Fresno State Athletics
Bulldogs at Utah State; Featured on ESPN
2/16/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Feb. 16, 2010
ESPN.Com Writer Graham Hays featured coach Adrian Wiggins and his program. To read CLICK HERE
Bulldogs No. 6 in Mid-Major Poll. To read CLICK HERE
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Logan, Utah- Fresno State plays at Utah State on Wednesday at 4 p.m. Pacific Time. The Bulldogs are 20-5 and 11-0 in WAC and the game will be heard live on 790 ESPN Radio, the Deuce. Jaleesa Ross is nearing the schools all-time mark for 3-pointers made as she is only seven 3-pointers away from breaking the record. Lindsay Logan, who played at Fresno State from 2000-03 holds the record with 272.
Fresno State leads the overall series 8-2 and the Bulldogs have won four straight and six of the last seven meetings.
Utah State is 12-12 and 4-7 in WAC play. Amber White leads Utah State in scoring at 11.6 points and Alice Coddington is scoring 8.5 points. USU is averaging 59.7 points a game and shooting 40 percent from the field.
Fresno State is off to its best in school history with its 20-5 overall mark, 11-0 WAC record and its 12-game winning streak.
Ross One of Top Scorers in Bulldog History
Jaleesa Ross has scored 1,318 points in her career at Fresno State and is currently in 7th place on the Fresno State all-time scoring list. Ross needs 25 points to pass Omelogo Udeze to move into sixth place. Udeze (2000-03) finished her career with 1,342 points. Ross is one of only 16 Bulldogs who have surpassed 1,000 points.
Ross Climbing the School 3-Point Record Books
Jaleesa Ross has hit 266 3-pointers in her two plus seasons as a Bulldog and she is currently in second place on the schools career list for 3-pointers made. She needs seven 3-pointers to pass Lindsay Logan and move into first place. Her 95 3-pointers made last season is a new Fresno State single season record, breaking the previous mark of 89, set by Ross last year and Lindsay Logan in 2000-01. The 95 3-pointers ranks Ross fifth on the single season Top 10 list in the WAC for most 3-pointers made in a year.
4th Pink Zone Game Set
On Saturday, against Nevada, the Bulldogs will play their annual Pink Zone game in support of raising awareness for breast cancer. The game starts at 5 p.m. and the first 100 fans will receive a free pink t-shirt. $1 from every ticket sold will benefit the Central Valley Affiliate forSusan G. Komen for the Cure. There will be 12 breast cancer survivors recognized before the start of the game. Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims will speak to the crowd before tipoff.
KSEE24 You News promotion is also giving fans a chance to win a suite for 10 to the March 3rd women's basketball game vs. San Jose State. 25 family four-packs of tickets will be given away as well. To enter log onto http://www.ksee24.com/contests
Dogs Get Noticed in Polls
As Fresno State continues to have success the Bulldogs are receiving notice on a national level. For the last four weeks the Bulldogs have received votes in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches poll. For the last two weeks the team has received two votes and the previous week they received three. The Bulldogs started receiving votes in the AP Poll last week as they got one vote and this week they received six votes, putting them in 30th place. The Bulldogs received votes in the preseason polls as they received three votes in the Preseason AP Poll. It was the first time the Bulldogs have been in any Preseason national poll. The Dogs also received one vote in the Preseason ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll.
Dogs Climbing ESPN Mid-Major Polls
After entering the ESPN.com Mid-Major Top 10 poll last week in eighth place, the Fresno State women's basketball team has moved up two spots to No. 6. ESPN.com women's basketball writer Graham Hays does the poll. Here is what he had to say. 6. Fresno State (20-5, 11-0 WAC):
"Here's how Fresno State coach Adrian Wiggins made his case recently: "If you flipped and put our name on Arizona State's stats or UCLA's stats and changed the names, I think you'd be amazed at what you'd think about our team." He has a point. The lack of a signature win hurts in raising the profile, but the Bulldogs played Stanford close into the second half and acquitted themselves well on the road at TCU and USC without guard Emma Andrews early on. The next hurdle comes with Nevada, second in the WAC, at home on Saturday, followed by trips to Louisiana Tech and Boise State in the week that follows."
Winning Big
The Bulldogs are out scoring conference teams by an average score of 75.1 to 55.5 in WAC play. Overall on the season, the average margin of victory is 71.9 to 59.7. The 85-38 win over Idaho on Feb.10 was the largest margin of victory over a WAC opponent. The Bulldogs have also recorded a 41 point win over Hawaii and a 37-point win at San Jose State. The 41 point win was the third largest margin of victory in a WAC game. Earlier in the season the Bulldogs beat Sacramento State by 48 points. The Bulldogs have six wins by 20 points or more this season.
And the Winner Is....
Jaleesa Ross earned WAC Player of the Week honors for the third time this season when she received the award on Feb. 15 for averaging 19.5 points a game, six rebounds, 5.5 assists and three steals in wins over Idaho and New Mexico State. She also earned the award on January 25 and she became the first Bulldog to be named WAC Player of the Week for the 2009-10 season when she earned the accolade on Dec. 7 for performances where she averaged 17 point and 10 rebounds in wins at UC Irvine and Loyola Marymount. Ross has earned WAC Player of the Week honors six times in her career.
"We Are Your Team"- The Fresno State women's basketball returns to the Save Mart Center for Pink Night on Saturday at 5 p.m. For ticket information click on the tickets link at the top of the page.
