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Cougs to Celebrate Their Seniors Sunday Against Cal

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WSU will play the final game of the regular season at Beasley.

WASHINGTON STATE (9-19, 4-13)
vs Cal (17-11, 8-9) | Sun., Mar. 3 | Noon
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OPENING FIVE
> The Cougs play their final game of the regular season against Cal Sunday. The game marks the first of two-straight against the Bears as the two are locked into the 7/10 game in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament Thursday in Vegas.
> WSU fell 67-42 to Stanford Friday night as the Cardinal took advantage of a rough offensive night out of the WSU's vets who combined for just 16 points.
> Borislava Hristova, a Cheryl Miller Watch top-10 nominee, enters the game 20th in the country in scoring and third in the Pac-12 at 20.2 ppg. She has amassed 566 points on the season as she is in reach of a 600 pt season for WSU.
> The Cougars have put together one of the best shooting campaigns in program history as WSU enters the game making 43.7% of their shots, 2nd best in WSU history (record is 44.5% in 1991-92). The last time WSU shot over 40% from the field was in 2013-14 when the Cougs shot exactly 40.0%. Behind the arc WSU has posted a 35.4 shooting%.
> Chanelle Molina set the program record for minutes played with 1,061 after Friday's game. She is seventh in the nation in mpg at 37.9, a program record by nearly two minutes per contest.

GAME INFORMATION - VS CAL
The Cougs enter the final game of the regular season with a matchup against Cal. The game on Sunday will mark the first of two-straight matchups between the two teams who will meet in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament Thursday in Vegas as the 7/10 seeds. Cal took the first meeting between the two sides in January in Berkeley, 77-63, pulling away in the fourth quarter. Kristine Anigwe led the way with 29 points and 23 rebounds while the Cougs Borislava Hristova finished with 21 points. Cal has won the last three games against the Cougars including a 67-54 win in Pullman last year. WSU's last victory came in Pullman, 84-79, two seasons ago. Cal is coming off a 71-65 win at Washington Friday night.

LAST TIME OUT
On a night the Cougars big three did not have their A-games, Washington State (9-19, 4-13) struggled to keep pace with No. 7 Stanford (24-4, 14-3) as the Cardinal pulled away for a 67-42 win Friday night at Beasley Coliseum. While Cougar vets struggled, the freshmen did all they could to keep the Cougs within reach of the Cardinal led by the efforts of Ula Motuga who scored a team-high 10 points. Stanford put three in double-figures with Dijonai Carrington scoring 19 points to go with eight rebounds and five assist. All-American Alanna Smith came up with the double-double with 18 points and a game-high 11 rebounds while Kiana Williams added 11 points, four rebounds, and four assists. The Coug stars combined for just 16 points in the loss.

ALEXYS THREE-DLUND
Already the single-season three-point queen with 75 as a sophomore, senior Alexys Swedlund became the program's career record holder on Sunday, Nov. 11, when the sharp-shooter hit her 162nd career three-pointer. The record three was her fifth of the game and pushed the senior passed Katie (Appleton) Bohnoff (2005-09) in the Cougar annuals.  
Every game Swedlund extends her record entering the week with 222. 
She hit a career-high seven three-pointers against Wichita State to close nonconference play, a mark which ranked tied for No. 2 in single game WSU history.
She is currently shooting 38.9% (65-of-167) from deep. Her 2.32 3PT per game ranks 5th in the Pac-12. Her 65 ranks 4th most in WSU history.

KOSTOURKOVA ON THE GLASS
Playing her final season, Cougar center Maria Kostourkova has put together a career year on the glass as the senior is averaging 7.8 rebounds per game, eighth best in the Pac-12. Against Nebraska, Kostourkova set a career high with 19 rebounds, breaking her previous best of 14 set the game prior. Her 19 rebounds tied for the third-most in a single game in program history.
The senior has posted 624 rebounds in her career, 9th most in WSU history.
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