GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
Arizona 79, Oregon 71
Associated Press
TUSCON, Ariz. - Madison Conner scored 16 second-half points to lead five Arizona players in double figures and the 15th-ranked Wildcats beat No. 18 Oregon 79-71.
Shaina Pellington had 14 points, six rebounds and six assists, Jade Loville scored 13 points and Esmery Martinez 11 for Arizona (14-2, 4-1 Pac-12). Kate Reese had 10 points on 4-of-16 shooting.
Conner - who did not play in the first half - checked in with 6:26 left in the third quarter and scored 11 points in a 14-3 run that gave the Wildcats a 52-48 lead with about 2 minutes left in the period. There were three lead changes and two ties before Conner hit a 3-pointer that made it 65-63 with 4:10 to play and Arizona never again trailed.
The Wildcats, who entered the game shooting 65.8% from the free-throw line this season (No. 281 nationally), made 8 of 8 foul shots in the final 36 seconds to seal it.
Connor finished shooting 3 of 4 from the field, including three 3s, and hit 7 of 7 from the free-throw line - the last two came after she grabbed her second rebound and made it 77-71 with 12 seconds to go.
Grace VanSlooten led Oregon (12-4, 3-2) with 18 points. Te-Hina Paopao and Endyia Rogers scored 17 apiece, Chance Gray added 10 and Phillipina Kyei had six points and 10 rebounds. The 6-foot-8 Kyei has grabbed at least 10 rebounds in eight consecutive games.
The Ducks went into the game averaging a 12.0 turnovers per game - best in the Pac-12 and No. 10 nationally - and ranked No. 3 in the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.57) but committed a season-high tying 20 turnovers and finished with 15 assists, nearly four below their season average (18.8).
VanSlooten limped off the court with 2 1/2 minutes left in the third quarter with what appeared to be leg cramps and checked back in a couple minutes later. The freshman, who leads Oregon in scoring at 15.5 per game, made a driving layup with 29 seconds left to trim the Ducks' deficit to 73-71 but again left the game.
January 8, 2023
| Oregon | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| G. VanSlooten | F | 34 | 8-13 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 2-5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18 |
| P. Kyei | C | 31 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
| E. Rogers | G | 38 | 7-13 | 1-1 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 17 |
| T. Paopao | G | 37 | 7-12 | 0-0 | 3-7 | 0-1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 17 |
| C. Gray | G | 35 | 3-10 | 2-2 | 2-7 | 0-1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| T. Hanson | 14 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
| T. Hosendove | 9 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| K. Basham | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 29-55 (.527) |
6-9 (.667) |
7-22 (.318) |
8-33 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 71 | |
| Arizona | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| C. Reese | F | 37 | 4-16 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| E. Martinez | F | 18 | 5-11 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 5-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| L. Fields | G | 34 | 2-7 | 0-2 | 1-3 | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| S. Pellington | G | 34 | 4-9 | 4-4 | 2-2 | 3-6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14 |
| J. Loville | G | 26 | 6-13 | 0-0 | 1-6 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| H. Pueyo | 26 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 0-4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
| M. Conner | 16 | 3-4 | 7-7 | 3-3 | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | |
| K. Gilbert | 8 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Totals | 199 | 27-67 (.403) |
15-19 (.789) |
10-20 (.500) |
15-33 | 18 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 79 | |
Officials: Michael Price, Kyle Bacon, Alecia Murray
Attendance: 7,963
