This week in Pac-12 women's basketball

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The Pac-12 enters the holiday break with two teams who have won 10-straight, 10/12 OREGON STATE and WASHINGTON. The Beavers are coming off their highest-ranked win in nearly two decades after knocking off No. 6 North Carolina in the Tar Heel State on December 16, followed by a sweep of the New Orleans Shootout to give OSU its best start (and highest AP ranking) in school-history.

The Huskies dropped their season opener at Oklahoma, but have reeled off 10-straight since. No. 25 ARIZONA STATE is nearly as hot having won six-straight and are into the top-25 for the first time this year. 16/15 STANFORD dropped two-straight for just the sixth time since 2000-01 last week, but rebounded with a win on December 22. Stanford and UCLA have each played four top-25 teams.

Following the holiday break, in a battle of top-10 teams, Oregon State will travel to No. 8-ranked Tennessee on December 28. Also on the 28th, No. 4-ranked Notre Dame will play at UCLA. Stanford opens up the post-holiday break with UC Santa Barbara. One more top-25 matchup takes place prior to the start of Pac-12 play with No. 5-ranked Texas A&M traveling to Washington on December 29.

UCLA and USC officially open up Pac-12 play on December 30 at the Galen Center, before the full slate opens on January 3 and 5 with the Washington schools traveling to Arizona, the Oregon schools traveling to UCLA and USC and Utah and Colorado traveling to the Bay Area for games with Stanford and Cal.  

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