Boise State

Coming off a mid-week loss to Weber State, this Sunday matinee with Boise State amounted to nothing less than a must win for the Huskies if they have aspirations of a berth in the field of 64.

To say the performance in the first half was a vast improvement is to put it mildly.

Morton had a nice move leading to a free-throw line jumper to open the scoring.

McLellan continued her strong start with 4 early points.

It was apparent that Kingma's shooting woes from Weber State were a thing of the past with 5 straight points in an early Husky run.

I'm beginning to think that Michelle's best from the outside when she's not completely set. She hit a beautiful catch and shoot triple in the midst of the Husky run that put the game firmly in the Huskies control.

The Huskies were absolutely everywhere on defense in the opening minutes with steals and tips (Whitcomb ended with a game high 7). Kristi had a great tip that led to a Sami lay-in. UW owned the passing lanes and the Broncos never came up with a real answer to the press.

I'd be remiss in my recap of the first half if I didn't mention the bank-shot three at the buzzer that Augustavo hit. It was an unexpected surprise and it brought the Huskies off the bench to celebrate on their way to the locker room.

The 2nd half started with a flourish with a 3 from Sami, and +1 from Laura, and a Kingma trifecta.

After that came a lull, broken with some more nice work on the block from McLellan.

No question about it, the foot came off the gas in the 2nd half with the big lead. You can get away with that against and under-manned Bronco squad but come the Pac-10 season (not to mention UConn and K-State) a 30 point lead will get halved in a hurry if you're not careful.

That said, there were certainly positives aplenty in Sunday's contest. When the UW has the athletic advantage as they did against BSU, they have to press that advantage as much as possible. Quite simply, the Huskies have the ability to run and press teams to death and in order for them to be as succesful as they (and we) would like to be, this must be done.