Washington Heads to Corvallis to Take on Oregon State Sunday

CORVALLIS, Ore. — Washington (9-6, 1-4) heads to Corvallis to take on Oregon State (10-7, 2-4) on the road for the 100th meeting all-time between the programs. The game tips off Sunday, Jan. 15 at 12:00 p.m. PT and will be aired on Pac-12 Washington with Rich Burk and Jennifer Mountain on the call. Gary Hill will call the action on 1090 KPTR-AM. 

LAST TIME OUT

at No. 21 Oregon on 01.13

Haley Van Dyke (14 points), Dalayah Daniels (14), and Lauren Schwartz (10) all scored in double digits. Van Dyke’s 14 points was her most in conference play so far this season, while Daniels’s 14 points tied her conference high in scoring. » The Husky defense recorded 11 steals – tied for their most in conference play this season – and forced 16 turnovers. Prior to the game, Oregon had only been averaging 12.5 turnovers per game. UW kept Oregon shooting under their season average, holding the Ducks to 41.1% when their field goal percentage on the season coming into the game was 46.7% (42.4% in conference play). Jayda Noble tied her career high steals with four. Noble also recorded 7 rebounds and 6 points. Trinity Oliver recorded 6 points and led the team with 8 rebounds.

STAT LEADERS

NCAA rankings through games Jan. 12, 2023:

Washington ranks No. 2 in the Pac-12 and No. 11 nationally in rebound margin (10.9). The Huskies are No. 2 in the conference and No. 14 nationally in offensive rebounds per game (15.6), and No. 5 in the conference and No. 36 nationally in rebounds per game (42.0). UW is No. 4 in the Pac-12 and No. 50 nationally in scoring defense (57.6). UW is No. 5 in the conference and No. 36 nationally in blocks per game (4.6). Dalayah Daniels is No. 7 in the Pac-12 in blocks per game (1.36), and No. 8 in the conference in blocks (19). Jayda Noble is No. 7 in the Pac-12 in steals per game (1.92). 

STRENGTH OF THE PAC-12

AP Rankings (through games Jan. 8, 2023):

2 – Stanford … 8 – UCLA … 10 – Utah … 14 – Arizona … 21 – Oregon … Receiving Votes – Colorado

NET Rankings, Top 70 (through games Jan. 13, 2023):

4 – Stanford … 6 – Utah … 10 – Oregon … 21 – Colorado … 26 – Arizona … 30 – UCLA … 39 – USC … 44 – Washington State … 58 – Oregon State

THE TEAM

Washington returns eight Huskies from last season with Lauren Schwartz, Jayda Noble, Haley Van Dyke, Nia Lowery, TT Watkins, Trinity Oliver, Lexi Griggsby, and Darcy Rees. Fans will see six new…