THIS WEEK IN WAC BASKETBALL - After a couple weeks of full schedules, a
light slate of games are on tap as Hawai'i, Nevada and New Mexico State are off
this week. The featured game of the week
has Fresno State (6-2) traveling to No. 2 Stanford on Sunday afternoon
while San Jose State travels to Colorado
to take on future conference member Denver on Saturday.
WAC TEAMS POST .500 RECORD - WAC teams were 8-8 last week as Fresno State
and Utah State were 2-0 and Louisiana Tech won its only game of the week at
Mississippi State, 69-61. The WAC is now
40-31 (.563) in non-conference games this season to be ranked 14th in
conference RPI. Three teams are in the
top 100 led by Nevada (67), Louisiana Tech (74) and Idaho (78).
UTAH STATE'S BROWN NAMED VERIZON WIRELESS
WAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK - Utah
State forward Ashlee Brown, a junior from Chandler, Ariz. (UC Santa Barbara),
averaged 18.0 points, 8.0 rebounds and 3.3 assists in three wins for the Aggies
last week. She opened the week last
Monday with eight points, six rebounds and six assists versus Southern
Utah. On Wednesday, she had 20 points on
10-of-11 shooting from the field and eight rebounds in a win at Utah Valley
State. In an overtime victory at
Northern Arizona on Saturday, Brown had a double-double with 26 points and 10
rebounds while adding three blocked shots.
For the week, she shot 20-of-33 (.606) from the field. After a 0-4 start, the Aggies have now won
four in a row, the WAC's longest active streak.
The award is the first for Brown in her career and first for an Aggie
player this season.
Others nominated:
Janie Bos, Sr., F, Boise State - posted two double-doubles with 15.5 points and 13.5 rebounds in
a split of two games last week. She had
19 points and 13 rebounds in a loss versus Oregon and added 12 points and 14
rebounds in a win over Seattle. She shot
.722 from the field (13-18) and also dished out seven assists in the two games.
Rosie Moult, So., F, Fresno State - averaged 14.0 points and 9.0 rebounds in a
pair of wins. She grabbed a career-high
12 rebounds versus Pacific and added a season-high 23 points versus TCU.
Kamilah Jackson, Fr., F, Hawai'i - had two double-doubles on the road with a
career-high 22 points and 10 rebounds to go along with five steals versus
Portland State and then added 18 points and 18 rebounds versus Portland. She was 18-of-27 (.667) from the field.
Derisa Taleni, Sr., G/F, Idaho - had 17 points and nine rebounds in the game at Wyoming.
Whitney Jones, Sr., G, Louisiana Tech - scored a season-high 20 points, including
18 in the second half, in the win at Mississippi State. She was 4-of-6 from three-point range in the
game.
Tabytha Wampler, Jr., F, New Mexico State - averaged 18.0 points and 11.0 rebounds in
a split of two games. Against Cal State
Northridge, she scored a career-high 26 points and added 14 rebounds. She was 10-of-23 from the field and 16-of-20
from the free throw line in the two games.
BOISE STATE'S PRESNELL GETS WIN 500 - Boise State beat Seattle last Saturday,
66-57, to give Gordy Presnell his 500th win as a head coach. He became the 71st coach in NCAA history to
reach 500 victories and currently has a record of 500-189 (.726). Earlier in the season, Presnell won his 100th
game with the Broncos after Boise State beat Southern Utah, 91-80, on Nov. 16.
ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAMS - WAC teams have played in several tournament
this season. Below is a list of players
named to all-tournament teams.
Hawai'i
Breanna
Arbuckle -Jack in the Box Rainbow Wahine Classic (MVP)
Keisha
Kanekoa-Jack in the Box Rainbow Wahine Classic
Keisha
Kanekoa-Waikiki Beach Marriott Rainbow Wahine Showdown
Idaho
Yinka
Olorunnife-Oregon Tournament
Derisa
Taleni-Oregon Tournament
Nevada
Shavon
Moore-Nugget Classic (MVP)
Tahnee
Robinson-Nugget Classic
ESPNU TO TELEVISE FOUR GAMES IN 2010-11
SEASON - ESPNU will
televise four WAC women's basketball games during the 2010-11 season. The
network will televise three regular-season WAC women's basketball match-ups and
will also air the championship game of the WAC Tournament, held at the Orleans
Arena in Las Vegas, Nev.
The complete schedule:
Thursday, Jan. 6-Idaho at Nevada, 8 p.m. (PT)
Thursday, Jan. 13-Louisiana Tech at Fresno State, 6 p.m. (PT)
Monday, Feb. 28-Louisiana Tech at Nevada, 8 p.m. (PT)
Saturday, March 12-WAC Tournament Championship, 1 p.m. (PT)
ORLEANS ARENA IN LAS VEGAS TO HOST WAC
TOURNAMENT - The
2011 WAC Basketball Tournament will be held March 9-12 at the Orleans Arena in
Las Vegas. It will feature a new format from year's past, rewarding teams based
on regular-season success, giving the top two teams byes into the tournament
semifinals. Under the format, the tournament will begin on Wednesday with two
men's games and two women's games featuring the No. 5 seed against the No. 8
seed and No. 6 vs. No. 7. The winners then advance to Thursday's quarterfinal
matchups to play the No. 4 and No. 3 seeds. The winners of those games then advance
to Friday's semifinals against the top two seeds.