Washington to Take on Oregon in Pac-12 Tournament First Round

Wednesday, March 1

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2:30 PM

University of Washington

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Washington to Take on Oregon in Pac-12 Tournament First Round

February 27, 2023 | Women's Basketball

Game Notes (PDF)Pac-12 Postseason Honors

SEATTLE -- The Washington women's basketball team (15-13, 7-11) is headed to the Pac-12 Tournament in Las Vegas, Nev. as the No. 8 seed. The First Round matchup vs. No. 9-seed Oregon (16-13, 7-11) tips off Wednesday, March 1 at 2:30 p.m. PT in Michelob ULTRA Arena. The game will be aired on Pac-12 Networks with Ann Schatz and Tammy Blackburn on the call. Gary Hill will call the action on 1090 KPTR-AM. The winner of the First Round game will take on No. 1-seed Stanford on Thursday at 2:30 p.m. PT.

SEASON NOTABLES

» Most wins - overall and in conference - since 2016-17 season.
» Best conference finish (T8) and Pac-12 Tournament seed since 2016-17 season.

THIS SEASON AGAINST OREGON

02.19.23 vs. Oregon (W, 68-60)
First win over Oregon since 2016, and the first win at home since 2015 ... Every Husky who played, scored, including all 5 available seniors on Senior Day. ... Lauren Schwartz led the team in scoring with 13 points ... Van Dyke led the team with 9 rebounds ... UW forced 15 turnovers on an Oregon squad who had only been averaging a little over 12 per game ... UW out-rebounded Oregon 33-29 ... UW's FG% on the game was 48% while holding Oregon to 39%.

01.13.23 at #21 Oregon (L, 58-65)
Haley Van Dyke (14 points), Dalayah Daniels (14), and Lauren Schwartz (10) all scored in double digits ... Trinity Oliver led the team with 8 rebounds ... The UW defense had 11 steals and forced 16 turnovers. Prior to the game, Oregon had only been averaging 12.5 turnovers per game ... Jayda Noble tied her career high steals with 4 ... UW kept Oregon shooting under their season average, holding the Ducks to 41.1%.

STAT LEADERS

NCAA rankings through games Feb. 25, 2023 (includes all games played):

Washington ranks No. 2 in the Pac-12 and No. 26 nationally in rebound margin (7.3). The Huskies are No. 3 in the conference and No. 60 nationally in offensive rebounds per game (13.5). UW is No. 6 in the conference in rebounds per game (38.7). UW is No. 4 in the Pac-12 and No. 60 nationally in scoring defense (59.6). UW is No. 5 in the conference in steals per game (8.1). UW is No. 5 in the conference and No. 74 nationally in blocks per game (3.8).

Dalayah Daniels is No. 5 in the Pac-12 in blocks per game (1.3) and No. 7 in blocks (35). Jayda Noble is No. 4 in the Pac-12 in steals per game (1.8).

Pac-12 rankings through games Feb. 25, 2023 (includes conference games only):
No. 1 in Defensive Rebounds ... No. 2 in FT% ... No. 3 in 3FG% ... No. 3 in Rebounding Margin ... No. 4 in Steals ... No. 6 in FG% ... No. 6 in Blocks

Dalayah Daniels: No. 5 in FG% (.512); No. 5 in Blocked Shots (1.22); No. 17 in Rebounding (5.56) ... Jayda Noble: No. 7 in Steals (1.61); No. 9 in Assists (3.5); No. 20 in Rebounding (5.33) ... Haley Van Dyke: Tied No. 15 in Steals (1.22).

STRENGTH OF THE PAC-12

AP Rankings (through games Feb. 26, 2023):
3 - Utah ... 6 - Stanford ... 19 - UCLA ... 20 - Colorado ... 21 - Arizona ... Receiving Votes - USC

NET Rankings, Top 75 (through games Feb. 26, 2023):
5 - Stanford ... 7 - Utah ... 18 - Oregon ... 21 - Colorado ... 25 - UCLA ... 27 - Arizona ... 30 - USC ... 39 - Washington State ... 57 - Oregon State ... 71 - Washington

PAC-12 POSTSEASON HONORS

Five different Huskies on the Washington women's basketball team received Pac-12 postseason honors as voted on by the conference head coaches, the Pac-12 announced on February 28. Dalayah Daniels, Lauren Schwartz, and Haley Van Dyke were named All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention, Jayda Noble was named Pac-12 All-Defensive Team Honorable Mention, and Elle Ladine was named Pac-12 All-Freshman Team Honorable Mention. READ MORE

WEEKLY HONORS

Pac-12 Weekly Awards:
Elle Ladine: Pac-12 Freshman of the Week (Feb. 6)

National Weekly Awards:
Elle Ladine: USBWA National Freshman Player of the Week (Feb. 7)

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.