PULLMAN, Wash. – The last week of play at Beasley Coliseum for the 2019-20 season is here for the Washington State University women's basketball, and the Cougars will open their final two-game homestand of the year on Friday, Feb. 21, against No. 8/7 UCLA. Tip-off for this Pac-12 Conference showdown is set for 7 p.m. PT on the Pac-12 Networks Los Angeles channel.

WASHINGTON STATE (11-15, 4-10)
UCLA (22-3, 11-3) | Friday, Feb. 21 | 7 p.m. PT | Beasley Coliseum
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STARTING FIVE
-> The Washington State women's basketball team will be wearing special 1979 throwback uniforms on Friday in honor of National Girls and Women in Sports Day.

-> There will also be a National Girls and Women Sports Clinic prior to Friday's game. Kids in grades K-8 are encouraged to attend this free event at the WSU Athletics Indoor Practice Facility from 5:30-6:30 p.m. on Friday. Come out and learn athletic skills from several WSU female student-athletes. All kids in attendance will receive a free ticket to Friday's WSU women's basketball game. Click the link here to register.

-> The Cougars are hoping history repeats itself on Friday when No. 8/7-ranked UCLA comes into Beasley. The last WSU win over a ranked opponent came against the Bruins back on Jan. 6, 2017, when the Cougs knocked off then No. 9/7 UCLA 82-73 in Beasley. Washington State has lost 33-straight games against top-25 ranked teams coming into Friday's matchup.

-> Washington State comes into its final weekend at home this season looking to secure a winning record inside Beasley Coliseum. The Cougars currently sit at 7-6 at Friel Court this season and need just one more victory to secure their first winning season at home since the 2016-17 campaign.

-> UCLA leads the all-time series against Washington State, 56-8. All eight of WSU's wins in the series have come in Pullman. UCLA has won four-straight games against the Cougs, which includes a 66-50 win at Pauley Pavilion back on Jan. 26 of this year. The last Washington State win in the series came back on Jan. 6, 2017, when the Cougars pulled an 82-73 upset over UCLA at Beasley.

LAST TIME OUT
The Cougars ended their Pac-12 road trip through the Arizona desert with a 72-57 loss at No. 12 Arizona. The Wildcats forced WSU in five early turnovers to build a 10-point lead halfway through the first quarter. That early stretch proved to be the difference, as WSU was only outscored by two points over the final three quarters of play against the No. 12-ranked team in the country.

Redshirt senior Borislava Hristova collected a team-high 18 points in the loss, while redshirt junior Jovana Subasic posted 11 points in her third career start.

ANOTHER RECORD OF BOBI
Redshirt senior Borislava Hristova will once again make Washington State women's basketball history on Friday, as the player known as Bobi Buckets will break the WSU women's basketball record for most career starts on Friday with the 120th start of her career.

Hristova is currently tied with Carly Noles (2010-13) for the most starts by a Washington State women's basketball player with 119 career starts.

MOLINA LOOKING FOR A REPEAT
Senior Chanelle Molina will be seeking another career performance against the Bruins this Friday. Back on Jan. 6, 2017 a then-freshman Molina scored a career-high 33 points to help the Cougs collect an 82-73 upset over No. 9/7-ranked UCLA.

HRISTOVA'S MOVING UP
Redshirt senior Borislava Hristova recently moved into 14th on the Pac-12 women's basketball all-time scoring list with 2,184 career points. The Washington State all-time leading scorer is 32 points away from moving into 13th place on the all-time Pac-12 scoring list, which is currently held by Stanford's Katie Starbird (1994-97) at 2,215 points.

LITTLE MOLINA COMING UP BIG
Sophomore Cherilyn Molina, who is the youngest of WSU's three Molina sisters, is coming off a career-high nine-point performance at No. 12 Arizona. The sophomore also matched her career-best in assists against the Wildcats, dishing out four helpers in Tucson.

MAKING HER STARTS COUNT
Redshirt junior Jovana Subasic is coming off her third career start, where she tallied 11 points at Arizona. The 6-4 post player is averaging 12.0 points per game in three career starts, over doubling her career scoring average of 5.0 points per contest.

KNOCKING THEM DOWN
Washington State's shooting prowess has been on full display throughout the 2019-20 season, as the Cougars rank inside the top-60 nationally in field goal percentage (38th; 43.9%), free throw percentage (30th: 75.3%) and 3-point field goal percentage (70th; 33.9%).

SCOUTING UCLA
The Bruins enter the week in third place in the Pac-12 standings at 11-3 through 14 league games. Overall on the year, UCLA holds a 22-3 record and checks in a No. 8 in the Associated Press Poll and No. 7 in the USA Today/WBCA Coaches Poll. The Bruins have won four of their last five games and holds a 9-2 record in away games this season.

Junior Michaela Onyenwere leads the Bruins in scoring at 19.8 points per game, which is the second-highest scoring average in the Pac-12 this season. Onyenwere is one of three double-digit scorers for UCLA. As a team, the Bruins are averaging 74.0 points per game this season on a 40.1% field goal percentage.

Defensively, UCLA is holding teams to 61.7 points per game while the opposition is shooting 38.5% against them from the field. The Bruins have applied the pressure on defense this season, as they are forcing 18.4 turnovers per game and 9.8 steals per game, both marks are the third-best in the Pac-12 in their respective categories.

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