On Friday night, the Washington Huskies (12-9, 4-7) hosted the California Golden Bears (11-11, 2-9), and UW defeated them decisively, 70-54.
The Huskies dominated the game for three quarters but began to falter slightly in the fourth before regaining composure and reasserting their dominance and cruising to a victory.
Game Summary
In the first quarter, the Dawgs got off to a fast start — pushing their offensive tempo to literally run out to lead 8-2.
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Cal responded, however, and tied the game with four minutes remaining in the first period.
But the Huskies answered aggressively with an 9-2 run.
Ladine hits back-to-back 3⃣s!
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Washington hit three three-pointers to end the first period leading 17-10.
Overall, Washington made a very uncharacteristic five three-pointers in the the first period — with freshman guard Elle Ladine hitting two back-to-back threes.
Guards Trinity Oliver and Elle Ladine led the Huskies’ first quarter scoring with six points each.
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The Dawgs kept their momentum going in second quarter with a 9-0 run to start the second period.
However, California responded to cut the Huskies lead to nine points before the Huskies surged again with an 8-0 run.
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Ultimately, in the second period, UW scored 19 points versus 13 by Cal and UW led Cal, 36-23, at the half.
UW’s leading scorers in the second quarter where Dalayah Daniels with six points and Haley Van Dyke adding five points.
In the first half, the hot-shooting Dawgs shot 50% from the field overall and 67% from three-point range; meanwhile, Cal shot just 32 % from the field and 25% from three-point range.
In the third quarter, the Huskies smacked the Bears, led by Dalayah Daniels scoring eight points and Haley Van Dyke adding seven points in the period.
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STINES ➡️ DANIELS‼️
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The Washington Huskies surged ahead to build a 21-point lead over Cal.
OK JAYDA!!!
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At the end of the third period, the Washington Huskies held a decisive 60-39 lead.
However, in the fourth quarter, the Huskies seemed to lose focus as they repeatedly struggled mightily to inbound the ball and break California’s full-court press.
The final period began with a 12-2 run by Cal which resulted from Washington’s five turnovers as they seemed not to have a plan to defeat Cal’s pressure defense .
The Bears cut UW’s lead to 11 points as the Huskies went scoreless for five minutes of the fourth quarter; until Dalayah Daniels finally scored a layup with 3:45 left in the game putting UW back up by 13 points, 64-51.
The basket by Daniels sparked an 8-2 Huskies run to secure the victory for the Huskies.
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For the game, the Dawgs shot 44.7% from two-point range and 50% from three-point range; meanwhile, Cal shot 40.9% from two-point range and 20% from three-point range.
California and Washington Shot Charts – Courtesy of CBBAnalytics
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Multiple Washington players had notable all-around games versus California, including Trinity Oliver(10 points, six rebounds, two assists, one steal); and Jayda Noble (five points, 10 rebounds, four assists).
Dalayah Daniels is the sentimental favorite for getting payback against her former team with a team-leading 20 points, as well as four rebounds, two assists and one steal.
However, ultimately, the player of game was senior Haley Van Dyke — she gave an all-around virtuoso performance at Hec Ed with 14 points, five assists, four rebounds and three steals.
NEXT UP
The Washington Huskies host the #2-ranked Stanford Cardinal on Sunday, February 5th at 12 noon.
