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Cate Reese
Arizona Athletics
73
California Cal 12-19,3-15 Pac-12
86
Winner Arizona UA 24-6,12-6 Pac-12
California Cal
12-19,3-15 Pac-12
73
Final
86
Arizona UA
24-6,12-6 Pac-12
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
California Cal 18 9 17 29 73
Arizona UA 23 18 21 24 86

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | Arizona Athletics

Arizona Beats Cal, Advances to Pac-12 Tournament Semifinals

LAS VEGAS – Cate Reese scored a career-high 30 points and led Arizona to an 86-73 win over No. 12 seed California on Friday afternoon. Arizona will play top seed Oregon at 7 p.m. MST tomorrow night.
 
Reese, who scored 30 for the first time in her career, shot 13-15 from the field and grabbed six rebounds. She is the second player in Arizona history to score 30 points in the Pac-12 Tournament after Aari McDonald had 34 in the quarterfinals last season.
 
McDonald, who scored in double-figures for the 65th-straight game, the longest active streak in the nation, had 13 points, five assists and four rebounds. Dominique McBryde had 11 points, seven rebounds and four assists while Amari Carter scored 10 points and had three steals.
 
As a team, Arizona shot 54.7% from the field and forced the Golden Bears to shoot 37.7%. The Wildcats outrebounded Cal 38-30 and outscored them in the paint 44-18.
 
Player of the Game
Cate Reese – The sophomore was incredible, scoring a career-high 30 points on 13-15 from the field. She became the second player in school history to score 30 points in a Pac-12 Tournament game.
 
By the Numbers
30 – Reese is the second Arizona player to score 30 points in a Pac-12 Tournament game.
 
65 – Aari McDonald has scored in double-figures in 65-straight games.
 
54.7% - Arizona shot 54.7% from the field, the second-highest percentage Arizona has ever shot at the Pac-12 Tournament.
 
26 – Arizona outscored Cal by 26 points in the paint.
 
25 – The Wildcats dished out 25 assists, the most they have ever had in a Pac-12 Tournament game.
 
Play of the Game

 
Frameworthy
Arizona basketball

 
Quotable
"I'm proud of these young women and how we fought and kept our composure throughout the game." – Adia Barnes
 
Arizona will face Oregon in tomorrow's semifinals at 7 p.m. MST.
 
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