Oregon ends 7-game losing streak in dominant showing vs No. 14 Arizona women’s basketball

Arizona ladies’s basketball might have locked in a first-round bye within the Pac-12 Match with a win over Oregon. The Geese have been on a seven-game shedding streak, so it’s not like they’re the Oregon groups of outdated. To make issues worse for UO, star freshman Grace VanSlooten was out with an damage.

The No. 14 Wildcats couldn’t put it away, although. They got here out sturdy within the first quarter, however the Geese used a 22-11 second quarter to take a 40-30 lead into the half. They’d by no means relinquish that lead.

“They have been destroying our principal protection,” Arizona head coach Adia Barnes stated. “I imply, we couldn’t include Endyia [Rogers] and [Te-Hina] Paopao, they usually have been selecting us aside and manhandling us a lot that we needed to change our principal protection.”

Regardless of the loss, Arizona was nonetheless capable of lock up that first-round bye. They acquired slightly assist from Washington State, which defeated UCLA in Pauley Pavilion. The Bruins needed to go 2-0 this weekend and have the Wildcats go 0-2 to overhaul Arizona as a result of UA holds the tiebreaker.

Arizona shot simply 34.4 % within the first half whereas permitting Oregon to shoot 51.7 %. Issues didn’t get significantly better within the second half because the Wildcats ended the sport taking pictures 30.4 % whereas the Geese completed at 47.2 total and 41.7 from 3.

Arizona lower the Oregon result in one level with 7:58 left within the sport after two free throws from Shaina Pellington. That was the final large push by the Wildcats.

The Geese outscored Arizona 12-1 over the ultimate 3:36 of the sport. The Wildcats didn’t rating one other level after the two:43 mark.

“They made us pay for going below on-balls,” Barnes stated. “The dagger of the sport was Probability Grey’s finish of the third quarter three. Shaina utterly misplaced her, gave up an open shot. And the dearth of focus by way of three quarters. And that was the dagger that gave them momentum.”

Cate Reese led the Wildcats in scoring with 19, doing a lot of her harm from the free throw line. She went 8 for 10 from the road and 5 for 17 from the sphere. She added three rebounds, one steal and one block.

Freshman Paris Clark was a vivid spot for the Wildcats. She confirmed her trademark hustle and approached a double-double. The younger guard had 9 factors on 4-for-9 taking pictures, 10 rebounds, one help and one steal. Six of her rebounds got here on the offensive finish of the courtroom. Her solely wrestle was on the free throw line the place she went 0 for 4.

“She’s bringing us an amazing quantity of power,” Barnes stated. “She’s efficient, and he or she deserves much more minutes. Madi [Conner] performed rather well. Madi and Paris are a number of which might be bringing power and life when issues are exhausting and preventing after we’re down. And we’d like that from extra individuals.”

Apart from Reese, Conner was the one Wildcat in double figures. She had 10 factors on 4-for-10 taking pictures. She added two rebounds and two steals.

The one different gamers to get near double figures have been Clark and Pellington. Pellington had eight factors to go together with her six rebounds, two assists and one steal. Nobody else scored over 5 factors.

Each of Arizona’s main rebounders have been guards. Whereas Reese had three boards and Esmery Martinez had 4, Clark’s 10 and Pellington’s six have been probably the most on the workforce.

Arizona began with a lineup of Pellington, Reese, Martinez, Lauren Fields, and Helena Pueyo. Normal starter Jade Loville had been in a strolling boot earlier within the week on account of an injured ankle. She performed 18 minutes however solely scored 4 factors on 2-for-10 taking pictures and grabbed two rebounds whereas selecting up three fouls.

The Wildcats will finish the common season on Saturday at Gill Coliseum in Corvallis, Ore. Oregon State had its shedding streak prolonged to 9 video games when Arizona State lastly broke by way of and gained its first Pac-12 sport of the 12 months on Thursday.