LOUISIANA TECH FALLS TO FLORIDA STATE IN NCAA TOURNAMENT
Florida State used a 10-0 run over the final 90 seconds of the game to pull away and defeat Louisiana Tech 75-61 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Shanavia Dowdell, the two-time WAC Player of the Year, scored 22 of her game-high 28 points in the first half. Tech shot 50 percent (16-of-32) from the field in the opening half while out-rebounding Florida State 23-15, including 12 offensive rebounds. Florida State, which tried to guard LA Tech man-to-man in the first half, played entirely zone over the final 20 minutes of basketball and the change proved successful. With Dowdell sandwiched between two and three Seminoles, LA Tech hit only 5-of-30 field goals in the second half for 17 percent. Dowdell recorded her 22nd double-double of the season with 28 points and 12 rebounds while Jasmine Bendolph added 11 points and four assists.
FRESNO STATE LOSES TO FINAL FOUR TEAM BAYLOR IN FIRST ROUND OF NCAA TOURNAMENT
Brittney Griner’s presence helped keep Fresno State away from the basket as the Bulldogs fell 69-55 to Final Four team Baylor in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The Bulldogs shot just 34 percent (21-of-61) from the field and 29 percent (10-of-34) from three-point range on the game. Hayley Munro and Emma Andrews each scored 13 points to lead Fresno State.
NEVADA DROPS WNIT GAME AT WYOMING
Nevada fell 74-53 to Wyoming in the first round of the WNIT in Laramie, Wyo., in front of 3,547 fans. Shavon Moore led Nevada with 16 points, while Kayla Williams added nine. Amanda Johnson recorded a team-high seven rebounds. The Pack shot 31 percent (21-of-67) from the floor in the game. Marianne Lombardi became Nevada’s all-time leader in games played with 125, passing Dellena Criner who played in 124 career games for Nevada. As a team, the Pack set the program record for points in a season with 2,086, passing the 1999-00 team that recorded 2,050. Nevada also set a program record for free throws made in a season with 483, passing the 1999-00 team that recorded 482. Moore, the active career leader who entered the game with 498 rebounds, recorded her 500th career board against Wyoming as she finished the game with 504 rebounds.
NM STATE FALLS AT ARIZONA STATE IN FIRST ROUND OF WNIT
New Mexico State fell 84-61 at Arizona State in the first round of the WNIT at Wells Fargo Arena in Tempe, Ariz. Jasmine Lowe led NM State with 20 points, while Danisha Corbett posted 12. Crystal Boyd scored nine points and had two steals and a pair of rebounds in her final game as an Aggie. Arizona State used full court pressure the majority of the game against the Aggies to help force 22 Aggie turnovers leading to 29 Sun Devil points. ASU’s size in the post led the home team to the line 39 times where the Sun Devils drained 28 of those attempts. NM State made six of only eight attempts at the charity stripe. ASU finished with a 38-18 advantage in the paint and 46-16 margin in bench points.
DOWDELL DRAFTED BY MYSTICS IN SECOND ROUND OF WNBA DRAFT
Louisiana Tech forward Shanavia Dowdell was the 18th overall selection by the Washington Mystics in the 2010 WNBA draft. Mystics General Manager Angela Taylor said that the organization has been watching Dowdell all year. Dowdell averaged 18.0 points and 12.4 rebounds per game as a senior while shooting 54 percent from the field and 66 percent from the free throw line. She ranked third in the country in rebounding and led the country with 22 double-doubles. In seven games against NCAA Tournament teams this season, she averaged 19.3 points and 12.9 rebounds while shooting 56 percent from field and 84 percent from the free throw line. Dowdell adds her name to a long line of Lady Techsters to be taken in the WNBA Draft as she is the 14th LA Tech player selected and the 20th to make it to the league since its inception in 1997. The 6-2 Dowdell ended her Tech career ranked 15th in scoring with 1,599 points and 10th in rebounding with 1,025 boards. She also ranks ninth in career blocks with 146.
ROSS NAMED HONORABLE MENTION ALL-AMERICAN
Fresno State’s Jaleesa Ross was named an honorable mention All-American by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA). She becomes the first Fresno State player ever to receive the honor. The Bulldogs have now had two All-Americans in the last three years as Tierre Wilson earned honorable mention All-America honors by the Associated Press in 2007-08.
A three-time all-WAC honoree, Ross was named the WAC Defensive Player of the Year. She averaged 17.4 points and scored 592 points, the second-most points scored in a season by a Bulldog. During the season, she became the Fresno State career three-pointer leader, breaking Lindsay Logan’s record of 272. She now has 287 treys on her career and needs nine to move into third place in the WAC record books. She also broke her own single-season record by hitting 103 this year. The 103 three-pointers ties Utah’s Julie Krommenhoek for the second-most in a year in WAC history.
WIGGINS NAMED REGION COACH OF THE YEAR
After leading his team to its first-ever at-large berth in the NCAA Tournament, Fresno State head coach Adrian Wiggins was selected as the WBCA Region 7 Coach of the Year. Wiggins led the Bulldogs to a perfect 16-0 record in conference play and the WAC regular-season title. Fresno State notched its highest RPI in school history (27) and has posted a school-record 27 wins. The team also won 19 straight games.
WEATHERSPOON NAMED WBCA ROOKIE COACH OF THE YEAR
Louisiana Tech head coach Teresa Weatherspoon was honored by the WBCA as the 2010 Maggie Dixon Division I Rookie Coach of the Year. The award honors a WBCA Division I head coach who has led their team to a successful season during their first year at the helm. In her first full season at LA Tech, Weatherspoon led the Lady Techsters to a 23-9 mark, a second-place regular-season finish in the WAC and the WAC Tournament title. Her team went on to make its first appearance in the NCAA Tournament since 2006. LA Tech went an impressive 10-4 on the road this year, and of the nine losses the Lady Techsters had on the season, four came by four points or less, including a four-point loss to Sweet 16 participant Mississippi State, a three-point loss to NCAA Tournament participant LSU and a 10-point loss to Final Four participant Baylor.
The Maggie Dixon Rookie Coach of the Year award is in honor of the late Maggie Dixon, former Army head coach, whose success during her inaugural year at the Army helm was remarkable. The Black Knights won the Patriot League title in 2006 and Dixon was named the Patriot League Coach of the Year after leading Army to the NCAA Tournament for the first time at the NCAA Division I level. Coach Dixon passed away on April 6, 2006, just a few weeks following their appearance in the NCAA Tournament.
MUNRO SCORES 1,000TH POINT IN NCAA TOURNAMENT GAME
Fresno State junior Hayley Munro hit a three-pointer with 1:26 remaining in the NCAA Tournament game against Baylor to move her career total to 1,001. She became the second Bulldog this season to reach the milestone, as Jaleesa Ross scored her 1,000th point vs. Boston College on Nov. 27, 2009.
DOWDELL, ROSS NAMED TO ALL-REGION TEAM
Louisiana Tech’s Shanavia Dowdell and Fresno State’s Jaleesa Ross have been named to the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) All-Region 7 Team. They are two of four honorees in the region and two of 52 honorees nationwide. On Tuesday, March 23, the 52 candidates will be cut to 40 finalists who will be in the running for selection to the 10-member State Farm Coaches’ All-America Team.
LA TECH WINS 2010 WAC TOURNAMENT
Louisiana Tech defeated Fresno State 68-66 to claim the 2010 WAC Tournament championship. The title marks LA Tech’s fifth overall WAC Tournament championship and first since 2006. Shanavia Dowdell was named tournament MVP after scoring a game-high 20 points and pulling down a game-high 19 rebounds. Whitney Jones had 13 points for Tech, while Tarkeisha Wysinger and Adrienne Johnson each had 10. Hayley Munro led Fresno State with 15 points and Jaleesa Ross helped with 14.
All-Tournament Team
Shanavia Dowdell, Louisiana Tech (MVP)
Adrienne Johnson, Louisiana Tech
Hayley Munro, Fresno State
Jaleesa Ross, Fresno State
Yinka Olorunnife, Idaho
FRESNO STATE SETS FOUR WAC TOURNAMENT RECORDS
Top-seeded Fresno State set several WAC Tournament records. The Bulldogs set records for three-pointers in a tournament (32), three-pointers in a game (13 vs. Idaho), free throw percentage in a tournament (.868, 33-of-38) and free throw percentage in a game (1.000, 13-of-13 vs. Idaho). The team also fell just shy of the tournament single-game rebounding record of 60, pulling down 59 vs. Idaho.
IDAHO’S OLORUNNIFE SETS WAC TOURNAMENT RECORD FOR FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE
Idaho junior Yinka Olorunnife set the WAC Tournament record for field goal percentage in a tournament. She was 18-of-25 for a .720 shooting percentage over two games.
LA TECH’S DOWDELL BREAKS WAC REBOUNDING RECORD
Louisiana Tech’s Shanavia Dowdell, the two-time WAC Player of the Year, set the WAC career rebounding record with 975 at the 18:59 mark of the first half in her team’s win over Utah State in the quarterfinals of the WAC Tournament. Three days later, the senior became the first WAC player ever to eclipse 1,000 boards with her board at the 5:14 mark of the first half in the championship game against Fresno State. She closed out her career with 1,025. Dowdell also ranks seventh all-time in the WAC with 656 field goals made.
WAC ALL-DECADE TEAM ANNOUNCED
The WAC conducted an online vote for the All-Decade Women’s Basketball Team. More than 300 fans participated and voted on players that had been on at least two all-WAC teams between 2000 and 2010. Louisiana Tech’s Cheryl Ford was the leading vote getter with 200 votes. Joining her on the team are Techsters Shan Moore, Tasha Williams and Shanavia Dowdell. Rounding out the group is Fresno State’s Jaleesa Ross.
ALL-WAC HONORS ANNOUNCED
The 2009-10 all-WAC teams were named, following a vote of the WAC’s head coaches. Louisiana Tech’s Shanavia Dowdell headlined the awards, earning the WAC Player of the Year honor for the second year in a row.
Dowdell, a 6-1 senior forward from Calera, Ala. (Calera HS), became the fifth player in WAC history to earn the award in back-to-back seasons. She led the WAC in scoring (17.9) and rebounding (12.4), and ranked second in field goal percentage (.520) and fifth in blocks (1.29). She also tallied a WAC-best 20 double-doubles, including 14 of 16 conference games, and was named WAC Player of the Week four times.
Fresno State head coach Adrian Wiggins earned WAC Coach of the Year honors for the second time in his career. Wiggins led the Bulldogs to a perfect 16-0 record in WAC play, becoming the first WAC team since Louisiana Tech in 2002-03 to accomplish the feat.
Fresno State’s Jaleesa Ross earned the WAC’s Defensive Player of the Year honor. A 5-8 guard from Pinole, Calif. (Pinole Valley HS), she led the league with 2.94 steals per game in WAC play. Ross was also named first team all-WAC and to the all-Defensive team.
Nevada’s Tahnee Robinson was the WAC’s Newcomer of the Year. Robinson, a 5-9 junior guard from Fort Washakie, Wyo. (Sheridan College), became the second Nevada player to receive the honor. In WAC play, Robinson ranked third in the conference in scoring with 17.8 points per game, third in three-point field goal percentage (.436), seventh in field goal percentage (.485) and 10th in free throw percentage (.732). She reached double-digit scoring in 19 of the 21 games she played, including 15 of 16 WAC games.
Player of the Year: Shanavia Dowdell, Louisiana Tech
Defensive Player of the Year: Jaleesa Ross, Fresno State
Newcomer of the Year: Tahnee Robinson, Nevada
Coach of the Year: Adrian Wiggins, Fresno State
FRESNO STATE COMPLETES PERFECT SEASON IN WAC PLAY
After going a perfect 16-0 in WAC play, Fresno State claimed the WAC regular-season title and the top seed in the WAC Tournament. The Bulldogs became the fourth team ever to post an undefeated mark in WAC play. Fresno State’s previous best record in the WAC was 14-2, posted in 2007-08 and 2005-06.
ROSS BREAKS SCHOOL RECORD FOR CAREER THREE-POINTERS MADE
Fresno State’s Jaleesa Ross set the school record for three-pointers in a career at the 14:32 mark at Boise State on Feb. 27, giving Fresno State a 64-40 lead. Ross hit three treys in the game and now has 287 for her career. Ross’ total also ranks second in the WAC record books. At her current pace, Ross would finish her career right around the WAC record of 365, held by Becky Hammon of Colorado State.
DOWDELL TOPS NATION IN DOUBLE-DOUBLES, THIRD IN REBOUNDING
Reigning WAC Player of the Year Shanavia Dowdell led the nation with 22 doubles-doubles, including 14 of the 16 WAC games. She also ranked third nationally in rebounding (12.4), 28th in field goal percentage (52.7) and 40th in scoring (18.0).
FRESNO STATE RANKED FIFTH IN FINAL ESPN MID-MAJOR TOP 10
Fresno State was ranked fifth in the final ESPN.com Mid-Major Poll. Graham Hays had this to say about the Bulldogs: “The Bulldogs have a distinct style and one they execute well, averaging nearly 25 3-point attempts and forcing 20 turnovers per game. They aren’t necessarily equipped to win games in March in the paint -- they were out-rebounded in four of their five high-profile losses, often by significant margins -- but they still finished with a positive rebounding margin for the season. That accomplishment, combined with the perfect conference record, seems suggestive of a team that isn’t going to lose focus or beat itself. Junior star Jaleesa Ross fits that bill, doing pretty much everything well.”
HARRIS ENDS CAREER IN WAC TOP 10 IN CAREER SCORING, FREE THROWS
Boise State senior Tasha Harris closed out her career with 1,751 career points, good for ninth place all-time in the WAC. She also had 483 made free throws on her career, good for fifth place all-time in the WAC.
VAN HOOGEN SEVENTH ON WAC STEALS CHART
Boise State senior Jessica Van Hoogen had 288 steals on her career, good for seventh place all-time in the WAC career record books.
JOHNSON BECOMES UTAH STATE’S CAREER BLOCKED SHOTS LEADER
Utah State senior Nicole Johnson recorded her 128th career block at the 19:07 mark of the second half at Nevada on Feb. 13 when she blocked a Shavon Moore jumper. In doing so, she took sole possession of the Aggie career record for blocked shots. Johnson now has 133 career blocks and 48 blocks this season, which places her tied for third on USU’s single-season charts.
BOISE STATE’S HARRIS, VAN HOOGEN NAMED ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT
Boise State’s Tasha Harris and Jessica Van Hoogen were named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Team as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Harris was named to the District 8 first team, while Van Hoogen was named to the second team.
NM STATE’S SPENCE SCORES 1,000TH POINT
New Mexico State junior Madison Spence poured in 14 points to surpass the 1,000-point career mark in the waning moments of the team’s 64-60 loss to Nevada Jan. 30. Coming into the game, Spence needed just 11 points to reach 1,000 in her time in the Crimson and White. After Nevada took its first lead of the game, 56-55, with 1:23 remaining Spence sank a shot from the lane on NM State’s next possession to reach the millennial mark with 67 ticks on the clock. Spence became the 17th player at NM State to attain 1,000 points in her career and just the seventh Aggie to accomplish the feat prior to her senior year.
JOHNSON NETS 1,000TH POINT, 500TH REBOUND IN SAME GAME
At the 8:30 mark of the second half at San Jose State on Jan. 13, Adrienne Johnson hit two free throws to become the 39th Lady Techster to ever score 1,000 points in a career. She also pulled down her 500th career rebound in the game.
NM STATE BEATS NO. 21 KANSAS FOR THIRD WIN OVER RANKED TEAM
New Mexico State’s Crystal Boyd connected on her second free throw at the line with 0.8 seconds remaining, then swatted away the final inbound pass to seal a 61-60 upset of No. 21 Kansas on Jan. 3. The victory marked the Aggies’ first win over a ranked opponent in exactly five years and third ever. Boyd scored a career-high 25 points, including 20 of NM State’s 34 first-half points, to go along with team-high eight rebounds in the contest.
CODDINGTON NABS WAC-RECORD 13 STEALS VS. WEBER STATE
Utah State’s Alice Coddington nabbed a WAC-record 13 steals on Dec. 21 against Weber State, surpassing the previous record of 11 held by Nevada’s Cherlanda Franklin and BYU’s Tomika Young. The Utah State record was 12 steals set by Carol Garrison in 1981. Coddington added 13 points for her first double-double of the season. The record-breaking steal came with 5:24 remaining in the game, while the 13 is one shy of the NCAA record.
SJSU UPSETS CAL, POSTS FIRST WIN OVER RANKED TEAM SINCE 1983
Chasity Shavers scored a career-high 32 points and made three free throws in the final 34 seconds to give San Jose State a 68-66 upset of No. 22 California on Dec. 9. Shavers finished 11-of-19 from the field and had eight rebounds, while Samantha Marez added 13 points. The last known time the Spartans beat a nationally-ranked opponent was Feb. 5, 1983, when San Jose State upended then-No. 17 Oregon State, 69-56.
ROSS SCORES 1,000TH POINT VS. BOSTON COLLEGE
Jaleesa Ross became the 16th Fresno State player ever to reach the 1,000-point plateau when she scored a career-high 33 points in a loss to Boston College Nov. 27. It was the first time a Bulldog scored 30 points or more in game since Chantella Perera scored 33 on Jan. 25, 2007. Ross was 12-for-27 from the field and hit six three-pointers en route to all-tournament team honors at the SMU Hoops For The Cure Tournament.
LA TECH WINS PACK THE HOUSE CHALLENGE
For the third straight year, Louisiana Tech was selected as the NCAA Pack the House Challenge winner for the WAC. With the selection as the WAC winner of the event, LA Tech joined Hartford of the America East Conference as the only two athletic departments to have won the award all three years. LA Tech drew 4,924 fans for its non-conference game against LSU, its largest home crowd of the season.
KEY NON-CONFERENCE MATCHUPS
The nine WAC teams played several key non-conference matchups this season, including 47 games against teams that were selected to the NCAA Tournament or the WNIT this year.
BOISE STATE BRONCOS (19-12, 8-8 WAC)
The No. 6-seed Broncos fell 64-59 to host and third-seeded Nevada in the quarterfinals of the WAC Tournament, ending their season ... Tasha Harris led the team with 19 points, five rebounds and four assists, while Lauren Lenhardt scored 10 points ... Harris was named first-team all-WAC, while Lenhardt and Julia Marshall were named to the All-Freshmen Team ... In WAC games only, Harris ranked seventh in the league with 14.8 points per game. She also led the league in free throw percentage (.807), was fifth in assists (3.38) and 11th in steals (1.56) ... Harris closed out her career with 1,751 career points, good for ninth place all-time in WAC history. She also had 483 made free throws on her career, good for fifth place ... Jessica Van Hoogen had 288 steals on her career, good for seventh place all-time in the WAC career record books.
FRESNO STATE BULLDOGS (27-7, 16-0 WAC)
The Bulldogs fell 69-55 to Baylor in the first round of the NCAA Tournament ... Hayley Munro and Emma Andrews each scored 13 points ... Jaleesa Ross was named an honorable mention All-American by the WBCA, becoming the first Fresno State player ever to receive the honor ... Adrian Wiggins was selected as the WBCA Region 7 Coach of the Year ... The Bulldogs fell to Louisiana Tech 68-66 in the championship game of the WAC Tournament ... Munro and Ross were named to the all-tournament team. Munro averaged 14.3 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.0 steal per game, while Ross averaged 18.0 points on 53 percent shooting, 7.3 boards, 3.0 assists and 2.3 steals ... Fresno State set WAC Tournament records for three-pointers in a tournament (32), three-pointers in a game (13 vs. Idaho), free throw percentage in a tournament (.868, 33-of-38) and free throw percentage in a game (1.000, 13-of-13 vs. Idaho).
HAWAI`I RAINBOW WAHINE (10-20, 4-12 WAC)
The Rainbow Wahine fell 83-55 to top-seeded Fresno State in the quarterfinals of the WAC Tournament, ending their season ... Dita Liepkalne and Keisha Kanekoa led Hawai`i with 12 points each ... In WAC games, Breanna Arbuckle ranked second in the WAC in blocks (1.56) and fourth in field goal percentage (.515) ... Keisha Kanekoa ranks second in assists per game (3.5), third in free throw percentage (.774), and 15th in scoring (11.2) ... Liepkalne closed out her career with 681 points, 467 rebounds 213 assists and 72 steals.
IDAHO VANDALS (11-20, 8-8 WAC)
The fourth-seeded Vandals defeated No. 5 New Mexico State 75-63 in the quarterfinals before falling 80-66 to Fresno State in the semifinals of the WAC Tournament ... The win over the Aggies was Idaho’s first-ever victory in the WAC Tournament ... Yinka Olorunnife was named to the all-tournament team after averaging 23.0 points, 8.5 rebounds and 2.0 steals per game. She also set the WAC Tournament record for field goal percentage in a tournament as she was 18-of-25 for a .720 shooting percentage over the two games ... In the win over New Mexico State, the Vandals made 10 three-pointers ... Charlotte Otero closed out her career with 620 points, 375 assists, 258 rebounds and 163 steals ... In WAC games only, Otero led the WAC in field goal percentage (.543) and three-point field goal percentage (.500).
LOUISIANA TECH LADY TECHSTERS (23-9, 11-5 WAC)
The Techsters fell 75-61 at Florida State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament ... Shanavia Dowdell recorded her 22nd double-double of the season with a game-high 28 points and 12 rebounds ... Dowdell was the 18th overall selection by the Washington Mystics in the 2010 WNBA draft ... Teresa Weatherspoon was named the 2010 Maggie Dixon Division I Rookie Coach of the Year ... Dowdell was named to the WBCA All-Region 7 Team ... The second-seeded Techsters claim their fifth WAC Tournament title ... Dowdell was named tournament MVP, while Adrienne Johnson was also named to the all-tournament team ... Dowdell became the fifth player in WAC history to repeat as WAC Player of the Year and was joined on the first team by Johnson ... Both players were also named to the All-Defensive Team.
NEVADA WOLF PACK (17-16, 10-6 WAC)
The Wolf Pack fell 74-53 at Wyoming in the first round of the WNIT ... Shavon Moore led Nevada with 16 points, while Amanda Johnson recorded a team-high seven rebounds ... Moore recorded her 500th career board in the game. She now has 504 ... Marianne Lombardi became Nevada’s all-time leader in games played with 125 ... The third-seeded Wolf Pack defeated No. 6-seed Boise State 64-59 in the quarterfinals of the WAC Tournament before falling 80-77 to eventual champion Louisiana Tech ... Tahnee Robinson was a first-team all-WAC selection and the WAC Newcomer of the Year, while Moore was named to the second team ... As a team, the Pack set the program record for points in a season (2,086) and free throws made in a season (483).
NEW MEXICO STATE AGGIES (18-14, 8-8 WAC)
The Aggies fell 84-61 at Arizona State in the first round of the WNIT in their first appearance since joining the WAC ... Jasmine Lowe led NM State with 20 points, while Danisha Corbett posted 12 ... Crystal Boyd scored nine points and had two steals and a pair of rebounds in her final game ... The fifth-seeded Aggies fell 75-63 to No. 4 Idaho in the quarterfinals of the WAC Tournament ... Lowe led New Mexico State with 19 points and five assists, while Boyd added 17 points, 10 rebounds and three steals for her eighth double-double of the season ... Boyd was named to the all-WAC second team, while Camila Rosen was tabbed to the All-Freshmen Team ... Boyd finished second in the WAC in blocks (1.59) and steals (2.3), third in rebounding (7.5) and fifth in scoring (15.3).
SAN JOSE STATE SPARTANS (6-23, 2-14 WAC)
The Spartans fell 83-47 at Fresno State on March 3 and lost 62-35 at New Mexico State on March 6 ... Against the Bulldogs, Chasity Shavers paced the Spartans with 14 points, followed by Britney Bradley with 13 ... Marnesha Hall posted her second double-double of the season with 11 points and 11 rebounds ... In the loss at New Mexico State, Ashley Brown paced the team with eight points, while Shaunna Ridge pulled down eight rebounds ... The Spartans out-rebounded the Aggies 47-36 and posted a 14-2 edge in the paint, but went 0-for-6 from three-point range ... SJSU failed to qualify for the WAC Tournament ... The team’s six wins this season were the most since the 2005-06 season and the most in head coach Pam DeCosta’s tenure.
UTAH STATE AGGIES (13-17, 5-11 WAC)
The No. 7-seed Aggies fell 82-65 to second-seeded and eventual champion Louisiana Tech in the quarterfinals of the WAC Tournament to close out the season ... LaCale Pringle-Buchanan led Utah State with 18 points, while Amber White tallied 15 and Lydia Whitehead finished with 14 points and eight rebounds ... The Aggies held WAC Player of the Year Shanavia Dowdell without a field goal and to just two points ... The 82 points scored by the Lady Techsters was the most allowed by Utah State this season and was the first time it allowed 80 points all season ... White became just the third Aggie ever to earn all-WAC honors as she was named to the second team ... Banna Diop was selected to the WAC All-Freshman Team ... The Aggies rank 35 nationally with 4.8 blocks per game.