GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
Arizona 60, Washington State 44
Associated Press
LAS VEGAS - Trinity Baptiste had 13 of her 17 points in the first half, and No. 11 Arizona beat Washington State 60-44 in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 tournament.
Arizona will face the winner of 11th-seed Washington and No. 3 seed and ninth-ranked UCLA in the semifinals on Friday.
The second-seeded Wildcats (16-4) pulled away with an 11-0 run in the third quarter capped at 42-24 on Aari McDonald's layup with 1:42 left. Washington State got the deficit no closer than 14 the rest of the way.
The No. 7 seed Cougars (12-11) had 20 of their 26 turnovers in the first half but only trailed 29-21 at the break.
Baptiste led the defensive pressure with six of Arizona's 16 steals and made 8 of 11 shots from the field. Aari McDonald added 13 points, nine assists and five rebounds.
McDonald reached her 86th game in a row scoring in double digits when she scored on a layup with 7:03 left in the fourth quarter.
Cate Reese added 10 points for Arizona, which held Washington State to five points in the first and third quarters.
Charlisse Leger-Walker had 12 points and Krystal Leger-Walker scored 10 for the Cougars. Bella Murekatete had 10 rebounds for Washington State, which shot 26% for the game.
March 4, 2021
| Washington State | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| U. Motuga | F | 30 | 1-7 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 1-4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| B. Murekatete | C | 19 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| C. Leger-Walker | G | 39 | 2-17 | 7-10 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| K. Leger-Walker | G | 37 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 2-8 | 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 10 |
| J. Teder | G | 31 | 3-9 | 1-2 | 2-6 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| G. Sarver | 15 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| C. Molina | 10 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| E. Nankervis | 7 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| M. Jones | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| S. Levy | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| J. Clarke | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 14-53 (.264) |
11-15 (.733) |
5-21 (.238) |
14-36 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 11 | 44 | |
| Arizona | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| S. Thomas | F | 32 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 0-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| T. Baptiste | F | 26 | 8-11 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 3-6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 |
| C. Reese | F | 21 | 4-9 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| A. McDonald | G | 31 | 6-17 | 0-0 | 1-7 | 1-5 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| B. Yeaney | G | 20 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| H. Pueyo | 23 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| S. Pellington | 19 | 2-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| L. Ware | 15 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
| M. Conner | 7 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| M. Mote | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| D. Erdogan | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| S. Smith | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 26-62 (.419) |
4-6 (.667) |
4-16 (.250) |
12-36 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 60 | |
Officials: Lisa Jones, Charles Gonzalez, Anita Ortega