Friday, February 2
Seattle, WA
7:00 PM
University of Washington
vs
Utah
Huskies Back Home To Host No. 20 Utah
January 31, 2024 | Women's Basketball
SEATTLE -- Washington women's basketball (13-6, 3-5 Pac-12) is back at home when the Huskies take on the Mountain schools to tip off a four-game homestand. Up first, the Huskies face No. 20 Utah (15-6, 5-4 Pac-12) on Friday, Feb. 2 in Alaska Airlines Arena in Seattle, Wash. for a 7 p.m. PT tip off. This is the 35th meeting all-time between the programs. Washington is receiving votes in the latest AP Top 25 poll. The Huskies will be wearing special uniforms in honor of Black History Month. The game will air on Pac-12 Washington with Elise Woodward and Angela Taylor on the call. Gary Hill will call the action on KJR 950 AM.
LAST TIME OUT
01.28.24 at No. 11 USC
» UW led for all but 1:10, including at the end of every quarter. » UW beat USC for the first time since 2020 and first time on the road since 2017. » Going into halftime, UW had the 34-23 lead and was shooting 53.6% while holding USC to 33.3%. » Lauren Schwartz led all scorers with a season high 21 points, also adding two blocks. » Dalayah Daniels was the other Husky in double-digit scoring with 12 points. She also recorded a game-leading and season-high 13 rebounds for her 16th career double-double and 12th as a Husky. Daniels had a block, her 35th of the season, to put her tied at No. 10 on the UW Top 10 for blocked shots in a season. » Elle Ladine added 8 points and 9 rebounds. » UW out-rebounded USC 39-24. USC had been averaging 34.3 RPG in conference play. » UW held USC to 37.3% - under their average season and conference field goal percentage – while shooting 46.0%. USC had been averaging 64.0 PPG in conference play.
SCOUTING REPORT
Utah is 15-6 so far this season. The Utes are 5-4 in conference play, coming off a win at Oregon and a loss at Oregon State last week.
MILESTONE WATCH
On Watch
» Dalayah Daniels: 23 points away from 1,000 career points ... 17 boards away from 600 career rebounds ... 7 steals away from 100 career steals.
» Jayda Noble: 6 steals away from 100 career steals.
» Lauren Schwartz: 2 made FGs away from 500 career made FGs ... 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. Climbing up the UW Top 10 list (as of 01.28) for blocked shots in a season.
» Lauren Schwartz: Recorded 150 career made three-pointers (79 at UW) on 12.05.
NCAA RANKINGS
Through games Jan. 30, 2024 (includes all games played)
» Washington ranks No. 3 in the Pac-12 and No. 15 nationally in FG% defense (35.6) » No. 5 / No. 41 in rebound margin (6.6) » No. 6 / No. 69 in defensive rebounds per game (27.4) » No. 6 / No. 112 in rebounds per game (38.47) » No. 1 / No. 10 in scoring defense (54.1) » No. 6 / No. 97 in 3FG% (33.2) » No. 1 / No. 31 in 3FG% defense (27.0)
» Dalayah Daniels: No. 4 / No. 43 in blocks (35) ... No. 6 / No. 42 in blocks per game (1.84) ... No. 11 / No. 171 in rebounds per game (7.3)
» Elle Ladine: No. 9 / No. 139 in field goal percentage (46.0)
PAC-12 RANKINGS
As of Jan. 29, 2024 (includes conference games only)
» No. 6 in 3FG% » No. 6 in 3FGs » No. 5 in Scoring Defense » No. 5 in FG% Defense » 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
» Jan. 29, 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.
» 13-6 is the best start to a season for the Huskies since 2016-17.
» UW's 54.1 PPG allowed is the fourth-best scoring defense through the first 19 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.
MORE
Celebrating Black History Month - In honor of Black History Month, the Black National Anthem will be sung pregame, UW's Black Student-Athlete Alliance will be recognized in-game, and the Washington women's basketball team will be wearing special adidas uniforms for the game. Click HERE to learn more.
Tickets - Fans can check out ticket options to Washington women's basketball games HERE.
Stay up-to-date with Washington Women's Basketball by following @UW_WBB on X (formerly Twitter) and Instagram.
LAST TIME OUT
01.28.24 at No. 11 USC
» UW led for all but 1:10, including at the end of every quarter. » UW beat USC for the first time since 2020 and first time on the road since 2017. » Going into halftime, UW had the 34-23 lead and was shooting 53.6% while holding USC to 33.3%. » Lauren Schwartz led all scorers with a season high 21 points, also adding two blocks. » Dalayah Daniels was the other Husky in double-digit scoring with 12 points. She also recorded a game-leading and season-high 13 rebounds for her 16th career double-double and 12th as a Husky. Daniels had a block, her 35th of the season, to put her tied at No. 10 on the UW Top 10 for blocked shots in a season. » Elle Ladine added 8 points and 9 rebounds. » UW out-rebounded USC 39-24. USC had been averaging 34.3 RPG in conference play. » UW held USC to 37.3% - under their average season and conference field goal percentage – while shooting 46.0%. USC had been averaging 64.0 PPG in conference play.
SCOUTING REPORT
Utah is 15-6 so far this season. The Utes are 5-4 in conference play, coming off a win at Oregon and a loss at Oregon State last week.
MILESTONE WATCH
On Watch
» Dalayah Daniels: 23 points away from 1,000 career points ... 17 boards away from 600 career rebounds ... 7 steals away from 100 career steals.
» Jayda Noble: 6 steals away from 100 career steals.
» Lauren Schwartz: 2 made FGs away from 500 career made FGs ... 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. Climbing up the UW Top 10 list (as of 01.28) for blocked shots in a season.
» Lauren Schwartz: Recorded 150 career made three-pointers (79 at UW) on 12.05.
NCAA RANKINGS
Through games Jan. 30, 2024 (includes all games played)
» Washington ranks No. 3 in the Pac-12 and No. 15 nationally in FG% defense (35.6) » No. 5 / No. 41 in rebound margin (6.6) » No. 6 / No. 69 in defensive rebounds per game (27.4) » No. 6 / No. 112 in rebounds per game (38.47) » No. 1 / No. 10 in scoring defense (54.1) » No. 6 / No. 97 in 3FG% (33.2) » No. 1 / No. 31 in 3FG% defense (27.0)
» Dalayah Daniels: No. 4 / No. 43 in blocks (35) ... No. 6 / No. 42 in blocks per game (1.84) ... No. 11 / No. 171 in rebounds per game (7.3)
» Elle Ladine: No. 9 / No. 139 in field goal percentage (46.0)
PAC-12 RANKINGS
As of Jan. 29, 2024 (includes conference games only)
» No. 6 in 3FG% » No. 6 in 3FGs » No. 5 in Scoring Defense » No. 5 in FG% Defense » 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
» Jan. 29, 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.
» 13-6 is the best start to a season for the Huskies since 2016-17.
» UW's 54.1 PPG allowed is the fourth-best scoring defense through the first 19 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.
MORE
Celebrating Black History Month - In honor of Black History Month, the Black National Anthem will be sung pregame, UW's Black Student-Athlete Alliance will be recognized in-game, and the Washington women's basketball team will be wearing special adidas uniforms for the game. Click HERE to learn more.
Tickets - Fans can check out ticket options to Washington women's basketball games HERE.
Stay up-to-date with Washington Women's Basketball by following @UW_WBB on X (formerly Twitter) and Instagram.
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