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2017-18 Women's Basketball Media Guide

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2017-18 PAC-12 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL // TEAMS 12 ARIZONA WILDCATS 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 ....................... Jory Hancock Athletics Director ..................................Dave Heeke Deputy Director/SWA ............................Erika Barnes Head Coach ...........................................Adia Barnes Assoc. AD of Comm. Services .......... Jeremy Sharpe Asst. Dir./WBB SID .......................... Adam Gonzales SID Phone: ......................................(520) 626-9395 Email .............................adamgonzales@arizona.edu Website ............................ www.arizonawildcats.com All-Time Record.......................................... 564-678 First Year .................................................... 1972-73 Pac-12 Record ........................................... 212-363 Pac-12 Tournament........................................ 13-17 NCAA Record ..................................................... 6-7 WNIT Record ...................................................... 4-2 YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORD (since 1981-82) Year Conf. Place Overall Postseason 81-82 0-12 7 10-21 82-83 2-12 T7 10-17 83-84 1-13 T7 8-20 84-85 1-13 8 7-21 85-86 4-4 T2 19-9 86-87 4-14 T8 11-18 87-88 2-16 10 5-23 88-89 6-12 T8 11-7 89-90 5-13 T8 12-17 90-91 1-17 10 6-25 91-92 3-15 10 9-19 92-93 7-11 8 13-14 93-94 8-10 7 15-12 94-95 6-12 7 11-19 95-96 10-8 T3 22-8 WNIT Champion 96-97 12-6 T4 23-8 NCAA 2nd 97-98 14-4 T2 23-7 NCAA S16 98-99 12-6 4 18-11 NCAA 2nd 99-00 13-5 T2 25-7 NCAA 2nd 00-01 9-9 5 20-12 WNIT 2nd 01-02 10-8 T6 14-14 02-03 13-5 T2 22-9 NCAA 1st 03-04 14-4 T1 24-9 NCAA 1st 04-05 11-7 5 20-12 NCAA 2nd 05-06 3-15 9 8-22 06-07 4-14 T8 11-21 07-08 4-14 T8 10-20 08-09 4-14 T8 12-19 09-10 6-12 8 14-17 10-11 10-8 T4 21-12 WNIT 1st 11-12 3-15 12 15-17 12-13 4-14 T10 12-18 13-14 1-17 12 5-25 14-15 3-15 T11 10-20 15-16 3-15 11 13-19 17-18 5-13 T9 14-16 WCAA member from 1979-1985 Pac-West Conference member in 1985-1986 Pac-12 Conference member since 1986 No. Name POS HT YR EXP Hometown/High School (Last School) 2 Aarion McDonald G 5-7 SO TR Fresno, Calif./Brookside Christian HS 4 Lucia Alonso G 5-7 SO 1V Leon, Spain/Aron Leon Cuna Del Parlamentarismo 5 Sammy Fatkin G 6-0 FR HS Snohomish, Wash/Glacier Peak HS 10 Tee Tee Starks G 5-9 RS-SO TR Brooklyn Park, Minn./Hopkins HS 11 Kat Wright F 6-0 SR TR Woodlands Hills, Calif./Notre Dame HS (FAU) 13 Marlee Kyles G 5-7 FR HS Elgin, Ill./Larkin HS 14 Sam Thomas F 6-0 FR HS Bloomfield Hill, Mich./Centennial HS 20 Dominique McBryde F 6-2 JR TR Bedford, Ind./Bedford North Lawrence HS (Purdue) 21 Destiny Graham F 6-3 JR 2L San Francisco, Calif./Eastside College Prep 22 Lindsey Malecha G 5-9 JR HS Mahtomedi, Minn./Hill-Murray HS 32 Kiana Chew F 6-3 FR HS Kitzingen, Germany/Palm Harbor HS 33 Jalea Bennett G 6-0 SR 3L Grand Prairie, Texas/Mansfield Timberview HS 44 Alisson Reese G 5-9 FR HS Cupress, Texas/Cypress Woods HS Head Coach: Adia Barnes (Arizona 1998), 2nd year Letterwinners R/L: 3/9 Associate Head Coach: Sunny Smallwood (Boise State 1983), 2nd year Newcomers: 8 Assistant Coach: Salvo Coppa (IULM University Milan 2002), 2nd year Starters returning in bold Assistant Coach: Morgan Valley (Connecticut 2004), 1st year • Under second-year head coach Adia Barnes, the Wildcats return just three players from last year's squad, two of which were starters. Another four freshmen join the team for 2016-17 with four transfers added as well, one of which will be able to play this season. • This year's team will look drastically different from last season's squad. Barnes will depend heavily on return- ing starters sophomore Lucia Alonso, one of the first players to sign with Barnes last fall. Hailing from Spain, she brings international experience with her as a member of the U18 Spanish National Team. She led the Wildcats in three-point shooting last season. • The only other starter returning is junior Destiny Graham, a guard out of San Francisco, Calif. One of just two seniors on the team, Jalea Bennett played in all 30 games last season, earning five starts. She averaged 6.9 points last season and was the second-best free-throw shooter on the squad. • Senior transfer Kat Wright will try to make a big impact in her only season with the Wildcats. A transfer from Florida Atlantic, she will play immediately due to a medical redshirt last season. Wright will give added depth from the three-point line. A 40-percent shooter from long range, she sunk 11 threes in a game in January 2016, the second-most threes in a game in NCAA history. • Barnes has just 11 players on the roster this season, three of which are not eligible to play because of NCAA transfer rules. In addition to limited option this year, Barnes also has a young squad. But practices should be competitive with transfers from programs such as Washington, Purdue and Iowa State, which should prepare the rest of the squad for the regular-season slate. BARNES' RECORD Year School Overall Conf. Place/Conf 16-17 Arizona 14-16 5-13 T9th ADIA BARNES Head Coach • 2nd year at Arizona Alma Mater: Arizona, 1998 14-16 (.467) at Arizona • Overall: 14-16 (.467, 1 year) 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. 2017-18 ARIZONA ROSTER Arizona State ................................................. 33-62 California ...................................................... 31-35 Colorado ......................................................... 5-15 Oregon .......................................................... 29-37 Oregon State ................................................. 31-34 Stanford ........................................................ 13-66 UCLA ............................................................ 21-61 USC .............................................................. 23-58 Utah ............................................................... 6-18 Washington ................................................... 20-45 Washington State .......................................... 35-29 SERIES RECORDS TEAM OUTLOOK

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