No. 23 Washington Heads To No. 19 Louisville For Non-Conference Finale

Wednesday, December 20

Louisville, KY

4:00 PM

University of Washington

Louisville

No. 23 Washington Heads To No. 19 Louisville For Non-Conference Finale

December 19, 2023 | Women's Basketball

Game Notes

SEATTLE -- No. 23 Washington women's basketball (11-0, 1-0) is on the road Wednesday, Dec. 20 when the Huskies take on No. 19 Louisville (10-2, 0-0 ACC) in the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky. for a 4 p.m. PT / 7 p.m. ET tip off for the non-conference finale and the final game for UW until the new year. This is the second meeting all-time between the programs. Washington received a No. 23 ranking in the latest AP Top 25 Poll, their first appearance in the Top 25 since the final poll of the 2016-17 season. The game will be aired on the ACC Network with Sam Ravech and Jasmine Thomas on the call. Gary Hill will call the action on 1090 KPTR-AM.

LAST TIME OUT

12.16.23 vs. Saint Mary's
» 32 points scored by SMC was the second-fewest points UW has allowed an opponent so far this season. » UW defense held SMC to 24.5 FG%, the 5th time this season the Huskies have held an opponent to under 30%. » UW had a double-digit lead at the end of every quarter. » UW went into halftime with a 40-13 lead, the 3rd time this season the Huskies held an opponent to 13 points in a half. » Chloe Briggs had 3 made three-pointers in the first quarter and finished 4-5 from three with a career high 14 points. » Dalayah Daniels had 14 points and 5 rebounds. The 14 points from Briggs and Daniels led all scorers. » Lauren Schwartz finished with 9 points and game-leading 4 assists. » Jayda Noble and Sayvia Sellers had 3 steals each, contributing to UW's 9 total steals. » Nia Lowery checked into the game in the third quarter for her first appearance since the 2021-22 season, and scored a point. » Shayla Gillmer and Teagan Brown both tied their career high rebounds with a game-leading 8 each.

SCOUTING REPORT

No. 19 Louisville is 10-2 in their non-conference games to open the season.

Last three games: 12.10 vs. Kentucky ... 12.13 vs. Morehead State ... 12.16 at No. 17 UConn

The Cardinals finished last season as the No. 5 seed in the NCAA Tournament, losing to No. 2 seed Iowa in the Elite Eight.

MILESTONE WATCH

On Watch
» Dalayah Daniels: 8 blocks away from 125 career blocks. 10 blocks away from 80 at UW, which would put her in the Top 10 (tied No. 10) for career blocked shots at UW.
» Jayda Noble: 8 steals away from 100 career steals.

Achieved This Season
» Dalayah Daniels: Recorded 100 career blocked shots (53 at UW) on 11.06. Recorded career rebound No. 500 (284 at UW) on 11.26.
» Lauren Schwartz: Recorded 150 career made three-pointers (79 at UW) on 12.05.

NCAA RANKINGS

Through games Dec. 17, 2023
» Washington ranks No. 1 in the Pac-12 and No. 2 nationally in FG% defense (30.9) » No. 5 / No. 11 in rebound margin (14.5) » No. 5 / No. 35 in rebounds per game (43.00) » No. 5 / No. 20 in defensive rebounds per game (30.6) » No. 1 / No. 1 in scoring defense (45.6) » No. 4 / No. 11 in scoring margin (25.3) » No. 5 / No. 81 in 3FG% (34.5) » No. 1 / No. 4 in 3FG% defense (21.5)
» Dalayah Daniels: No. 4 / No. 40 in blocks (18) ... No. 6 / No. 59 in blocks per game (1.64) ... No. 17 (conference) in rebounds per game (6.8)
» Jayda Noble: No. 14 (conference) in steals per game (1.78)

NATIONAL RECOGNITION

» Dec. 11/12, 2023: The Washington women's basketball team was named both the ESPN Team of the Week and the U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) Team of the Week after defeating then-No. 21 Washington State on the road. Click HERE for the release.

IN THE POLLS

AP Top 25
» Preseason: Receiving Votes
» Dec. 11, 2023: Receiving Votes (most points of schools not in Top 25)
» Dec. 18, 2023: No. 23 (first ranking since the final poll of the 2016-17 season)

USA Today/WBCA Coaches
» Dec. 12, 2023: Receiving Votes
» Dec. 19, 2023: No. 23

2023-24 SEASON NOTABLES

» 11-0 ties Washington's best start to a season in program history, the last and only other time being in the 1976-77 season.
» 11 wins ties for the third longest win streak in program history.
» The last time UW went 11-0 at any point in the season was the 2016-17 season.

LAST SEASON

The 2022-23 season saw the most overall and conference wins since the 2016-17 season. The Huskies made their first postseason appearance since 2017 when they earned being an automatic qualifier to the WNIT, and moving on to the Fab Four was the furthest Washington had advanced in program history.

PRESEASON NOD

Dalayah Daniels earned Preseason All-Conference Honorable Mention recognition, as voted on by the media.

THE TEAM

Returners - Washington returns eight from last season's team, including three starters - Lauren Schwartz, Jayda Noble, and Dalayah Daniels. Hannah Stines, Teagan Brown, Nia Lowery, Shayla Gillmer, and Elle Ladine also return. Schwartz, Noble, Daniels, and Ladine all received 2022-23 postseason honors from the conference.

Newcomers - The Husky newcomers are freshmen Olivia Anderson, Chloe Briggs, Ari Long, and Sayvia Sellers. The four were ESPN.com's 14th-ranked recruiting class for the Class of 2023. All four made their Husky debuts during the season opener.

National Signing Day (Class of 2024) - Washington welcomed two new Huskies to the program on National Signing Day (11.08.23) with Devin Coppinger and Annika Soltau. Coppinger, a 5-10 guard from Everson, Wash. (Nooksack Valley High School), will be staying in-state to come to Washington. Coppinger was one of 50 girls named to the 2023-24 Jersey Mike's Naismith Girls High School Player of the Year Watch List (11.16). Soltau, a 6-4 forward from Freiburg, Germany (Eisvogel USC Freiburg), is coming from across the world to join the Huskies.

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