PULLMAN, Wash. – The Washington State University women's basketball (14-15, 5-13) will be the No. 9 seed in the 2016 Pac-12 Women's Basketball Tournament and will take on No. 8 USC (18-12, 6-12), Thursday, March 3 at 6 p.m. at KeyArena at Seattle, Wash.
Washington State and USC split their regular season series, with both teams winning at home. The Cougars beat the Trojans 73-61 in Pullman, Jan. 15, but fell to the Women of Troy, 64-62, in Los Angeles, Feb. 14. The two sides have previously met three times in the conference tournament. The Trojans own a 2-1 advantage, but WSU won the most recent tournament meeting between the teams. The No. 11-seeded Cougars upset the No. 3-seeded Trojans, 69-55, in the second round of the 2012 tournament.
The winner of the game between WSU and USC will face No. 1 Oregon State, Friday, March 4 at 6 p.m. Arizona State earned the No. 2 seed, UCLA earned the No. 3 seed, and Stanford earned the No. 4 seed.
2016 Pac-12 Women's Basketball Tournament Schedule
Thursday, March 3
Game 1 – No. 7 UTAH vs. No. 10 CALIFORNIA, 11:30 a.m. PT P12N
Game 2 – No. 6 OREGON vs. No. 11 ARIZONA, 2 p.m. PT P12N
Game 3 – No. 8 USC vs. No. 9 WASHINGTON STATE, 6 p.m. PT P12N
Game 4 – No. 5 WASHINGTON vs. No. 12 COLORADO, 8:30 p.m. PT P12N
Friday, March 4
Game 5 – No. 2 ARIZONA STATE vs. No. 7/10, 11:30 a.m. PT P12N
Game 6 – No. 3 UCLA vs. No. 6/11, 2 p.m. PT P12N
Game 7 – No. 1 OREGON STATE vs. No. 8/9, 6 p.m. PT P12N
Game 8 – No. 4 STANFORD vs. No. 5/12, 8:30 p.m. PT P12N
Saturday, March 5
Semifinal No. 1, 6 p.m. PT P12N
Semifinal No. 2, 8:30 p.m. PT P12N
Sunday, March 6
Championship Game, 6 p.m. PT ESPN