Sunday Showdown With No. 9 Oregon State

Sunday, January 27

Pullman, WA

12:00 PM

Washington State University

Oregon State

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January 26, 2019 | Women's Basketball

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The Cougars take on the Beavers for the second time in January.

By: Athletic Communications

WASHINGTON STATE (7-12, 2-6)
vs #9/10 Oregon State (16-9, 6-1) | Sun., Jan. 27 | Noon
Live Stats | WSUCougars.com
Watch | P ac-12 Networks (Greg Heister & Layshia Clarendon)
Listen | WS U IMG Radio Network

OPENING FIVE
> The Cougars take on their third-straight top-10 team with #9 Oregon State coming to town Sunday. The Beavers won the first meeting, 76-69, with a late fourth quarter rally that stymied WSU's upset bid.
> WSU dropped a 79-64 decision to Oregon Friday night as the Ducks won the shootout from deep despite 29 points from Borislava Hristova.
> Borislava Hristova, a Cheryl Miller Watch List nominee, enters the week scoring 21.7 ppg, 3rd in the Pac-12 and 10th in the nation. She became the 6th Cougar all-time to reach 1,500 career points and enters the day 5th all-time in scoring at 1,504 points.
> Chanelle Molina enters the game with 100 assists on the year. She needs 23 to reach the program's single season top-10. She enters the game averaging 5.3 apg while also scoring 15.9 ppg and grabbing 5.9 rebounds (second-best on the team).
> Alexys Swedlund, the all-time leader in career and single season three-pointers enters the day needing just one triple to post another top-10 three-point season. She has 49 total on the year.

GAME INFORMATION - VS OREGON STATE
Finishing off their three-game stretch against the top-10 the Cougars take on #9 Oregon State Sunday at Beasley Coliseum. The game is the second go-around for the two teams after the Beavers took the first contest in Corvallis, 76-69, Jan. 4. The last two games between the two teams have come down to the final minute with the Beavers escaping the upset in each contest including a 63-61 overtime win last season in Pullman. Last time in Corvallis, the Beavers closed the final 4 min on a 14-4 run to beat the Cougars.
Oregon State is coming off of a 47-point win at UW Friday night when they hit 10-of-28 three-pointers to bury the Huskies.

LAST TIME OUT
Going toe-to-toe with one of the best teams in the country, Washington State found themselves outgunned in a shootout with No. 5 Oregon who used a barrage from deep in the third quarter to come away with a 79-64 win over the Cougars Friday night at Beasley Coliseum. After outshooting the Ducks in the first half to take a 34-30 lead into the break, the Cougars found themselves on the wrong side of a 17-2 run to start the second half as the Ducks found daylight behind the arc and made their open looks count to create separation in what had been a tight contest. In the loss, Borislava Hristova scored 29 while Oregon saw Satou Sabally net a career-best 33 to lead all scorers.

BOBI BUCKETS QUEST TO BE THE ALL-TIME LEADING SCORER
Etching her name among the elite all-time in WSU history, Coug scoring sensation Borislava Hristova, affectionately known as Bobi Buckets, became the 18th member of WSU's 1,000-point club on Feb. 2 at Arizona last season. She was the second fastest all-time to 1,000 points as the sophomore needed just 60 games to reach the millennial mark (the record, held by Jeanne Eggart WSU's all-time leading scorer, sits at 57 games).
With 1,514 points, Hristova is 5th in scoring in program history. Her 17.8 ppg career scoring average ranks third by less than a 10th of a percentage point for second all-time behind Lia Galdeira (17.8 ppg) and Eggart (18.4 ppg). The all-time record of 1,967 points is held by hall-of-famer Jeanne Eggart (1977-82) while Lia Galderia (2012-15) scored 1,710 points in the NCAA era.
The next Cougs on the list ahead of Hristova are:
3. 1,541 Tia Presley 2011-15
4. 1,526 Jenni Ruff 1992-96

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