The Idaho women’s basketball team fell to No. 15 Washington Tuesday in a 105-53 blowout in Seattle.
Junior post Brooke Reilly led Idaho (2-1) with 13 points. Sophomore guard Mikayla Ferenz earned 10 points.
Idaho coach Jon Newlee said he doesn’t expect a repeat of Idaho’s performance.
“We knew we were going to get some great looks,” Newlee said. “They were making their shots and we were not. Our best shooters go 3-for-22 from 3-point range. We are not going to have too many games like that.”
Despite the loss, Idaho and Washington broke a few records. The Vandals broke the school-record for 3-point attempts, with 52.
Washington and Idaho combined for an NCAA-record 97 3-point attempts.
Idaho struggled from three-point range, going 0-8 early in the first quarter. Washington (4-1) led 14-0.
A 3-pointer from Reilly put the Vandals on the board with six minutes remaining.
The Huskies took the period 35-8.
Reilly hit two free throws. Washington answered by keeping Idaho scoreless for over two minutes.
Senior point guard Karlee Wilson ended the drought with a steal.
Wilson passed to Ferenz, who attempted a layup.
Washington center Deja Strother fouled Ferenz and the layup was deemed good.
Ferenz sunk a three-pointer with 40 seconds left at the half.
Junior post Geraldine McCorkell continued Idaho’s momentum with a layup. Idaho took a 9-2 run before Washington guard Kelsey Plum topped off scoring for the half at 54-29.
The Vandals shot 21 percent from the field to the Huskies’ 53 percent in the first half.
Newlee said he saw a different Vandal team in the second period.
“I liked that we were pushing the basketball in the second,” Newlee said. “We started attacking the rim more and then kicking the ball out. I liked our transition. We started running them. I loved our second quarter. I thought that was more like the game was going to go for us, unfortunately we just did not keep it going.”
Reilly and sophomore guard Taylor Pierce started the third period with a 3-pointer each.
The Washington offense dominated the court, pulling away 79-42 at the end of the third quarter.
Idaho went scoreless again for the last four minutes of the period.
Plum and guard Amber Melgoza scored consecutive threes to extend the Huskies lead 85-42 with less than eight minutes left.
Senior guard Agueda Trujillo added a three with 7:10 remaining.
Freshman post Isabelle Hadden closed scoring for Idaho with a three with 1:24 left.
Hadden made her debut for the Vandals Tuesday and ended the night with five points.
Washington shot 19-for-45 from outside and 50.6 percent inside.
Idaho went 11-for-52 from three.
Washington’s Chantel Osahor made Husky history with a triple-double of 11 points, 21 rebounds and 10 assists.
The Vandals play Northern Iowa 1 p.m. Friday in Phoenix, part of the Grand Canyon Thanksgiving Classic.
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