WASHINGTON STATE (0-6, 0-0 WCC) vs. Miami (OH) (4-2, 0-0 MAC)
Friday, Nov. 28, 2025 // 2:30 p.m. PT
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands // Elridge Wilburn Blake Sports and Fitness Center
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WASHINGTON STATE vs. Marist (2-3, 0-0 MAAC) -OR- WASHINGTON STATE vs. LSU (6-0, 0-0 SEC)
Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025 // 2 p.m. or 4:30 p.m. PT
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands // Elridge Wilburn Blake Sports and Fitness Center
Watch | ESPN+
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Washington State women's basketball is at the Paradise Jam and will open up the Reef Division bracket against Miami (OH) on Friday, Nov. 28 at 2:30 p.m. PT. The following day, Saturday, Nov. 29, WSU will play either LSU or Marist at either 2 p.m. PT or 4:30 p.m. PT. Both games will be broadcast live on ESPN+.

NEXT UP
The Cougars will conclude their long road trip at BYU on Wednesday, Dec. 3. The game will be broadcast live on ESPN+.

ABOUT WASHINGTON STATE
WSU hasn't started the season off as they had hoped, due to an injury bug that has been going around. Injury has kept starting center and leading shot blocker Alex Covill off the court for several games, and held starting guard and leading scorer Eleonora Villa to limited minutes in a couple of games while the team navigates a difficult non-conference schedule. The Cougars returned six from its 2024-25 roster, including its leading scorer Eleonora Villa and its leading shot blocker Alex Covill, along with Charlotte Abraham, Marta Alsina, Jean Chiu, and last year's redshirt Keandra Koorits. Newcomers to this team include transfers Mackenzie Chatfield and Lauren Glazier (played at WSU 2022-23), along with incoming freshmen Malvina Haziri, Tahara Magassa, Malia Ruud, and Tanja Valancic.

RECORD BOOK CLIMBERS AND MILESTONE CHASERS
>> Eleonora Villa has 1,027 career points, 22nd all-time in program history.
>> Villa has 106 career made threes, 27 away from joining the WSU all-time top-10 list.
>> Villa also has made 408 career field goals, 92 from 500.
>> At 2,510 career minutes played, Villa is 490 away from 3,000 and 813 from top-10 all-time at WSU.
>> Alex Covill has 118 career blocks, seventh all-time in program history.
>> Covill also has 198 career rebounds, 52 away from 250, and 337 career points, 163 from 500.
>> Head Coach Kamie Ethridge has 199 career wins as a head coach, one away from 200.

SERIES HISTORY
This will be the first meeting between Washington State and Miami (OH). Looking ahead to Saturday's game, if they face Marist, that will be their first meeting, but if they face LSU, that will be their third meeting all-time. WSU is 0-2 against LSU, falling to them 87-50 on Nov. 29, 2002, and before that, lost 78-59 on Dec. 18, 1981.

HOT START FOR THE FRESHMEN
Redshirt freshman Keandra Koorits scored 23 points in her WSU debut on Nov. 3, the most by a WSU freshman since Charlisse Leger-Walker (23 pts, 1/1/21). Koorits inaugural performance is also good for the fourth-most points in a freshman debut in program history, and the most since Lia Galdeira scored 33 at Minnesota in her debut on 11/10/12. Galdiera's 33 points stands as the most in program history both by a freshman, and in a debut.

True Freshman Malia Ruud has burst onto the scene early, averaging 10.7 points over 28.7 minutes per game, including an impressive game-high 11 points against Stanford (11/14) and a career-best 19 against Oregon (11/19). She is 27-of-57 from the field, shooting 47.4 percent with 24 rebounds, six blocks and five steals through six games this season.

RUUD A TOP SCORER AMONG FRESHMEN
True freshman forward Malia Ruud's .474 field goal percentage (27-of-57) is 17th in the nation among all freshmen with 25 or more made field goals, and 16th among true freshmen.

YOUNGEST IN THE FAMILY
Freshman guard Malvina Haziri from Kosovo is the youngest active player in NCAA Division I basketball at 16 years old. She will turn 17 on Dec. 30, 2025.

PRESEASON POLL
The Cougs were picked to finish third by the WCC coaches and media this year, the second-best conference preseason pick in program history after being picked second ahead of last year's 2024-25 second-place prediction. Prior to that WSU was picked fifth in 2023-24 (Pac-12) and 1991-92 (Pac-10).

ETHRIDGE INKS EXTENSION
WSU Athletics announced on March 4 that Head Coach Kamie Ethridge has signed a one-year contract extension keeping her in Pullman through the 2030-31 season.

Single-game tickets for the 2025 women's basketball season are on sale now. Fans wishing to purchase tickets can click on the link HERE, visit wsucougars.com to order online, or call the WSU Athletics Ticket Office at 1-800-GO-COUGS.

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