Huskies Head To Boulder To Face No. 13 Colorado Thursday

Thursday, February 29

Boulder, CO

6:00 PM

University of Washington

Colorado

Huskies Head To Boulder To Face No. 13 Colorado Thursday

February 27, 2024 | Women's Basketball

Game Notes

SEATTLE -- Washington women's basketball (15-12, 5-11 Pac-12) concludes the regular season on the road when the Huskies head to the Mountain Schools. First up, UW takes on No. 13 Colorado (20-7, 10-6 Pac-12) Thursday, Feb. 29 in the CU Events Center in Boulder, Colo. with tipoff scheduled for 6 p.m. PT/7 p.m. MT. This is the 34th meeting all-time between the programs, and second this season. The game will air on Pac-12 Washington with Jenny Cavnar and Ariana Prather on the call. Jason Dorow will call the action on 1090 KPTR-AM.

LAST TIME OUT

02.25.24 vs. #9 Oregon State
» Elle Ladine got the game started with a steal and score, and the Huskies were off to a hot start going on an 8-0 run. » UW went on another run to end the first quarter, going 6-0 to finish with a 14-5 lead. » The Huskies kept it going in the second quarter, and went into halftime up 24-17, holding the Beavers to 28.0% shooting from the field. » Ladine would finish the game leading all scorers with 23 points, just one point shy of her career high. » Dalayah Daniels finished with 15 points. Daniels also recorded a steal late in the game for career steal No. 100. » Hannah Stines finished with eight points, two steals, and a team-leading eight rebounds. » UW shot 45.6%. » The UW defense held OSU to shooting 35.2%, well below their season and conference average FG%, and forced 15 turnovers.

SCOUTING REPORT

Colorado is 20-7 so far this season. The Buffaloes are 10-6 in conference play, coming off losses at USC and UCLA.

MILESTONE WATCH

On Watch
» Dalayah Daniels: 2 blocks away from 150 career blocked shots.
» Jayda Noble: 1 steal away from 100 career steals.
» Lauren Schwartz: 14 points away from 1,500 career points.

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. Recorded Husky career block No. 100 on 02.23. Recorded career steal No. 100 on 02.25.
» 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. Recorded 300 career assists on 02.18.

Notable
» Dalayah Daniels: In 60 games played as a Husky (02.23), recorded UW career blocks No. 100 & 101 to go to No. 3 on the UW career blocked shots list, and become the second-fastest player in program history to reach the 100 career blocks at UW milestone.
» Sayvia Sellers: Recorded 10 assists in win vs. Oregon (02.23), becoming the second freshman in UW history to have 10+ assists in a game (first since 1982), the first UW player to record 10+ assists since 2017, and the 15th player in program history to record 10+ assists.

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 3rd-longest win streak in program history. The last time UW went 11-0 was the 2016-17 season.
» Being ranked No. 23 in the AP Top 25 (released 12.18.23) was UW's first AP ranking since the final poll of 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.
» UW is the first Pac-12 WBB team since at least 1999-00 to play consecutive 2OT games (02.16 at ASU, 2OT; 02.18 at Arizona, 3OT).
» UW has three wins over AP ranked opponents this season for the first time since the 2016-17 season.
» UW swept the Oregon schools at home in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 2007-08.
» The sweep of the Oregon schools was the first completed sweep (home or away) in consecutive seasons since 2016-17.
» Win vs. No. 9 Oregon State means UW beat an AP Top-10 opponent for the second-straight season, making it the first time defeating a Top-10 opponent in consecutive seasons since 2016-17.
» 10-point win over No. 9 Oregon State was the first double-digit win over a ranked opponent since 2014.

NCAA RANKINGS

Through games Feb. 26, 2024 (includes all games played)
» Washington ranks No. 6 in the Pac-12 and No. 119 nationally in field goal percentage defense (39.1) » No. 6 / No. 121 in rebound margin (2.6) » No. 3 / No. 58 in scoring defense (59.0) » No. 2 / No. 109 in 3FG% defense (29.6)
» Dalayah Daniels: No. 3 / No. 32 in blocks (49) ... No. 5 / No. 42 in blocks per game (1.81) ... No. 11 / No. 229 in rebounds per game (6.9)

PAC-12 RANKINGS

As of Feb. 27, 2024 (includes conference games only)
» No. 6 in FT% » No. 4 in Blocks » No. 6 in Steals
» Dalayah Daniels: No. 13 in rebounding, No. 3 in blocks, No. 8 in offensive rebounds
» Hannah Stines: TNo. 20 in rebounding, TNo. 15 in 3FG made
» Lauren Schwartz: No. 14 in steals, TNo. 15 in 3FG made

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

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.

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.

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.

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