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UCLA is off to best Pac-10 start ever.
Feb. 4, 1998
This Week — Kathy Olivier's UCLA (12-6, 7-2) women's basketball team, winners of seven of the last eight and 10 of the last 12 games, is off to its best Pac-10 start ever at 7-2, including a Pac-10 best 5-0 on the road and will host the Oregon schools. After opening the season with three straight losses, the Bruins have gone 12-3 with losses to #5 North Carolina, #6 Stanford and #8 Arizona (AP rankings).
Oregon (11-6, 7-2) which bested Oregon State last week in Corvallis, 80-57, will play at Pauley Pavilion on Friday at 7:30. OSU (6-12, 1-8) will play at USC on Friday before coming to Westwood on Sunday for a 2 p.m. contest.
Radio — The UO game will be radio broadcast live on KIEV 870 am at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The OSU game is live on KYPA 1230 am at 2 p.m. Sunday.
UCLA (12-6, 7-2) Probable Starters —
A Look at UCLA — UCLA's 7-2 Pac-10 record is its best first-half Pac-10 mark ever and surpasses 6-3 starts in 1991-92, 1989-90, 1987-88. The road sweep of the Oregon schools earlier this season was the first by the Bruins since they swept the Washington schools in the 1993-94 season.
One of the big reasons for the Bruin success has been the consistent play of point guard Erica Gomez, who has averaged 6.2 assists (81/13 g) per contest over the last 12 games after starting the season with a 3.6 mark in the first five games. In addition, center Janae Hubbard has averaged 11.8 points (142)/6.8 rebounds (82) in wins and 7.5 points/3.2 rebounds in losses. This season, the Bruin bench has outscored all but three opponents (St. Mary's, Duke and Stanford) and on the season has averaged 28.2 points (508) per game to the opponent's 20.2 points (363) per game. Only one team has shot over 50% vs. the Bruins this season, Notre Dame hit 30-57 fg for .526 on 11/30/97.
Oregon (11-6, 7-2) Probable Starters —
A Look at UO — The Ducks are coached by Jody Runge (5th season). Oregon has gone to the NCAA tournament the past four seasons.
The Series with UO — The series is tied at 13-13 and Oregon has won eight of the last 10 meetings. UCLA won the first meeting of the season, 80-75, in Eugene on 1/10/98. Maylana Martin had 27 points and 12 rebounds to pace the Bruins to the road win.
Oregon State (6-12,1-8)Probable Starters —
A Look at OSU — The Beavers are coached by Judy Spoelstra (3rd season). OSU takes a five-game losing streak to play at USC on Friday.UCLA leads the series 20-10.
What a Difference A Year Makes —
SPECIAL CEREMONY - Feb. 21: UCLA will honor the 1977-78 national championship women's basketball team and coaches in addition to recognizing the top 15 Bruin players of all-time in a special ceremony to be held at halftime of the UCLA-USC 2 p.m. women's hoop game on Feb. 21 in Pauley Pavilion. For info. call (310) 206-6190.
#5 Marie Philman — Had 12 of her 14 points vs. WSU in the second half and helped key the Bruin rally ... Matched her career-high with a 17-point outing vs. USC ... Had 12 points in the win over Cal for her fourth game in double digits in a six game stretch at the time ... Saw limited action vs. Oregon State due to illness ... Came back with 4 points and 3 assists in the win over Oregon ... Had scored in double figures in the three games prior to the Oregon trip ... Had 14 points vs. ASU and 13 vs. Arizona ... Had 13 points and four steals in the win over Seton Hall ... Established a new career-high with 17 points versus Notre Dame ... Also grabbed a career-best nine boards in that game and handed out a personal best six assists in the GW game. Career Highs: Points-17, last v. USC 1-23-98; Rebs.-9 v. Notre Dame; Assists-6 v. GWU 11-28-97
#10 Erica Gomez — Her 14 points vs. WSU gave her four double figure games in the last six ... Has averaged 12 points (74) per game over the last seven games after just a 5.1 mark (56) over the first 11 games ... Registered eight assists vs. Washington and has recorded 28 assists in the last five games ... Ranks 9th in the Pac-10 in ft% (.725) ... Had 7 points and 4 assists v. USC ... Scored in double figures in the three games prior to the USC game, averaging 13 points and 6.3 assists ... Had a season-high 15-point, five assist effort vs. Stanford ... Had 14 points, nine assists in the Cal win ...Scored 10 points in the Arizona game and matched it with 10 more vs. Oregon ... Season-best 11 assists vs. Rutgers ... Had a 16 assists to six turnover ratio in Big East Challenge games ... Suffered a sprained left foot in the second half of the GW game and was limited to just four minutes of action vs. Notre Dame ... Bounced back to play 31 minutes vs. San Diego ... Had eight assists vs. UNC ... In 1996-97, she earned Pac-10 Freshman of the Year and first-team Freshman All-American honors in 1995-96 ... Earned a tryout for the USA World University Games team in August ...?Tore the ACL in her right knee Oct. 8, 1996 in a pick-up game at Pauley Pavilion and sat out the entire 1996-97 season. Career Highs: -Points- 25 v. Ore. State 2-29-97; Rebs. 11 v. Stanford 2-24-96; Assists- 15 v. Long Beach St. 12-6-96; Steals- 7 v. Vanderbilt 11-26-97
#11 Melanie Pearson — Had a six game double figure scoring streak earlier this season ... Ranks fourth on the all-time three-point shot list with 57 made shots (tied for 2nd are Rehema Stephens and Allison Arredondo at 67) ... Named to the Conference Challenge All-Tournament team after scoring team-high totals of 26 points vs. Rutgers (five three-pointers) and 15 vs. Seton Hall (three treys) ... Had a tremendous road trip to North Carolina and Duke for which she was named Pac-10 Player of the Week ... Poured in 22 points at Duke on 8-11fg shooting (5-7 shots from three-point range) in her first start this season ... Had a 23-point outing vs. UNC in which she also tied her career best with five made three-point shots ... Was 8-12 from the field in the UNC game and hit all five treys and both free throw attempts ...Last week, she ranked third in the Pac-10 in three-point shooting (.456, 31-68)... Had a career-best 30 points vs. Notre Dame ... In 1996-97, she started the first two games of the season at the point guard position but was forced to sit out the next seven due to illness ... Came back to start the final 12 games of the 1996-97 season and averaged 14.4 points in those games ... Career Highs: Points-30 v. Notre Dame 11-30-97; Rebs.-9 v. USC 1-24-97; Assists- 5, last v. Duke 12-20-97; Made three-pointers in game- 5, last v. Rutgers 12-27-97
#13 Maylana Martin — Posted her sixth double-double with a 24-point, 10-rebound effort vs. Washington State ... Had her fifth double-double of the season vs. USC with 14 points and 10 rebounds to help the Bruins to their first win at USC since March of 1991 ... Scored in double figures in all 18 games this season and in the last 28 straight games overall and in 42 of her 45 career games to date ... Averaging 19.5 points entering the week and placed second in the Pac-10 in scoring and ranked among the national leaders ... Martin ranked second, entering the week, in the conference in rebounding at 8.1 ... Overall, this week, she ranked in the Top 10 in five conference categories — 5th in blocks (0.78); 9th in Fg%(.500); 3rd in ft % (.752) ...Tied her career rebounding high with 12 vs. Oregon ... Had her fourth double-double of the season with 27 points and 12 rebounds vs. Oregon to key UCLA's first win in Eugene since March 1992 ... Named to the Conference Challenge All-Tournament squad ... Hit several clutch baskets and free throws down the stretch in the Rutgers win (24 points) ... Her two free throws with 24 seconds to play in regulation tied the score with the Scarlet Knights and sent the game to overtime ... Recorded her second and third double-doubles of the season v. UNC with 13 points/10 rebounds and v. Duke with 27 points/10 rebounds ... Had 21 points in the win over Fresno State, including two FT's in the final seconds to clinch the win ... Hit for 32 points (11-20 fg, 10-10 ft), one shy of her career-high, vs. San Diego and pulled down 12 rebounds to tie her career mark in that category ... Scored 27 points vs. George Washington ... The pre-season All-American (third-team by Athlon and honorable mention by Street & Smith's) was the leading scorer (17.8) and team captain for the USA Junior National Team, which captured its first-ever gold medal at the Junior World Championships this summer ...?In 1996-97, she became UCLA's second-straight Pac-10 Freshman of the Year ... Led the conference in field goal % (.559), and was fifth in scoring (17.9), seventh in both steals (2.4) and free throw % (.747) Career Highs: Points- 33 v. Washington 3-6-97; Rebs.- 12, last v. Oregon 1-10-98; Steals- 7, last vs. ASU 2-16-97; Blocks- 2 v. LMU 12-5-96.
#21 Jamie Oenning — Seen action in six games this season ... In 1996-97, she tied a career-high with seven points vs. New Orleans last year ... Scored five points against LMU ...?Played in 17 games. Career Highs: 7, last v. New Orleans 12/29/96; Assists: 4 v. Cal 2-23-95
#30 Tawana Grimes — Has moved up to fifth on the all-time steals list with a total of 228 (fourth is Anita Ortega, 240) ... Has been in double figure points twice this season with 15 v. Notre Dame and 11 v. Fresno State ... In 1996-97, she earned honorable mention All-Pac-10 ... Took over the point guard duties following the injury to Erica Gomez and handed out a career-high 122 assists (4.5 average, fourth in the Pac-10) ... Career Highs: Points-22 v. Arizona 2-14-97; Rebs.-9 v. Wash. 2-10-95; Assists-9 v. New Orleans 12-29-96; Steals-8 v. Ore. State 2-2-97
#31 Carla Houser — Appeared in 12 games this season ... Matched her career-high with eight points vs. San Diego ... In 1996-97, she appeared in 25 games ... Played in a season-high 21 minutes vs. New Orleans, scoring eight points and pulling down five rebounds. Career Highs: Points- 8, last v. San Diego 12-5-97; Rebs. - 7 v. Ore. State 2-2-97
# 32 Takiyah Jackson — Has appeared in 15 games this season with a best of 10 points in the Oregon State game ... Scored seven off the bench against Washington ... In 1996-97, she came off the bench the last 11 games of the season after starting the first 16 ... Had two double-doubles — 21 points, 12 rebounds vs. St. Mary's and 18 points and 10 rebounds vs. Stanford. Career Highs: Points- 21 v. St. Mary's; Rebs.- 12 v. St. Mary's; Assists- 5 v. Tx. Tech 11/29/96; Steals- 4 v. San Diego 11/23/96
#34 Janae Hubbard — Starter in the last 14 games, 11 of which were Bruin wins ... Played only 10 minutes vs. WSU due to foul trouble and finished with just six points her lowest output in eight games ... Has scored in double digits in six of the last eight games ... Led UCLA with 12 points in the win over Washington ... Had 12 points in 13 minutes of the Stanford game as she battled foul trouble ... Put together a 14-point, 11-rebound effort vs. Oregon State for her third double-double this season and fifth career double ... Added a career-best three blocked shots vs. the Beavers as well ... Had a 15-point, 11-rebound day vs. ASU ... Registered a career-high 18 points vs. Rutgers ...Added a season-best 11 boards for her first double-double ... Had 16 points vs. San Diego ... Entering the week, she ranked 8th in the Pac-10 in blocks (0.72); 7th in the Pac-10 in Fg% (.532), 15th in rebounding (5.6), 17th in scoring (10.4) ... In 1996-97, this honorable mention All-Pac-10 Freshman team member scored a then career-high 16 points vs. Oregon State and Cal ... Had two double-doubles— 14 points, 12 boards vs. New Orleans and 14 points, 11 rebounds at Washington. Career Highs: Points- 18 v. Rutgers 12-27-97; Rebs.- 12 v. New Orleans 12/29/96; Blocks- 3 v. Oregon State 1-8-98
#35 Aisha Veasley — Scored her fifth double digit game of the season with 11 vs. Washington State ... Had a season-best 12 points vs. Oregon State ... Has hit 19 of her last 27 shots from the field over eight games ... Totaled 11 points vs. Arizona ... Chipped in with nine rebounds, a season-best, in the win over Duke ... Had five steals in the win over Seton Hall ... Tied her career high with six steals vs. North Carolina ... In 1996-97, she started all but two games after Grimes moved to the point guard position in the season's third game ... Finished tied for third in the Pac-10 with 2.7 steals per game ... Had a career-best six steals vs. Western Kentucky Career Highs: Points-18 v. Arizona 2-16-95; Rebs.-12 v. Oregon 3-2-96; Steals- 6, last v. UNC 12-18-97
#44 Carly Funicello — Has come off the bench the last 14 games after starting the first four contests ... Had a season-best 12 points and seven rebounds in the win over Cal ... Scored six points and grabbed five rebounds ... Chipped in with six boards in win over Rutgers ... Tied her career-high with three blocked shots vs. Notre Dame ... Scored 10 points v. UNC... In 1996-97, she was named to the honorable mention All-Pac-10 Freshman team ... Started all 27 games for UCLA ... Led UCLA with 20 blocks ... Scored a career-high 17 points in her collegiate debut vs. San Diego Career Highs: Points-17 v. San Diego 11-23-96; Rebs.-8, last v. USC 2-22-97; Blocks- 3, last v. Notre Dame 11-30-97
#45 LaCresha Flannigan — Hit her first three-point shot of the season at Washington State which brought the Bruins to within one point with 1:46 to play and helped to cap off the rall y back from a 19 point second half deficit ... Matched her personal best with nine points in the win over Oregon ... Also had nine points in the win over Seton Hall ... Had a career-best two steals v. Seton Hall and Cal ... Hit for eight points twice this season (Duke and San Diego) ... In 1996-97 as a prep senior, she led San Bernardino HS to a spot in the quarterfinals of the CIF Division II playoffs ... Named to the "Second Five" of the 1997 All-State team ...?Averaged 23 points, 6.5 rebounds, 4.4 steals, 4.5 assists and 1.3 blocks ... Two-time All-CIF first-team selection. Career Highs: Points- 9, last v. Oregon 1-10-98; Rebs.- 3 v. Arizona 1-2-98; Assists- 1 , last v. USC 1-23-98; Steals- 3, vs. Washington 1-29-98
Head Coach Kathy Olivier — Now in her fifth season as UCLA head coach, Kathy Olivier has steadily built the program to reflect her own positive, upbeat and outgoing personality. This season, she takes the floor with a team headed by the Pac-10 conference’s last two Freshmen of the Year, forward Maylana Martin (1996-97) and point guard Erica Gomez (1995-96).
In her seven seasons as an assistant, the team enjoyed five winning seasons and reached the NCAA Tournament in two of the final four years. In 1991-92, the Bruins compiled a record of 21-10 and reached the NCAA Sweet 16. This past season, UCLA continued its streak of being the only team in the Pac-10 to have at least one player named to the all-conference squad in each of the league’s 11 years, all seasons with Olivier on staff.
Jan. 31 - UCLA 76, Washington State 70 — UCLA rallied from a 19-point second half deficit to rally past host Washington State, 76-70, and complete the first half of Pac-10 play with a best-ever 7-2 mark and a perfect 5-0 road record.Marie Philman who battled foul trouble throughout the game scored six of her 12 second-half points in the last 40 seconds of the game to key the rally. UCLA trailed 49-30 with 17:20 to play and by as much as nine points with 3:39 to play. A jump shot by Philman with 1:07 to play tied the score at 67 all. Her layin with 39 seconds to play gave UCLA its first lead since the opening minutes of the game at 69-67. Her free throws in the last 15 seconds helped to ice the agme after WSU had narrowed the margin to 73-70 with 17 seconds to play. Maylana Martin had her sixth double-double of the season to place UCLA with 24 points and 10 rebounds.
Jan. 29 - UCLA 80, Washington 59 — UCLA shot the lights out in the first half (17-24, .708) and took an insurmountable 42-20 halftime lead over the 18th-ranked Huskies, which never recovered and lost 80-59. The Bruins finished the game with a season-high field goal percentage of 56.9%, while Washington shot a lowly 28.6%. After the lead see-sawed back and forth between the two teams, the Bruins took the lead for good at the 11:55 mark when Melanie Pearson hit an 18 foot jumper. UCLA used a 20-2 run to close the first half and held the Huskies to just four points in the last 8:20 of the half. The Bruins extended the lead to as much as 29 points twice in the second half. Janae Hubbard led the Bruins with 12 points. Pearson (11) and Maylana Martin (10) also scored in double figures.
Jan. 23 - UCLA 68, USC 64 — The Bruins rallied to post their first win at USC since March of 1991, 68-64. After being shut out in a first half which saw the Bruins trail 38-30 at intermission, Maylana Martin rallied the Bruins with 14 points and 8 rebounds in a strong second half of play. UCLA took its first lead of the half at 48-47on a pair of free throws by Marie Philman who poured in a team-high 17 for the Bruins. UCLA led 65-62 when Janae Hubbard grabbed the rebound of a missed Bruin free throw attempt and scored to make it 67-62 with 49 seconds to play. A USC basket made it 67-64 with 41 seconds to play. The Trojans then took possession after a Bruin turnover with 23 seconds to play but missed a three-point shot and fouled Erica Gomez on the rebound. Gomez sank the second of two free throw attemps to ice the game for UCLA with two seconds remaining.
Jan. 18 - UCLA 70, Stanford 75 — A Pauley Pavilion regular season record crown of 5,662 saw 11th ranked Stanford halt a Bruin four-game win streak by handing UCLA a 75-70 decision. After Stanford had led by as many as 11 points early in the second half, UCLA gradually whittled the margin down and took the lead on a Melanie Pearson three-point shot at 59-57 with 6:16 to go. It would be UCLA's only lead of the half . UCLA cut the margin back to one at 69-68 with 1:44 to play but missed its next two shots from the field and Stanford added a pair of free throws to boost the margin to 71-68. Two missed free throws cost the Bruins and when Stanford hit two charity tosses of its own it led 73-68 with 30 seconds to play. On the next UCLA possession, the Bruins missed the first two field attempts before Tawana Grimes' offensive rebound basket with four seconds to play made it 73-70 Stanford. The Cardinal was fouled on the inbounds play and made both free throw attempts for the final margin of the game. Stanford finished the game by converting its final 14 straight free throws. Maylana Martin led UCLA with 17 points and Erica Gomez added 15 points and five assists.
Jan. 16 - UCLA 74, Cal 53 — The Bruins continued thier winning ways with a 74-53 decision over Cal and now have won seven of the last eight games. Both teams started slowly and UCLA enjoyed a 30-28 lead at the half. The Bruins came out strong to begin the second half and notched 12 of the first 14 points of the period to make it 42-30 about five minutes in and coasted home with a fourth straight Pac-10 win. Erica Gomez led UCLA with a season-high 14 points and added nine assists. Maylana Martin (13), Marie Philman (12) and Carly Funicello (12) made it four Bruins in double figures.
Jan. 10 - UCLA 80, Oregon 75 — The Bruins scored the last 11 points of the first half to take a 43-33 halftime lead and held off the homestanding Ducks, 80-75. Neither team had led by more than four points and there had been eight lead changes before the late Bruin run. UCLA still led by 10, 60-50, at the 11:54 mark before Oregon staged a rally of its own to tie the score at 62-each with 8:14 remaining. The Bruins quickly regained the upper hand by scoring six of the next seven points in the game and still led 78-71 with 52 seconds to go. Oregon sandwiched a basket and a pair of free throws around Bruin turnovers to close to 78-75 with 11 second to play. Erica Gomez then hit both ends of a one-and-one free throw opportunity to ice the game.
Jan. 8 - UCLA 76, Oregon State 72 — Maylana Martin scored 10 of her 16 points in the second half as UCLA rallied from a 15-point halftime deficit to beat host Oregon Sate, 76-72. UCLA trailed 41-26 at halftime, but used a 17-2 run midway through the second half to take the lead.. UCLA was behind 60-51 at the 10:12 mark of the second half before outscoring the Beavers 17-2 to take a 68-62 advantage at the 3:45 mark.Martin's basket with 5:21 to play had put the Bruins ahead for good at 63-62.OSU managed to get as close as two points in the final 20 seconds, at 74-72, but could not convert. Martin then nailed a pair of free throws with 1.9 seconds to play to seal the win.
Jan. 4 - UCLA 95, Arizona State 73 — UCLA evened its Pac-10 record at 1-1, by using a 61 point second half to power past ASU, 95-73 before 1,064 fans in Pauley Pavilion. Melanie Pearson, one of four Bruins in double figures, keyed the second half attack by scoring 14 of her 18 points in the final 20 minutes. In addition, the sophomore guard scored nine of UCLA 's 16 points in a 16-5 run which moved the Bruins from a 50-44 lead at 13:30 to 66-49 at 9:25 to play. UCLA went on to lead by as many as 28 points, 90-62, at the 3:23 mark before settling for the final 95-73 margin.
Jan. 2 - Arizona 82, UCLA 71 — UCLA dropped its Pac-10 opener to 8th-ranked (USA Today) Arizona, 82-71 in Pauley Pavilion. The Bruins, who led by as many as seven, 27-20, took a 42-40 advantage into the locker room, but watched the lead disappear behind poor shooting (28% in second half) and foul trouble. Maylana Martin picked up her fourth foul at the 10:29 mark of the game with the score knotted at 55-each. Arizona proceeded to outscore the Bruins 15-4 before Martin returned to the lineup. Martin led UCLA with 17 points and nine rebounds. Marie Philman (13), Melanie Pearson (11) and Aisha Veasley (11) also were in double digits for the Bruins.
Dec. 28 - UCLA 88, Seton Hall 58 — UCLA won its fifth game in the last six outings with a 88-58 victory over Seton Hall. The Bruins used a 15-0 run midway through the first half to break open the game and improve their record to 5-4. UCLA enjoyed a 13-10 lead at the 16:01 mark and expanded it to 28-10 at 12:37 on their way to a 46-28 halftime lead and never looked back. Melanie Pearson led three UCLA players in double digits with 15 points. Bruin defense forced 33 Pirate turnovers and held SH to just .412 shooting.
Dec. 27 - UCLA 96, Rutgers 93 ot — Melanie Pearson scored 10 of her 26 points in overtime to lead the Bruins to a 96-93 win over Rutgers in the Pac-10 Big East Conference Challenge. UCLA began its rally from 16 points down with less than two minutes to play in the first half. Rutgers led 43-27 before a Erica Gomez three-point shot sparked the Bruins on a 7-0 run to close the half. The Kinghts upped their lead to 12, 56-44, with 15:20 to play before the Bruins mounted their comeback. A Maylana Martin layup gave UCLA the lead at 60-58 with 8:54 to go and the game stayed close from there. A pair of Martin free throws in the final 24 seconds tied the game at 74. Pearson then took over the game in the extra period. Janae Hubbard recorded her third career double-double for UCLA with 18 points and 11 boards.
Dec. 20 - UCLA 93, Duke 83 — The Bruins led from start to finish in handing #17 Duke a 93-83 loss in Durham. Maylana Martin and Melanie Pearson delivered a one-two punch to the Blue Devils. Martin had 27 points and 10 rebounds and Pearson added 22 more points, including five made three-point shots. The sophomore duo combined to make 17-26 shots, pull down 13 boards, hand out seven assists and make nine steals.
Dec. 18 - UCLA 78, North Carolina 82 ot — The fifth- ranked Tar Heels used a furious second half rally to send the game into an extra period and then defeated the Bruins 82-78 in overtime. UCLA led 39-27 at the half and 60-47 with 7:25 to play before UNC staged its rally. Maylana Martin registered her second double-double of the season with 13 points and 10 rebounds. Melanie Pearson came off the bench to hit 8-12 shots, including all five three-point shots and both free throw attempts, to pace the Bruins with 23 points.
A sophomore has led UCLA in scoring in each game this season.
The Bruins have rallied from a halftime deficit in five games (four road games) this season — @ Fresno State (-1); Rutgers (-9); @ Oregon St. (-15); @ USC (-8); @ WSU (-12)
In this week's stats, Maylana Martin ranked 2nd in the Pac-10 in scoring (19.5 ppg); 2nd in rebounding (8.1); 3rd in ft % (.752); tied for 5th in blocks (0.78); 9th in Fg% (.500)
The Bruin bench players have outscored the opposition in 15 of 18 games and by an average of 28.2 points (508) per game to the opponent's 20.2 points (363)
The Bruin bench has scored over 40 points in three games this season - 43 v. Seton Hall; 42 v. Notre Dame and 40 v. San Diego. The bench scored 39 against Washington last week.
Erica Gomez has averaged 12 ppg (74) over the last seven games after posting a 5.1 mark over the first 11 games
The crowd of 5,662 at the Stanford game was the largest regular season total ever for a Bruin game and the fourth largest women's basketball crowd ever at Pauley Pavilion. It surpassed the 5,512 regular season total at the Stanford game on 2-11-96.
Erica Gomez entered the week 2nd in the Pac-10 in assists (5.4) and 8th in the Pac-10 in steals at 2.0; Aisha Veasley was ranked 7th in steals at 2.1
Martin's 32-point effort vs. San Diego was her fifth game of 30 or better in her career and she now has 18, 20-plus scoring games in all
This Week in the Pac-10No. Name Pos Ht. Cl. PPG RPG
13 Maylana Martin F 6-3 So. 19.5 8.1
5 Marie Philman F 6-0 So. 10.3 3.5
34 Janae Hubbard C 6-4 So. 10.4 5.6
10 Erica Gomez G 5-9 So. 7.3 2.8
30 Tawana Grimes G 5-9 Sr. 5.8 3.2
No. Name Pos Ht. Cl. PPG RPG
45 Sonja Curtis F 6-2 Jr. 9.5 3.8
5 Natasha O'Brien F 5-11 Jr. 6.0 1.8
40 Angelina Wolvert C 6-3 Fr. 8.2 3.9
10 Natalie Hughes G 5-10 Sr. 14.2 3.2
11 Lisa Bowyer G 5-8 Jr. 8.1 2.8
No. Name Pos Ht. Cl. PPG RPG
15 Monica Watts F 5-9 Sr. 12.8 4.8
44 Tanesha Wade F 6-0 Jr. 5.6 3.7
32 Sissel Pierce C 6-4 So. 9.8 6.3
11 Nicole McAllister G 5-8 Sr. 10.2 2.9
31 Liz Barrett G 5-6 So. 2.5 1.9
1997-98 1996-97
Pac-10 Record 7-2 (2nd) 3-6(6th)
Points (avg.) 79.8(2nd) 67.3 (8th)
Fg % .457(4th) .430 (6th)
Assists 15.1-272(3rd) 12.6-227 (9th)
Turnovers Avg 21.9(7th) 24.8 (8th)
Ft % .675(4th) .643 (4th)
Marie Philman pts. 10.3 4.8
Janae Hubbard pts. 10.4 6.7
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Feb. 5 - UA at UW; ASU at WSU
Feb. 6 - Cal at Stanford; UO at UCLA; OSU at USC
Feb. 7 - ASU at UW; UA at WSU
Feb. 8 - OSU at UCLA; UO at USC