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Washington women's basketball G Avery Howell earns MVP honors at GLOBL Jam
Coach Tina Langley and the Washington Huskies picked up an exciting scorer through the transfer portal in former USC Trojans guard Avery Howell. While it will be a few more months before she takes the floor in purple and gold for the first time, she has spent her summer on the international circuit with Team Canada. After she helped her country to a fourth-place finish at the FIBA U19 World Cup in Czechia, where she averaged 14 points, 3.7 rebounds, 1.7 assists, and 1.6 steals per game, she starred at the GLOBL Jam tournament in Toronto. After Team Canada secured the gold medal with a 72-65 victory over the Texas Longhorns on Sunday, Howell was named the tournament's MVP. Over four games, Howell starred, posting 21.5 points and 7.3 rebounds per contest, while shooting an astounding 71 percent from three-point range. She capped that off with an impressive 24 points and 7 boards in the gold medal game. "Her threes are like layups when she's open. So clean out of her hand, really drills them," Team Canada head coach Carly Clarke told the media after the game. "But I think what really makes her special is her motor and her competitive nature. She never stops. She's not discouraged if she misses." That seems to be a promising glimpse of what Howell, who averaged 7.5 points and 3 rebounds per game as a freshman with the Trojans while shooting 39.9 percent from long range, can bring to the table for Langley. As either a bench option behind All-Big Ten guards Elle Ladine and Sayvia Sellers, or as a starter alongside them, she's shown on the international stage that she gives the Huskies another talented weapon to space the floor.
New York Times
07-03-2025
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- New York Times
Women's college basketball Bracket Watch: Conference tournament chaos fallout
Editor's note: This article is part of the Bracket Central series, an inside look at the run-up to the men's and women's NCAA Tournaments, along with analysis and picks during the tournaments. Conference tournament week is special. Teams just completely forget who they are or redefine themselves on the fly in hopes of a late push to the tourney, and I love that. Advertisement Boston College staged an incredibly improbable comeback in the first round of the ACC tournament against Syracuse. Oh, and that was the same Syracuse team BC lost to by 25 points last weekend to close the regular season, I might add. Watch Dontavia Waggoner, who finished with a career-high 32 points as well. MY GOODNESSS 😳 📺 @BC_WBB x @accnetwork — ACC Women's Basketball (@accwbb) March 5, 2025 This is what March is about, the unexpected spectacular. Though the Eagles fell to North Carolina the next day, they gave the Tar Heels one heck of a fight, dragging the game into deep waters. For about 24 glorious hours, Boston College found another gear and played some of its best basketball of the season. In these back-against-the-wall moments of March, we get the full-circle moments of a 30-plus-game journey for teams, which spiderweb into over 100 games for those senior classes that have been here. The impending finality brings out something different, and there's something quite beautiful about that no matter the team, conference or season. Who should I be worried about as the nervous fan of a bubble team? • The biggest win for bubble-watchers Thursday was California handling Virginia comfortably. The Cavaliers were starting to make a case for a tournament invite after taking a road game from North Carolina, Virginia's first Quad 1 win. Beating Cal would've made that case much stronger considering how the rest of the bubble teams are fairing. • Speaking of the rest of the bubble, the last two days were unconvincing for any movement. Washington was the only team that could take the reins and climb with a win over Oregon and a close game against Michigan. However, that was more to ensure the Huskies getting a place in the First Four, in my view. Advertisement Based on the past few weeks of play, Washington seems to have a better case than Oregon, but the Ducks have a slightly better all-around resume with more impressive nonconference wins, notably against Baylor. If the selection committee leans heavily toward recency, I could see Tina Langley's squad as a No. 10 seed, but I wouldn't bank on it. • As for the rest of the Big Ten, Minnesota seems to have officially fallen out after losing to Washington in the first round of the Big Ten tournament. Indiana was already fairly safe, and Nebraska beating Illinois was a huge boost as well. The next few days will be key for the Big Ten's seeding, but I wouldn't expect a team outside of Washington to make it out of the bubble or dip into it. • Adding more intrigue, Colorado did exactly what it needed for its chances and likely sunk Arizona's bubble dreams in the process. The Buffaloes are hard to read, struggling to successfully close the regular season due to injuries, but they're putting together a run in the Big 12 tournament. They have some standout wins (West Virginia and Kansas State) but numerous blowout losses that drag their NET down significantly. I'm unsure how the selection committee would evaluate them, which is why I have Colorado as the second team out. It would be nearly impossible to keep the Buffaloes out of the NCAA Tournament if they beat TCU on Friday. Be on the lookout for some March magic. • Virginia Tech lost to Georgia Tech on Thursday, dropping a game that could have ensured the Hokies went dancing. I have them as the final team getting into the tournament and playing in the First Four. Virginia Tech has the benefit of registering only a few bad losses, but it also didn't quite earn the oomph of some top-end victories and was instead a steady middle-of-the-pack ACC team. Advertisement But the Hokies' losses to Boston College and Stanford in the final two weeks of the regular season are why they're lower on the seed list and on the bubble. They're the team I go back and forth on the most, and without clear evidence from ACC tournament results, I imagine they'll be the first team to slip if anything wild happens in the mid-major postseasons. If you had asked me a few days ago, I would've told you a three-bid Ivy League was highly unlikely. I still wouldn't bet on it, but the chaos mentioned above has left the door open. The top three Ivy teams have had interesting back-and-forths throughout the season. • Princeton is 0-2 against Columbia but went 2-0 against Harvard. • Harvard is 0-2 against Princeton but went 1-1 against Columbia, winning their rematch. • Columbia owns the league's auto-bid and is in the driver's seat heading into the final weekend of Ivy play. One of the biggest things going for the Ivy trio right now is that they won key games over other teams on the bubble during nonconference play. The head-to-head games haven't been a massive factor at the top of the bracket, but it could be a larger factor in the bubble when nitpicking final seeding. The Ivy trio have stronger resumes than the second tier of the A-10, the ACC bubble teams and — at least for now — the Big 12 bubble teams, depending on how Colorado finishes conference postseason play. Harvard appears in need of a win against Princeton, and Princeton needs to make the Ivy championship game. Columbia seems somewhat safe, but it would benefit from avoiding a loss, of course. Columbia made the First Four last season with this resume: • 57th in the NET • 102nd in SOS •0-4 in Q1 games • 5-3 in Q2 games • 18-0 in Q3 and Q4 games The quad system was more lax last season (and not used by the selection committee). For instance, a Quad 1 away game last season was defined as going against a team ranked 1-70 in the NET, whereas a Quad 1 game this season is defined as going against a team ranked 1-45 in the NET. Advertisement I doubted Columbia would make the tournament last season, and all three Ivy schools have better resumes, in a less crowded bubble, with less convincing resumes all around. A three-bid Ivy is in the cards, but we still have quite a few hands to play before everything is set. The Bracket Central series is sponsored by E*Trade from Morgan Stanley. The Athletic maintains full editorial independence. Sponsors have no control over or input into the reporting or editing process and do not review stories before publication. (Photo of Minnesota's Amaya Battle: Katelyn Mulcahy / Getty Images)
USA Today
31-01-2025
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- USA Today
Washington women's basketball falls to Indiana 73-70
After a hot start to their three-game homestand, the Washington Huskies couldn't complete a fourth-quarter comeback on Monday night, falling 73-70 to the Indiana Hoosiers inside Alaska Airlines Arena. The loss dropped Washington to 1-2 on the homestand, 13-8 overall and 4-5 in Big Ten play, while Indiana improved to 13-7 and 5-4 in Big Ten. After a hot start to Big Ten play, coach Tina Langley's NCAA Tournament hopes have taken a big hit after back-to-back losses to Indiana and Iowa. The Hoosiers took control early, leading 21-16 after the first quarter, and extended their lead to 59-46 behind a dominant third quarter before the Huskies came storming back. Indiana's Yarden Garzon was an unstoppable force, scoring a career-high 35 points thanks to eight trailing by 13 points heading into the final period, the Huskies made a strong push, outscoring Indiana 24-14 in the fourth. Forward Dalayah Daniels led the Huskies with 21 points, but Langley's leading rebounder was held to just three boards on the day. Freshman guard Devin Coppinger and sophomore guard Sayvia Sellers each chipped in with 11 points on the day. Washington had a chance to tie or take the lead in the final minute after Sellers cut the deficit to one point with two free throws. However, Garzon sealed the win for Indiana with a jumper with 53 seconds to play, and the Huskies couldn't get a last-second three to fall. Langley's team will look to regroup as they hit the road, but it won't be easy as they head to Columbus for a matchup with No. 8 Ohio State. The Buckeyes are 19-1 on the season and 8-1 in Big Ten play. Tip-off is set for Sunday, February 2 at 2:00 p.m. PST on the Big Ten Network.
