Washington Hosts Cal for Pink Game Friday

SEATTLE — Washington women’s basketball (11-9, 3-7) is back home after splitting the trip to the Arizona schools, welcoming the Bay Area schools to Alaska Airlines Arena. The Huskies first take on California (11-10, 2-8) for the annual Pink Game. The game tips off Friday, Feb. 3 at 7:00 p.m. PT and will be aired on Pac-12 Washington with Elise Woodward and Stephanie Hawk-Freeman on the call. Gary Hill will call the action on 1090 KPTR-AM. 

LAST TIME OUT

at Arizona State on 01.29

Washington shot 46% from the field, higher than the season and conference averages. Dalayah Daniels led all scorers with 14 points. Daniels also added 8 rebounds and 4 assists. Hannah Stines went 5-6 for 10 points. Lauren Schwartz hit her 125th career made three in the second quarter, and finished the day with 7 points and 5 assists. Jayda Noble recorded her 7th-straight game with a steal. Haley Van Dyke tied her season high rebounds with 8 for the second game in a row. UW out-rebounded ASU 41-30, and forced 13 turnovers on an ASU team that had been averaging 10.7 per game in conference play. UW kept ASU to shooting 33%, below their conference average. 53 points scored by ASU was their lowest scoring game of the season.

STAT LEADERS

NCAA rankings through games Jan. 31, 2023:

Washington ranks No. 2 in the Pac-12 and No. 16 nationally in rebound margin (9.1). The Huskies are No. 3 in the conference and No. 41 nationally in offensive rebounds per game (14.0), and No. 5 in the conference and No. 55 nationally in rebounds per game (40.3). UW is No. 3 in the Pac-12 and No. 54 nationally in scoring defense (58.3). UW is No. 4 in the conference in steals per game (8.4). UW is No. 5 in the conference and No. 57 nationally in blocks per game (4.2).

Dalayah Daniels is No. 7 in the Pac-12 in blocks (27) and blocks per game (1.4). Jayda Noble is No. 3 in the Pac-12 in steals per game (2.0). 

STRENGTH OF THE PAC-12

AP Rankings (through games Jan. 29, 2023):

2 – Stanford … 7 – Utah … 14 – UCLA … 22 – Arizona … Receiving Votes – Colorado, USC, Oregon

NET Rankings, Top 70 (through games Jan. 31, 2023):

4 – Stanford … 7 – Utah … 14 – Oregon … 25 – UCLA … 26 – Colorado … 27 – USC … 31 – Arizona … 39 – Washington State … 52 – Oregon State

THE TEAM

Washington returns eight Huskies from last season with Lauren Schwartz, Jayda Noble, Haley Van Dyke, Nia Lowery, TT Watkins, Trinity…