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GAME #13 Arizona Athle c Media Rela ons RV Arizona at #4/4 Stanford Asst. SID Molly O’Mara [email protected] January 2, 2011 P: 520-621-4283/C: 520-444-1068 8 p.m. MT - Maples Pavilion (7,329) ArizonaWildcats.com 201011 SCHEDULE November Time/Result 12 at Wichita State W, 81-72 OT 15 NORTHERN ARIZONA W, 71-49 18 at Mississippi W, 72-70 22 ARKANSASSPINE BLUFF W, 93-54 26 No. 8/8 Texas A&M$ L, 87-78 27 Bradley$ W, 82-59 December 2 at Nevada L, 79-75 7 at New Mexico W, 84-60 19 NEW MEXICO STATE W, 71-59 21 NORTH TEXAS W, 88-73 28 IONA W, 79-32 31 OREGON* W, 109-94 2010-11 Record: 10-2, 1-0 2010-11 Record: 11-2, 2-0 January Head Coach: Tara VanDerveer Head Coach: Niya Bu s 2 OREGON STATE* W, 67-65 2009-10 Record: 36-2 2009-10 Record: 14-17 6 at No. 4/4 Stanford* 7 p.m. PT 8 at California* 2 p.m. PT ARIZONA’S PROBABLE STARTERS 16 at Arizona State* 3 p.m. MT Name Pos. Ht. Yr. GP/GS PPG RPG APG 20 WASHINGTON* 7 p.m. Shanita Arnold G 5-5 Jr. 13/13 8.1 1.8 6.2 22 WASHINGTON STATE* 2 p.m. Ify Ibekwe F 6-2 Sr. 12/12 15.5 10.3 2.6 27 at USC* 7 p.m. PT Brooke Jackson G 5-8 Jr. 13/13 8.9 3.6 1.3 29 at UCLA* 2 p.m. PT Soana Lucet F 6-1 Sr. 13/13 13.0 5.8 1.7 February Davellyn Whyte G 5-11 So. 13/13 14.8 4.1 3.0 3 CALIFORNIA* 7 p.m. 5 STANFORD* 2 p.m. OFF THE BENCH 13 ARIZONA STATE* 2 p.m. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. GP/GS PPG RPG APG 17 at Washington State* 7 p.m. PT Erica Barnes F 6-2 Fr. 13/1 8.2 6.4 0.5 19 at Washington* 12:30 p.m. PT Taylor Dalrymple F 6-1 Jr. 5/0 3.2 2.8 0.6 24 UCLA* 7 p.m. Tasha Dickey G 5-10 Jr. 8/0 2.8 1.5 0.2 26 USC* 8:30 p.m. Amanda Pierson F 6-3 Sr. 8/0 2.0 2.4 0.2 March Reiko Thomas G 5-8 Jr. 6/0 5.0 2.3 2.0 3 at Oregon State* 7 p.m. PT Candice Warthen G 5-5 Fr. 13/0 6.9 3.4 1.1 5 at Oregon* 2 p.m. PT 10-13 Pac-10 Tournament TBA The Game: The Arizona Wildcats (receiving votes in the ESPN poll) and the No. 4/4 Stan- 19-22 NCAA 1st and 2nd Rounds TBA ford Cardinal will con nue the Pac-10 por on of the 2010-11 season with a contest at 26-29 NCAA Regionals TBA Maples Pavilion on Thurs., Jan. 6. Tip-off is scheduled for 8 p.m. MT. This weekend will April mark Arizona’s fi rst Pac-10 road games of the season. 3-5 NCAA FInal Four TBA The Coverage: All Wildcat games can be heard live on KTUC AM 1400. All broadcasts Home games in CAPS. will start 15 minutes prior to p-off for the pre-game show. Entering their third season * Pac-10 Conference games. calling Arizona Wildcat women’s basketball games will be Derrick Palmer (play-by-play) $ Cancun Thanksgiving Classic and Alysiah Bond (color). Live stats are available at ArizonaWildcats.com. Live video is All mes local to site and subject to available at GoStanford.com. change. 201011 RESULTS The Series: The Arizona Wildcats and the Stanford Cardinal will meet for the 65th me Overall Record 11-2 on Thursday. The Cardinal have won 17-straight games against the Cats. Arizona last de- Pac-10 Record 2-0 feated Stanford on Feb. 5, 2004 in Tucson. The Wildcats last won in Palo Alto on Jan. 6, Home 7-0 2001, exactly 10 years to the day of this season’s fi rst game between the two teams. Away 3-1 Neutral 1-1 The Polls: In this week’s Associated Press Top 25, Baylor, Connec cut and Duke, respec- vely, hold the top three spots and Stanford sits at No. 4. Of the Pac-10 schools, Stanford 200910 RESULTS and UCLA (No. 12) are ranked and Arizona State and USC are receiving votes. Overall Record 14-17 In this week’s USA Today/ESPN Coaches’ Top 25, Baylor, Connec cut and Duke, re- Pac-10 Record 6-12 spec vely, hold the top three spots and Stanford sits at No. 4. Of the Pac-10 schools, Stan- Home 8-6 ford and UCLA (No. 11) are ranked and Arizona State and Arizona are receiving votes. Away 4-10 Neutral 2-1 STAN Head-to-Head UA Scou ng the Wildcats: The Arizona Wildcats are 11-2 overall and 2-0 in the Pac-10. The 77.5 Points Per Game 80.8 Wildcats have three players averaging double-digit points in sophomore guard Davellyn 43.5 Rebounds Per Game 44.0 Whyte (14.8), senior forward Ify Ibekwe (15.5) and senior forward Soana Lucet (13.0). 354-742 Field Goals M-A 392-842 Ibekwe leads Arizona at the glass with 10.3 rebounds per game and junior guard Shanita 47.7% Field Goal % 46.6% Arnold dishes out 6.2 assists per game. 80-214 3-Point FGM-A 78-238 Currently, Wildcat players lead the Pac-10 in rebounds (Ibekwe, 124, 10.3 pg), as- 6.7 3-Point FG Per Game 6.0 sists (Arnold, 81, 6.2 pg), fi eld goal percentage (Erica Barnes, 48-82, .585) and defensive 37.4% 3-Point FG % 32.8% rebounds (Ibekwe, 82, 6.8 pg). 17.2 Assists Per Game 18.2 As a squad, Arizona leads the league in assists per game (236, 18.2) and defensive 14.3 Turnovers Per Game 17.8 rebounds (381, 29.3). 6.8 Steals Per Game 10.0 Scou ng the Cardinal: The Stanford Cardinal are 10-2 and 1-0 to start the season. In the 2010-11 Current Pac-10 Standings last week of play, Stanford picked up wins over then-No. 4 Xavier, then-No. 1 UConn and Record California. The victory over UConn extended Stanford’s home winning streak to 52 games 1. UCLA 12-1 (2-0) and at the same me snapped Connec cut’s NCAA-record 90-game winning streak. 2. ARIZONA 11-2 (2-0) The Cardinal have four players averaging double-digit scoring: Jeane e Pohlen (16.8), 3. Arizona State 10-2 (2-0) Nnemkadi Ogwumike (16.6), Kayla Pedersen (11.6) and Chiney Ogwumike (10.5). Nnem- 4. USC 10-3 (2-0) kadi Ogwumike leads at the glass with 8.5 rebounds per game while Pedersen chips in 5. Stanford 10-2 (1-0) with 8.2 boards per game. 6. California 8-4 (0-1) 7. Oregon 9-4 (0-2) Last Time Out: The Wildcats won their second-straight Pac-10 game and their sixth- 8. Oregon State 7-6 (0-2) straight game overall with a close victory over the Oregon State Beavers, 67-65, on 9. Washington 5-6 (0-2) Sunday. For the second-straight game, junior guard Shanita Arnold led the Wildcats in 10. Washington State 2-12 (0-2) scoring. She racked up 17 points while handing out seven assists. She was one of three Wildcats to score in double digits: Arnold (17), senior forward Ify Ibekwe (16) and sopho- This Week in the Pac-10 more guard Davellyn Whyte (12). Ibekwe picked up her fourth double-double of the sea- (1/6-8/11) son and her second straight. She added 10 rebounds to her 16 points scored. Whyte also grabbed four steals and three rebounds. Thursday, January 6 Arizona State at California, 7 p.m. PT A Look Ahead: Arizona will make its fi rst Pac-10 trip this weekend to play at Stanford on ARIZONA at Stanford, 7 p.m. PT Thursday and at California on Saturday. Next weekend, the Wildcats will face in-state rival Washington State at Oregon, 7 p.m. PT Arizona State on Sun., Jan. 16. The Wildcats return to McKale Center Jan. 20 and 22 to Washington at Oregon State, 7 p.m. PT face Washington and Washington State, respec vely. Saturday, January 8 Star ng Something: Arizona’s star ng line-ups by record: USC at UCLA, 1:30 p.m. PT (FSN) ARIZONA at California, 2 p.m. PT Arnold, Ibekwe, Jackson, Lucet, Whyte (10-2) Arizona State at Stanford, 2 p.m. PT @ Wichita State UA, 81-72 Washington at Oregon, 2 p.m. PT vs. N. Arizona UA, 71-49 Washington State at Oregon State, 2 p.m. PT @ Ole Miss UA, 72-70 vs. Ark.-Pine Bluff UA, 93-54 2010-11 Pac-10 Preseason Coaches’ Poll vs. No. 8 Texas A&M (N) TAMU, 87-78 Points vs. Bradley UA, 82-59 1. Stanford (9) 81 @ Nevada UN, 79-75 2. UCLA (1) 73 vs. New Mexico State UA, 71-59 3. USC 61 vs. North Texas UA, 88-73 4. California 60 vs. Iona UA, 79-32 5. Arizona State 49 vs. Oregon UA, 109-94 6. Oregon 37 vs. Oregon State UA, 67-65 7.