WASHINGTON ST. (10-13, 3-8) at ARIZONA ST. (16-7, 7-4)
1 p.m. PT | Sunday | Feb. 4, 2018
Tempe, Ariz. | Wells Fargo Arena (14,198)
MATCHUP NOTES
The Cougs continue their road trip in Arizona with a game at Arizona State Sunday. Tempe has been a place of nightmares lately for the Cougs, not only in the loss column, but on the injury front. Last season, the Cougs fell 68-49 in Tempe. In addition to the road loss, the Cougs suffered a tough 61-58 loss in Pullman to the Sun Devils last season. The Sun Devils have won the last six meetings and are 44-18 all-time against the Cougs including a 23-6 record in Tempe. The last Coug win came at home on Jan. 3, 2014, 85-78, as the final win in a four-game winning streak for WSU over the Sun Devils. The last road win came in 2013.
LAST TIME OUT
On a night that saw
Borislava Hristova put her name among the elite in WSU history with her 1,000th career point, it was a balanced all-around attack that netted the Cougars (10-13, 3-8 Pac-12) an impressive 78-60 win over Arizona (5-17, 1-10 Pac-12) Friday night in Tucson. For Hristova, the historic bucket would come on her second shot of the night as she scored the Cougs opening points of the night en route to her 19th double-digit scoring game of the year. After falling behind in the first quarter, the Cougs went on a rampage in the second, outscoring the Wildcats 27-10 in the period to take a nine point. The rout stemmed from behind the arc as the Cougs hit 5-of-8 from deep while finishing the game with nine total threes.. The 15 minutes in the locker room would not slow the Cougs as WSU scored the first 11 points of the third and pushed their lead to as much as 21 points early in the new half. The cushion would prove important as WSU absorbed a 14-point run by the Wildcats before Hristova put an end to Arizona's comeback hopes with a four-point spurt in the final seconds of the quarter to push the lead back to double-digits. Arizona would never get back within 10 as WSU turned up the defensive pressure while spreading the ball on offense. The Cougs would hold the Wildcats to just 10 points for the second time in the game as WSU ran down the clock while running away with the victory. Fittingly, six different Cougs would score in the final quarter as
Louise Brown (13),
Caila Hailey (13),
Alexys Swedlund (11), and
Chanelle Molina (10) all joined Hristova (17) in double-figure scoring.
ABOUT THE SUN DEVILS
The Sun Devils entered the week unranked for the first time on the year but enter the day riding a two-game winning streak with victories over Cal and most recently Washington Friday night. Sitting in a tie for fourth in the Pac-12, ASU is 16-7 overall and 7-4 in conference play. Overall, the Sun Devils have been stingy defensively leading the Pac-12 at 56.7 ppg given up. Offensively, ASU averages 69.9 ppg led by Kianna Ibis at 12.8 ppg. As a team, the Sun Devils have been efficient scoring at a 45.5% clip from the field as Ibis shoot a hair under 50% from the floor at 49.8%.
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