GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
Arizona 72, Oregon State 69
Associated Press
TUCSON, Ariz. - Lauren Fields scored all nine of her points in the final two-and-a-half minutes as No. 15 Arizona erased a 12-point fourth-quarter deficit to knock off Oregon State 72-69.
The Wildcats bounced back from their first loss in their last six games, falling 73-57 to No. 2 Stanford on Monday.
Esmery Martinez got Arizona even at 53-53 with 8:04 left, but Oregon State responded with a 12-0 run that seemingly left the Beavers in charge with under four minutes to play. Raegan Beers turned a three-point play, Bendu Yeaney and Beers had baskets and Talia von Oelhoffen hit a 3-pointer off a cross-court pass in the spurt. Yeaney hit a pull-up jumper in the lane for a 65-53 advantage with 3:57 left.
Martinez stopped the run with two free throws and Helena Pueyo followed with a steal and layup to get the Wildcats within eight.
From there, Fields, a senior transfer from Oklahoma State, found a comfortable spot on the wing and used it to drop back-to-back 3s, then scored at the basket to tie the game with 1:48 to play. Pueyo hit from beyond the arc to give Arizona its first lead of the game, 68-65 with 1:29 remaining.
Oregon State got within one with 28 seconds left when von Oelhoffen drove the baseline for a reverse layup, but Arizona came up with two clutch defensive stops to preserve the win.
Cate Reese led Arizona (13-2, 3-1 Pac 12) with 16 points and three steals. Pellington, who hit a game-winning jumper at the buzzer last year in Corvallis, and Pueyo each added 12 points.
Beers finished with a double-double to lead Oregon State (9-6, 1-3), finishing with 19 points and 10 rebounds. AJ Marotte added 17 points and von Oelhoffen scored 12.
January 6, 2023
| Oregon State | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| J. Mitrovic | C | 23 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| T. Von Oelhoffen | G | 37 | 5-12 | 0-0 | 2-7 | 0-1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| B. Yeaney | G | 31 | 4-12 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 2-10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
| S. Aaron | G | 28 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 2-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| N. Mannen | G | 21 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| A. Marotte | 32 | 8-11 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 1-4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 17 | |
| R. Beers | 30 | 9-14 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 4-10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 19 | |
| Totals | 202 | 32-62 (.516) |
2-4 (.500) |
3-16 (.188) |
10-40 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 69 | |
| Arizona | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| E. Martinez | F | 33 | 3-11 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 5-8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| C. Reese | F | 31 | 8-15 | 0-2 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
| S. Pellington | G | 30 | 4-6 | 3-4 | 1-1 | 1-4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| L. Fields | G | 27 | 3-8 | 1-4 | 2-5 | 0-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| J. Loville | G | 17 | 0-6 | 2-2 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| H. Pueyo | 34 | 5-7 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | |
| M. Conner | 14 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | |
| K. Gilbert | 11 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| P. Clark | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 28-64 (.438) |
9-15 (.600) |
7-18 (.389) |
9-28 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 72 | |
Officials: Robert Schofield, Kimberly Hobbs, Corey Long
Attendance: 7,182
