{"id":216057,"date":"2026-01-02T05:13:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T05:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/216057\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T05:13:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T05:13:07","slug":"huskies-ring-in-2026-with-win-over-no-6-michigan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/216057\/","title":{"rendered":"Huskies Ring In 2026 With Win Over No. 6 Michigan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SEATTLE \u2014 The Washington women&#8217;s basketball team (12-2, 2-1 Big Ten) took down No. 6 Michigan (11-2, 2-1 Big Ten) 64-52 on Thursday afternoon in front of an electric Alaska Airlines Arena crowd.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe Huskies locked down the Wolverines defensively, limiting the visiting team to 20-for-60 shooting from the field (33.3%) and 3-for-14 from behind the 3-point line (21.4%). Michigan recorded just three assists.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nWashington was equally impressive on the glass, outrebounding the visiting side 43 to 27.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThursday marked the fourth straight win for the Huskies at home against the Wolverines, and Washington&#8217;s highest-ranked Big Ten win since joining the conference.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gohuskies.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/avery-howell\/17028\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17028\" target=\"_blank\">Avery Howell<\/a> was prolific from the start of Thursday&#8217;s game, recording two early layups to help Washington jump to an early 8-0 run. She didn&#8217;t look back from there, recording a double-double before the first half came to a close and finishing the afternoon with 22 points and a career-high 16 rebounds.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gohuskies.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/sayvia-sellers\/16353\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"16353\" target=\"_blank\">Sayvia Sellers<\/a> was the second Husky in double figures, recording 11 points with three steals. The junior had a few statement plays on both ends of the floor, beginning with a thunderous block on Michigan&#8217;s second offensive possession to keep them off the board. Then, late in the fourth quarter, she stretched the lead to 14 with a big 3-pointer from the corner.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gohuskies.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/yulia-grabovskaia\/17029\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17029\" target=\"_blank\">Yulia Grabovskaia<\/a> kept increasing Washington&#8217;s rebounding margin, hauling in nine rebounds to complement her six points and two blocks.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nLate in the second quarter, <a href=\"https:\/\/gohuskies.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/hannah-stines\/16354\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"16354\" target=\"_blank\">Hannah Stines<\/a> hit a huge 3-pointer from the top of the key to stretch the Huskies&#8217; lead to double digits and force a Michigan timeout. Washington tacked on another two buckets on the other side to send them into halftime up 31 to 18.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nStines finished the game leading the Huskies with five assists. <a href=\"https:\/\/gohuskies.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/elle-ladine\/16352\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"16352\" target=\"_blank\">Elle Ladine<\/a> added four more assists and another nine points.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nUp next, Washington has another ranked opponent arrive in Seattle, with the Huskies taking on No. 24 Michigan State at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 8 in Alaska Airlines Arena.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SEATTLE \u2014 The Washington women&#8217;s basketball team (12-2, 2-1 Big Ten) took down No. 6 Michigan (11-2, 2-1&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":216058,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-216057","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216057\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}