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Women's Hoops Downs Cross-State Rival Washington State Huskies win Pac-10 opener, 91-69.
Amber Hall scored 17<BR>points to lead the Huskies<BR>against Washington State.
 
Amber Hall scored 17
points to lead the Huskies
against Washington State.

January 4, 1999

SEATTLE - Senior all-America candidate Amber Hall scored 17 points and three teammates were close behind in leading Washington past cross-state rival Washington State, 91-69, in front of 2,035 fans in the Pacific-10 Conference opener for both teams Monday night in Hec Edmundson Pavilion.

Washington wins its second straight game and evens its record at 5-5 overall, 0-1 in the Pac-10. WSU drops to 6-4, 0-1.

Joining Hall in the scoring parade for Washington were fellow all-America candidate Jamie Redd with 12 points, freshman Cheryl Sorenson with 11 and Malinda Lynch with 10. Redd led all rebounders with 10. The Huskies shot a sizzling 53 percent from the field, the highest mark in UW coach June Daughertys three-year tenure. The previous besta was 52.5 percent, versus UCLA back on Jan. 4, 1997.

WSU was led by Jen Kerns and Cathy McNeely, who each scored 17, while Sheri Quinton added 10. Alke Dietel, who entered the game as the Pac-10s leading scorer at 20.6 points per game, was held to just five points on 2-of-8 from the field. Tricia Lamb, the second-leading scorer in the conference was held to six points (3-12).

The Huskies won the game in the first half, building up a 47-29 lead at the break. They then opened the second half with 12 straight points, including four each from Hall and Megan Franza. At one point, the Huskies outscored WSU, 32-12, in the second half.

McNeely and Kerns led a late-game charge for the Cougars, who closed the 38-point gap (79-41 with eight minutes to play) to 22 points inside one minute to play. Kerns scored 11 and McNeely added seven in a five-minute span that saw WSU outscore Washington 25-10.

While Hall led all scorers in the first half, she had plenty of help as UW opened up a 19-point lead. Three other Huskies scored eight or nine points inthe opening 20 minutes to support Hall.

Washington remains at home to host Arizona State at 7:30 p.m. Thursday night and Arizona at 1 p.m. Saturday.

Washington (91) - Hall 8-10 1-2 17, Lynch 3-9 4-4 10, Gray 2-3 5-8 9, Redd 5-7 1-2 12, Franza 3-6 1-2 7, Erickson 1-1 2-3 4, Doxsee 0-0 1-2 1, Duncan 1-3 0-0 2, Hills 0-5 0-0 0, Pimley 1-2 2-2 4, Halpenny 1-4 0-0 4, Reichmann 1-1 2-2 4, Sheets 4-5 0-0 8, Sorenson 4-8 1-2 11, Team 34-64 20-29 91.

WSU (69) - Dietel 2-8 0-0 5, McNelly 5-12 7-8 17, Quinton 5-9 0-2 10, Nyseth 0-2 0-0 0, Lamb 3-12 0-3 6, Harrod 1-3 2-2 5, Kerns 6-13 4-5 17, Volkman 1-5 0-0 2, DeAnda 1-3 0-0 3, Stinson 0-4 5-6 5, Team 25-71 18-26 69.

Attn. - 2,035

GAME NOTES
Washington State (6-4, 0-1) at Washington (5-5, 1-0)
January 4, 1999

  • Amber Hall registered 5 rebounds in tonights game to increase her career total to 798. She entered tonight with 793 career rebounds, 10 rebounds behind fourth place Rhonda Smith. She is now 5 rebounds shy of tying Smith.

  • UW had its best shooting percentage this season (.531) and best since a .500 mark vs. Arizona last season on Feb. 5. The first and second half percentages are both season highs

  • Julia Gray started her 3rd game of her career. This is the first time UW has featured Hall, Gray, Lynch, Franza, and Redd in the starting lineup.

  • This is UWs first win on TV, now 1-2.

  • UW 5-1 at home.

  • Jamie Redd had her 3rd double-double of the season, 3rd double digit rebounding game, and 8th double figure scoring game. This is Redds first time in double digits in the past three games.

  • Jill Pimley had a career high 5 steals

  • June Daugherty is now 7-4 all-time vs. WSU. It is coach Daughertys 40th victory at Washington.

  • UW led by as many as 38 points, 79-41 at 8:08 mark of second half. UW led by 39 vs. Gonzaga.

  • UW Starters 55 points, 27 rebounds; WSU Starters 38 points, 19 rebounds

  • WSU was led by McNeely and Kerns 17 points a piece. UW held Alke Dietel, who leads the Pac-10 in scoring at 20.6 points per game to only 5 points and two rebounds.

  • Hall scored 13 points in the first half and finished with her sixth game in double digits with 17. Hall did not commit a foul in 19 minutes of action. LeAnn Sheets 8 points ties her season high, 5 rebounds are season high.

  • UWs 47 points at the half are two shy of their season high of 49 vs. Gonzaga.

  • UWs 26 rebounds in the first half ties a season high set vs. Liberty. UW tied a season-high for FG % with .486, last set vs. Gonzaga

  • Jamie Redd scored 12 points and is now 27 behind second-place Karen Murphy (81-84) and 83 behind No. 1 Rhonda Smith (92-95).

  • UW is now 10-3 in Pac-10 season openers.

  • This is UWs 7th consecutive victory over the Cougars, improving UW to 12-19 all-time against WSU in games played at UW.

  • Malinda Lynch registered two blocks to pass Amber Hall, 70-69, in their continuing back and forth battle on the all-time list at UW.

  • Sorensons 11 points was one shy of her career high 12 vs. Gonzaga.

  • WSU shot only 3 for 18 from the three-point range. They came into the game leading the Pac-10 conference in 3-point shots mader per game, at 8.78 per game.

  • Points in the Paint - UW 58, WSU 20

  • UW began the second half on a 20-4 run to increase their 18-point lead to 67-33 (+34).

    Washington Head Coach June Daugherty
    General Remarks: I was very pleased with our sense of discipline, especially opening up the Pac-10. Its something that we worked hard on. We were concerned about Washington State and I like the way our team was able to take them out of some of their sets offensively. For us to be able to do that shows the progression we are looking for on this team. Im proud of the way we played defense tonight.

    We talk about being able to have a lot of intensity in what we are doing and executing offensively and defensively and I think you saw the intensity in that defensive execution. Harold runs a lot of screening action off the ball and on the ball and we were well prepared for it.

    Im so proud of the way we played. Defensively and offensively our upper classmen are leading the way, were getting a lot of help from our bench. We are playing hard, intense, focused basketball and except for the last few minutes of the game, we had a lot of poise with what we are doing.

    About Amber Hall: She has practiced six days and I havent been able to say that the past six weeks. She wasnt practicing and we were holding her so that she could get minutes on the floor. The other thing is she had a severe sprain and a bruised bone and those are starting to heal up and allowing her to go back to practice longer and go back to going strong with her footwork. Were also getting chemistry with having her back in the line-up.

    UW Women's Basketball Player Quotes

    Amber Hall: (Assistant coach) Hulett Brooks kept telling me that their post cannot guard me down low. The ball kept getting fed inside. Things worked out really nicely on the offensive end. Defensively, my goal was to not let (Alke) Dietel have anything. I let her have one three pointer and thats it. A win is good anytime, but we cant lose a 40 point lead so quickly. We need to have a team leader on the court at all times to keep up that intensity.

    Jamie Redd: We cant let other teams get back into the ball game like that. We need to play hard the entire 40 minutes. But weve been having good practices, and were getting a feel for each other. We know what to expect from each other a little bit more now.

    • Go Huskies!