The Associated Press women's college basketball poll at No. 25 on Monday.“I honestly didn’t know we’d never been ranked,” Ethridge said. “I heard a lot about the lows we’ve experienced and talked to our team about the fact we have no banners.
We have one NCAA Tournament appearance in the history of the NCAAs. A big part of our recruiting players was about hanging the first banner and being a first.
How exciting it is to be on the way up.”The ranking comes a day after Washington State beat then-No. 7 Arizona 71-69 in overtime on a buzzer-beating layup by freshman Charlisse Leger-Walker.
Washington State (7-1) has won five of its first six Pac-12 games for the first time since the 2013-14 season.“We’re enjoying the process right now,” said.