Washington Women's Basketball 2014 NIT Tournament Capsule

Washington Huskies
Pac-12 (17-13, 10-8)

 

Big Wins: 2/2 at USC (63-55), 2/9 Stanford (87-82), 3/1 at California (70-65)
Bad Losses: 11/15 Portland (77-91), 1/11 Washington State (76-85), 1/26 at Oregon (85-101)
Coach: Mike Neighbors (1 season at Washington)

Probable Starters:
Mercedes Wetmore, Senior, Guard, 6.6 ppg, 4.0 apg
Jazmine Davis, Junior, Guard, 19.1 ppg, 3.2 apg
Kelsey Plum, Freshman, Guard, 20.8 ppg, 2.8 apg, 4.7 rpg
Aminah Williams, Junior, Forward, 7.3 ppg, 10.4 rpg
Talia Walton, Sophomore, Forward, 10.7 ppg, 7.7 rpg, 1.3 bpg

Key Roleplayers:
Katie Collier, Freshman, Center, 4.1 ppg, 2.3 rpg
Chantel Osahor, Freshman, Center, 3.0 ppg, 4.2 rpg

By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 72.6 (73rd in nation, 4th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 72.8 (286, 10)
Field-Goal Percentage: 39.4 (226, 10)
Field-Goal Defense: 39.3 (123, 7)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 8.0 (24, 3)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 34.1 (71, 4)
Free-Throw Percentage: 70.8 (127, 2)
Rebound Margin: -3.2 (257, 9)
Assists Per Game: 12.7 (225, 5)
Turnovers Per Game: 13.1 (30, 2)

Recent Postseason Appearances:
2013    NIT    First Round win over Eastern Washington
2013    NIT    Second Round loss to Pacific
2012    NIT    First Round win over Cal Poly
2012    NIT    Second Round win over Utah
2012    NIT    Third Round win over Oregon State
2012    NIT    Quarterfinal loss to San Diego
2010    WBI    First Round win over Portland
2010    WBI    Second won loss to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
2007    NCAA    Round of 64 loss to Iowa State
2006    NCAA    Round of 64 win over Minnesota
2006    NCAA    Round of 32 Loss to LSU
2004    NIT    First Round win over Pepperdine
2004    NIT    Second Round loss to Creighton
2003    NCAA    Round of 64 loss to Green Bay

*all team stats through 3/6

 

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