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Pili Named to Wooden Award Late Season Top 20 Watch List
1/30/2023 5:10 PM | Women's Basketball
SALT LAKE CITY – Utah junior forward Alissa Pili was named to the Late Season Top 20 Watch List for the John R. Wooden Award, which recognizes the outstanding player in college basketball. Chosen by a poll of national college basketball experts based on performance during the 2022-23 season thus far, the list was revealed live on ESPN2 on Monday afternoon.
Pili is one of four players from Pac-12 schools on the list, joined by Stanford's Cameron Brink and Haley Jones, and UCLA's Charisma Osborne. The players on the list are considered strong candidates for the 2023 John R. Wooden Award Women's Player of the Year presented by Wendy's.
Pili is the leading scorer for the Utes, who are ranked No. 7 in this week's AP poll, Utah's highest ranking in program history. The Utes have a 19-2 overall record on the season and sit at No. 8 in the nation in winning percentage. Pili leads the Pac-12 in scoring at 20.3 points per game and ranks 20th nationally. Her shooting percentage of 61.9-percent leads the Pac-12 and ranks 11th nationally.
The junior from Anchorage, Alaska (Dimond High School) has a streak of scoring 20 or more points in five consecutive games starting with her 27-point performance against Arizona on January 15 and most recently she put up 23 points in a thrilling 71-69 win over then ranked No. 8 UCLA. She is the first Ute to do so since 2009-10. Her back-to-back 28-point games in early December were the first consecutive games of 28 or more points by a Utah player since 2014, and she was the first Ute to do so in two road games since at least 1999-2000.
Pili recently topped the 1,000-career-point mark, bringing 795 points from USC (2019-22) before her transfer to Utah prior to the 2022-23 season.
Utah, 8-2 in the Pac-12 for the first time since joining the conference in 2011-12, takes on Oregon State in Corvallis, Ore., Friday Feb. 3 before heading to Eugene on Sunday, Feb. 5 to take on Oregon. The Utes are the nation's fifth-highest-scoring team, averaging 884.6 points per game, and rank fourth in field-goal percentage (49.3), third in scoring margin (+22.2) and eighth in assists (18.2).
Pili is one of four players from Pac-12 schools on the list, joined by Stanford's Cameron Brink and Haley Jones, and UCLA's Charisma Osborne. The players on the list are considered strong candidates for the 2023 John R. Wooden Award Women's Player of the Year presented by Wendy's.
Pili is the leading scorer for the Utes, who are ranked No. 7 in this week's AP poll, Utah's highest ranking in program history. The Utes have a 19-2 overall record on the season and sit at No. 8 in the nation in winning percentage. Pili leads the Pac-12 in scoring at 20.3 points per game and ranks 20th nationally. Her shooting percentage of 61.9-percent leads the Pac-12 and ranks 11th nationally.
The junior from Anchorage, Alaska (Dimond High School) has a streak of scoring 20 or more points in five consecutive games starting with her 27-point performance against Arizona on January 15 and most recently she put up 23 points in a thrilling 71-69 win over then ranked No. 8 UCLA. She is the first Ute to do so since 2009-10. Her back-to-back 28-point games in early December were the first consecutive games of 28 or more points by a Utah player since 2014, and she was the first Ute to do so in two road games since at least 1999-2000.
Pili recently topped the 1,000-career-point mark, bringing 795 points from USC (2019-22) before her transfer to Utah prior to the 2022-23 season.
Utah, 8-2 in the Pac-12 for the first time since joining the conference in 2011-12, takes on Oregon State in Corvallis, Ore., Friday Feb. 3 before heading to Eugene on Sunday, Feb. 5 to take on Oregon. The Utes are the nation's fifth-highest-scoring team, averaging 884.6 points per game, and rank fourth in field-goal percentage (49.3), third in scoring margin (+22.2) and eighth in assists (18.2).
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