PULLMAN, Wash. – Redshirt senior Borislava Hristova extended her double-digit scoring streak to 16 games on Sunday afternoon, while becoming the first player in Washington State women's basketball history to score 2,100 career points, in a 71-49 loss to No. 6 Stanford at Beasley Coliseum.
Hristova collected a team-best 15 points against the Cardinal to led a trio of double-digit scorers for the Cougs against the No. 6-ranked team in the country. Sunday's 15-point performance moves Hristova up to 18th on the Pac-12 Conference women's basketball's all-time scoring list with 2,113 career points. She also becomes the first WSU basketball player on either the men's or women's side to collect over 2,100 points in their Cougar career.
The player known across the conference as Bobi Buckets is now 13 points away from moving into 17th on the Pac-12 women's basketball all-time scoring list, which is currently held by Stanford's Jayne Appel (2007-10) with 2,125 points.
Redshirt junior Jovana Subasic was called upon to make the first start of her 63-game career with the Cougars. The Sabac, Serbia native responded with a 12-point, seven-rebound effort against the Cardinal. Senior Chanelle Molina rounded out the trio of double-figure scorers with 10 points and matched Subasic's rebound total with seven caroms of her own.
The loss drops the Cougars to 10-12 overall on the year. Nine of the team's 12 losses this season have come to a ranked opponent. Despite the defeat, Washington State maintains a four-way tie for seventh place in the Pac-12 standings with Colorado, Utah and Southern California.
All four teams enter play next week with a 3-7 record in Pac-12 play, as the Cougs will host both the Buffaloes (Feb. 7) and Utes (Feb. 9) next week. All six teams head of the seventh-place logjam in the Pac-12 standings are currently ranked in both the Associated Press and USA Today Coaches Polls.
The 15-point effort for Hristova extends her double-digit streak to 16 games, which breaks her tie with Jonni Gray for the fourth-longest double-figure scoring streak by a senior in Washington State women's basketball history. Gray rolled off 15 consecutive games scoring double digits during the 1988-89 season.
Stanford got out of the blocks quick against the Cougars, as they jumped out to a 19-4 lead to start the game. The Cardinal led from beginning to end on Sunday, while maintaining a double-figure lead through most of the afternoon. The No. 6-ranked team in the country led by as many as 28 points before settling for the 22-point victory.
WSU struggled to find any offensive flow on Sunday, as they were limited to 30.8% from the floor. The Cougars came into Sunday's contest hitting at least five 3-point field goals in 10 of their last 12 contests, but went 0-for-15 from behind the arc against Stanford.
Washington State continues its four-game homestand next Friday, when they host Colorado. Tip-off for this crucial Pac-12 game is set for 7 p.m. in Beasley Coliseum and will be broadcasted live on the Pac-12 Network Washington.
COUG QUOTES
Head Coach Kamie Ethridge on Today's Result: "I think we faced a better team than us today in every capacity. Stanford outplayed us in every area of the game. They are a difficult team to guard, all five players they put on the court can shoot the three. They got some three's early that we did not want to give up, and they found a comfort zone in attacking us and getting us off balance. We got some decent looks, but obviously didn't score enough to overcome that big hole early. It's hard to comeback against a team like that."
COUG NOTES
- Washington State moves to 0-67 all-time against Stanford, while they are now 0-9 against ranked teams this season.
- Redshirt junior Jovana Subasic made her first career start on Sunday. She had played all of the previous 62 games in her Cougar career as a reserve.
- Sunday marks the first time this season Washington State hasn't made a 3-point field goal in a game.
- Senior Chanelle Molina needs one more assist to get to 400 career assists. When she accomplishes the feat, she will become the first player in Washington State women's basketball history to score over 1,000 points and dish out 400 assists in their career.
- With 12 points on Sunday, redshirt junior Jovana Subasic has now posted double figures in the scoring column in 11 games this season.
- With 15 points, redshirt senior Borislava Hristova extends her double-digit scoring streak to 16 games. The forward has recorded double-digit points in all but one game this season, which came against the current No. 1-ranked South Carolina back on Nov. 29 at the Paradise Island Jam Tournament in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.