On Friday, Washington began play at the Las Vegas Holiday Classic defeating the Fordham Rams 71-62.
Emma Grothaus (21 points, a season high); Hannah Stines (13 points); and Dalayah Daniels (12 points) led the Washington Huskies’ offensive charge.
That’s 21 PTS and a new season-high for #2️⃣1️⃣ We see you Emma ????????#GoHuskies x #Becoming pic.twitter.com/oLMZHroyqW
— Washington Women’s Basketball (@UW_WBB) November 26, 2022
Jayda Noble (three steals and one block) and Haley Van Dyke (three steals) led Washington’s defense.
In the first quarter, the contest was back-and-forth with three ties, until the Dawgs finished strong with a 10-4 run to lead, 20-14.
Just before halftime, the Dawgs scored twice with under 30 seconds to play to build an eight point lead, 36-28.
Fordham played the Huskies close the rest of the game mainly by shooting 40.7% from three-point range, as the Huskies struggled defending the three-point line.
However, the Huskies kept control of the game by remaining dominant on the boards — Washington out-rebounded the Rams 43-30 overall; as well as, UW had 15 offensive rebounds to only 9 by the Rams.
Also, Washington decimated Fordham’s inside defense by scoring 59% of UW’s points in the paint.
The Washington Huskies look for their six straight win to start the season at 1:30 pm on Saturday, November 26th versus Santa Clara in the Las Vegas Holiday Classic.
