After traveling thousands of miles last weekend to Florida, the UW women’s basketball team will hit the road again tonight. Only this time, instead of traveling 3,000 miles by air, the women will be taking a three-minute bus ride to the Connolly Center to face Seattle University at 7 p.m.

“While it would be nice to play here, it’s definitely not a road game,” senior Sami Whitcomb said. “It’ll be fun. We’ll have our fans there and family around.”

Tonight’s “Battle of Seattle” features a UW team coming off its first road victory of the season, a close 62-59 win over the University of Central Florida last Sunday. The Huskies took a commanding double-digit lead to halftime as they sustained strong play for an entire half — something the UW hasn’t done all season.

“It was the first game where we came out and really outplayed the other team on defense and offense [in the first half],” said Whitcomb, who leads the Huskies with a 14.1-points-per-game average. “Even though they kept coming back at us, we kept our composure and poise on the road, so that was big.”

The Huskies (3-4) will now look to tonight’s rivalry game against the Redhawks, who run an offense similar to that of Sacramento State — a team the Huskies lost to the last time they played at home. SU averages 24 3-point attempts per game and makes up for a lack of height with 3-point shooting. Jackson will make sure her squad is aware of the threat from behind the arc.

“They are a team that will remind you of Sac State, as far as how they look to score,” Jackson said. “We have to pay attention [to that] and make sure those looks are contested.”

The Huskies are dealing with a number of injuries, three of which occurred Sunday at UCF. Senior Sara Mosiman is questionable for today because of shin splints, and sophomore Kristi Kingma sat out Tuesday’s practice because of a right-ankle sprain. Senior Laura McLellan, who banged knees with a teammate Sunday, will suit up today and should be ready to play. Sophomore Liz Lay, who has missed the past four games, is ”probably 100 percent out,” Jackson said.

The UW will have to look to its bench for contributions tonight. Sophomore Mollie Williams has been a good option of late, most notably this past weekend as she put up a team-high 12 points in Friday’s loss to USF and scored 10 points on Sunday. Her recent hot streak isn’t a surprise to coaches.

“It’s not like the lightbulb just went off for the games; she’s been doing it in practice,” Jackson said. “She’s believing in who she is as a player and believing in the scheme that we put out there on offense and defense.”

As for the rivalry, Jackson says this game is no different than any other and that “we consider them all rivals right now.”

“Every game is extremely important,” the third-year head coach said. “We’ve got to come out and really focus on who we are, but at the same time, we can’t lose sight of who [SU] is.”

After tonight’s game, the Huskies won’t suit up again until Dec. 19 at Michigan State. A win tonight would put the Huskies at .500 going into finals week. Although they have the same record (3-4) as they did through seven games last year, Whitcomb believes they’ve improved since last season.

“We’re definitely not satisfied or content [with the season thus far], but we’re happy with the improvements,” the senior said. “We’re definitely not where we want to be, but I think if you look at back at last year and see where we’ve come now, we’re proud of the strides we’ve made.”

Reach reporter Taylor Soper at sports@dailyuw.com.