Sunday, February 11
Seattle, WA
12:00 PM
University of Washington
vs
California
Washington Caps Off Four-Game Homestand Sunday vs. Cal
February 10, 2024 | Women's Basketball
SEATTLE -- Washington women's basketball (13-9, 3-8 Pac-12) wraps up a four-game homestand when the Huskies face California (14-10, 4-8 Pac-12) on Sunday, Feb. 11 in Alaska Airlines Arena in Seattle, Wash. for a 12 p.m. PT tip off. This is the 79th meeting all-time between the programs and second meeting this season. The game will air on Pac-12 Washington with Elise Woodward and Alyssa Charlston on the call. Gary Hill will call the action on 1090 KPTR-AM.
LAST TIME OUT
02.09.24 vs. No. 6 Stanford
» Dalayah Daniels surpassed 1,000 career points with a made-3 in the start of the 3rd quarter. Daniels also recorded career rebound No. 600. Daniels tied her career high of 5 blocks. Had 8 points, game-high (tied) 9 rebounds, game-high (tied) 4 assists, and 2 steals. » Hannah Stines hit a three (she finished with 4 made) with 42 seconds left to put UW within 4. She finished with a team-leading 17 points. » With 18 seconds left in regulation, Sayvia Sellers stole the ball, leading to a 3 from Lauren Schwartz who tied it with 15 seconds left. » Schwartz finished with 11 points, 6 rebounds, and 2 steals. Sellers finished with 11 points, tied career high 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. » A huge defensive stance by UW sent the game to OT tied up at 50. The 50 points scored by the Cardinal were their fewest all season. » UW held Stanford to below their season and conference FG% averages. » The 18 turnovers UW forced Stanford to commit was above what the Cardinal had been allowing themselves on average. » First UW-Stanford OT since the teams first meeting in 1980.
SCOUTING REPORT
California is 14-10 so far this season. The Cardinal are 4-8 in conference play, coming off a win at Washington State on Friday.
LAST TIME AGAINST CALIFORNIA
01.05.24 at California
» Elle Ladine led all scorers with a career high 24 points. » The other Husky in double digit scoring was Lauren Schwartz, who finished with 10. » Dalayah Daniels recorded a game-high and season-high 4 blocks, adding a team-leading 7 rebounds and tying the game high of 4 assists. » Sayvia Sellers had a career high five rebounds. » Hannah Stines also had five rebounds, and added seven points. » Washington out-rebounded Cal 36-33.
MILESTONE WATCH
On Watch
» Dalayah Daniels: 3 steals away from 100 career steals ... 5 blocks away from 100 blocks at UW (2 seasons) ... 8 blocks away from 150 career blocked shots.
» Jayda Noble: 6 steals away from 100 career steals.
Achieved This Season
» Dalayah Daniels: Recorded 100 career blocked shots on 11.06. Recorded career rebound No. 500 on 11.26. Recorded career block No. 125 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. Surpassed 1,000 career points on 02.09. Recorded career rebound No. 600 on 02.09.
» Lauren Schwartz: Recorded 150 career made three-pointers on 12.05. Recorded 500 career made field goals on 02.02. Recorded 100 career steals on 02.04.
NCAA RANKINGS
Through games Feb. 6, 2024 (includes all games played)
» Washington ranks No. 5 in the Pac-12 and No. 77 nationally in FG% defense (38.0) » No. 6 / No. 66 in rebound margin (5.0) » No. 1 / No. 32 in scoring defense (56.7) » No. 2 / No. 70 in 3FG% defense (28.5)
» Dalayah Daniels: No. 4 / No. 46 in blocks (38) ... No. 6 / No. 43 in blocks per game (1.81) ... No. 10 / No. 177 in rebounds per game (7.2)
PAC-12 RANKINGS
Through games Feb. 4, 2024 (includes conference games only)
» No. 6 in 3FGs » No. 5 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
» Of the 11 active student-athletes on the roster, eight are freshmen and sophomores.
» Going 11-0 to start the season tied UW'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.
» UW has two true road wins over AP ranked opponents this season. It's the first time since the 1994-95 season the Huskies have two ranked road wins in the regular season.
» 13-9 matches UW's record last season through 22 games, the best since 2016-17.
» UW's 57.0 PPG allowed is the fifth-best scoring defense through the first 22 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. Lowery medically retired during the 2023-24 season.
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
National Girls & Women in Sports Weekend - Continuing a weekend of celebrating girls and women in sports! The annual NGWSD youth pregame clinic (open to participants 1st-6th grade) will feature UW student-athletes, and registration info can be found HERE. 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
02.09.24 vs. No. 6 Stanford
» Dalayah Daniels surpassed 1,000 career points with a made-3 in the start of the 3rd quarter. Daniels also recorded career rebound No. 600. Daniels tied her career high of 5 blocks. Had 8 points, game-high (tied) 9 rebounds, game-high (tied) 4 assists, and 2 steals. » Hannah Stines hit a three (she finished with 4 made) with 42 seconds left to put UW within 4. She finished with a team-leading 17 points. » With 18 seconds left in regulation, Sayvia Sellers stole the ball, leading to a 3 from Lauren Schwartz who tied it with 15 seconds left. » Schwartz finished with 11 points, 6 rebounds, and 2 steals. Sellers finished with 11 points, tied career high 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. » A huge defensive stance by UW sent the game to OT tied up at 50. The 50 points scored by the Cardinal were their fewest all season. » UW held Stanford to below their season and conference FG% averages. » The 18 turnovers UW forced Stanford to commit was above what the Cardinal had been allowing themselves on average. » First UW-Stanford OT since the teams first meeting in 1980.
SCOUTING REPORT
California is 14-10 so far this season. The Cardinal are 4-8 in conference play, coming off a win at Washington State on Friday.
LAST TIME AGAINST CALIFORNIA
01.05.24 at California
» Elle Ladine led all scorers with a career high 24 points. » The other Husky in double digit scoring was Lauren Schwartz, who finished with 10. » Dalayah Daniels recorded a game-high and season-high 4 blocks, adding a team-leading 7 rebounds and tying the game high of 4 assists. » Sayvia Sellers had a career high five rebounds. » Hannah Stines also had five rebounds, and added seven points. » Washington out-rebounded Cal 36-33.
MILESTONE WATCH
On Watch
» Dalayah Daniels: 3 steals away from 100 career steals ... 5 blocks away from 100 blocks at UW (2 seasons) ... 8 blocks away from 150 career blocked shots.
» Jayda Noble: 6 steals away from 100 career steals.
Achieved This Season
» Dalayah Daniels: Recorded 100 career blocked shots on 11.06. Recorded career rebound No. 500 on 11.26. Recorded career block No. 125 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. Surpassed 1,000 career points on 02.09. Recorded career rebound No. 600 on 02.09.
» Lauren Schwartz: Recorded 150 career made three-pointers on 12.05. Recorded 500 career made field goals on 02.02. Recorded 100 career steals on 02.04.
NCAA RANKINGS
Through games Feb. 6, 2024 (includes all games played)
» Washington ranks No. 5 in the Pac-12 and No. 77 nationally in FG% defense (38.0) » No. 6 / No. 66 in rebound margin (5.0) » No. 1 / No. 32 in scoring defense (56.7) » No. 2 / No. 70 in 3FG% defense (28.5)
» Dalayah Daniels: No. 4 / No. 46 in blocks (38) ... No. 6 / No. 43 in blocks per game (1.81) ... No. 10 / No. 177 in rebounds per game (7.2)
PAC-12 RANKINGS
Through games Feb. 4, 2024 (includes conference games only)
» No. 6 in 3FGs » No. 5 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
» Of the 11 active student-athletes on the roster, eight are freshmen and sophomores.
» Going 11-0 to start the season tied UW'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.
» UW has two true road wins over AP ranked opponents this season. It's the first time since the 1994-95 season the Huskies have two ranked road wins in the regular season.
» 13-9 matches UW's record last season through 22 games, the best since 2016-17.
» UW's 57.0 PPG allowed is the fifth-best scoring defense through the first 22 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. Lowery medically retired during the 2023-24 season.
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
National Girls & Women in Sports Weekend - Continuing a weekend of celebrating girls and women in sports! The annual NGWSD youth pregame clinic (open to participants 1st-6th grade) will feature UW student-athletes, and registration info can be found HERE. 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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