GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
Arizona 83, California Baptist 61
Associated Press
SAN DIEGO - Freshman Kailyn Gilbert scored a career-high 25 points on 9-of-13 shooting, Madison Connor hit five 3-pointers and finished with a career-best 22 points and No. 15 Arizona beat Cal Baptist 83-61 at the San Diego Thanksgiving Tournament.
Jade Loville hit a jumper and Connor took a steal coast-to-coast for a layup, then hit a 3-pointer that gave Arizona a 14-point lead with 8 minutes to play. Connor scored the last of her 10 fourth-quarter points when she made a 3-pointer and jumper 38 seconds apart to make it 73-59 with 4:30 remaining and the Wildcats led by double figures the rest of the way.
Gilbert, whose previous career high had been 16 points in Arizona's 87-47 win over Cal State Northridge on Nov. 11, scored 17 on 7-of-9 shooting, 3 of 5 from 3-point range, in the first half and the Wildcats (5-0) took a 34-26 lead into the break.
Brittany Klaman hit a 3-pointer with 4:20 left in the first quarter that gave the Lancers a 9-7 lead, but they went scoreless until Trinity San Antonio made a free throw 12 seconds into the second quarter and didn't make another field goal until Lesila Finau made a 3 with 8:30 left in the first half to end a 12-1 Arizona run.
Arizona stretched its lead to 16 points when Connor hit a 3-pointer with 2:14 left in the third quarter before Klaman and Finau made back-to-back 3-pointers and San Antonio made two free throws to pull Cal Baptist (2-3) to 56-49 going into the fourth.
San Antonio, who went in averaging a team-high 23.3 points on 51% shooting this season, made 5 of 16 from the field and finished with 15 points for the Lancers. Finau added 10 points and a career-high 13 rebounds.
Esmery Martinez had 10 rebounds to go with seven points, three assists and two steals for the Wildcats.
November 25, 2022
| Arizona | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| E. Martinez | F | 27 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 4-10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| C. Reese | F | 17 | 1-3 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 1-5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| H. Pueyo | G | 34 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| L. Fields | G | 21 | 1-10 | 4-4 | 0-3 | 1-6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| J. Loville | G | 19 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| M. Conner | 27 | 8-14 | 1-1 | 5-9 | 0-3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 22 | |
| K. Gilbert | 27 | 9-13 | 3-4 | 4-7 | 1-4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 25 | |
| M. Nnaji | 11 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| L. Hylton | 10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| P. Clark | 7 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 30-71 (.423) |
12-17 (.706) |
9-27 (.333) |
12-41 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 20 | 81 | |
| California Baptist | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| K. Barrington | F | 19 | 3-7 | 1-2 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| S. Finau | G | 34 | 3-10 | 1-2 | 3-6 | 2-13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| N. Calhoun | G | 29 | 0-4 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 2-6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| C. Webb | G | 28 | 1-7 | 6-6 | 1-4 | 0-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| T. San Antonio | G | 26 | 5-16 | 5-6 | 0-5 | 4-7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
| B. Klaman | 30 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 0-3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | |
| G. Schmidt | 21 | 4-5 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 | |
| T. Neale | 9 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| F. Barros | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| D. Wu | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 19-57 (.333) |
18-24 (.750) |
7-25 (.280) |
11-41 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 63 | |
Officials: Johnny Mendez Jr., Nicole Leon, Benny Luna
Attendance: 149
