#10/10 STANFORD (17-3, 7-1) vs WASHINGTON STATE (8-11, 3-5)
8:00 p.m. | Friday | Jan. 27, 2017
Pullman, Wash. | Beasley Coliseum (11,671)

SERIES HISTORY
The Cougs continue their home stand with a weekend against Stanford and Cal. The two contests against the Pac-12's Bay Area schools will be the only meetings between the Cougs and the two schools due to the unbalanced conference schedule. Stanford comes to town on Friday night to face WSU. The Cardinal enter the week tied for first in the Pac-12 with just one loss on their record in conference play. The Cougs have never beaten the Cardinal in 60 attempts. Stanford's lone conference loss came in double-overtime at home to Oregon State. 

LAST TIME OUT
Playing their lone game of the week, the Washington State women's basketball team could not find their offensive game against one of the nation's top teams as the Cougars fell to No. 8/7 Washington, 87-44, Sunday afternoon at Beasley Coliseum. The loss was the second of the season for the Cougars (8-11, 3-5 Pac-12) against the Huskies (19-2, 7-1 Pac-12) who kept a hold of their top spot in the Pac-12 heading into the second half of conference play. From the outset the Cougars knew it was not going to be their day against the high-powered Huskies as WSU started just 1-of-13 from the floor despite finding open looks. In the second half, the Cougars found a little bit of success on the offensive end of the floor led by their freshman in the post, Kayla Washington, who came up with 11 points in 11 minutes. Washington's 11-points led the Cougars on the day and marked the young forward's second-straight double-digit effort. The Cougars would finish the contest shooting a season-low 25.4% (18-of-71) from the floor while the Huskies finished at 48.3% (28-of-58). Despite the shots not falling for the Cougars, the game proved to be relatively clean for both sides as WSU committed a season-low eight turnovers while forcing the Huskies into just 12.

ABOUT THE CARDINAL
Stanford is led by Erica McCall who is averaging 16.3 points per game while grabbing a team-best 8.7 rebounds per contest. McCall, on watch lists for the Naismith Trophy, Wade Trophy and Wooden Award, became Stanford's 37th 1,000-point scorer earlier this season. The Cardinal come in as the second-best offense in the Pac-12 averaging 75.8 points per game while allowing just 56.3 points per game to their opponents. Head Coach Tara VanDerveer owns a 997-228 record and is three victories away from joining Pat Summitt as the only NCAA women's basketball coaches with 1,000 wins.