<p><p>PULLMAN – A season after winning the Pac-12 Conference Tournament, Washington State’s women’s basketball team is expected to play at a high level again.</p></p><p><p>At least that’s the projection from the Pac-12 preseason media and coaches polls, both of which slotted the Cougars at No. 5. Released Tuesday morning at the conference media day in Las Vegas, the polls predict a slight improvement in conference standings for WSU, which placed seventh in the Pac-12 last season at 9-9.</p></p><p><p>WSU landed senior guard Charlisse Leger-Walker and center Bella Murekatete on the Pac-12 preseason all-conference team. Leger-Walker, an Associated Press All-American honorable mention pick last season, averaged 17.7 points and 5.5 rebounds last year. Murekatete, a fifth-year senior, averaged 13.8 points last year.</p></p><p><p>WSU opens the season against Montana Western on Oct. 29, the beginning of a four-game homestand to kick off the season. The Cougars haven’t released their conference schedule.</p></p>
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