Sellers’ triple-double helps No. 16 UW Huskies beat UC San Diego in opener

Sayvia Sellers opened the season with a triple-double of 25 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists and the No. 16 UW Huskies pulled away in the second half for a 79-63 win over UC San Diego.

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Nov 2, 2026, 1:27 PM

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Sayvia Sellers of the UW Huskies during a 2025 game against Purdue. (Steph Chambers/Getty Images)

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SEATTLE (AP) — Sayvia Sellers opened the season with a triple-double of 25 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists and the No. 16 UW Huskies pulled away in the second half for a 79-63 win over UC San Diego on Monday.

It was the first triple-double for the Huskies in 10 years.

@Sayvia5 becomes first Husky since 2016 to record a triple double (25 pts, 11 rbs, 10 ast)‼️

11 rebounds and 10 assists are both career highs! pic.twitter.com/b3kujQep8A

— Washington Women’s Basketball (@UW_WBB) November 2, 2026

Brynn McGaughy had 13 points, a career-high 15 rebounds and three steals for the Huskies. Avery Howell had 22 points and North Carolina transfer Tilda Trygger, a 6-foot-6 transfer from N.C. State, had eight points and 13 rebounds.

With Sellers grabbing a career-high for rebounds, Washington dominating the boards 54-26, including a plus-10 in offensive rebounds, and a 46-16 difference on points in the paint. The assists were also a career high for Sellers as she recorded the first triple-double at Washinton since 2016.

Coryn Watts had 15 points on five 3-pointers for the Tritons, two-time defending Big West Conference champions. Erin Condron added 14 points and Sadie Sin added 12 off the bench.

UC San Diego kept pace in the first half, turning 11 Husky turnovers into seven points and hitting seven 3-pointers. The Tritons were up five but went scoreless over the last four minutes of the first half and a Sellers 3-pointer in the last minute tied the game at 31 at halftime.

McCaughy scored five points in an 8-2 burst early in the second half to give the Huskies the lead for good at 41-36. After a Tritons’ 3, Sellers had a three-point play and seven points in an 8-0 run for a 49-39 lead in the last minute of the third quarter.

Both teams finished with a flourish as UC San Diego was 9 of 15 in the fourth and Washington was 13 of 17, both hitting three 3s.