charity stripe. Arizona State was a perfect 12-12 from the line in the first half.
The Huskies current eight-game losing streak is the worst in school history, with the next longest skid of six games coming during the 1999-2000 season. Their current four-game home losing streak also matches their longest of all time, with the last time the Huskies lost four straight at home occurring during the 04-05 season.
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.
