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2020-21 ARIZONA WILDCATS WOMEN’S BASKETBALL NCAA TOURNAMENT MEDIA GUIDE NCAA TOURNAMENT GUIDE 2020-21 ARIZONA ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Class Hometown (Previous School) 0 Trinity Baptiste F 6-0 Sr. Tampa, Fla. (Hillsborough High School/Virginia Tech) 1 Shaina Pellington G 5-8 RJr. Pickering, Ontario, Canada (Dunbarton/Oklahoma) 2 Aari McDonald G 5-6 Sr. Fresno, Calif. (Brookside Christian HS/Washington) 3 Tara Manumaleuga G 5-10 So. Queensland, Australia (Hillcrest Christian College) 4 Madison Conner G 5-11 Fr. Chandler, Ariz. (Compass Prep) 10 Derin Ergodan G 5-6 Fr. Istanbul, Turkey (Istanbul Universitesi SK) 11 Mara Mote G 5-11 So. Cesis, Latvia (TTT Riga) 13 Helena Pueyo G 6-0 So. Palma de Mallorca, Spain (Segle XXI) 14 Sam Thomas F 6-0 Sr. Las Vegas, Nev. (Centennial HS) 22 Marta Garcia F 6-3 Fr. Sevilla, Spain (Segle XXI) 23 Bendu Yeaney G 5-10 Jr. Portland, Ore. (St. Mary’s Academy/Indiana) 25 Cate Reese F 6-2 Jr. Cypress, Texas (Cypress Woods High School) 32 Lauren Ware F 6-3 Fr. Bismarck, N.D. (Century High School) 34 Semaj Smith C 6-6 Jr. Long Beach, Calif. (St. Anthony High School) COACHING STAFF Head Coach: Adia Barnes (Arizona, ‘98), 5th Year Assistant Coach: Tamisha Augustin (Alabama A&M, 2006), 2nd Year Assistant Coach: Salvo Coppa (IULM University, ‘03), 5th Year Assistant Coach: Jackie Nared Hairston (St. Mary’s (CA), 2014), 2nd Year Director of Operations: Jessika Carrington, 4th Year Athletic Trainer: Jessie Johnson, 4th Year Strength and Conditioning: Jaime Fernandez, 1st Year 2020-21 ARIZONA QUICK FACTS UNIVERSITY INFORMATION COACHING STAFF PROGRAM HISTORY First Season .................................................................1972 Location .........................................................Tucson, Ariz. Head Coach ................................................... Adia Barnes NCAA Tourn. Apps. ....................................7 (Last: 2005) Enrollment ................................................................45,217 Alma Mater ......................................................Arizona ‘98 NCAA Tourn. Rec. .............................................. 6-7(.462) Founded .......................................................................1885 Season at Arizona .....................................................Fifth Final Four Apps. ................................................................0 Nickname ..............................................................Wildcats Season as a Head Coach .......................................Same Pac-12 Tourn. Rec. ...................................... 14-19 (.424) Colors ....................................................... Cardinal & Navy Asst. Coaches ................................... Tamisha Augustin Pac-12 Titles ................................................1 (Last: 2004) President .......................................... Dr. Robert Robbins ............................................................................Salvo Coppa Pac-12 Tourn. Titles .........................................................0 AD ......................................................................Dave Heeke ..........................................................Jackie Nared Hairston FAR ..............................................................Ricardo Valerdi Dir. of Operations .......................... Jessika Carrington Conference ...............................................................Pac-12 Athletic Trainer ...................................... Jessie Johnson ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Arena ............................................. McKale Center (1973) Strength Coach .................................Jaime Fernandez Basketball SID .......................................Adam Gonzales Capacity .....................................................................14,644 Cell Phone ................................................(520) 591-6239 Website .........................................ArizonaWildcats.com PRONUNCIATION Office Phone ...........................................(520) 621-1814 Email [email protected] Tamisha Augustin ..............Tuh-ME-sha Uh-gus-tin Trinity Baptiste ....................Bap-teest Office Mailing Address Adia Barnes ..........................Uh-DEE-uh University of Arizona Athletics Salvo Coppa.........................COPE-uh McKale Center Derin Erdogan ....................DARE-in AIR-doe-ahn 1 National Championship Drive Tara .........................................TAR-uh P.O. Box 210096 Manumaleuga ...................... Mah-NEW-mal-eh-oon-yuh Tucson, AZ 85721 Mara Mote ............................Mar-uh MOE-tey Jackie Nared Hairston ......Nard Shaina Pellington ..............SHAY-nuh Helena Pueyo ......................Huh-lay-nuh PWEY-oh Aari McDonald ....................AIR-e Semaj Smith ........................Suh-MAJ-eh Bendu Yeaney .....................Ben-doo Yay-knee ARIZONAWILDCATS.COM 1 NCAA TOURNAMENT RECORDS Round Site Opponent Result High Arizona Scorer ARIZONA RECORD VS. NCAA 1997 - WEST REGION (NO. 7 SEED) TOURNEY OPPONENTS First Athens, Ga. Western Kentucky W, 76-72 Marte Alexander (21) Opponent Record Last Second Athens, Ga. Georgia L, 80-72 Adia Barnes (24) Connecticut 0-1 1998 Florida 1-0 1999 1998 - EAST REGION (NO. 3 SEED) Georgia 0-1 1997 First Tucson, Ariz. Santa Clara W, 75-63 Marte Alexander (23) Kent State 1-0 2000 Second Tucson, Ariz. Virginia W, 94-77 Adia Barnes (30) LSU 0-1 2005 Sweet 16 Dayton, Ohio Connecticut L, 74-57 Lisa Griffith (21) Michigan State 0-1 2004 Notre Dame 0-1 2003 1999 - MIDWEST REGION (NO. 6 SEED) Oklahoma 1-0 2005 First Piscataway, N.J. Florida W, 87-84 (OT) Angela Lackey (29) Rutgers 0-1 1999 Second Piscataway, N.J. Rutgers L, 90-47 Angela Lackey (12) Santa Clara 1-0 1998 Tennessee 0-1 2000 2000 - MIDEAST REGION (NO. 8 SEED) Virginia 1-0 1998 Western Kentucky 1-0 1997 First Knoxville, Tenn. Kent State W, 73-61 Lisa Griffith (19) Second Knoxville, Tenn. Tennessee L, 75-60 Angela Lackey (13) ARIZONA RECORD AS A SEEDED TEAM 2003 - EAST REGION (NO. 6 SEED) Seed Record Years First Manhattan, Kan. Notre Dame L, 59-47 Krista Warren (17) No. 3 2-1 1998 No. 6 2-2 1999, 2003 2004 - WEST REGION (NO. 9 SEED) No. 7 1-1 1997 First Austin, Texas Michigan State L, 72-60 Shawntinice Polk (23) No. 8 1-1 2000 No. 9 1-2 2004, 2005 2005 - CHATTANOOGA REGION (NO. 9 SEED) First Knoxville, Tenn. Oklahoma W, 72-69 Dee-Dee Wheeler (16) ARIZONA RECORD VS. Second Knoxville, Tenn. LSU L, 76-43 Dee Dee Wheeler (13) SEEDED TEAMS Seed Record Years No. 1 0-2 2005 No. 2 0-2 1998 No. 3 0-1 1999 No. 6 1-0 1998 No. 8 1-1 2005 No. 9 1-0 2000 No. 10 1-0 1997 No. 11 1-1 2003 No. 14 1-0 1998 RECORD AT NCAA SITES Site Record Last Athens, Ga. 1-1 1997 Austin, Texas 0-1 2004 Dayton, Oh. 0-1 1998 Knoxville, Tenn. 2-2 2005 Manhattan, Kan. 0-1 2003 Piscataway, N.J. 1-1 1999 Tucson, Ariz. 2-0 1998 2 2020-21 ARIZONA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL NCAA TOURNAMENT RECORDS ARIZONA PLAYERS’ CAREER NCAA TOURNAMENT STATS 3-Point Rebs No. Player G-S Min/Avg FG-FGA Pct FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct O D Tot AVG AST TO BLK STL PF-D PTS/AVG 1 Pellington 1-1 32/32.0 5-9 .556 0-0 .000 4-6 .667 0 4 4 4.0 2 4 0 0 3-0 14/14.0 2 McDonald 3-3 76/25.3 14-25 .560 5-8 .625 8-11 .727 5 7 12 4.0 5 4 2 5 10-0 41/13.7 23 Yeaney 1-1 17/17.0 5-7 .714 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 0 0 2-0 10/10.0 CURRENT ARIZONA PLAYERS’ NCAA TOURNAMENT GAME-BY-GAME STATS AARI MCDONALD Opponent Date GS MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF-DEF TOT PF A TO BLK STL PTS Montana State 3/18/17 * 28 6-11 .545 0-2 .000 3-4 .750 3-4 7 2 2 1 1 3 15 Oklahoma 3/20/17 * 18 5-6 .833 3-3 1.000 5-7 .714 1-1 2 4 1 1 0 1 18 Mississippi State 3/24/17 * 30 3-8 .375 2-3 .667 0-0 .000 1-2 3 4 2 2 1 1 8 Total 3 76 14-25 .560 5-8 .625 8-11 .727 5-7 12 10 5 4 2 5 41 *McDonald played for Washington in all three games SHAINA PELLINGTON Opponent Date GS MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF-DEF TOT PF A TO BLK STL PTS DePaul 3/16/18 1 32 5-9 .556 0-0 .000 4-6 .667 0-4 4 3 2 4 0 0 14 Total 1 32 5-9 .556 0-0 .000 4-6 .667 0-4 4 3 2 4 0 0 14 *Pellington played for Oklahoma in this game BENDU YEANEY Opponent Date GS MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF-DEF TOT PF A TO BLK STL PTS Oregon 3/24/19 * 17 5-7 .714 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 Total 1 17 5-7 .714 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 *Yeaney played for Indiana in this game CAREER PLAYER RECORDS POINTS REBOUNDS ASSISTS THREE-POINTERS MADE Rank Pts Player Rank Reb Player Rank Ast Player Rank 3PM Player 1. 115 Lisa Griffith 1. 36 Shawntinice Polk 1. 35 Lisa Griffith 1. 31 Lisa Griffith 2. 102 Adia Barnes 2. 35 Adia Barnes 2. 34 Felecity Willis 2. 7 Dee-Dee Wheeler 3. 75 Marte Alexander 3. 30 Marte Alexander 3. 22 Reshea Bristol 3. 5 Julie Brase 4. 67 Felecity Willis 4. 27 Reshea Bristol 4. 20 DeAngela Minter 5 Reshea Bristol 5. 64 Angela Lackey 5. 25 Monika Crank 5. 15 Dee-Dee Wheeler 5. 4 Jessica Arnold 25 Danielle Adefaso 4 Felecity Willis FREE THROWS MADE STEALS BLOCKS GAMES PLAYED Rank FTM Player Rank Stl Player Rank Blk Player Rank GP Player 1. 23 Adia Barnes 1. 16 Lisa Griffith 1. 9 Shawntinice Polk 1. 9 Lisa Griffith 2. 20 Angela Lackey 2. 15 Felecity Willis 2. 7 Elizabeth Pickney 9 Felecity Willis 3. 16 Marte Alexander 3. 11 Marte Alexander 3. 6 Marte Alexander 3. 7 Reshea Bristol 4. 14 Shawntinice Polk 4. 10 Reshea Bristol 4. 5 Reshea Bristol 4. 6 Monika Crank 5. 14 Mikko Giordano 5. 9 Dee-Dee Wheeler 5 Danielle Adefaso 5. 5 Adia Barnes 5 Mikko Giordano 5 DeAngela Minter 5 Marte Alexander 5 Shontey Hambrick 5 Julie Brase ARIZONAWILDCATS.COM 3 NCAA TOURNAMENT RECORDS TEAM RECORDS MOST POINTS IN A GAME LARGEST MARGIN OF VICTORY MOST POINTS ALLOWED Rank Points Opponent Date Rank Points Opponent Date Rank Points Opponent Date 1. 94 Virginia Mar. 15, 1998 1. 17 Virginia Mar. 15, 1998 1. 90 Rutgers Mar. 14, 1999 2. 87 Florida Mar. 12, 1999 2. 12 Kent State Mar. 18, 2000 2.