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2016-17 Women's Basketball Roster

14 Malena Washington

  • Position Guard
  • Height 5-6
  • Class Senior
  • High School Central High School
  • Hometown Beaumont, Texas

Biography

SENIOR (2016-17)
Started in 29 of the 30 games Arizona played in during her senior year … Was second on the team with a career-high 12.3 points per game and dished out a team leading 2.8 assists per game … Led the Wildcats with 36 made three-pointers …  Scored 13 points in 29 minutes against Alcorn State while dishing out three assists and grabbing four rebounds ... Scored 18 points against George Mason and finished with three assists in 30 minutes played ... Scored 14 points and dished out four assists against Southern Utah ... Scored all 13 of her points against FAU in the third quarter as she was in some foul trouble ... Scored a career-high 26 points, grabbed a career-high eight boards and made a career-high 10 free throws against New Mexico State. She scored 14 points in the overtime period ... Was in a bit of foul trouble against San Diego but managed to score nine points in 16 minutes ... Scored a team-high 13 points against Grambling State ... Scored a team-high 17 points against Kansas, including the first eight points of the fourth quarter ... Poured in 10 second-half points against Utah State in 15 minutes of action ... Scored 10 points and dished out three assists against Portland State ... Dished out a season-high seven assists, which is also her career high against No. 21 Cal while scoring 13 points in 34 minutes. ... Scored 12 points and grabbed six rebounds against No. 13 Stanford ... Led all scorers with 22 points against Colorado while dishing out five assists ... Scored 11 points against Utah while dishing out five assists and turned the ball over just once ... Hit double-figures once again as she scored 11 points and had five assists against Washington ... Made three three-pointers for 13 points against Washington State ... Led Arizona with 17 points at California ... Led Arizona in scoring with 13 points and had a career-high three steals ... Had a career-high eight assists against Oregon ... Filled up the box score with nine points, five assists, three rebounds and two steals against Oregon State ... Broke out of her slump against Washington State as she scored 21 points, 13 in the third quarter ... Beat Arizona State for the first time in her career as she scored eight points and hit the free throw that put Arizona up four with about three seconds left ... Scored 14 points on the road against ASU ... Scored 11 points in the first quarter and finished with 14 on senior day against USC … Made a pair of threes and scored 14 points against Oregon in the Pac-12 Tournament.

JUNIOR (2015-16)
Washington played in all 32 games and started in 17 for Arizona during her junior season … She averaged 10.8 points and 2.7 assists per game while leading the team in minutes played (814), made field goals (130) and made three-pointers (43) … Scored in double-digit figures 19 times during the regular season, which also led the team … Opened the season with a 10-point, four-assist, and two-steal effort against Toledo (11/14) … Scored 10 points and dished out four assists against San Diego (11/21) … Dropped 16 points on 6-12 shooting against Kansas (11/23) … Scored 17 points in a winning effort against New Mexico State (12/2) … Followed that up with a 21-point performance against Pacific (12/5) while making a season-high five three-pointers … Scored 11 points and added four helpers against Louisiana Tech (12/10) … Made three trey balls against George Mason (12/29) and scored a total of 12 points … Dropped 15 points and dished out five assists against Utah (1/15) … Scored 14 points against Arizona State (1/22) and added a season-high seven assists as well … Followed that up with a 17-point performance against the Sun Devils (1/24) … Had the best scoring performance of her career against Oregon (1/31) as she scored a career-high 23 points while shooting 9-15 from the field … Scored 14 points against UCLA (2/7) … Had three straight double-digit scoring efforts by scoring 13 against California (2/14), 15 against Washington (2/19) and 14 against Washington State (2/21) … Also dished out five assists against Washington State … Scored 10 points against USC (2/28) … Helped her team to a Pac-12 Tournament victory against Oregon by scoring 14 points.

SOPHOMORE (2014-15)
Played in all 30 games for Arizona, including starting the final 25 of the season, averaging 6.9 points a contest good for third best on the team… Logged 24.1 minutes per contest and logged double-digit minutes in every game this season… Recorded the third most minutes played on the team (724)… Shot 75-of-220 (34.1%) from the floor… Scored double-digits on seven separate occasions… Was second on the team with 64 assists for the season (2.1 per contest)… Averaged 2.1 rebounds (62 on the year) and 0.5 blocks per game… Was third best on the team shooting 47-of-60 (78.3%) from the free throw line… Was 9-of-45 from three-point range shooting 20%... Registered a steal at FIU (11/28)… Had a team-high 12 points vs. Toledo (11/30)…named to FIU Thanksgiving Classic All-Tournament Team....had three assists and two steals at SFA (12/20)...tallied a steal vs. Washington (1/3)… Recorded three assists and a steal against Arizona State (1/08/15)…had two assists and two steals at Arizona State (1/10) … Led the team with two assists at Stanford (1/16)…recorded three assists vs. Oregon State (1/23)… Totaled four assists against Oregon (1/25)...had a season-high 16 points at Colorado (2/1)…logged three assists at California (2/6)… Tallied two assists at USC (2/20)… Scored 14 points and registered three assists at UCLA (2/22)…Grabbed a steal against Utah (3/1)… recorded three assists  vs. UCLA in the opening round of the Pac-12 Tournament. 

TYLER JUNIOR COLLEGE
Led Tyler Junior College to a 30-6 record…was named an All-American after her freshman year. 

HIGH SCHOOL
Was named team captain in her senior season at Central High School…Earned All-District honors all four years…Was named to the All-Region team her junior and senior seasons and the All-State team in her senior season.

PERSONAL 
Born Malena Marae’ Washington…Daughter of Leaonard and Mareta Washington…Has one older brother Malik...Has two older sisters, Emmarie and Bri’Anne…Plans on studying Criminal Justice at Arizona.

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Historical Player Information

  • 14

    2014-15Sophomore

    Guard
    5'6"
    14
  • 14

    2015-16Junior

    Guard
    5'6"
    14
  • 14

    2016-17Senior

    Guard
    5'6"
    14
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