Adam Gonzales Assistant Director of Communications Services O: (520) 621-1814 | C: (520) 591-6239 [email protected] www.ArizonaWildcats.com Twitter: @ArizonaWBB Instagram: @ArizonaWBasketball Facebook: Facebook.com/ArizonaWomensBasketball 8 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARENCES | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2021 2020-21 SCHEDULE/RESULTS ARIZONA (17-5) vs. BYU (19-5) DATE OPPONENT TIME TV Mar. 24, 2021 | 4 p.m. (MST) NOVEMBER (1-0) UTSA Convocation Center | San Antonio, Texas 29 Northern Arizona W, 76-63 DECEMBER (6-0) TV: ESPNU (Tiffany Greene & Steffi Sorensen) 4 #9 UCLA* W, 68-65 Radio: KTUC 1400 AM (Derrick Palmer) Live Stats: Arizona.Statbroadcast.com 6 USC* W, 78-77 Series Record: BYU leads 8-5 10 Arizona State* W, 65-37 Last Matchup: L, 64-56 (Nov. 30, 2013) 18 Colorado* W, 62-59 20 Utah* W, 77-60 BY THE NUMBERS 23 Idaho W, 96-42 3 .............................................................NCAA Tournament Seed..............................................................11 JANUARY (4-2) 11 ..............................................................Rankings (AP/Coaches) ................................................NR/RV 1 #1 Stanford* L, 81-54 Adia Barnes ....................................................Head Coach ................................................ Jeff Judkins 3 California* W, 69-33 85-65 (5th year) ........................................Record at School .............................. 430-199 (20th year) Same .............................................................. Career Record .........................................................Same 8 Washington* Canc. 10 Washington State* L, 71-69 OT FROM THE TIP 14 #10 Oregon* W, 57-41 f Arizona will face 11-seed BYU in the Second Round on Wednesday at 4 p.m. MST on ESPNU. 17 Oregon State* W, 67-51 f 22 Utah* W, 66-54 The Wildcats have never played BYU in the NCAA Tournament. 24 Colorado* Canc. f Arizona won in convincing fashion over Stony Brook on Monday. 29 USC* Canc. f Arizona hasn’t been seeded this high since the 1998 NCAA Tournament (3-seed). 31 #5 UCLA* Canc. f The last time Arizona played in the NCAA Tournament, they reached the Second Round as a 9-seed. FEBRUARY (4-2) f Adia Barnes is one of 11 head coaches ever to play and coach in the NCAA Tournament at their alma mater. 5 Oregon State* Canc. f Barnes agreed to a contract extension through the 2025-26 season. 8 #11 Oregon* W, 79-59 f Arizona won 13 conference games for the first time since the 2003-04 season when Arizona won the Pac-10. 12 Washington State* W, 60-51 f Arizona’s second-place finish is also their best finish since the same 03-04 season. 14 Washington* W, 75-53 19 California* W, 59-50 f Aari McDonald was named an AP and ESPN Second Team All-American. 22 #4 Stanford* L, 62-48 f McDonald was named Pac-12 Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year. 28 Arizona State* L, 66-64 OT MARCH (2-1) POSTGAME NOTES FROM MONDAY 4 Washington State# W, 60-44 f The Wildcats beat Stony Brook by 35, an Arizona NCAA Tournament record. The previous record was 17. 5 #9 UCLA# L, 58-49 f Arizona shot 58% from the field on Monday, a season-high and an Arizona NCAA Tournament record. 22 Stony Brook! W, 79-44 f 17 steals and 67% from three are also Arizona NCAA Tournament records. 24 BYU! 4 p.m. ESPNU f 79 points is the most Arizona has scored since Feb. 8 at Oregon. * indicates Pac-12 conference game f The Wildcats forced 25 turnovers and had 17 steals on Monday while forcing Stony Brook to shoot 29%. # indicates Pac-12 Tournament game f Arizona scored 25 points off turnovers. ! indicates NCAA Tournament game f Sam Thomas tied the school record for most steals in an NCAA Tournament game (6). Home games in BOLD f Aari McDonald had her 10th 20-point game of the season in the First Round. All times shown are MST f She finished the game shooting 8-14 and had four assists and three steals. f McDonald has at least three steals in each of the last eight games. f Three Wildcats scored at least 16 points (McDonald, Reese & Baptiste). NUMBERS TO KNOW f Four Wildcats had at least three steals (Thomas, McDonald, Yeaney & Reese). 2 Aari McDonald is second among active players in career LAST GAME'S STARTERS points. No. Name Position Ht. Class Points Rebounds Assists Stl/Blk Minutes 0 Trinity Baptiste (22) F 6-0 Sr. 8.7 5.7 0.9 1.0/0.1 25.8 16 2 Aari McDonald (22) G 5-6 Sr. 19.4 4.9 4.5 2.7/0.1 32.6 Arizona is playing in their first NCAA Tournament in 16 14 Sam Thomas (22) F 6-0 Sr. 7.4 3.3 1.6 2.2/1.2 31.2 years. 23 Bendu Yeaney (19) G 5-10 Jr. 4.0 3.1 1.4 1.0/0.8 22.7 23 25 Cate Reese (22) F 6-2 Jr. 11.5 5.2 0.5 1.0/0.4 24.5 Aari McDonald is Arizona's first Conference Player of the Year in 23 years (Adia Barnes, 1998). KEY RESERVES No. Name Position Ht. Class Points Rebounds Assists Stl/Blk Minutes 88 1 Shaina Pellington (3) G 5-8 RJr. 5.7 1.8 0.9 0.6/0.1 15.5 Aari McDonald has scored in double-figures in 88-straight 13 Helena Pueyo (0) G 6-0 So. 3.7 3.6 1.4 1.7/0.5 21.5 games, the longest active streak in the nation. 32 Lauren Ware (0) F 6-3 Fr. 4.6 4.5 0.4 0.5/1.2 17.6 ( ) starts FIRST ROUND SECOND ROUND REGIONALS NATIONAL NATIONAL NATIONAL REGIONALS SECOND ROUND FIRST ROUND SEMIFINALS CHAMPIONSHIP SEMIFINALS Alamo SAlamo Texas S Alamo Stanford (25-2) 1 1 UConn (24-1) SUN 3/21 Stanford 87-44 UConn 102-59 SUN 3/21 Alamo Alamo N Utah Valley (13-6) 16 TUE 3/23, 9 p.m., E2 TUE 3/23, 9 p.m., E1 16 High Point (22-6) Oklahoma St. (18-8)8 UTSA Alamo North 8 Syracuse (14-8) St. SUN 3/21 Oklahoma St. 84-61 Syracuse 72-55 SUN 3/21 Mary's Wake Forest (12-12)9 9 South Dakota St. (21-3) Missouri St. (21-2) 5 5 Iowa (18-9) St. MON 3/22 Missouri St. 70-51 Iowa 87-72 SUN 3/21 Mary's UC Davis (13-2) 12 WED 3/24, 3 p.m., EU TUE 3/23, 3:30 p.m., EU 12 Central Mich. (18-8) Arkansas (19-8) 4 UTSA St. Mary's 4 Kentucky (17-8) Alamo N MON 3/22 Wright St. 66-62 Kentucky 71-63 SUN 3/21 Texas Wright St. (18-7) 13 13 Idaho St. (22-3) Oregon (13-8) 6 6 Michigan (14-5) UTSA MON 3/22 Oregon 67-47 Michigan 87-66 SUN 3/21 Alamo N South Dakota (19-5)11 WED 3/24, 3 p.m., E2 TUE 3/23, 5 p.m., E2 11 FGCU (26-2) Georgia (20-6) 3 Alamo South Alamo North 3 Tennessee (16-7) Texas St. MON 3/22 Georgia 67-53 Tennessee 87-66 SUN 3/21 Mary's Mary's Drexel (14-8) 14 San Antonio 14 Middle Tenn. (17-7) Texas Texas Northwestern (15-8) 7 April 4 7 Virginia Tech (14-9) State St. St. MON 3/22 Northwestern 62-51 Virginia Tech 70-63 SUN 3/21 Mary's UCF (16-4) 10 WED 3/24, 5 p.m., E2 TUE 3/23, 7 p.m., E2 10 Marquette (19-6) Alamo S Alamo Louisville (23-3) 2 Alamo North ESPN St. Mary's 2 Baylor (25-2) MON 3/22 Louisville 74-43 San Antonio San Antonio Baylor 101-52 SUN 3/21 Alamo S Alamo Marist (18-3) 15 April 2 April 2 15 Jackson St. (18-5) Texas Texas South Carolina (22-4)1 1 NC State (20-2) State SUN 3/21, South Carolina 79-53 ESPN NATIONAL CHAMPION ESPN NC State 79-58 SUN 3/21 Alamo Alamo N Mercer (19-6) 16 TUE 3/23, 7 p.m., E1 TUE 3/23, 3 p.m., E2 16 N.C. A&T (14-2) Oregon St. (11-7) 8 Alamo South Alamo South 8 South Fla. (18-3) Texas SUN 3/21 Oregon St. 83-59 South Fla. 57-53 SUN 3/21 State Texas Texas Florida St. (10-8) 9 9 Washington St. (12-11) Texas Texas Georgia Tech (15-8) 5 5 Gonzaga (23-3) State SUN 3/21 Georgia Tech 54-52 (OT) Belmont 64-59 MON 3/22 St. Mary's SFA (24-2) 12 TUE 3/23, 5:30 p.m., EU WED 3/24, 5 p.m., EU 12 Belmont (20-5) West Virginia (21-6) 4 UTSA St. Mary's 4 Indiana (18-5) UTSA St. SUN 3/21 West Virginia 77-53 Indiana 63-32 MON 3/22 Mary's Lehigh (10-5) 13 13 VCU (16-10) Texas Texas Texas (18-9) 6 6 Rutgers (14-4) State MON 3/22 Texas 81-62 BYU 69-66 MON 3/22 State Texas Texas Bradley (17-11) 11 WED 3/24, 9 p.m., E2 WED 3/24, 7 p.m., EU 11 BYU (18-5) UCLA (16-5) 3 Alamo North UTSA 3 Arizona (16-5) N Alamo MON 3/22 UCLA 69-48 Arizona 79-44 MON 3/22 Texas Wyoming (14-9) 14 14 Stony Brook (15-5) Alabama (16-9) 7 7 Iowa St. (16-10) Alamo MON 3/22 Alabama 80-71 Iowa St.