Arizona Women’s Basketball 2023 NCAA Tournament Capsule

February 24, 2023 · CSM Staff
 

Arizona Wildcats

Pac-12 (21-9, 11-7)

 
 
Big Wins: 2/3 at UCLA (71-66), 2/17 Utah (82-72)
Bad Losses: 12/8 Kansas (50-77), 2/25 at Oregon State (70-78)
Coach: Adia Barnes
 
Probable Starters:
Esmery Martinez, Senior, Forward, 10.5 ppg, 8.3 rpg
Cate Reese, Senior, Forward, 12.6 ppg, 5.9 rpg
Shaina Pellington, Senior, Guard, 13.3 ppg, 3.7 apg
Lauren Fields, Senior, Guard, 4.5 ppg, 1.9 apg
Jade Loville, Senior, Guard, 10.2 ppg
 
Key Role Players:
Maya Nnaji, Freshman, Forward, 4.6 ppg, 3.2 rpg
Madison Conner, Sophomore, Guard, 6.3 ppg
Helena Pueyo, Senior, Guard, 5.4 ppg, 2.8 apg, 2.3 spg
Paris Clark, Freshman, Guard, 3.6 ppg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 74.4 (39th in nation, 3rd in conference)
Scoring Defense: 64.8 (193, 9)
Field-Goal Percentage: 43.7 (62, 4)
Field-Goal Defense: 41.2 (230, 10)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 5.6 (193, 10)  
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 34.0 (67, 5)
Free-Throw Percentage: 68.6 (244, 12)
Rebound Margin: -0.6 (210, 10)
Assists Per Game: 14.6 (86, 8)
Turnovers Per Game: 12.3 (13, 3)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2022 NCAA Round of 64 win over UNLV
2022 NCAA Round of 32 loss to North Carolina
2021 NCAA Round of 64 win over Stony Brook
2021 NCAA Round of 32 win over BYU
2021 NCAA Regional Semifinal win over Texas A&M
2021 NCAA Regional Final win over Indiana
2021 NCAA National Semifinal win over Connecticut
2021 NCAA National Final loss to Stanford
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 3/2