Sunday, November 11
Seattle, WA
2:00 PM
University of Washington
vs
Northern Arizona
Photo by: Red Box Pictures
Huskies Host NAU Sunday in Final November Home Game
November 10, 2018 | Women's Basketball
Opening Tip
• Washington returns to action on Sunday, hosting Northern Arizona University in a non-conference game at 2:00 p.m. at Alaska Airlines Arena. The game will be the last home game for the Huskies in the month of November as they head out on a five-game road trip beginning next Sunday. The game will be live-streamed on GoHuskies.com. Fans can also listen to Gary Hill Jr. and Elise Woodward call the game on KKNW 1150 AM, the TuneIn App, or online at GoHuskies.com
• UW opened the 2018-19 season with an 83-74 victory over Cal State Fullerton on Thursday as senior forward Hannah Johnson recorded a 16-point, 10-rebound double-double and Amber Melgoza scored 18 points to pace the Huskies.
• Washington welcomes back former standout player and Husky assistant coach Loree Payne, who is now the head coach at Northern Arizona. A short ceremony for Coach Payne will take place before tip-off.
Scouting the Lumberjacks
Northern Arizona is off to a solid start to the 2018-19 campaign, recording a pair of commanding wins through its first two games. The Lumberjacks used a big second quarter and cruised to an 86-73 victory in their home-opener on Tuesday, then pulled away late to defeat Seattle U 65-58 on Friday.
Northern Arizona struggled last season under first-year head coach Loree Payne–a 2003 UW Grad and former Husky standout. Payne, who had spent the previous seven seasons leading the University of Puget Sound to impressive success, finished her first season at NAU with a 7-23 mark. She did guide the Lumberjacks to a pair of huge victories, defeating Mountain West champion Boise State and recording the program's first win over a Pac-12 school since 1995 with an 84-66 win over Arizona.
Sophomore forward Khiarica Rasheed is one of three players averaging in double-figures through the first two games for the Lumberjacks, contributing a team-best 18.0 ppg thus far. Rasheed scored 24 points on 11-of-12 shooting, adding six rebounds and two steals at Seattle U on Friday.
Close behind is senior forward Kaleigh Paplow, who is averaging 17.0 points and a team-best 8.5 rebounds through the early-going.
The Lumberjacks are shooting an impressive 46.2% from the field through two games including hitting 57% of their shots in their home-opener against Fresno State.
All-Time Series Record
Washington holds a 2-0 advantage in the all-time series with Northern Arizona, though the teams have not played each other since the 2007-08 season. In that neutral site contest played in Hawaii, the Huskies beat NAU 83-70 as current UW assistant Michelle Augustavo scored a game-high 20 points and Loree Payne earn her first win as a UW assistant. Washington won the first meeting between the two school 77-55 during the 1996-97 season.
For Openers...
Washington improved to 27-17 all-time in season-openers, winning three of their last four including its 83-74 victory over Cal State Fullerton on Thursday. The Huskies also improved to 34-11 in home openers having won four of its last five. The victory over Cal State Fullerton also marked the earliest home opener for the Huskies in program history and matched the earliest season-opener. Prior to Thursday, the earliest counting game Washington played was on Nov. 8, 2013, a 91-81 loss to St. Mary's.
Up Next
Washington hits the road for the remainder of November, opening a five-game road trip at Tulane on Sunday, Nov. 18. The Huskies then head to Fort Meyers, Fla., to compete in the star-studded Gulf Coast Showcase Nov. 23-25. Washington opens the tournament against No. 21 Duke on Nov. 23, then faces either Ball State or Fordham on Nov. 24. Other teams in the classic include No. 11 Texas and No. 16 Missouri along with Michigan, which is receiving votes.
Magical Melgoza
Washington junior Amber Melgoza picked up right where she left off last year, scoring a team-high 18 points in the Huskies' win over Cal State Fullerton on Thursday. Melgoza is coming off an impressive sophomore campaign where she earned All-Pac-12 honors after finishing second in the conference in scoring at 19.0 points per game. But she did her real damage in Pac-12 play, leading the conference with 20.6 ppg in Pac-12 games. She finished the season with 570 points–11th most in program history and just five points shy of the Top 10. In addition, Melgoza closed out the season with 120 points over her final four games including pouring in 40 against Stanford–the most by a Pac-12 player on the season–to become one of just three players in program history to score 40 or more points in a game (Kelsey Plum 6x, Giuliana Mendiola).
Melgoza on Ann Meyers Drysdale Watch List
Amber Melgoza was one of 20 players from across the country to be named to the 2019 Ann Meyers Drysdale Watch List as announced by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the Women's Basketball Coaches Association on Oct. 23. The winner will be revealed on an ESPN platform during the 2019 Women's Final Four in Tampa, Florida.
Freshmen Power!
The Huskies trio of freshman saw quite a bit of action in Washington's season-opening win over Cal State Fullerton on Thursday. Forward Haley Van Dyke poured in 12 points on 6-of-9 shooting, the most points in a freshman debut since Mai-Loni Henson had 12 in her debut two years ago. T.T. Watkins added seven points, three rebounds and a team-best two steals including one to seal the game with under a minute left. Darcy Rees scored four points in 14 minutes in her debut.
Strength of Schedule
The Huskies once again are not shying away from playing tough teams in the 2018-19 season as UW plays a total of 12 games against seven teams currently ranked in the AP Top 25 or receiving votes. The Pac-12 conference is the main reason the Huskies' schedule is so tough as the conference boasts five teams in the AP top 25 including three in the top 10 (#3 Oregon, #7 Stanford, #8 Oregon State, #23 Arizona State and #24 California with UCLA receiving votes). Besides their Pac-12 foes, the Huskies are slated to face #4 Mississippi State and #21 Duke over the course of the season.
Last season, the Huskies played the 35th most difficult overall schedule among the 349 NCAA DI WBB programs with UW's opponents posting an overall winning percentage of .595. Eleven of the Huskies' 22 opponents in 2017-18 reached the NCAA Tournament with UW recording wins against two: Seattle U and Creighton.
Huskies in the Rankings
Washington finished the season ranked among the top teams in the conference in a number of categories. Key among them was turnovers forced where the Huskies' high-pressure defense led the Pac-12 by forcing 17.9 turnovers per game. Washington was fourth in the conference in turnover margin at +3.07.
The Huskies also finished second in the conference and 29th in the country in three-point field goals made per game with 8.5 and was also second in the Pac-12 in three-pointers made at 254.
Home Bodies
After spending a bulk of the 2017-18 pre-conference schedule on the road, the Huskies will spend the majority of the non-conference slate at home. Washington plays seven of its 12 non-conference games at home this year with one LONG road trip breaking up two home stands. The Huskies first road game comes in two weeks at Tulane followed by a tournament in Florida after Thanksgiving. Washington then returns to the Evergreen State for its closest possible road game, battling cross-town rival Seattle U on Nov. 30. The Huskies don't play another road game after that until heading to Oregon to open its Pac-12 road slate on Jan. 4.
2017-18 Recap
Washington's first season under new head coach Jody Wynn proved to be a tough one with the Huskies' new coach inheriting a team with just five returning players and one who had started a college game. Despite the inexperience and the fact that no Husky on the active roster stood taller than 6-1, Washington proved to be a gritty, gutty team which gave many of its opponents as much as they could handle. The Huskies finished the 2017-18 season with a 7-23 overall record.
One Bad Quarter
The story of the 2017-18 Washington season may have been "One Bad Quarter." The Huskies were plagued by one bad quarter in 10 of their 15 Pac-12 losses; a quarter which turned a close game into a big loss. In those bad quarters (which quarter differs in each game), UW was outscored by an average of 16.0 points. However, in the other three quarters of those games, the Huskies outscored their opponents by an average of 3.6 points.
Medical Retirements
Jody Wynn announced a pair of roster changes heading into the 2018-19 season, as Deja Strother and Natalie Romeo will be medically retired, ending their UW careers. Strother, a redshirt-junior center, suffered a leg injury prior to the start of the 2017-18 season. Despite rehabbing over the last season, she has not been able to return from the injury. Romeo, a senior guard, has battled an undisclosed medical issue which kept her off the court last season. She attempted to make a comeback this season, joining the team for summer workouts, but the condition kept her from returning.
Everybody Starts, Everybody Plays
During the previous season, all 10 of UW's active players at the beginning of the season made at least one start and each averaged at least 14 minutes per game. Jenna Moser was the lone Husky to start all 30 games with Amber Melgoza making 25 starts, Hannah Johnson starting 24 games and Mai-Loni Henson starting 23. Moser also lead the team in minutes played, averaging 30.9 mpg with Melgoza playing 27.5, Henson playing 26.5 and Johnson checking in at 24.3 minutes. The Huskies used 15 different lineup combinations in 30 games last season.
Moser's Incredible Journey Continues
Senior Jenna Moser announced last spring that she would return to the team for the 2018-19 season, using her fourth year of eligibility while pursuing a master's degree in Intercollegiate Athletic Administration. (She is in the same program as fellow senior Hannah Johnson.) Moser started as a practice player, not earning a roster spot until her second year at UW. Over the next two years she appeared in just 14 games, playing 30 total minutes and scoring four points. But last season, she was awarded a scholarship and has provided leadership to the young team both on and off the court, starting all 30 games and averaging 8.7 points, 3.2 rebounds, 1.8 steals and 2.6 assists per game.
Huskies in USA Basketball
Five former UW athletes have competed internationally for USA Basketball. Karen Deden, who was named to the 1995 USA Pan American Games Team, but was denied a shot at a medal after the women's basketball competition was canceled due to too few team entries, played on the 1989 USA Junior World Cup (U19) Team that placed seventh and the 1988 USA Junior World Cup Qualifying Team that won gold. Loree Payne won gold on the 2000 USA R. William Jones Cup Team and competed in an exhibition game as a member of the 2000 USA Select Team against the 2000 U.S. Olympic Team; Jamie Redd was a member of the 1998 USA Select Team that posted a 7-1 slate against international teams in exhibition games; while Rhonda Smith won a silver medal at the 1997 Tournament of the Americas and a bronze medal at the 1993 R. William Jones Cup. Most recently, Kelsey Plum earned gold medals at the 2018 FIBA World Cup and at the 2013 FIBA U19 World Cup, silver medal at the 2015 Pan American Games and participated in the 2017 USA Basketball Women's National Team training camp Sept. 30-Oct. 2 in Santa Barbara, California.
Radio Show
Washington Women's Basketball Head Coach Jody Wynn joins Elise Woodward for the UW Coaches Show throughout the season at Chinook's at Fisherman's Terminal. The show is carried live on KOMO AM 1000 in Seattle at 6:00 p.m. on the following dates: Dec. 3, Dec. 10, Dec. 17, Jan. 2, Jan. 8, Jan. 14, Jan. 21, Jan. 28, Feb. 4, Feb. 11, Feb. 18, Feb. 25, March 4 and March 11. The show can be streamed online at gohuskies.com or by using the TuneIn Mobile App.
• Washington returns to action on Sunday, hosting Northern Arizona University in a non-conference game at 2:00 p.m. at Alaska Airlines Arena. The game will be the last home game for the Huskies in the month of November as they head out on a five-game road trip beginning next Sunday. The game will be live-streamed on GoHuskies.com. Fans can also listen to Gary Hill Jr. and Elise Woodward call the game on KKNW 1150 AM, the TuneIn App, or online at GoHuskies.com
• UW opened the 2018-19 season with an 83-74 victory over Cal State Fullerton on Thursday as senior forward Hannah Johnson recorded a 16-point, 10-rebound double-double and Amber Melgoza scored 18 points to pace the Huskies.
• Washington welcomes back former standout player and Husky assistant coach Loree Payne, who is now the head coach at Northern Arizona. A short ceremony for Coach Payne will take place before tip-off.
Scouting the Lumberjacks
Northern Arizona is off to a solid start to the 2018-19 campaign, recording a pair of commanding wins through its first two games. The Lumberjacks used a big second quarter and cruised to an 86-73 victory in their home-opener on Tuesday, then pulled away late to defeat Seattle U 65-58 on Friday.
Northern Arizona struggled last season under first-year head coach Loree Payne–a 2003 UW Grad and former Husky standout. Payne, who had spent the previous seven seasons leading the University of Puget Sound to impressive success, finished her first season at NAU with a 7-23 mark. She did guide the Lumberjacks to a pair of huge victories, defeating Mountain West champion Boise State and recording the program's first win over a Pac-12 school since 1995 with an 84-66 win over Arizona.
Sophomore forward Khiarica Rasheed is one of three players averaging in double-figures through the first two games for the Lumberjacks, contributing a team-best 18.0 ppg thus far. Rasheed scored 24 points on 11-of-12 shooting, adding six rebounds and two steals at Seattle U on Friday.
Close behind is senior forward Kaleigh Paplow, who is averaging 17.0 points and a team-best 8.5 rebounds through the early-going.
The Lumberjacks are shooting an impressive 46.2% from the field through two games including hitting 57% of their shots in their home-opener against Fresno State.
All-Time Series Record
Washington holds a 2-0 advantage in the all-time series with Northern Arizona, though the teams have not played each other since the 2007-08 season. In that neutral site contest played in Hawaii, the Huskies beat NAU 83-70 as current UW assistant Michelle Augustavo scored a game-high 20 points and Loree Payne earn her first win as a UW assistant. Washington won the first meeting between the two school 77-55 during the 1996-97 season.
For Openers...
Washington improved to 27-17 all-time in season-openers, winning three of their last four including its 83-74 victory over Cal State Fullerton on Thursday. The Huskies also improved to 34-11 in home openers having won four of its last five. The victory over Cal State Fullerton also marked the earliest home opener for the Huskies in program history and matched the earliest season-opener. Prior to Thursday, the earliest counting game Washington played was on Nov. 8, 2013, a 91-81 loss to St. Mary's.
Up Next
Washington hits the road for the remainder of November, opening a five-game road trip at Tulane on Sunday, Nov. 18. The Huskies then head to Fort Meyers, Fla., to compete in the star-studded Gulf Coast Showcase Nov. 23-25. Washington opens the tournament against No. 21 Duke on Nov. 23, then faces either Ball State or Fordham on Nov. 24. Other teams in the classic include No. 11 Texas and No. 16 Missouri along with Michigan, which is receiving votes.
Magical Melgoza
Washington junior Amber Melgoza picked up right where she left off last year, scoring a team-high 18 points in the Huskies' win over Cal State Fullerton on Thursday. Melgoza is coming off an impressive sophomore campaign where she earned All-Pac-12 honors after finishing second in the conference in scoring at 19.0 points per game. But she did her real damage in Pac-12 play, leading the conference with 20.6 ppg in Pac-12 games. She finished the season with 570 points–11th most in program history and just five points shy of the Top 10. In addition, Melgoza closed out the season with 120 points over her final four games including pouring in 40 against Stanford–the most by a Pac-12 player on the season–to become one of just three players in program history to score 40 or more points in a game (Kelsey Plum 6x, Giuliana Mendiola).
Melgoza on Ann Meyers Drysdale Watch List
Amber Melgoza was one of 20 players from across the country to be named to the 2019 Ann Meyers Drysdale Watch List as announced by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the Women's Basketball Coaches Association on Oct. 23. The winner will be revealed on an ESPN platform during the 2019 Women's Final Four in Tampa, Florida.
Freshmen Power!
The Huskies trio of freshman saw quite a bit of action in Washington's season-opening win over Cal State Fullerton on Thursday. Forward Haley Van Dyke poured in 12 points on 6-of-9 shooting, the most points in a freshman debut since Mai-Loni Henson had 12 in her debut two years ago. T.T. Watkins added seven points, three rebounds and a team-best two steals including one to seal the game with under a minute left. Darcy Rees scored four points in 14 minutes in her debut.
Strength of Schedule
The Huskies once again are not shying away from playing tough teams in the 2018-19 season as UW plays a total of 12 games against seven teams currently ranked in the AP Top 25 or receiving votes. The Pac-12 conference is the main reason the Huskies' schedule is so tough as the conference boasts five teams in the AP top 25 including three in the top 10 (#3 Oregon, #7 Stanford, #8 Oregon State, #23 Arizona State and #24 California with UCLA receiving votes). Besides their Pac-12 foes, the Huskies are slated to face #4 Mississippi State and #21 Duke over the course of the season.
Last season, the Huskies played the 35th most difficult overall schedule among the 349 NCAA DI WBB programs with UW's opponents posting an overall winning percentage of .595. Eleven of the Huskies' 22 opponents in 2017-18 reached the NCAA Tournament with UW recording wins against two: Seattle U and Creighton.
Huskies in the Rankings
Washington finished the season ranked among the top teams in the conference in a number of categories. Key among them was turnovers forced where the Huskies' high-pressure defense led the Pac-12 by forcing 17.9 turnovers per game. Washington was fourth in the conference in turnover margin at +3.07.
The Huskies also finished second in the conference and 29th in the country in three-point field goals made per game with 8.5 and was also second in the Pac-12 in three-pointers made at 254.
Home Bodies
After spending a bulk of the 2017-18 pre-conference schedule on the road, the Huskies will spend the majority of the non-conference slate at home. Washington plays seven of its 12 non-conference games at home this year with one LONG road trip breaking up two home stands. The Huskies first road game comes in two weeks at Tulane followed by a tournament in Florida after Thanksgiving. Washington then returns to the Evergreen State for its closest possible road game, battling cross-town rival Seattle U on Nov. 30. The Huskies don't play another road game after that until heading to Oregon to open its Pac-12 road slate on Jan. 4.
2017-18 Recap
Washington's first season under new head coach Jody Wynn proved to be a tough one with the Huskies' new coach inheriting a team with just five returning players and one who had started a college game. Despite the inexperience and the fact that no Husky on the active roster stood taller than 6-1, Washington proved to be a gritty, gutty team which gave many of its opponents as much as they could handle. The Huskies finished the 2017-18 season with a 7-23 overall record.
One Bad Quarter
The story of the 2017-18 Washington season may have been "One Bad Quarter." The Huskies were plagued by one bad quarter in 10 of their 15 Pac-12 losses; a quarter which turned a close game into a big loss. In those bad quarters (which quarter differs in each game), UW was outscored by an average of 16.0 points. However, in the other three quarters of those games, the Huskies outscored their opponents by an average of 3.6 points.
Medical Retirements
Jody Wynn announced a pair of roster changes heading into the 2018-19 season, as Deja Strother and Natalie Romeo will be medically retired, ending their UW careers. Strother, a redshirt-junior center, suffered a leg injury prior to the start of the 2017-18 season. Despite rehabbing over the last season, she has not been able to return from the injury. Romeo, a senior guard, has battled an undisclosed medical issue which kept her off the court last season. She attempted to make a comeback this season, joining the team for summer workouts, but the condition kept her from returning.
Everybody Starts, Everybody Plays
During the previous season, all 10 of UW's active players at the beginning of the season made at least one start and each averaged at least 14 minutes per game. Jenna Moser was the lone Husky to start all 30 games with Amber Melgoza making 25 starts, Hannah Johnson starting 24 games and Mai-Loni Henson starting 23. Moser also lead the team in minutes played, averaging 30.9 mpg with Melgoza playing 27.5, Henson playing 26.5 and Johnson checking in at 24.3 minutes. The Huskies used 15 different lineup combinations in 30 games last season.
Moser's Incredible Journey Continues
Senior Jenna Moser announced last spring that she would return to the team for the 2018-19 season, using her fourth year of eligibility while pursuing a master's degree in Intercollegiate Athletic Administration. (She is in the same program as fellow senior Hannah Johnson.) Moser started as a practice player, not earning a roster spot until her second year at UW. Over the next two years she appeared in just 14 games, playing 30 total minutes and scoring four points. But last season, she was awarded a scholarship and has provided leadership to the young team both on and off the court, starting all 30 games and averaging 8.7 points, 3.2 rebounds, 1.8 steals and 2.6 assists per game.
Huskies in USA Basketball
Five former UW athletes have competed internationally for USA Basketball. Karen Deden, who was named to the 1995 USA Pan American Games Team, but was denied a shot at a medal after the women's basketball competition was canceled due to too few team entries, played on the 1989 USA Junior World Cup (U19) Team that placed seventh and the 1988 USA Junior World Cup Qualifying Team that won gold. Loree Payne won gold on the 2000 USA R. William Jones Cup Team and competed in an exhibition game as a member of the 2000 USA Select Team against the 2000 U.S. Olympic Team; Jamie Redd was a member of the 1998 USA Select Team that posted a 7-1 slate against international teams in exhibition games; while Rhonda Smith won a silver medal at the 1997 Tournament of the Americas and a bronze medal at the 1993 R. William Jones Cup. Most recently, Kelsey Plum earned gold medals at the 2018 FIBA World Cup and at the 2013 FIBA U19 World Cup, silver medal at the 2015 Pan American Games and participated in the 2017 USA Basketball Women's National Team training camp Sept. 30-Oct. 2 in Santa Barbara, California.
Radio Show
Washington Women's Basketball Head Coach Jody Wynn joins Elise Woodward for the UW Coaches Show throughout the season at Chinook's at Fisherman's Terminal. The show is carried live on KOMO AM 1000 in Seattle at 6:00 p.m. on the following dates: Dec. 3, Dec. 10, Dec. 17, Jan. 2, Jan. 8, Jan. 14, Jan. 21, Jan. 28, Feb. 4, Feb. 11, Feb. 18, Feb. 25, March 4 and March 11. The show can be streamed online at gohuskies.com or by using the TuneIn Mobile App.
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