WASHINGTON STATE (4-4, 0-0 WCC) VS (RV) OREGON (6-2, 0-0 BIG TEN)
Wednesday, Dec. 4 // 7 p.m. PT
Eugene, Ore. // Matthew Knight Arena
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After spending the Thanksgiving holiday in Puerto Rico, Washington State women's basketball is back in the Northwest to play Oregon in Eugene, Ore. on Wednesday, Dec. 4 at 7 p.m. The game will be broadcast live on Big Ten Plus.

NEXT UP
The Cougars return home after a month of playing on the road to host BYU on Friday, Dec. 13 at 6 p.m. and Saint Martin's on Sunday, Dec. 15 at 12 p.m. noon. Both games will be broadcast live on ESPN+.

ABOUT WASHINGTON STATE
WSU is 4-4 to start the 2024-25 season after home wins over Eastern Washington and Idaho, and a pair of wins in Puerto Rico over Norfolk State and Virginia. Through eight games, the Cougs are shooting .395 from the field and .301 from deep while averaging 65.6 points per game. Defensively, the team is currently third in the nation averaging 7.0 blocks per game.

RECORD BOOK CLIMBERS AND MILESTONE CHASERS
>> Tara Wallack has 967 career points, 33 away from 1,000, and with 487 rebounds, is 13 away from 500.
>> Wallack ranks sixth all-time at WSU with 121 career blocks.
>> Head Coach Kamie Ethridge has 99 wins at WSU, 1 away from 100, and with 182 career wins, is 18 from 200.

SERIES HISTORY
This will be the 95th meeting all-time between the Cougars and Ducks with UO leading the series 72-22. WSU has won each of their last three matchups (2023-current), but before that, Oregon had won eight-straight (2017-2022).

NEW FACES, NEW PLACES
WSU has six players this season earning minutes for the first time in a Cougar uniform as junior transfer Jean Chiu, redshirt freshman Candace Kpetikou, and true freshmen Charlotte Abraham, Marta Alsina, Alice Dart and Dayana Mendes have all made an impact already in 2024-25. Of these new faces, Abraham and Mendes have accrued the most minutes thus far, averaging 18.4 and 15.8 minutes, respectively. Abraham is shooting 34.1 percent from the floor and 30.8 percent from deep, while Mendes is averaging 9.3 points and 4.8 rebounds per game while shooting at a 41.3 clip from the floor. Alsina and Dart have also made their presence known. Alsina is a plus defender with four steals at 12.0 minutes per game, and Dart is averaging 3.3 points and 1.3 rebounds over 7.9 minutes per game.

STACKING BLOCKS
WSU has been one of the top blocking teams in the nation, ranking third in both total blocks (56) and blocks per game (7.0), behind only Kentucky (72 blks, 10.3 bkpg) and TCU (62 blks, 7.8 bkpg). The team's 56 blocks leads the WCC by a margin of 15 blocks over Pacific (41), and its 7.0 blocks per game is nearly two whole blocks ahead of the Tigers (5.1).

COUGS IN THE RANKINGS
The Cougs look to climb back into the rankings this season after having been ranked as high as number 21 last year. Washington State was voted to the Preseason Associated Press Top-25 Poll for the first time in program history, appearing at No. 24 in the preseason poll. WSU was picked to finish second by the WCC coaches and media, the best preseason pick in program history after being picked fifth ahead of the 2023-24 (Pac-12) and 1991-92 (Pac-10) seasons.

ETHRIDGE INKS EXTENSION
WSU Director of Athletics Anne McCoy announced this past April that Ethridge has signed a one-year contract extension keeping her in Pullman through the 2029-30 season. "Since her arrival in 2018, Kamie has solidified Washington State women's basketball as a destination where student-athletes can receive a world-class education while competing at the highest levels," said McCoy. "Her leadership has resulted in historic seasons for WSU, including this most recent campaign when WSU reached the postseason for the fourth-consecutive year, marking another program first. We are thrilled Kamie shares the same love and passion for Washington State that so many of us do and excited she will be leading our program for many years to come." Coach Ethridge has continued to raise the bar every season she has been on the Palouse. The Hall of Famer has brought her winning ways to Pullman, quickly elevating the WSU women's basketball program into the upper echelon of the college women's basketball landscape. Ethridge has guided Washington State to four straight postseason tournament appearances, and its first back-to-back 20-win seasons.

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