WASHINGTON STATE (8-16, 3-10)
vs Washington (8-16, 1-11) | Fri., Feb. 15 | 7 p.m.
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OPENING FIVE
> Round 2 of the Boeing Apple Cup Series tips off Friday as the Cougs go for the season sweep of the Huskies at Beasley. The Cougs last swept the season series in 2014 the only time since the 1970s.
> WSU came up with a huge win over Arizona last time out, defeating the Wildcats 90-88 to snap a 7-game skid. The Cougs were led by Borislava Hristova and Chanelle Molina as the duo combined for 65 points in the win.
> Borislava Hristova, a Cheryl Miller Watch top-10 nominee, became the 7th player in program history to record 500+ points in a season entering the week with 505.
> Alexys Swedlund and Chanelle Molina are in a tight race for the team-lead (and possibly the single season record) for three-pointers. Swedlund has hit 57 (T6th all-time) while Molina has netted 53 (10th all-time)
> The Cougars big three of Molina (38.1 min), Hristova (35.9 min), and Swedlund (33.9) are on pace to play the most minutes in single season history with Swedlund on pace to become the only Coug to play 1,000 min in multiple seasons.

GAME INFORMATION - VS WASHINGTON  
The Cougs clash with the Huskies in round two of the Boeing Apple Cup Series in their lone contest of the week. The Cougars look for their first sweep of UW since the 2014 season, the only year WSU swept the season series since the 1970s. WSU took the first meeting, 79-76, at Seattle in Dec. behind the career effort of Borislava Hristova who scored 38 points (the third highest single game total in program history). 
The Huskies have lost seven-straight contests including falling to Arizona in what became their lone game of the week due to a snow out in Seattle Saturday. Amber Melgoza, who scored 27 in the loss to the Cougs in Dec., enters the week averaging 18.8 points per game, eighth best in the Pac-12.

LAST TIME OUT
Behind a combined 65 points out of Borislava Hristova and Chanelle Molina, Washington State (8-16, 3-10) outgunned the visiting Wildcats of Arizona (15-8, 5-7), 90-88, Saturday afternoon at Beasley Coliseum. The Cougars stars put on a show in front of their home crowd, splitting the scoring duties over the 40 minutes of action to take down the Wildcats' the nation's second leading scorer. Hristova's 37 was tied for the 4th most points in a single game by a Coug in program history.

HELPING HANDS, MOLINA BREAKS INTO THE ASSISTS TOP-10
The floor general in charge of the Cougs offense, Chanelle Molina has etched her name in the program's top-10 for assist as the junior has posted 126 assists on the year heading into the week. She currently sits at 9th all-time and is on pace for 150 assists which would put her 4th all-time.
She dished out a career-best 11 assists against Boise State, the first double-digit assist effort for a Coug since Jessica Perry's 10 vs. Gonzaga, Nov. 29, 2001.
The next Cougs on the list: 
    4. 147 Katie Nyseth 2000-01
    5. 141 Penny Bowden 1986-87
    6. 138 Darla Williamson 1990-91
    7. 131 Jenni Ruff 1993-94    
    8. 129 Charnez Brown   1988-89


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