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Washington Huskies women's basketball looks to rebound vs. Weber State
The Washington women's basketball team spent Tuesday emphasizing rebounding, and Wednesday night, when they visit Weber State, Huskies players will see if they learned their lesson.
Seattle Times staff reporter
UW @ Weber State, 6 p.m., 1150 AM
Monday was a harsh awakening for the Washington women's basketball team.
Yes, the Huskies really did cough up 21 offensive rebounds and 31 turnovers in Sunday's season-opening 64-59 loss to Gonzaga, and it's time for corrective measures.
The Huskies spent Tuesday emphasizing rebounding, and tonight, when they play Weber State (0-1) in Ogden, Utah, the players will see if they learned their lesson. UW coach Tia Jackson indicated she would go with the same starting lineup.
"[Gonzaga] just found ways around us," said 6-foot-2 junior center Laura McLellan, one of Washington's few bright spots with a career-high 16 points Sunday. She started after missing the opening two exhibition games due to lingering pain in her left knee and felt no ill effects from the game.
Junior-college transfer Lydia Young, a 5-11 forward who was projected to be a starter but was limited to just seven minutes in the opener, is doubtful to play because of pain in her left knee.
"We've got to get her healthy," Jackson said. "She's day-to-day and isn't a complete player — not as explosive as she typically is, and I can't play her when she's limping."
Weber State is led by junior guard Tonya Schnibbe, from Spokane's University High, who scored 12 points in the Wildcats' 96-47 opening loss at Nebraska. Weber State shot just 19.2 percent from the field.
"We're trying to go in there and redeem ourselves," Jackson said. "They [the players] know that what happened out there [Sunday] was within our control.
"We've got to focus on the little things of the game. It's not about the scoring. It's not about making the perfect assist and getting every single rebound. But it's about doing all of the little things to make sure the opposing team has to at least work hard and be challenged. We didn't tend to do that and sustain it the entire game. It was a wake-up call."
Jayda Evans: 206-464-2067 or jevans@seattletimes.com
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