No. 11 Washington Wraps Up Regular Season Play At Home

Thursday, February 23

Seattle, WA

8:00 PM

University of Washington

Colorado

February 21, 2017 | Women's Basketball

Game Notes

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SEATTLE -- The No. 11 University of Washington women's basketball team (25-4, 13-3) concludes its regular season at home, hosting Colorado on Thursday (Feb. 23) and Utah on Saturday (Feb. 25). The games will air live on Pac-12 Networks with radio coverage on AM 1150 KKNW and gohuskies.leanplayer.com. Pre-game coverage will start 30 minutes prior to tip time.

Washington is coming off a split on the road, losing to No. 15 UCLA 90-79 before beating USC 87-74. Senior Kelsey Plum, the nation's leading scorer, poured in 39 points against the Bruins and 35 vs. the Trojans. Fellow senior Chantel Osahor accounted for a pair of double-doubles, upping her total to 24 on the season, which leads the NCAA. Against USC, Plum moved into second all-time on the NCAA scoring list, passing Brittney Griner while Osahor became Washington's all-time leading rebounder.

Plum enters Thursday's game with 3,315 career points and is 79 points away from breaking the all-time NCAA scoring record. Junior Natalie Romeo and Osahor are also inching closer to milestone numbers. Romeo is 39 points shy of 1,000 for her career while Osahor is two rebounds away from breaking the Washington single-season rebounding record, a record in which she set as a junior (417).

In the latest AP Top 25 poll, Washington dropped two spots to No. 11, joining three other Pac-12 schools: Stanford at No. 8, Oregon State at No. 10 and UCLA at No. 15. The Huskies are ranked No. 7 in the latest RPI poll.

The Huskies, who have already notched its sixth consecutive 20-win season, have clinched a top-four seed in the Pac-12 Tournament, and a first-round bye. Washington currently has a five-game lead over fifth-place team Oregon with two games to play.

The Huskies top the nation in several statistical categories: second in made three-pointers (301), second in three-point field goals per game (10.4), second in made free throws (463), fifth in points per game (85.5), sixth in scoring margin (22.5) and eighth in field goal percentage (47.5).

Plum and Osahor are leading the nation in scoring and rebounding, respectively. Plum is averaging 30.9 points per game and Osahor is averaging 14.9 rebounds per game to go along with 15.7 points. Osahor's 24 double-doubles this season also tops the NCAA and her 36 career double-doubles is second-most in program history.

INSIDE THE SERIES VS. COLORADO
Head coach Mike Neighbors and seniors Plum, Osahor and Katie Collier are 8-0 against Colorado. Earlier this month in Boulder, Washington beat the Buffs 79-75. Last season, the Huskies had a similar result at Colorado, winning 76-74. Washington also won the game in Seattle 68-47 and again in the opening game of the Pac-12 Tournament 67-51.

SCOUTING COLORADO
Colorado is 15-12 and 5-11 in Pac-12 play. The Buffs are led by Kennedy Leonard (17.6), Alexis Robinson (11.4) and Haley Smith (9.9). Smith also leads the team in rebounding, pulling down 6.5 per game.