2023-24 Husky Women’s Basketball Season Recap

It was another special season for Washington women’s basketball, as the Huskies had a joy-filled journey on Montlake and beyond.

OFF TO AN HISTORIC START

The Huskies got off to an historic start to the season.

• Going 11-0 to start the season tied UW’s best start to a season in program history, the last and only other time being the 1976-77 season.
• 11 wins in a row tied for the 3rd-longest win streak in program history. The last time UW went 11-0 was the 2016-17 season.

DAWGS IN THE RANKINGS

Washington earned a spot in the Associated Press weekly poll.

• Being ranked No. 23 in the AP Top 25 (released 12.18.23) was UW’s first AP ranking since the final poll of the 2016-17 season.

AGAINST TOP-25 OPPONENTS

The Huskies put up a lot of fight all season, and put the nation on notice with big wins against ranked opponents, all when the Huskies were un-ranked.

• UW had four wins over AP-ranked opponents, three of which were on the road.
• The last time UW had four wins over AP-ranked opponents was the 2016-17 season. The last time the Huskies did so during the regular season was the 1997-98 season. 
• When the Huskies got their second true road win over an AP ranked opponent this past season, it was the first time since the 1994-95 season the Huskies had two ranked road wins in the regular season.
• This season was the first in program history that UW won three games on the road at ranked opponents.
• The win vs. No. 9 Oregon State marked UW beating an AP Top-10 opponent for the second-straight season, making it the first time defeating a Top-10 opponent in consecutive seasons since 2016-17.
• The 10-point win over No. 9 Oregon State was the first double-digit win over a ranked opponent since 2014. The Huskies went on to have another double-digit win over a ranked opponent at No. 18 Utah by 15 points.

IT’S A SWEEP

Washington defeated both Oregon and Oregon State for the second consecutive season.

• UW swept the Oregon schools at home in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 2007-08.
• The sweep of the Oregon schools was the first completed sweep (home or away) in consecutive seasons since 2016-17.

ONE FOR THE RECORD BOOKS

Washington’s non-conference game at home vs. North Carolina Central on 11.09.23 went down in the record books.

• 113 points was the second-most points scored in program history, the record being 114 set on December 20, 1985 vs. Weber State.
• It was the first time Washington scored 100 or more points since the Huskies scored 108 on March 20, 2017 vs. Oklahoma.
• +74 is the new record for largest margin of victory, breaking the previous record set on February 13, 1979 vs. Puget Sound by one.
• The Huskies scored 34 points in the second quarter, breaking the record for most points scored in a quarter. The previous record was 33 scored on November 13, 2019 vs. Weber State.

POSTSEASON

For the second season in a row, the Huskies earned a spot in the postseason.

• Washington received the No. 2 seed in the inaugural WBIT, owned and funded by the NCAA.
• This was UW’s 28th overall postseason appearance in 50 seasons, and second consecutive.
• Prior to last season (ending in the WNIT Fab Four), the last time Washington had received a postseason berth was at the end of the 2016-17 season, when the Huskies went to the NCAA Tournament and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen.

ETCHING THEIR NAMES IN HUSKY HISTORY

The UW career and season records list got re-written this season.

• Dalayah Daniels:

  • Went to No. 3 on the UW Top 10 career blocked shots list, and became the second-fastest player in program history to reach the 100 career blocks at UW milestone (did so in 60 games).
  • Went to No. 4 on the UW Top 10 season blocked shots list with 57 blocks this season.

• Sayvia Sellers:

  • Recorded 10 assists in win vs. Oregon (02.23.24), becoming the second freshman in UW history to have 10+ assists in a game (first since 1982), the first UW player to record 10+ assists since 2017, and the 15th player in program history to record 10+ assists.  
  • Finished the season making 35 three-pointers, putting her at No. 6 in the UW Freshmen Top 10, and becoming the first freshman to break into the category since the 2014-15 season. 

• Chloe Briggs:

  • Tied for No. 6 on the UW Freshman Top 10 for three-point field goal percentage, finishing the season at 35.7% from three-point range.

HUSKIES IN THE HEADLINES

Washington received local, conference-wide, and national attention this season.

• National Recognition:

  • ESPN Team of the Week (12.11.23)
  • USBWA Team of the Week (12.12.23)

• Conference Recognition: 

  • 2023-24 Preseason Honors:

    • Dalayah Daniels: Earned Preseason All-Conference Honorable Mention recognition, as voted on by the media.

  • 2023-24 All-Conference Honors:

    • Dalayah Daniels: All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention & Pac-12 All-Defensive Team Honorable Mention
    • Elle Ladine: All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention
    • Lauren Schwartz: All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention
    • Sayvia Sellers: All-Freshman Team – Became the first UW freshman to be named to the First Team since 2016-17, and the 15th player in program history to be named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman First Team.

• Media Recognition: 

  • 2023-24 All-Conference Honors:
    

• Tournament Recognition:

  • 2023 Rainbow Wahine Showdown:
    

SENIOR SEND-OFF

The Huskies said goodbye after this season to graduating seniors Nia Lowery and Lauren Schwartz. 

THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT ON MONTLAKE

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