ARIZONA (11-13, 2-11) vs. WASHINGTON STATE (10-14, 5-8)
11:00 a.m. | Sunday | Feb. 12, 2017
Pullman, Wash. | Beasley Coliseum (11,671)
SERIES HISTORY
The Cougs continue their home stand with a single game Sunday afternoon against Arizona who lost to Washington, 91-55, Friday night. WSU is looking for revenge against the Wildcats who stole a 56-55 win in Tempe in mid-January. Arizona overcame a double-digit 4th quarter lead for the Cougs to take the win. The game against the Wildcats was the first for the Cougars without freshman sensation
Chanelle Molina who suffered her season-ending injury at Arizona State two days prior. All-time the Wildcats hold a 34-27 edge over the Cougars after winning the last matchup in Tucson. However, WSU had won the previous five meetings between the two sides including a 67-46 decision in Beasley last season.
LAST TIME OUT
A pair of last second shots by the Washington State women's basketball team fell just short of their mark as No. 23/21 Arizona State escaped from Beasley Friday night with a 61-58 victory over the Cougs. Offensively, Swedlund finished the game as the lone Coug to reach double-digits in the scoring column as she came up with her 14 points on 6-of-14 shooting including hitting a pair from distance. Freshman
Kayla Washington ended her night with nine points while junior
Pinelopi Pavlopoulou and redshirt-sophomore
Nike McClure each added eight points. McClure, playing in a shoulder brace, came up with six rebounds to go with one block and two steals while Pavlopoulou came up with a career and team-best eight rebounds. Overall, the Cougs held the lead for over 28 minutes of the contest and never trailed by more than a single possession yet in the end found themselves on the wrong side of another close loss. The three-point defeat for WSU was its sixth loss of the season in games decided by a single possession or in overtime.
ABOUT THE WILDCATS
The Wildcats come to Beasley off of a 91-55 loss at the hands of Washington Friday night. Arizona finds itself at the bottom of the standings at just 2-11 but one of those two wins has come at the expense of the Cougars a month ago. Overall, the Wildcats are led by LaBrittney Jones at 14.5 ppg and 6.6 rpg. As a team, Arizona is averaging 64.5 ppg but has allowed 67.2 ppg on the year to their opponents.
