GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
Arizona 61, Colorado 42
Associated Press
TUCSON, Ariz. - Shaina Pellington scored 19 points with five assists and No. 18 Arizona smothered No. 21 Colorado 61-42, ending the Buffaloes' five-game winning streak.
The Wildcats (21-6, 11-5 Pac 12 Conference) held the Buffaloes to their lowest total of the season and their worst shooting game, 28.3% overall (15 of 53), 1 of 12 from 3-point range (8.3%).
Esmery Martinez had 14 points on 6-of-9 shooting and seven rebounds for the Wildcats, who were coming off a 10-point win over No. 4 Utah and have won five of six.
Tameiya Sadler led the Buffaloes with 12 points and Quay Miller added 10 with 10 rebounds. Other than an early 86-85 loss to Texas Tech, Colorado has failed to reach 60 points in its five other losses and in four of those shot less than 32%.
Cate Reese hit a 3-pointer to kick off a 10-0 run late in the first quarter, which put the Wildcats on top 17-10. Colorado missed its last four shots and had two turnovers in the last four minutes. The Buffaloes were 4 of 14 and Arizona went 3 of 5 behind the arc.
Colorado missed its first six shots of the second quarter, made four and then missed five, but only trailed 31-20 despite shooting 28% for the half.
Shooting woes continued for Colorado in the third quarter when the Buffs went 3 of 12 while the Wildcats were 7 of 16 to stretch the lead to 48-27. Pellington had a pair of three-point plays in a 15-0 run that left the lead at 48-25.
Colorado opened the fourth quarter with a 10-1 run to get within 49-37 with six minutes to go but went 1 of 7 the rest of the way.
February 19, 2023
| Colorado | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| A. Vonleh | F | 30 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| Q. Miller | C | 37 | 4-11 | 2-6 | 0-2 | 3-10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| J. Sherrod | G | 31 | 1-10 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| F. Formann | G | 30 | 2-11 | 0-0 | 0-7 | 1-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| T. Jones | G | 13 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| T. Sadler | 25 | 5-12 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | |
| K. Wetta | 20 | 1-4 | 5-6 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
| J. Wynn | 8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| B. McLeod | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C. Whittaker | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| A. Fitzgerald | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 202 | 15-53 (.283) |
11-18 (.611) |
1-12 (.083) |
12-36 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 20 | 15 | 42 | |
| Arizona | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| C. Reese | F | 29 | 2-9 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| E. Martinez | F | 26 | 6-9 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 2-7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| S. Pellington | G | 34 | 8-13 | 3-3 | 0-2 | 0-3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 19 |
| L. Fields | G | 19 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| J. Loville | G | 12 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| H. Pueyo | 29 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 1-4 | 0-5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| P. Clark | 21 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| M. Nnaji | 15 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| M. Conner | 10 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| K. Gilbert | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| L. Hylton | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 201 | 24-56 (.429) |
9-14 (.643) |
4-18 (.222) |
6-34 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 16 | 61 | |
Officials: Tiffany Bird, Kenneth Nash, Kimberly Hobbs
Attendance: 8,267
