The Washington Huskies Women’s Basketball progrtam heads to Hawaii for the Rainbow Wahine Showdown hosted by the University of Hawaii.
The Huskies will face Idaho State, Air Force and Hawaii over three days.
The only game of the three that will be a video broadcast will be the matchup between the Huskies and Hawaii streaming on ESPN.com
All three games will have streaming audio at LISTEN TO HUSKIES RADIO CALL.
The Washington Huskies (4-0) face the Idaho State Bengals (2-2) on Friday, November 24th at 2PM Pacific in Honolulu.
In their last game before heading to Hawaii, the Bengals lost to the Arizona State Sun Devils, 40-75.
Previously, the Bengals were defeated by the Washington State Cougars, 64-47.
Idaho State Offense
The Bengals are offensively challenged — averaging 52.3 points per game; while the Huskies average 87.5 points per game — a 35.2 point differential.
The Idaho State Bengals are a very poor three-point shooting team at 25.9% from beyond the arc — expect the Bengals to struggle mightily from deep against the Huskies defense.
Defensively, Washington are holding opponents to only 24.2% shooting from three-point range (ranked 32nd nationally).
The Bengals are also a low volume three-point shooting team — averaging only 9 three-point attempts per game (Bottom 1% of all Division One teams nationally).
Only one Bengal is averaging double figures in points.
Laura Bello is the leading scorer for Idaho State at 10.3 points per game.
The 6’3″ Bello is an inside scoring threat only — averaging 38.7% on two-point attempts but 42.9% accuracy from inside the lane.
With zero points and zero attempts from behind the arc (0%), Laura Bello is not a three-point shooter
Bello is also the Bengals second-leading rebounder grabbing 8.3 boards per game.
Maria Dias is the Bengals second-leading scorer at 9.7 points.
Dias has only made one three-point shot this season; she is primarily a mid-range and in-the-lane scorer that is most effective finishing at the rim (66.7%).
Tasia Jordan is the Bengals third-leading scorer at 9.3 points.
Jordan has not attempted any three-pointers this season.
She is a volume shooter that only makes 28.6% of her two-point attempts; she is most effective in the lane(47.1%).
The Bengals leading three-point shooter is Halle Wright, who has made 60% from three-point range (3 for 5).
Wright averages 4.0 points per game.
Washington Offense
The Huskies should dominate the game with their stellar three-point shooting — they are currently averaging 44.7% accuracy from three-point range (with 11.5 made three-pointers per game).
As a team the Huskies are shooting 38.8% from three-point range, UW has eight players shooting over 35% from beyond the arc :
Chloe Briggs (50%);
Ari Long (50%);
Jayda Noble (50%);
Hannah Stines (45.5%);
Teagan Brown (42.9%),
Dalayah Daniels (40%);
Elle Ladine (36.4%); and
Lauren Schwartz (35.3%);
Washington’s offense is also very efficient from mid-range and close range, averaging 56.4% on two-pointers.
