Arizona Women's Basketball 2021 NCAA Tournament Capsule

 

Arizona Wildcats

Pac-12 (15-5, 13-4)

 
 
Big Wins: 12/4 UCLA (68-65), 1/17 Oregon State (67-51), 2/8 at Oregon (79-59)
Bad Losses: 1/10 at Washington State (69-71), 2/28 at Arizona State (64-66), 3/5 vs UCLA (49-58)
Coach: Adia Barnes
 
Probable Starters:
Aari McDonald, Senior, Guard, 19.3 ppg, 4.5 ppg, 5.1 rpg, 2.7 spg
Bendu Yeaney, Junior, Guard, 4.0 ppg, 1.1 apg
Sam Thomas, Senior, Forward, 7.7 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 2.7 apg, 2.0 spg, 1.2 bpg
Trinity Baptiste, Senior, Forward, 8.3 ppg, 5.7 rpg
Cate Reese, Junior, Forward, 11.3 ppg, 5.2 rpg
 
Key Role Players:
Helena Pueyo, Sophomore, Guard, 3.5 ppg, 1.4 apg
Lauren Ware, Freshman, Forward, 4.6 ppg, 4.5 rpg
Shaina Pellington, Junior, Guard, 5.8 ppg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 67.5 (131st in nation, 5th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 56.0 (24, 2)
Field-Goal Percentage: 41.2 (126, 6)
Field-Goal Defense: 36.9 (42, 2)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 5.9 (175, 9)  
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 32.5 (103, 6)
Free-Throw Percentage: 71.5 (132, 5)
Rebound Margin: 0.3 (159, 7)
Assists Per Game: 12.1 (216, 8)
Turnovers Per Game: 12.8 (24, 3)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2019NITFirst Round win over Idaho State
2019NITSecond Round win over Pacific
2019NITThird Round win over Idaho
2019NITQuarterfinal win over Wyoming
2019NITSemifinal win over TCU
2019NITChampionship win over Northwestern
2011NITRound of 64 loss to Utah State
 
*all team stats through 3/4