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South Carolina F Aleighsa Welch goes for a layup in Sunday’s win against San Diego State Many thought then-No. 6 Stanford upsetting then-No. 1 UConn last week, snapping the Huskies’ 47-game winning streak, was good for the women’s basketball season. Well, that was just the beginning. Days after Stanford’s win, then-No. 10 Texas traveled to The…

Stanford senior G Amber Orrange made the game-tying three-pointer to force overtime in her team’s win against No. 1 UConn on Monday. Washington State will open Pac-12 Network’s 2014-15 women’s basketball broadcast season when WSU hosts No. 16 Nebraska on Wednesday at 8pm PT. Nebraska is the second ranked team and third game overall the…

UConn star Breanna Stewart PHOTO: Jessica Hill/Associated Press The Associated Press preseason All-American team was released on Tuesday. UConn F Breanna Stewart and Notre Dame G Jewell Loyd were unanimous selections among a panel of 35 national media members. Stewart and Loyd are the 10th and 11th players all-time to be unanimous selections. Stanford F…

The USA Today Sports preseason Top 25 Coaches’ Poll was released Monday. Oregon State finished the 2013-14 season at No. 25 and finds itself back in the mix to open this year. The Beavers, who returned all five starters, are ranked No. 21. UConn, the two-time defending NCAA champion, is the unanimous No. 1 choice, as…

Coach Scott Rueck has Oregon State back in AP Top 25 poll PHOTO: Image of Sport The preseason Associated Press Top 25 poll was released Thursday. NCAA defending champion UConn was the unanimous No. 1 overall selection. It’s the 10th time that UConn has been the top team in the preseason. Six of those years…

Storm G Tanisha Wright PHOTO: Erika Schultz/The Seattle Times Series Note: The Storm did not advance to the postseason for the first time since 2003. The team held its exit interviews in August. This is the final entry in a 12-player series that featured conversations from the Seattle roster. In a new move, the WNBA…

Storm PG Sue Bird PHOTO: Courtesy of USA Basketball From USA Basketball: USA Basketball Women’s National Team Roster Set For Exhibition Versus Canada Sue Bird has gone from rookie to veteran leader since 2002 and is on the verge of being named to a record fourth USA Basketball World Championship Team.   TRUMBULL, Connecticut (Sept. 14, 2014) –…

San Antonio lost its past two games and Los Angeles lost to Tulsa on Tuesday, keeping the door cracked for Seattle to make a WNBA-record 11th playoff appearance. The Storm (10-20) has four games remaining and is 3.5-games behind the Stars (13-16) and Sparks (13-16) for one of the final two playoff spots…

Storm F Camille Little splits Minnesota defenders for a layin PHOTO: LINDSEY WASSON / THE SEATTLE TIMES Storm F Camille Little scored a career-high 31 points in a win against Minnesota on Friday. She’s the fifth player in team history to reach the mark. C Lauren Jackson has scored 30-points or more 27 times in her…

Stanford F Chiney Ogwumike AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez UConn nearly has more players (10) in the WNBA than the Pac-12 conference as a whole (15). It appears just one more will break through this year and stick on a WNBA roster in Stanford F Chiney Ogwumike. Add that Connecticut Sun coach Anne Donovan was the…