Washington Hosts Cal for Pink Game Friday

Friday, February 3

Seattle, WA

7:00 PM

University of Washington

California

February 01, 2023 | Women's Basketball

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SEATTLE -- Washington women's basketball (11-9, 3-7) is back home after splitting the trip to the Arizona schools, welcoming the Bay Area schools to Alaska Airlines Arena. The Huskies first take on California (11-10, 2-8) for the annual Pink Game. The game tips off Friday, Feb. 3 at 7:00 p.m. PT and will be aired on Pac-12 Washington with Elise Woodward and Stephanie Hawk-Freeman on the call. Gary Hill will call the action on 1090 KPTR-AM.

LAST TIME OUT

at Arizona State on 01.29
Washington shot 46% from the field, higher than the season and conference averages. Dalayah Daniels led all scorers with 14 points. Daniels also added 8 rebounds and 4 assists. Hannah Stines went 5-6 for 10 points. Lauren Schwartz hit her 125th career made three in the second quarter, and finished the day with 7 points and 5 assists. Jayda Noble recorded her 7th-straight game with a steal. Haley Van Dyke tied her season high rebounds with 8 for the second game in a row. UW out-rebounded ASU 41-30, and forced 13 turnovers on an ASU team that had been averaging 10.7 per game in conference play. UW kept ASU to shooting 33%, below their conference average. 53 points scored by ASU was their lowest scoring game of the season.

STAT LEADERS

NCAA rankings through games Jan. 31, 2023:
Washington ranks No. 2 in the Pac-12 and No. 16 nationally in rebound margin (9.1). The Huskies are No. 3 in the conference and No. 41 nationally in offensive rebounds per game (14.0), and No. 5 in the conference and No. 55 nationally in rebounds per game (40.3). UW is No. 3 in the Pac-12 and No. 54 nationally in scoring defense (58.3). UW is No. 4 in the conference in steals per game (8.4). UW is No. 5 in the conference and No. 57 nationally in blocks per game (4.2).

Dalayah Daniels is No. 7 in the Pac-12 in blocks (27) and blocks per game (1.4). Jayda Noble is No. 3 in the Pac-12 in steals per game (2.0).

STRENGTH OF THE PAC-12

AP Rankings (through games Jan. 29, 2023):
2 - Stanford ... 7 - Utah ... 14 - UCLA ... 22 - Arizona ... Receiving Votes - Colorado, USC, Oregon

NET Rankings, Top 70 (through games Jan. 31, 2023):
4 - Stanford ... 7 - Utah ... 14 - Oregon ... 25 - UCLA ... 26 - Colorado ... 27 - USC ... 31 - Arizona ... 39 - Washington State ... 52 - Oregon State

THE TEAM

Washington returns eight Huskies from last season with Lauren Schwartz, Jayda Noble, Haley Van Dyke, Nia Lowery, TT Watkins, Trinity Oliver, Lexi Griggsby, and Darcy Rees. Fans will see six new faces on the team this season, as the Huskies welcomed four freshmen from California - Hannah Stines, Teagan Brown, Shayla Gillmer, and Elle Ladine - and two transfers, Dalayah Daniels (Cal) and Emma Grothaus (Lehigh).

2023 Signing Class
Washington women's basketball welcomed four new Huskies on National Signing Day (11.09.22) with ESPN.com's 14th-ranked recruiting class. This is the second class in a row ranked in the Top 15 that Coach Langley and staff have signed. The Huskies added four standouts to the program with Olivia Anderson, Chloe Briggs, Ari Long, and Sayvia Sellers.

On November 15, the Atlanta Tipoff Club named Long and Sellers to the 2023 Jersey Mike's Naismith Girls High School Player of the Year Watch List. Long and Sellers are two of the 50 girls named to the watch list. On January 11, Sellers was one of 25 named to the Naismith High School Midseason Team. On January 11, Briggs, Long, and Sellers were named 2023 McDonald's All American Games Nominees.

PRESEASON NODS

Van Dyke earned Preseason All-Conference Honorable Mention recognition, and Grothaus was one of 20 players named to the 2023 Lisa Lisa Award Watch List.

TICKETS

Fans can check out single game and group ticket options at GoHuskies.com/WBBTickets.