Washington Tips Off New Year On The Road At California

Friday, January 5

Berkeley, CA

7:00 PM

University of Washington

California

January 03, 2024 | Women's Basketball

Game Notes

SEATTLE -- Washington women's basketball (11-1, 1-0 Pac-12) is on the road Friday, Jan. 5 when the Huskies take on California (10-3, 0-1 Pac-12) in Haas Pavilion in Berkeley, Calif. for a 7 p.m. PT tip off. This is the 79th meeting all-time between the programs. Washington is receiving votes in the AP poll, and is ranked No. 24 in the USA Today/WBCA Coaches poll. The game will air on Pac-12 Bay Area with Kylen Mills and Elise Woodward on the call. Gary Hill will call the action on KJR 950 AM.

LAST TIME OUT

12.20.23 at No. 19 Louisville
» The Top-25 matchup on the road was the non-conference finale for the Huskies, and Washington showed great toughness in a hostile environment. » In a homecoming for the Kentucky native, Lauren Schwartz hit a jumper for the first points on the board, and had the first 6 points for the Huskies. 200 of Schwartz's family, friends, and neighbors from her hometown in Union, Ky. made the trip, cheering her and the Huskies on. » Schwartz was one of three Huskies in double digits, finishing with a team-leading 13 points and 4 steals. » Sayvia Sellers had a career high 4 made three-pointers for 12 points. » Dalayah Daniels finished with her 14th career double-double and 10th as a Husky with 12 points and a game-leading 10 rebounds. She also had 2 blocks and 3 assists. » Washington held Louisville to their fewest points scored this season, and below their season average field goal percentage.

SCOUTING REPORT

California went 10-2 in their non-conference games to open the season, and 0-1 in conference games after losing to then-No. 9 Stanford in their conference opener.

The Bears finished last season with a loss in the First Round of the Pac-12 Tournament.

MILESTONE WATCH

On Watch
» Dalayah Daniels: 6 blocks away from 125 career blocks. 8 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.
» Lauren Schwartz: 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. 31, 2023
» Washington ranks No. 1 in the Pac-12 and No. 5 nationally in FG% defense (32.1) » No. 5 / No. 16 in rebound margin (12.1) » No. 5 / No. 52 in rebounds per game (41.58) » No. 5 / No. 33 in defensive rebounds per game (29.8) » No. 1 / No. 1 in scoring defense (46.8) » No. 5 / No. 21 in scoring margin (22.5) » No. 1 / No. 3 in 3FG% defense (21.4) » Dalayah Daniels: No. 5 / No. 61 in blocks (20) ... No. 6 / No. 60 in blocks per game (1.67) ... No. 14 (conference) in RPG (7.1)

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

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

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.

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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