Huskies Hit The Road To Face No. 2 UCLA

Friday, January 26

Los Angeles, CA

7:00 PM

University of Washington

UCLA

January 24, 2024 | Women's Basketball

Game Notes

SEATTLE -- Washington women's basketball (12-5, 2-4 Pac-12) goes on the road this week when the Huskies take on the L.A. schools. Up first, UW faces No. 2 UCLA (15-2, 4-2 Pac-12) on Friday, Jan. 26 in Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, Calif for a 7 p.m. PT tip off. This is the 73rd meeting all-time between the programs. The game will air on Pac-12 Los Angeles with Anne Marie Anderson and Maylana Martin Douglas on the call. Gary Hill will call the action on KJR 950 AM.

LAST TIME OUT

01.21.24 vs. Arizona State
» Hannah Stines tied her career high made three-pointers in game with 4, a career high she set Friday night in the win over Arizona. She finished with a team-leading 20 points. » Elle Ladine finished with 12 points. » Lauren Schwartz was the third Husky in double-digit scoring with 10 points. » Dalayah Daniels finished with a game-high and season-high 12 rebounds. She also recorded three blocks, which put her in the UW Top 10 for career blocked shots as a Husky.

SCOUTING REPORT

UCLA is 15-2 so far this season. The Bruins are 4-2 in conference play, coming off a win at No. 3 Colorado last Friday and an overtime loss at then-No. 20 Utah on Monday.

MILESTONE WATCH

On Watch
» Dalayah Daniels: 8 steals away from 100 career steals ... 5 blocks away from being in the UW Top 10 for blocked shots in a season (currently already in there at No. 5 for her 52 blocks in the 2022-23 season).
» Jayda Noble: 6 steals away from 100 career steals.
» Lauren Schwartz: 5 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. Recorded career block No. 125 (No. 78 at UW) on 01.19. Broke into UW Top 10 for career blocked shots as a Husky on 01.21.
» Lauren Schwartz: Recorded 150 career made three-pointers (79 at UW) on 12.05.

NCAA RANKINGS

Through games Jan. 23, 2024 (includes all games played)
» Washington ranks No. 3 in the Pac-12 and No. 25 nationally in FG% defense (35.9) » No. 5 / No. 38 in rebound margin (7.2) » No. 1 / No. 8 in scoring defense (53.4) » No. 6 / No. 93 in 3FG% (33.4) » No. 1 / No. 30 in 3FG% defense (26.5)
» Dalayah Daniels: No. 5 / No. 55 in blocks (30) ... No. 6 / No. 50 in blocks per game (1.76) ... No. 11 / No. 210 in rebounds per game (7.0)
» Elle Ladine: No. 9 / No. 140 in field goal percentage (45.6)

PAC-12 RANKINGS

As of Jan. 23, 2024 (includes conference games only)
» No. 3 in 3FG% » No. 5 in 3FGs » No. 6 in FT% » No. 6 in Blocks

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)
» Dec. 25, 2023: Receiving Votes (most points of schools not in Top 25)
» Jan. 1, 2024: Receiving Votes
» Jan. 8, 2024: Receiving Votes

USA Today/WBCA Coaches
» Dec. 12, 2023: Receiving Votes
» Dec. 19, 2023: No. 23
» Dec. 26, 2023: No. 24
» Jan. 2, 2024: No. 24
» Jan. 9, 2024: Receiving Votes

2023-24 SEASON NOTABLES

» Going 11-0 to start the season tied Washington's best start to a season in program history, the last and only other time being the 1976-77 season.
» 11 wins in a row tied for the third-longest win streak in program history. The last time UW had gone 11-0 at any point in the season was the 2016-17 season.
» 12-5 is the best start to a season for the Huskies since 2016-17.
» UW's 53.4 PPG allowed is the fourth-best scoring defense through the first 17 games of the season in program history (best since the '70s).

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). Coppinger was also one of 724 girls & boys named to the 2024 McDonald's All American Games Nominees list (01.09). 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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