Washington to Host San Francisco for WNIT First Round

Thursday, March 16

Seattle, WA

7:00 PM

University of Washington

San Francisco

March 15, 2023 | Women's Basketball

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SEATTLE -- Washington women's basketball (15-14, 7-11 Pac-12) is postseason bound for the first time since 2017 after being selected as an automatic qualifier to the 2023 Postseason Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT). This will be UW's seventh WNIT appearance. The last time the Huskies went to the WNIT was in 2014 when they made it to the Quarterfinals. The First Round matchup vs. San Francisco (19-12, 9-9 WCC) tips off Thursday, March 16 at 7 p.m. PT in Alaska Airlines Arena in Seattle. The game will be aired on the Washington Live Stream (GoHuskies.com/Live) with Tellier Lundquist and A.J. Kanell on the call. Jason Dorow will call the action on 1090 KPTR-AM.

This will be the 10th meeting all-time between the programs, with UW leading the series 7-2 with a 3-0 advantage at home. The last time the two programs met was during the 2019-20 season when UW won at home.

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.

POSTSEASON QUICK-HITTERS

Automatic qualifier for WNIT. ... This will be UW's 27th postseason appearance (NCAA Tournament - 19; WNIT - 6, WBI - 1) in 49 seasons. ... Last postseason appearance was 2017 when went to the NCAA Tournament and made it to the Sweet Sixteen. ... Last time in WNIT was 2014 when made it to the Quarterfinals. ... Have made it to the WNIT Quarterfinals in 3 of 6 appearances. ... In final season at Rice before coming to Washington, Head Coach Tina Langley led the Owls to the 2021 WNIT Championship.

Pac-12 in the Postseason

NCAA Tournament (7 teams): No. 1-seed Stanford ... No. 2-seed Utah ... No. 4-seed UCLA ... No. 5-seed Washington State ... No. 6-seed Colorado ... No. 7-seed Arizona ... No. 8-seed USC
WNIT (2 teams): Washington (Automatic Qualifier) ... Oregon

NCAA STAT RANKINGS

Includes all games played:

Washington ranks No. 2 in the Pac-12 and No. 33 nationally in rebound margin (6.9). ... The Huskies are No. 4 in the conference and No. 57 nationally in offensive rebounds per game (13.3). ... UW is No. 6 in the conference in rebounds per game (38.3). ... UW is No. 4 in the Pac-12 and No. 66 nationally in scoring defense (59.7). ... UW is No. 5 in the conference in steals per game (7.9). ... UW is No. 6 in the conference and No. 76 nationally in blocks per game (3.8).

Dalayah Daniels is No. 4 in the Pac-12 in blocks per game (1.3) and No. 6 in blocks (39). ... Jayda Noble is No. 5 in the Pac-12 in steals per game (1.7).

PAC-12 STAT RANKINGS

Includes conference games only:

No. 1 in Defensive Rebounds ... No. 2 in FT% » No. 3 in 3FG% ... No. 3 in Rebounding Margin ... No. 3 in Scoring Defense ... 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)

PAC-12 POSTSEASON HONORS

All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention: Dalayah Daniels, Lauren Schwartz, Haley Van Dyke
Pac-12 All-Defensive Team Honorable Mention: Jayda Noble
Pac-12 All-Freshman Team Honorable Mention: Elle Ladine

WEEKLY HONORS

Pac-12 Weekly Awards:
Elle Ladine: Pac-12 Freshman of the Week

National Weekly Awards:
Elle Ladine: USBWA National Freshman Player of the Week

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.

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. On March 1, Sellers was named 2023 Jersey Mike's Naismith Girls High School All-America Honorable Mention. On March 9, Sellers was named the 2022-23 Gatorade Alaska Player of hte Year.