DAVIS, Calif. – UC Davis is coming off its best performance of the season as it prepares for a big matchup with No. 9 Stanford on Wednesday afternoon.
Dec. 20 at No. 9 Stanford | 1 p.m. Tip-off (Stanford, Calif.)
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LAST WEEK
UC Davis returned to its winning ways in emphatic fashion with a dominant 79-40 victory over Jessup University on Tuesday night.
After a six-game road trip, the Aggies proved to be comfortable inside their home gym by shooting a season-high 52.5% from the floor in a massive win for the home team.
Evanne Turner poured in a season-high 23 points to power UC Davis to its second straight victory, taking down St. Mary's 87-66 in a convincing win on Sunday afternoon.
It was the best offensive display of the year for Davis' team as the Aggies posted their highest team field goal percentage of the season at 55% while shooting 41% (12-of-29) from deep.
ABOUT THE CARDINAL
Led by legendary head coach Tara VanDerveer, the nation's ninth-ranked team comes into Wednesday's contest with a 9-1 overall record.
SERIES NOTES
The Cardinal have won the last 15 contests and are unbeaten in the modern era, with their last defeat coming in 1978. Stanford leads the all-time series 16-10. UC Davis has not defeated Stanford in the Division I era.
TURNER NAMED BIG WEST PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Evanne Turner delivered two huge performances to lift UC Davis to a pair of massive victories as she received Big West Player of the Week honors, announced Monday afternoon.
The first game of the week saw Turner drop 16 points while making an impact all over the floor, grabbing five rebounds and dishing out five assists. The senior guard went on to enjoy her best game of the 2023-24 season in the win over St. Mary's, pouring in a season-high 23 points. She did it on an incredible 8-of-10 shooting while making five of her seven attempts from beyond the arc.
MOVING UP THE RANKS
Evanne Turner ascended to seventh on the UC Davis all-time scoring list, passing Alyson Doherty. The Fontana native has 1,322 points for her career and will look to further climb the ranks as sixth-place Paige Mintun is in her sights with 1,382 career points.
PRESEASON POLL
The UC Davis women's basketball team was picked to finish third in the league standings, and received three first-place votes according to a vote by the league's coaches.
Coming off of their impressive 2022-23 seasons,
Evanne Turner and
Tova Sabel were selected to the Big West Preseason Coaches' Team.
THE DYNAMIC DUO
Evanne Turner and
Tova Sabel make up one of the best scoring duos in the nation as they combined to average 27.0 points-per-game last season. The two guards made up 41.9% of the total scoring output and will look to lead the UC Davis offense again during the 2023-24 season.
BAUGH JOINS COACHING STAFF
Former WNBA player and Sacramento native,
Vicki Baugh, joins
Jennifer Gross' staff as an assistant coach. The Sacramento native was a standout for the University of Tennessee, reaching the NCAA Tournament in all four of her playing seasons with the Lady Volunteers.
She won a national championship with the squad in the 2007-08 season before battling injuries for the next two years. Baugh battled back to enjoy an excellent end to her collegiate career, leading her team to back-to-back SEC titles and Elite Eight finishes in the NCAA Tournament. In her senior season, Baugh capped off her career in the college ranks by leading the Lady Vols in shooting percentage.
THREE-POINT QUEEN
By netting her 196th career three-pointer on Jan. 16 against UC San Diego,
Evanne Turner broke the UC Davis program record for three-point field goals. Lori Hurlburt held the previous record, making 194 from 1997-2001. She has made 260 for her career and continues to extend her lead at the top of the list.
SVANHOLM RETURNS FOR SENIOR SEASON
Truly embodying the essence of the student-athlete is
Lena Svanholm of UC Davis women's basketball. The forward has excelled tremendously off the court, as she was recently accepted into UC Davis' Ph.D program for Chemistry and Chemical Biology. Svanholm has announced that she will return for her 'last dance' in the 2023-24 campaign, becoming the only known active NCAA Division I women's basketball student-athlete to be enrolled in such a program.
TICKET INFORMATION
Fans have a multitude of options at their disposal to fit any ticketing needs, including
Season Tickets, three different
Mini Plans including the all new Flexbook, and discounted
Group Tickets for any game available now. Single-game tickets will be on sale this coming Wednesday, October 18
th through
ucdavisaggies.com/tickets. Fans can also call (530) 752-2471 or email
aggietickets@ucdavis.edu for more information.
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