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LAS VEGAS, Nev.--Washington women's basketball (16-13, 6-12Pac-12) has received the No. 10 seed in the 2024 Pac-12 Women's Basketball Tournament. The Huskies take on No. 7-seed Arizona (16-14, 8-10) in the First Round. This is the 73rd meeting all-time between the programs, and third meeting this season, having split the matchups during the regular season. The game vs. Arizona tips off Wednesday, March 6 at 6 p.m. PT in the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nev. The game will air on the Pac-12 Networks with Krista Blunk and Mary Murphy on the call. Gary Hill will call the action on 1090 KPTR-AM.
LAST TIME OUT
03.02.24 at #18 Utah
» UW never trailed the entire game. » Lauren Schwartz led all scorers with 18 points, including 3 three-pointers, 4 assists, 4 rebounds, 2 blocks, and a steal. » Sayvia Sellers finished with 13 points, including going 3-3 from three-point range. » Dalayah Daniels finished with 12 points, a team-leading 9 rebounds, a steal, and 2 blocks. » Hannah Stines was the fourth Husky in double-digit scoring with 11 points. » In Q2, UW forced 4 turnovers in 6 minutes, held Utah scoreless through almost 5 minutes, and held the Utes to shooting only 13.3%. » The 47 points scored by Utah were their second-fewest this season. The Husky defense held Utah to 31.5%, well below their average season and conference field goal percentages. » UW shot 50.9% (53.8% from three). » This was Washington's first win at Utah since 2017.
SCOUTING REPORT
Arizona is 16-14 so far this season. The Wildcats are 8-10 in conference play, concluding the regular season with losses at home to USC (2OT) and UCLA.
This Season Against Arizona
» 01.19.24 vs. Arizona (W, 62-60): UW's first win against Arizona since 2017.
» 02.18.24 at Arizona (L, 82-90, 3OT): UW is the first Pac-12 WBB team since at least 1999-00 to play consecutive 2OT games.
2023-24 ALL-CONFERENCE HONORS
» Dalayah Daniels: All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention & Pac-12 All-Defensive Team Honorable Mention
» Elle Ladine: All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention
» Lauren Schwartz: All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention
» Sayvia Sellers: All-Freshman Team
MILESTONE WATCH
On Watch
» Jayda Noble: 1 steal 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. Recorded Husky career block No. 100 on 02.23. Recorded career steal No. 100 on 02.25. Recorded career blocked shot No. 150 on 02.29.
» 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. Surpassed 1,500 career points on 02.29.
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 sophom*ores.
» 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 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. The Huskies went on to have another double-digit win over a ranked opponent at No. 18 Utah by 15 points.
» UW has four wins over AP-ranked opponents, three of which were on the road.
» The last time UW had four wins over AP-ranked opponents was 2016-17 (includes entire season) / 1997-98 (in regular season alone).
» This season is the first in program history that UW has won three games on the road at ranked opponents.
NCAA RANKINGS
Through games March 3, 2024 (includes all games played)
» Washington ranks No. 6 in the Pac-12 and No. 43 nationally in blocks per game (4.3) » No. 4 / No. 107 in field goal percentage defense (39.0) » No. 2 / No. 58 in scoring defense (58.9) » No. 3 / No. 58 in scoring defense (59.0) » No. 2 / No. 105 in 3FG% defense (29.6)
» Dalayah Daniels: No. 4 / No. 35 in blocks (53) ... No. 5 / No. 41 in blocks per game (1.83) ... No. 11 / No. 223 in rebounds per game (7.0)
PAC-12 RANKINGS
As of March 4, 2024 (includes conference games only)
» No. 6 in 3FGs » No. 4 in Blocks » No. 6 in Steals
» Dalayah Daniels: No. 12 in rebounding (6.78) ... No. 4 in blocked shots (2.00) ... No. 10 in offensive rebounds (2.33)
» Lauren Schwartz: No. 17 in scoring (12.56) ...No. 13 in 3FG% (38.0%) ... No. 12 in 3FGs (1.67) ... No. 4 in minutes played (37.16)
» Sayvia Sellers: No. 15 in steals (1.22)
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 arefreshmen Olivia Anderson, Chloe Briggs, Ari Long, and Sayvia Sellers. The four wereESPN.com's 14th-ranked recruiting class for the Class of 2023. All four made their Husky debutsduring 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 girlsnamed 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, a6-4 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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