GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
Arizona 81, Southern Cal 75
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES - Cate Reese scored a career-high 33 points, including four clinching free throws in the last 7.5 seconds of the second overtime, to give No. 22 Arizona an 81-75 win over USC.
Shay Pellington and Jade Loville both had 17 points for the Wildcats (18-5, 8-4 Pac-12 Conference), who picked up a critical sweep in Los Angeles after beating No. 14 UCLA 71-66 in overtime on Friday.
Helena Pueyo had her only two points from the foul line with 15 seconds to go for a 77-73 Arizona lead, the first time it became a two possession game in the second overtime.
The Wildcats had a four-point lead midway through the first overtime but the Trojans scored six straight before Maya Nnaji tied it at 68 with 5.2 seconds left.
Arizona had a five-point lead in regulation with just over two minutes to go but Rokia Doumbia hit a 3-pointer and a layup to tie it and Destiny Littleton made a pair of free throws after an offensive rebound to put USC up 58-56 with 43 seconds to go.
Loville quickly answered. The Trojans missed a shot with six seconds to go but Arizona couldn't get off a final shot.
Littleton had 21 points for the Trojans (17-6, 7-5), playing all 50 minutes, as did Kadi Sissoko, who scored 15 points. Rayah Marshall had 17 points, 20 rebounds and six blocks in 48 minutes. Doumbia, a senior transfer from Purdue, had a career-high 17 in 28 minutes off the bench before fouling out in the first OT.
USC went 4 of 13 from the field and 9 of 10 from the foul line in the two overtimes. Arizona was 7 of 15 with three 3s and made 6 of 8 free throws.
Reese, who only had eight points at halftime, and Pellington, who had four, played 49 minutes.
February 5, 2023
| Arizona | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| C. Reese | F | 49 | 13-28 | 6-6 | 1-2 | 2-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 33 |
| E. Martinez | F | 25 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 2-8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| S. Pellington | G | 49 | 7-15 | 3-6 | 0-2 | 4-5 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| J. Loville | G | 37 | 7-13 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 0-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17 |
| L. Fields | G | 34 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| M. Nnaji | 27 | 3-7 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 2-8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| M. Conner | 21 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| K. Gilbert | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| H. Pueyo | 3 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| P. Clark | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 251 | 32-74 (.432) |
12-15 (.800) |
5-16 (.313) |
12-35 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 81 | |
| USC | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| K. Sissoko | F | 50 | 5-14 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 15 |
| R. Marshall | F | 48 | 6-15 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 5-20 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 17 |
| O. Adika | F | 44 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 4-6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| D. Littleton | G | 50 | 7-18 | 4-4 | 3-11 | 1-4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 21 |
| K. Williams | G | 23 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| R. Doumbia | 28 | 6-6 | 3-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 17 | |
| T. Bigby | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C. Akunwafo | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 251 | 26-61 (.426) |
17-22 (.773) |
6-17 (.353) |
13-38 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 75 | |
Officials: Lisa Jones, Tyler Trimble, Teresa Turner
