TUCSON, Ariz. – The Arizona Wildcats (11-11, 2-9 Pac-12) will host the 11th-ranked Oregon State Beavers (21-2, 10-1 Pac-12) on Super Sunday at 2 p.m. MST in McKale Center. Arizona is coming off a loss against Oregon while the Beavers defeated Arizona State on Friday night in Tempe.
 
On the Beavers
The 11th-ranked Oregon State Beavers are red hot as they have won six-straight and are 21-2 on the season and on top of the Pac-12 with a 10-1 conference record. The Beavers have won 18 of their last 19 games, with their lone loss coming at then-ranked UCLA. The Beavers get it done on the defensive end as they allow just 54.2 points per game, which ranks first in the Pac-12. Oregon State outrebounds their opponents by 11.1 boards per game, which also tops the Pac-12. Sydney Wiese was named preseason All-Pac-12 at the beginning of the season, and she is backing it up as she scores 15.4 points per game, grabs 5.1 rebounds per game, dishes out 4.7 assists per game and makes three triples per game. Oregon State is coming off a victory over Arizona State in a 54-45 defensive battle.
 
Last 5 vs. Oregon State
1/29/16: at Oregon State 71, Arizona 43
2/15/15: at Oregon State 73, Arizona 48
1/23/15: Oregon State 73, at Arizona 55
2/28/14: at Oregon State 78, Arizona 48
2/2/14: Oregon State 64, at Arizona 50
 
Jones Joins the 1K Club
Senior LaBrittney will go down as one of the great Wildcats in school history. Jones scored her 1,000th career point in the fourth quarter on Friday, Jan 6 against Colorado on a fast break layup to make her Arizona's 19th 1,000-point scorer in school history. Since then, she has climbed up to 17th all-time with 1,114 career points. She moved into 17th after her game-winning basket against Washington State on Jan. 15. She needs 15 more points to pass Candice Warthen to be 16th all-time. The senior forward is averaging a career-high 14.5 points per game this season on 43% shooting. She has also made 10 threes this season after only making 14 in the previous three seasons.
 
Arizona Career Scoring Leaders
13. Lisa Griffith (199-00), 1,199
14. Natalie Jones (2003-06), 1,149
15. Yolanda Turner (1984-87), 1,144
16. Candice Warthen (2010-15), 1,128
17. LaBrittney Jones (2013-pres.), 1,114
 
It's a Block Party and LB is Hosting
LaBrittney Jones has 141 career blocks through 106 games, which is good for an average of 1.3 swats per game and is fourth on the Arizona all-time shot blocking list. Last year, she blocked 23 shots in 21 games and she already has a total of 42 this season. Throughout her career, she has posted 38 games where she has blocked multiple shots and as blocked 3+ shots in 19 games. Just this year, Jones has blocked at least three shots in six games. Her career high was set back on Feb. 1, 2015 when she sent six shots into the seats. This year, Jones is third in the Pac-12 with 1.9 blocks per game.
 
Arizona Career Blocked Shots Leaders
1. Shawntinice Polk (2003-05), 222
2. Ify Ibekwe (2008-10), 166
3. Elizabeth Pickney (1999-02), 147
4. LaBrittney Jones (2013-pres.), 141
 
Cleaning the Glass with LaBrittney
After recording 11 rebounds against Washington on Jan. 13, senior LaBrittney Jones moved into 10th all-time in Arizona history in career rebounds. Jones now has 629 career boards and needs 16 more to move into ninth place. She is also seventh in Arizona history as she averages 6.0 rebounds per game for her career.
 
Arizona Career Rebounding Leaders
6. Davellyn Whyte (2009-13), 691
7. Amina Njonkou (2006-09), 690
8. Kim Conway (1990-94), 647
9. Krista Warren (2000-03), 644
10. LaBrittney Jones (2013-pres.), 629
 
Jones in the Pac-12
Through 22 games, Jones is 12th in the Pac-12 with 14.5 points per game and 10th with 6.9 rebounds per game. Additionally, 1.9 blocks per game for the senior is ranked third in the Pac-12. Jones' 5.4 defensive rebounds per game is seventh in the conference. The senior has led the Wildcats in scoring 10 times this season and has led the team in rebounds 12 times.
 
Washington's World
Although she is a senior, Malena Washington is entering just her third season as a Wildcat as she started her career at Tyler Junior College, where she was named a JC All-American. Washington exploded for a career-high 26 points against New Mexico State. 22 of her points came after halftime and 14 of them came in overtime. The senior also grabbed a career-high eight rebounds and made a career-high 10 free throws. She made eight alone in overtime, which would've been set a new career-high even if she hadn't made one before overtime. The senior averages 3.9 assists in Pac-12 play after dishing out a career-high eight dimes against Oregon. The Beaumont native has scored in double-figures in all but three games this season and has led the Wildcats in scoring seven times overall this season. Additionally, Washington has made at least one three-pointer in all but three games this season and has made at least one in 13-straight games. The senior is 16th in the conference in scoring with a career-high 12.9 points per game and is seventh in free throw shooting (82.8%).
 
Buenos Dias, Lucia
Freshman guard Lucia Alonso has started in the first 22 games of her college career at the point guard position. So far, she averages 5.9 points, 3.0 assists, 2.2 rebounds, just under one steal and makes about one three-pointer per game. Alonso dished out a career-high nine assists against Washington on Jan. 13 and turned the ball over just two times. In Pac-12 play, Alonso has turned the ball over just 1.5 times per game. As a freshman point guard in the best conference in the country that has a plethora of elite point guards, 1.5 turnovers per game isn't so bad. The Spaniard leads the team in three-point shooting (40%) minutes played (32.5) and is second in made three-pointers (19). There have only been four games this season when Alonso didn't play at least 30 minutes.
 
We See Ya JaLea
Back on Nov. 26 junior wing JaLea Bennett had a career night against Southern Utah as she scored 21 points off the bench for a new career high. Her previous career high was 18 points. Against Southern Utah, she shot 7-11 from the field, made one three-pointer and was 6-6 from the charity stripe. Bennett seems to be getting back into a rhythm as she has averaged 20.8 minutes per game in her last five games. In her previous five games, she averaged just 10.2 minutes per game. Bennett scored nine points off the bench against Oregon.
 
Go DJ, That's My DJ
Senior Dejza James had a career night on Friday against Oregon as she scored a career-high 18 points on 8-12 shooting in 25 minutes off the bench. James also added in eight boards, four on the offensive end. The senior eclipsed the 20-minute mark for the third-straight game and the fourth in her last five games after playing 20 minutes just once in her previous 17 games. Over her last three games, James averages 10.3 points and 6.7 rebounds in 24.7 minutes. James leads the Wildcats as she shoots 49% from the field on the year.
 
TG For Three
Redshirt Sophomore Taryn Griffey has been through her fair share of adversity as she has undergone multiple knee surgeries, but she is back this year after having a solid start to her college career in the 2015-16 season. Last year, she shot 42.4% from downtown, which was the third-highest three-point percentage for one season in school history. So far this year, has knocked down 37.8% of her threes this year (17-45) and also has a career three-point field goal percentage of 40.8% (53-130). Griffey came off the bench and scored a season-high 19 points in a season-high 27 minutes against Florida Atlantic back on Dec. 1, which is a season-high for her. After sitting out against San Diego, Grambling State, Kansas and Utah State due to precautionary reasons, she came back against Portland State and scored six points off the bench in 15 minutes. She knocked down two three-pointers and blocked a career-high two shots. Griffey saw 18 minutes of action in each game against Colorado and Utah and scored seven points against Utah. Against Washington State, she scored nine points and played 21 minutes, which is the most she has played since Dec. 1. Griffey did not make the trip to the Bay Area and sat out against USC and UCLA, but did make the trip. She sat out against Oregon as well.
 
Lock It Up
Arizona was outstanding defensively against USC last weekend as they allowed the Trojans to score just 58 points on 39% shooting. 58 points is the fifth-fewest points an opponent of Arizona has scored all year. Additionally, the Wildcats forced 23 USC turnovers, which is the second-most Arizona has forced all season.  
 
Top Five Individual Scoring Efforts
26, Malena Washington (at NMSU, 12/4/16)
24, LaBrittney Jones (at Utah, 1/8/17)
24, LaBrittney Jones (vs. California, 12/29/16)
23, LaBrittney Jones (vs. North Texas, 11/22/16)
22, Malena Washington (at Colorado, 1/6/17)
 
Like Clockwork
It's inevitable that Arizona will have at least one big quarter in a game, it just depends on when. Arizona's best quarter of all time though came last game against San Diego as the Wildcats scored 33 points in the third period, which is the most points scored in one quarter in Arizona history. They also hit 12 of their 16 shots, which is the most made shots in one quarter as well. Arizona made a strong late effort against Oregon on Friday night as they scored 27 points in the fourth quarter after scoring just 38 in the first three quarters combined. Six of the last seven highest scoring quarters have come in the fourth period for the Wildcats.
 
List of Arizona's highest scoring periods (game-by-game)
Alcorn State: 21 (3rd/4th qtrs.)
George Mason: 28 (4th qtr.)
North Texas: 19 (2nd/4th qtrs.)
Southern Utah: 23 (4th qtr.)
Florida Atlantic: 26 (3rd qtr.)
New Mexico State: 18 (OT)
San Diego: 33 (3rd qtr.)
Grambling State: 24 (3rd qtr.)
Kansas: 16 (4th qtr.)
Utah State: 21 (3rd qtr.)
Portland State: 29 (3rd qtr.)
California: 22 (3rd qtr.)
Stanford: 21 (1st qtr.)
Colorado: 18 (3rd qtr.)
Utah: 27 (3rd qtr.)
Washington: 21 (3rd+4th qtrs.)
Washington State: 19 (4th qtr.)
Stanford: 17 (2nd qtr.)
California: 22 (4th qtr.)
USC: 24 (4th qtr.)
UCLA: 14 (4th qtr.)
Oregon: 27 (4th qtr.)
Average: 22.3 points
 
Winning the Turnover Battle
Arizona has won the turnover battle eight of the last 14 games and has averaged just 15.7 turnovers in Pac-12 play. In its first 10 games of the season, Arizona averaged 19.9 turnovers per game and won the turnover battle just three times.
 
One Last Go Around
Of the 12 players on the roster, five of them are seniors, which is the most in the Pac-12 as no other team has more than four seniors on their roster. Those five seniors include LaBrittney Jones, Malena Washington, Breanna Workman, Lauren Evans and Dejza James. They have combined to play in 425 games.
 
Barnes is Back
Adia Barnes is back in Wildcat Country, and this time it's as the head coach of the University of Arizona. Barnes is known as one of, if not the best women's basketball player to come through Tucson. As a player, she is the program's leading scorer as she finished with 2,237 career points (18.5 ppg). She is also second all-time in career rebounds (921). During Barnes' freshman year in the 1994-95 season, the Cats finished with a record of 11-19. The next three years were a complete turnaround as the Wildcats won at least 22 games in each season and made a three-straight postseason appearances. Over those three years, Arizona was 68-23, which is still the best three-year stretch in Arizona history.
 
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