UW Huskies women’s basketball makes jump in AP Top 25

UW Huskies women’s basketball is on the rise in the latest top 25 poll from The Associated Press.

In the new rankings released Monday morning, the Huskies moved up three spots to No. 22. Washington was ranked 25th in the previous two weeks.

This week’s AP Top 25 women’s basketball rankings

The Huskies are off to a 5-0 start, with their most recent win coming in a 71-39 blowout at home Sunday over Vermont.

UW also beat Fresno State 61-43 last Wednesday.

The Huskies have been led offensively by Sayvia Sellers, a 5-foot-7 junior guard from Anchorage, Alaska. Sellers’ team-high 21.2 points per game is tied for 19th in the country, and she also leads UW with 4.6 assists and 2.0 steals per game.

The UW schedule this week features a pair of home games: a 6 p.m. Tuesday contest with Southern, and a 7 p.m. Friday meeting with UC San Diego.

The top six spots in Monday’s rankings remain unchanged, with UConn at No. 1 followed by South Carolina, UCLA, Texas, LSU and Michigan.

For more on this week’s AP Top 25, click here.

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