Arizona Women’s Basketball 2021 NCAA Tournament Capsule

March 1, 2021 · CSM Staff
 

Arizona Wildcats

Pac-12 (15-5, 13-4)

 
 
Big Wins: 12/4 UCLA (68-65), 1/17 Oregon State (67-51), 2/8 at Oregon (79-59)
Bad Losses: 1/10 at Washington State (69-71), 2/28 at Arizona State (64-66), 3/5 vs UCLA (49-58)
Coach: Adia Barnes
 
Probable Starters:
Aari McDonald, Senior, Guard, 19.3 ppg, 4.5 ppg, 5.1 rpg, 2.7 spg
Bendu Yeaney, Junior, Guard, 4.0 ppg, 1.1 apg
Sam Thomas, Senior, Forward, 7.7 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 2.7 apg, 2.0 spg, 1.2 bpg
Trinity Baptiste, Senior, Forward, 8.3 ppg, 5.7 rpg
Cate Reese, Junior, Forward, 11.3 ppg, 5.2 rpg
 
Key Role Players:
Helena Pueyo, Sophomore, Guard, 3.5 ppg, 1.4 apg
Lauren Ware, Freshman, Forward, 4.6 ppg, 4.5 rpg
Shaina Pellington, Junior, Guard, 5.8 ppg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 67.5 (131st in nation, 5th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 56.0 (24, 2)
Field-Goal Percentage: 41.2 (126, 6)
Field-Goal Defense: 36.9 (42, 2)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 5.9 (175, 9)  
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 32.5 (103, 6)
Free-Throw Percentage: 71.5 (132, 5)
Rebound Margin: 0.3 (159, 7)
Assists Per Game: 12.1 (216, 8)
Turnovers Per Game: 12.8 (24, 3)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2019 NIT First Round win over Idaho State
2019 NIT Second Round win over Pacific
2019 NIT Third Round win over Idaho
2019 NIT Quarterfinal win over Wyoming
2019 NIT Semifinal win over TCU
2019 NIT Championship win over Northwestern
2011 NIT Round of 64 loss to Utah State
 
*all team stats through 3/4