The Pacific Northwest brought its familiar rain to a number of top-16 parades Sunday as Washington State led the way with an upset over No. 2 UCLA from Pauley Pavilion while Washington and Oregon State bested No. 11 USC and No. 16 Utah respectively.
Here’s a look back at the biggest storylines from the final women’s basketball Sunday of January.
Sharp-shooting Washington State stuns No. 2 UCLA
2nd, 2:28 | CHARLISSE LEGER-WALKER!
41-24 COUGS!#GoCougs | #CougsVsEverybody pic.twitter.com/EcM4NEDmvt
— WSU Cougar Women’s 🏀 (@WSUCougarWBB) January 28, 2024
Emboldened by a triumph in Tinseltown last season, Washington State’s first-ever win at Pauley Pavilion, and the absence of UCLA’s dominant rim protector Lauren Betts, WSU pursued its highest-ranked victory in program history with supreme confidence Sunday night. The Cougars would convert better than 54 percent of their field goals, including a scintillating 6-12 mark from three, and grow their lead to as much as 20 early in the second half, ultimately navigating some dodgy late-game execution to escape as 85-82 victors.
Without Betts, who stands as an elite shot-blocking presence and currently ranks…
