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2 0 1 8 - 1 9 P A C - 1 2 W O M E N ' S B A S K E T B A L L M E D I A G U I D E 12 A R I Z O N A W I L D C AT S QUICK FACTS Location ................................................. Tucson, Ariz. Founded .............................................................1885 Enrollment ......................................................43,500 Colors ................................................ Cardinal & Navy Home Court ........................... McKale Center (14,545) Press Row Phone ............................... (520) 621-5291 President .................................. Dr. Robert C. Robbins Faculty Representative ..........................Ricardo Valeri Athletics Director .................................... Dave Heeke Deputy Director/SWA .............................. Erika Barnes Head Coach ............................................. Adia Barnes Assoc. AD of Comm. Services ................... Matt Ensor Asst. Dir./WBB SID ............................. Adam Gonzales SID Phone: ........................................ (520) 626-9395 Email ............................... adamgonzales@arizona.edu Website ............................... www.arizonawildcats.com All-Time Record.............................................570-702 First Year .......................................................1972-73 Pac-12 Record ..............................................205-388 Pac-12 Tournament...........................................13-18 NCAA Record ........................................................6-7 WNIT Record .........................................................4-2 2018-19 SCHEDULE Date . . . . Opponent . . . . . . . . . . TV ............... Time Nov. 9 . . IDAHO STATE . . . . . . . ............. 6:30 p.m. Nov. 13 . LOYOLA MARYMOUNT ............. 6:30 p.m. N16-18 . at Bank of Hawai'i Classic, Oahu, Hawai'i Nov. 16 . vs. Seattle . . . . . . . . . . .................. 3 p.m. Nov. 18 . vs. Portland . . . . . . . . . .................. 3 p.m. Nov. 23 . SOUTH CAROLINA STATE ........... 6:30 p.m. Nov. 27 . INCARNATE WORD . . . ............. 6:30 p.m. Dec. 2 . . at San Diego State . . . . .................. 2 p.m. Dec. 5 . . MONTANA . . . . . . . . . . ................ 11 a.m. Dec. 9 . . at Long Beach State . . . .................. 3 p.m. Dec. 17 . UTEP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............. 6:30 p.m. Dec. 21 . NORTHERN ARIZONA . ............. 6:30 p.m. Dec. 30 . ARIZONA STATE* . . . . P12N ......... 5 p.m. Jan. 4 . . at Colorado*. . . . . . . . . .................. 7 p.m. Jan. 6 . . at Utah*. . . . . . . . . . . . P12N ....... 12 p.m. Jan. 11 . CALIFORNIA* . . . . . . . P12N ......... 7 p.m. Jan. 13 . STANFORD* . . . . . . . . P12N ....... 12 p.m. Jan. 18 . at Oregon State* . . . . . .................. 8 p.m. Jan. 20 . at Oregon* . . . . . . . . . . P12N ......... 1 p.m. Jan. 25 . USC* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P12N ......... 7 p.m. Jan. 27 . UCLA* . . . . . . . . . . . . . .................. 2 p.m. Feb. 1 . . at Arizona State* . . . . . P12N ......... 6 p.m. Feb. 7 . . at Washington* . . . . . . .................. 8 p.m. Feb. 9 . . at Washington State* . . P12N ........ 1 p.m. Feb. 15 . UTAH*. . . . . . . . . . . . . .................. 6 p.m. Feb. 17 . COLORADO* . . . . . . . . P12N ....... 12 p.m. Feb. 22 . at Stanford* . . . . . . . . . .................. 8 p.m. Feb. 24 . at California* . . . . . . . . .................. 3 p.m. Mar. 1 . . OREGON* . . . . . . . . . . P12N ......... 8 p.m. Mar. 3 . . OREGON STATE* . . . . . P12N ......... 3 p.m. M7-10 . . Pac-12 Tournament MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas * Pac-12 Conference game. PAC12 indicates game televised on the Pac-12 Networks. All times Mountain Standard Time & subject to change. No. Name POS HT YR EXP Hometown/High School (Last School) 1 Shalyse Smith F 6-1 Fr. HS Tacoma, Wash./Bellarmine Prep 2 Aarion McDonald G 5-7 R-So. 1L Fresno, Calif./Brookside Christian HS (Washington) 4 Lucia Alonso G 5-7 Jr. 2L Leon, Spain/Aron Leon Cuña del Parlamentarismo 10 Tee Tee Starks F 5-9 R-Jr. 2L Brooklyn Park, Minn./Hopkins HS (Iowa State) 14 Sam Thomas F 6-0 So. 1L Bloomfield Hills, Mich./Centennial HS 20 Dominique McBryde F 6-2 R-Jr. 2L Bedford, Ind./Bedford North Lawrence HS (Purdue) 21 Destiny Graham F 6-3 Sr. 3L San Francisco, Calif./Eastside College Prep 22 Lindsey Malecha G 5-9 Sr. 3L Mahtomedi, Minn./Hill-Murray HS 24 Bryce Nixon G 5-10 Fr. HS Phoenix, Ariz./Arcadia HS 25 Cate Reese F 6-2 Fr. HS Cypress, Texas/Cypress Woods HS 32 Kiana Barkhoff C 6-3 So. 1L Kitzingen, Germany/Palm Harbor HS 34 Semaj Smith C 6-6 Fr. HS Long Beach, Calif./St. Anthony HS Head Coach: Adia Barnes (Arizona 1998), 3rd year Letterwinners R/L: 5/5 Assistant Coach: Salvo Coppa (IULM University Milan 2002), 3rd year Newcomers: 7 Assistant Coach: April Phillips (Xavier 2010), 1st year Starters returning in bold Assistant Coach: Morgan Valley (Connecticut 2004), 2nd year • The 2018-19 has been a highly-anticipated season for Arizona. Third-year head coach Adia Barnes wel- comes a highly-touted, top-five recruiting classes and a number of transfers become eligible, coupled with five experienced returning players, the Wildcats look to be a much-improved team. • Arizona loses its leading scorer in JaLea Bennett who was one of two players on the team to score in double digits. But UA has an experienced core that includes sophomore Sam Thomas, the team's second-leading scorer and top rebounder, Destiny Graham, and the team's leading playmaker junior Lucia Alonso. • Redshirt-sophomore Aarion McDonald, redshirt-juniors Dominique McBryde and Tee Tee Starks joined the team last year as transfers and are set to make contributions on the court this season. McDonald, a transfer from Washington, was a highly-touted recruit and helped the Huskies to the NCAA Tournament while being named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman team. In two years at Purdue, McBryde accumulated 357 rebounds and 66 blocks, which tied for the 20th-most in program history. Starks comes to Tucson after two seasons at Iowa State where she had injury setbacks as a freshman but played in 31 games as a sophomore, starting in 14. • This year's freshman class includes four signees, including the program's first-ever McDonald's All-American in Cate Reese, who headlines a post lineup that all received national acclaim in high school. Reese is a five- star recruit and rated the fourth-best post in the country, and is joined by top post prospects Semaj Smith, and Shalyse Smith from Italy. The fourth signee is a local guard in Bryce Nixon from Phoenix who was named all-Arizona. • The Wildcats have had just one winning season since 2005-06, and with the senior leadership, experienced transfers and a very talented recruiting class, Barnes looks to end that trend in 2017-18. Year School Overall Conf. Place/Conf 16-17 Arizona 14-16 5-13 T9th/Pac-12 18-19 Arizona 6-24 2-16 11th/Pac-12 ARIZ Total (2 yrs) 20-40 7-19 Career Total (2 yrs) 20-40 7-19 ADIA BARNES Head Coach • 3rd year at Arizona Alma Mater: Arizona, 1998 20-40 (.333) at Arizona • Overall: 20-40 (.333, 2 years) The ninth head coach in Arizona history, Barnes returned to her alma mater where she was arguably one of the best players in its history, as well as one of the best players in Conference history ... spent five years as an assistant coach at Washington, helping the Huskies in a histortic run to their first-ever NCAA Final Four in 2016 ... a 1998 Pac-10 Player of the Year, scoring over 2,000 points ... played 12 years in the WNBA, winning a title in 2004 with the Seattle Storm ... named to the WNBA's All-Decade team. 2018-19 ARIZONA ROSTER Arizona State ................................................. 33-65 California ...................................................... 31-37 Colorado ......................................................... 6-16 Oregon .......................................................... 29-39 Oregon State ................................................. 31-36 Stanford ........................................................ 13-68 UCLA ............................................................ 21-62 USC .............................................................. 23-59 Utah ............................................................... 6-20 Washington ................................................... 21-45 Washington State .......................................... 35-30 SERIES RECORDS TEAM OUTLOOK BARNES' RECORD