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Mark Mahan
Women's Basketball

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No. 15 Stanford (24-10, 14-3)
vs. No. 3 Louisville (34-2, 15-1)
Friday, March 23 • 6:30 p.m. PT/9:30 p.m. ET
Rupp Arena • Lexington, Ky.
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THE GAME: In the Sweet 16 for the 11th consecutive year, No. 4 seed Stanford will play top-seeded Louisville for the first time at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky. on Friday, March 23 at 9:30 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. PT.
 
THE RUNDOWN: Stanford is 86-29 all-time in the NCAA Tournament and 50-25 in games away from Maples Pavilion ... The Cardinal, which has now been to 11 consecutive Sweet 16s, was placed in the Lexington Region for the third straight March ... Stanford has knocked off the top seed in the region during its two previous trips to Rupp Arena (Notre Dame) ... Tara VanDerveer leads all coaches in NCAA Tournament appearances with 33 ... The Cardinal entered the tournament shooting 41.9 percent from the floor and 30.9 percent from deep, but made 50.8 percent of its shots overall and 51.3 percent of its 3-pointers in the first two rounds ...  Brittany McPhee is averaging career highs in points (16.8), rebounds (5.4), assists (2.5) and steals (1.3) and will be the first Stanford guard to average more than 15.0 points per game in a season since Candice Wiggins in 2007-08 ... Kiana Williams' 16.5 NCAA Tournament points per game average is second among freshmen still playing (Chennedy Carter - Texas A&M; 31.5) ... In the past month Williams is shooting 60.9 percent (28-of-46) from 3-point range, the second-best mark in the country ... Kaylee Johnson is one of five players in the top 10 in school history in both career rebounds and blocks ... Marta Sniezek owns a career 2.38 assist-to-turnover ratio in the NCAA Tournament ... In her last seven tournament games, Alanna Smith is averaging 17.9 points on 53.7 percent shooting, 8.0 rebounds and 2.4 blocks.
 
NCAA TOURNAMENT NOTES »

  • Stanford is making its 25th trip to the Sweet 16 and 11th straight. It is 19-5 all-time in the Sweet 16.
  • The Cardinal earned its 31st consecutive and 32nd overall NCAA Tournament bid via an at-large selection into the field. Since its first NCAA Tournament appearance in 1982, Stanford has won two national championships (1990, 1992), reached 13 Final Fours (1990-92, 1995-97, 2008-12, 2014, 2017), 19 Elite Eights, 25 Sweet 16s and compiled an NCAA Tournament record of 86-29 (.748).
  • Stanford's 13 Final Four appearances are the third-most by any school entering this year's tournament, and its 32 overall appearances rank third behind only Tennessee (37) and Georgia (33).
  • Tennessee is the only school that has a longer active streak of NCAA Tournament appearances than Stanford's 31. The Lady Vols have earned a bid to all 37 NCAA Tournaments.
  • The Cardinal's 86 wins in the NCAA Tournament are third all-time behind Tennessee (125) and Connecticut (115) as are its 115 tournament games. Tennessee has appeared in 154 and Connecticut 133.
  • Stanford's .748 NCAA Tournament winning percentage is fourth all-time among programs with a minimum of 20 appearances. Connecticut is No. 1 (.865; 115-18), Tennessee is No. 2 (.812; 125-29) and Baylor is No. 3 (.759; 44-14).
  • The Cardinal is a No. 4 seed in the NCAA Tournament for the third time. It advanced to the Sweet 16 from the same position in 2015 and the Elite Eight as a No. 4 seed in 2016. No. 4 seeds are 231-145 all-time in the tournament.
  • Tara VanDerveer leads all coaches in NCAA Tournament appearances with 33. Pat Summitt (Tennessee) and Andy Landers (Georgia) are tied for second with 31.
  • VanDerveer's 84 tournament wins are third all-time behind Geno Auriemma (Connecticut - 115) and Summitt (112) and her .737 tournament winning percentage (minimum 20 games) is sixth behind Auriemma (.865), Summitt (.830), Linda Sharp (USC/Texas State - .760), Kim Mulkey (Baylor - .759) and Leon Barmore (Louisiana Tech - .747).

MADNESS IN MAPLES »

  • Stanford advanced by running its winning streak in NCAA Tournament games at Maples Pavilion to 16 with wins over No. 13 seed Gonzaga (82-68) and No. 12 seed FGCU (90-70).
  • In Monday's second-round win, FGCU's 17 3-pointers were the most the Cardinal has given up in a single game with records dating back to 1999-00. The previous high was 14 by the same FGCU team in Nov. 2013.
  • Stanford was +34 on the boards against an Eagles squad without a player over 5-foot-11. That rebound margin is the largest for the Cardinal since it was +38 against UC Davis on Nov. 30, 2012.
  • As a city, Stanford has served as a host for 68 NCAA Tournament games, tied with Norfolk, Va. for the second-most behind Knoxville, Tenn. (85).
  • Each of those games has been played in Maples Pavilion, which has hosted more NCAA Tournament games than any other facility except Tennessee's Thompson-Boling Arena (69).
  • The Cardinal is 36-4 all-time in NCAA Tournament games at Maples Pavilion and has won 16 straight. Its last loss came to Florida State, 68-61, in the Second Round on March 19, 2007.
  • This season was the 21st in which Stanford hosted NCAA Tournament games in Maples Pavilion since staging its first in 1989 and the 20th in which the Cardinal opened up its postseason at home.
  • Despite being a No. 2 seed, the Cardinal was unable to host the first and second rounds of the NCAA Tournament last season because the Pac-12 Women's Gymnastics Championships, which rotate to host sites around the conference each year, were in Maples Pavilion the same weekend.

FAMILIAR CONFINES »

  • This is the third consecutive season the Cardinal has been placed in the Lexington Region and advanced to play in Rupp Arena. Both previous trips included wins over No. 1 seed Notre Dame. Stanford advanced to the Elite Eight as a four-seed in 2016 when it knocked off the Irish, 90-84, before falling to seventh-seeded Washington in the regional final,  85-76.
  • A No. 2 seed in 2017, Stanford made its seventh Final Four appearance in 10 years last March when it beat No. 3 Texas in the Sweet 16 in Lexington, 77-76, and erased an 18-point, second-half deficit to defeat No. 1 seed Notre Dame in the Elite Eight, 76-75.
  • In four career games at Rupp Arena, Brittany McPhee is averaging 11.8 points on 50.0 percent shooting (16-of-32). A career 28.7 percent 3-point shooter, McPhee is 8-of-14 (.571) from behind the arc in her career in Lexington.
  • In her last game in the building, she scored 19 of her game-high 27 in the second half against Notre Dame to spearhead Stanford's epic comeback.
  • Alanna Smith averages 10.0 points and 5.3 rebounds in Rupp Arena, Kaylee Johnson 5.8 points and 4.8 rebounds and Marta Sniezek 6.0 points and 5.3 assists.
  • Of Sniezek's nine career games scoring in double figures, two have come in Lexington. She scored 11 in the Sweet 16 against Notre Dame on March 25, 2016 and 10 in the Elite Eight against Washington two days later.
  • In last season's upset of Notre Dame, Sniezek had eight assists and zero turnovers.
  • Stanford is 184-45 (.803) in games away from Maples Pavilion the last 11 years (road/neutral), second in wins to Connecticut (213) and fourth in percentage to Connecticut (.955; 213-10), Notre Dame (.825; 179-38) and Baylor (.815; 159-36).

THIS AND THAT »

  • Stanford's 22-10 record entering the tournament was its worst since the program was 18-10 in 2001.
  • This season is the second since 1999-2000 that the Cardinal did not won some form of a Pac-12 championship - regular season or tournament. The last time that happened in 2015-16, Stanford advanced to the Elite Eight in Lexington.
  • Stanford won 20+ games for the 17th straight season and 29th overall and had double-digit Pac-12 victories for the 31st consecutive year.
  • Stanford entered conference play with a 6-6 record, the program's first time heading into league action with at least six losses since 1998-99. Stanford was 4-7 in its regular-season nonconference slate in that season, which was also the last time the Cardinal lost multiple regular-season, nonconference home games as it did this year with results against Western Illinois and Tennessee.

WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL SEASON? »

  • Stanford entered the tournament with its worst shooting percentages across the board in school history. The Cardinal was 41.9 percent from the field, 30.9 percent from deep and 63.9 percent at the line.
  • But in the first two rounds at home, Stanford put in its finest pair of offensive performances of the season. The Cardinal averaged 86.0 points in the wins, shot 50.8 percent from the field (61-of-120) and 51.3 percent on 3-pointers (20-of-39).
  • Stanford made exactly 50.8 percent in both wins, its first back-to-back games over 50 percent since a Thanksgiving tournament in Cancun in Nov. 2016.
  • It also made 50.0 percent of its 3-pointers against Gonzaga (11-of-22) and 52.9 percent against FGCU (9-of-17). Stanford hadn't made at least half of its attempts from behind the arc in back-to-back games since Dec. 2016.
  • For reference, the program's all-time shooting lows are 42.6 percent from the field (2015-16), 31.1 percent on 3-pointers (2011-12) and 64.8 percent on free throws (1978-79).
  • Stanford is currently 87th in the country from the floor (.424), 155th on 3-pointers (.319) and 317th at the line (.640).

ALL-CONFERENCE AWARDS »

  • Brittany McPhee and Alanna Smith were voted to the 15-person All-Pac-12 squad, Kiana Williams was named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman team in addition to earning an All-Pac-12 honorable mention nod and Kaylee Johnson and Marta Sniezek received Pac-12 All-Defensive honorable mention accolades on Feb. 26.
  • Stanford now has 72 All-Pac-12 honorees in program history and 156 all-time Pac-12 awardees including honorable mention, freshman and defensive teams, the top totals in league history.
  • On Feb. 27 Tara VanDerveer was named the John R. Wooden Pac-12 Coach of the Year and Brittany McPhee the Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
  • VanDerveer, who was honored by the WBCA with the 2018 Carol Eckman Integrity in Coaching Award earlier in February, was chosen by her peers as the conference's best coach for the 15th time. It's the first conference coach of the year award she's received since a four-year run ended in 2014.
  • McPhee is the fourth Stanford women's basketball player to be named Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year along with Chiney Ogwumike (2013-14), Kayla Pedersen (2010-11) and Jayne Appel (2009-10).

BAPTISM BY FIRE »

  • Stanford is tied for fifth nationally in games against top-25 teams with 12. South Carolina leads in that category with 15, Oregon, Arizona State and Tennessee are tied for second with 13 and Notre Dame has also faced 12.
  • Stanford started its season 1-7 against top-25 opponents, but is 3-1 in its last four.
  • Of those 12 AP Top 25 games, six have been true road contests. Stanford has two top-25 road wins, one of just nine schools in the country with multiple road victories over ranked opponents. Notre Dame has four, Connecticut, Baylor and Purdue three and Oregon, Tennessee, Mississippi State and South Carolina two each.
  • The Cardinal is also second in games against top-10 teams with seven, including five from the nonconference portion of its schedule. Kentucky has played eight. For comparison, Stanford played five top-10 opponents all of last year, which was the program's most since 2010-11 (7).
  • "We can schedule it so that we are 12-0 or 10-2, but this team went to the Final Four last year and that's the level that we have to get to," Tara VanDerveer said of her team's nonconference schedule. "We need our tough schedule to pay off for us, but it only pays off if we build on it. Don't get frustrated. Get mad and go to work. We are looking up at people right now. We need people to look up at where we need to be and embrace that challenge."

WHAT'S BACK, WHAT'S NOT »

  • The Cardinal returned 10 letterwinners, but just two starters to a team coming off its seventh Final Four in the past 10 seasons.
  • Stanford posted a 32-6 overall record last season and a 15-3 mark in Pac-12 play. The Cardinal won its 12th Pac-12 Tournament championship and celebrated Tara VanDerveer's 1,000th career victory during the program's 14th 30-win campaign.
  • Gone are Erica McCall, Karlie Samuelson and Briana Roberson, seniors that accounted for 45 percent of Stanford's minutes, 46 percent of its scoring and 35 percent of its rebounds in 2016-17.
  • The Cardinal's young squad has eight underclassmen and entered the year with just one returner on the roster that averaged more than 20 minutes per game in her career (Marta Sniezek).

AGAINST RANKED »

  • The Cardinal is 4-8 against ranked teams this season, 2-7 on the road and at neutral sites, 2-1 at home and has won multiple games against top 25 opponents for each of the last 16 seasons.
  • Stanford is 75-42 (.641) against AP ranked opponents since 2007-08, fifth in the country in such wins the past 11 years and fourth in percentage.
  • Connecticut (.906), Baylor (.768), Notre Dame (.725), Stanford (.641), Tennessee (.608), Duke (.559), Maryland (.529) and South Carolina (.513) have winning records against ranked teams over that span.

NATIONAL RANKINGS »

  • The Cardinal dropped out of the AP rankings for the first time in 17 years on Dec. 25, worked its way back a week later at No. 24 following its home victories over UCLA and USC and dropped out again for three consecutive polls after it lost at No. 25 Arizona State on Jan. 7 (73-66).
  • Stanford is back and finished the season at No. 15. It had climbed 10 spots in the two weeks from Jan. 29 to Feb. 12 and its seven-place jump from Jan. 29 to Feb. 5 was the largest in program history.
  • The Cardinal entered the tournament 13th in the RPI and with the fifth-toughest schedule.
  • Stanford hadn't been unranked since 2001, when a 72-54 loss at No. 20 Oregon on Jan. 13 knocked the No. 24 Cardinal out of the polls. It wouldn't get back in until opening the next season at No. 9.
  • The Cardinal has been in 529 AP polls, the fourth most all-time, and had its stretch of 312 in a row snapped when it was unranked Dec. 25. Stanford's streak is tied for the third longest in the history of the poll. Tennessee had the longest run at 565 weeks, Connecticut has an active 469-week streak and Duke also appeared in 312 consecutive rankings.

HOME COOKIN' »

  • Stanford finished as the only Pac-12 team undefeated at home in conference with a 9-0 record following the two home losses to conclude nonconference against Western Illinois and Tennessee and finished winning 11 straight in Maples Pavilion.
  • The Cardinal surrendered 56.1 points on 33.0 percent shooting at home all season, including 23.9 percent from behind the arc.
  • Stanford's field goal percentage defense in Maples Pavilion was the seventh-best home mark in the country behind Baylor (.313), Green Bay (.315), Central Arkansas (.322), and Liberty (.327), Norfolk State (.327) and Texas Southern (.329).

MORE DEFENSE »

  • Stanford's defense in conference was some of the best in the nation. The Cardinal gave up just 59.5 points on 36.9 percent shooting in its 17 Pac-12 games.
  • Among Power 5 conference teams in league play, that opponent points per game number was sixth in the country and the field goal percentage defense was fourth.
  • Louisville surrendered an average of 55.6 points in ACC contests, Baylor was at 56.1 in Big 12 games, Mississippi State gave up 56.3 points per game in SEC matchups, Georgia 58.3 in its SEC matchups and North Carolina State 58.6 in the ACC. In terms of field goal percentage defense in conference games, Baylor led in that category (.329), Georgia was second (.345) and Oregon State third (.368).
  • Overall the Cardinal is 26th in the country in field goal percentage defense (.362), 40th in 3-point field goal percentage defense (.288), 19th in blocks per game (5.32) and 39th in rebounds per game (41.3).
  • Stanford has finished in the top 15 nationally in field goal percentage defense 10 of the last 11 years.

McBUCKETS »

  • The Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year and a USA TODAY All-America third team selection, Brittany McPhee is averaging career highs in points (16.8), rebounds (5.4), assists (2.5) and steals (1.3).
  • The senior started off her tournament by averaging a double-double in the first two rounds at home, scoring 14.0 per game and pulling down 10.0 rebounds.
  • A two-time national player of the week, she has scored 20+ nine times and is one of 14 Power 5 conference guards in the country averaging 16.0 points and 5.0 rebounds.
  • McPhee was the consensus national player of the week (espnW, USBWA, Naismith Trophy) following her performances at No. 16 Oregon State and No. 6 Oregon in which she averaged 25.5 points on 55 percent shooting.
  • Her 33-point outing at No. 6 Oregon was the first 30-point game for a Stanford player on the road against a top-10 team since Candice Wiggins dropped in exactly 30 in a 73-65 win at No. 10 Arizona State on Jan. 27, 2007.
  • She scored Stanford's final 19 points of the game and outscored the Ducks single-handedly in the second half, 31-24. McPhee made the Cardinal's final nine field goals over the last nine minutes and shot 13-of-18 (.722) from the floor in the second half.
  • McPhee, who missed nine nonconference games with a right foot injury, became Stanford's 39th 1,000-point scorer in its win over No. 25 Arizona State on Jan. 26 and is currently 30th on the Cardinal's all-time scoring list with 1,235.
  • McPhee was also named espnW National Player of the Week on Jan. 1 after averaging 23.5 points on 54 percent shooting, 7.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists in Stanford's home victories to start conference play over No. 11 UCLA and USC.
  • Because she missed so much time, McPhee won't appear in the national statistical rankings until the NCAA Tournament should Stanford advance to play 36 total games this season.
  • She led the Pac-12 in scoring in the month of February, averaging 22.9 points and 6.0 rebounds.
  • McPhee will become the first Stanford guard to average more than 15 points per game in a season since Candice Wiggins in 2007-08 (20.2).
  • Ten of McPhee's 25 outings this season have been against the AP Top 25 and the senior has averaged 19.0 points and 5.0 rebounds in those games.
  • She is one of seven players in the country averaging 19.0 points and 5.0 rebounds against the AP Top 25 (minimum 10 games) along with A'ja Wilson (South Carolina), Kalani Brown (Baylor), Chloe Jackson (LSU), Bridget Carleton (Iowa State), Arike Ogunbowale (Notre Dame) and Loryn Goodwin (Oklahoma State).
  • McPhee has had eight career 20-point games against ranked teams and her five best have come against top-15 foes. In addition to the 33 she put up at No. 6 Oregon, she scored 28 against No. 8 Texas on Nov. 14, 2016, dropped in 27 in the Elite Eight against No. 2 Notre Dame on March 26, 2017, had 27 against No. 7 Tennessee on Dec. 21, 2017 and 26 against No. 11 UCLA on Dec. 29, 2017.
  • A human biology major with a 3.71 GPA, became Stanford's ninth academic All-American when she was named to the 2017-18 CoSIDA Academic All-American Division I second team on March 12.
  • In seven NCAA Tournament games the past two seasons, McPhee is averaging 16.0 points, 6.4 rebounds and 3.6 assists.

WATCH WILLIAMS »

  • A two-time Pac-12 Freshman of the Week and Pac-12 Freshman of the Year finalist, Kiana Williams has scored in double figures in 19 of her last 27 games and is averaging 16.5 points per game in the NCAA Tournament. Among freshmen still playing, her points per game average is second only to Texas A&M's Chennedy Carter (31.5 ppg).
  • Williams averaged 3.1 points and shot 20.7 percent (6-of-29) in her first seven collegiate games. In the last 27 she's scoring 12.4 per game on 44.2 percent shooting (119-of-269). She is making 51.0 percent of her two-point baskets (53-of-104) during those last 27 games.
  • Williams is averaging 16.9 points and shooting 60.9 percent (28-of-46) from deep in her last eight games. Her 3-point percentage over the past month (.609) is second in the country behind Oral Roberts' Maya Mayberry (.625; 15-of-24).
  • She had a career-high seven assists in the win over Arizona on Jan. 28, had six against FGCU on Monday night and has 39 assists and 20 turnovers in her last 14 games. Before she coughed it up late in the first quarter against Colorado on Feb. 11, Williams hadn't turned it over in 99 minutes.
  • Williams' 70 made 3-pointers are the second most for a Stanford freshman in program history behind Jamie Carey (81; 1999-2000).
  • Williams was voted to the Pac-12 All-Tournament Team after averaging 17.7 points on 70.4 percent shooting (19-of-27), including 72.2 percent from deep (13-of-18).
  • Her 13 made triples are tied for the second-most in tournament history with Oregon State's Sydney Wiese (2016). Stanford's Candice Wiggins owns the tournament record with 14 made 3-pointers in 2007 on 25 attempts.
  • Williams scored 24 on 6-of-7 shooting from behind the arc in Stanford's 58-46 semifinal win over Arizona State on March 3. The season-high six 3-pointers tied for the third most in a single game in Pac-12 Tournament history.
  • In her last regular-season game in Maples Pavilion, Williams set career highs against Cal on Feb. 15 with 26 points and four steals. The 26 points were the most for a Stanford freshman since Nneka Ogwumike had 27 in the NCAA Tournament against San Diego State on March 23, 2009.

FROM DOWN UNDER »

  • Alanna Smith turns it on in the postseason. She has scored in double figures in each of the seven NCAA Tournament games over the past two seasons and is averaging 17.9 points on 53.7 percent shooting, 8.0 rebounds and 2.4 blocks.
  • Smith had her third career tournament double-double with 28 points and 12 rebounds against FGCU.  The 28 points were the most for a Stanford player in the NCAA Tournament since Chiney Ogwumike scored 29 in the Sweet 16 against Penn State on March 30, 2014.
  • With 996 career points, Smith is close to becoming the Cardinal's 40th 1,000-point scorer.
  • An All-Pac-12 pick, Smith was named Pac-12 Player of the Week for the first time on Nov. 27 following her three games at the Play4Kay Showcase in Las Vegas. She averaged a double-double of 23.7 points and 11.7 rebounds in Stanford's 2-1 week, shot 64.6 percent from the field (31-of-48), 40 percent from deep and also averaged 2.0 blocks.
  • Smith's 33-point, 16-rebound performance against No. 9 Ohio State was the nation's first 30-point, 15-rebound double-double against an AP top-10 team since Stanford's Chiney Ogwumike went for 32 points and 20 boards against No. 3 Tennessee on Dec. 21, 2013.
  • On Dec. 13, Mississippi State's Teaira McCowan also did it with a 35-point, 19-rebound effort as part of a 90-79 Bulldog win against No. 9 Oregon.
  • Smith's is just the fourth by a Pac-12 player against a top-10 team since 2000 and the others are all Cardinal. In addition to Ogwumike's in 2013, Nneka Ogwumike had 42 points and 17 rebounds against No. 6 Tennessee on Dec. 20, 2011 and Nicole Powell put up 32 points and 16 rebounds against No. 2 Tennessee on Dec. 14, 2003.
  • Her seven double-doubles are eighth in the Pac-12 and she is 15th in the league in scoring (13.7), 10th in rebounding (7.1) and third in blocks (1.79), all of which are career highs.
  • Of her nine career games with 20+ points, six have come this season. She is also eighth in Stanford history with 146 career blocks.

GETTING ON THE GLASS »

  • Kaylee Johnson's 988 career rebounds seventh in program history. Next is Val Whiting who had 1,134 from 1990-93. She is seventh in the Pac-12 this season at 7.6 per game.
  • With 165 career blocks she is the seventh Stanford player more than 150 joining Jayne Appel (273), Chiney Ogwumike (202), Val Whiting (201), McCall (200), Kristen Newlin (163) and Joslyn Tinkle (150).
  • Her 7.4 career rebounds per game average would be eighth in Stanford history. Johnson has pulled down 10 or more 44 times in 133 career games and owns a pair of 22-rebound outings as a freshman.
  • She has 12 double-digit rebound games already this season after just three last year.
  • Johnson is one of five players in Stanford history in the top 10 in school history in career rebounds and blocks along with Jayne Appel, Chiney Ogwumike, Val Whiting and Erica McCall.

CARRINGTON EMERGES »

  • After averaging 2.5 points and 2.3 rebounds as a freshman, sophomore DiJonai Carrington has emerged as Stanford's fourth-leading scorer (8.7 ppg) and third-best rebounder (5.6 rpg) this season.
  • She started seven games during the nonconference portion of the schedule and has come off the bench since after missing Stanford's final three non-league games due to injury.
  • If the Pac-12 had a Sixth Woman of the Year Award, Carrington would have had a strong case. In 24 games as a substitute she is averaging 8.0 points, 4.9 rebounds and 1.5 steals. Those steal numbers lead the conference's non-starters and she is second in rebounding and fifth in scoring.
  • She averaged 12.5 points on 52.9 percent shooting (9-of-17) and 5.0 rebounds in the first two rounds at home. It was the first time she had scored double figures in back-to-back games since mid-January against Washington (11) and USC (15).

THE ART OF THE ASSIST »

  • Marta Sniezek has handed out five or more assists in 41 of her 107 career appearances and is 10th in the Pac-12 averaging 4.3 assists per game this season.
  • She owns a career 2.38 assist-to-turnover ratio in the NCAA Tournament (57/24).
  • Of her nine career games scoring in double figures, six have come this season.
  • With 423 career assists, she needs 14 more to tie Kate Starbird (1993-97) for 10th in program history.