2019–20 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball team

2019–20 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball
2019–20 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 12
AP	No. 12
Record	24–7 (12–6 Pac-12)
Head coach	Adia Barnes (4th season);
Assistant coaches	Tamisha Augustin; Salvo Coppa; Jackie Nared;
Home arena	McKale Center
	Seasons ← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The 2019–20 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball team represented University of Arizona during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by fourth-year head coach Adia Barnes, played their home games at the McKale Center and are members of the Pac-12 Conference.

2019–20 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 Oregon†	17	–	1	.944	31	–	2	.939
No. 10 UCLA	14	–	4	.778	26	–	5	.839
No. 7 Stanford	14	–	4	.778	27	–	6	.818
No. 13 Arizona	12	–	6	.667	24	–	7	.774
No. 14 Oregon State	10	–	8	.556	23	–	9	.719
No. 25 Arizona State	10	–	8	.556	20	–	11	.645
USC	8	–	10	.444	17	–	14	.548
Utah	6	–	12	.333	14	–	17	.452
Colorado	5	–	13	.278	16	–	14	.533
Washington	5	–	13	.278	13	–	17	.433
Washington State	4	–	14	.222	11	–	20	.355
California	3	–	15	.167	12	–	19	.387

† 2020 Pac-12 Tournament winner As of May 1, 2024 Rankings from AP poll

Previous season edit

They finished the season 24–13, 7–11 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 women's tournament where they lost to Oregon. They received an at-large bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they advanced to the finals and defeated Northwestern for the championship.

Roster edit

2019–20 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Amari Carter	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	RS Sr	St. John's College Penn State	Washington, D.C.
G	1	Shaina Pellington	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Dunbarton Oklahoma	Pickering, ON
G	2	Aari McDonald	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	RS Jr	Brookside Christian HS Washington	Fresno, CA
G	3	Tara Manumaleuga	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Hillcrest Christian	Gold Coast, QLD, Australia
G	4	Lucia Alonso	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Sr	Aron Leon Cuna Del Parlamentarismo	León, Spain
G	10	Tee Tee Starks	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	RS Sr	Hopkins/Iowa State	Brooklyn Park, MN
G	11	Mara Mote	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	TTT Riga	Cēsis, Latvia
F	12	Sevval Gul	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	Fenerbahçe	Istanbul, Turkey
G	13	Helena Pueyo	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	Segle XXI	Palma de Mallorca, Spain
F	14	Sam Thomas	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Centennial	Bloomfield Hills, MI
F	15	Birna Benonysdottir	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	Keflavík	Keflavík, Iceland
F	20	Dominique McBryde	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	RS Sr	Bedford North Lawrence Purdue	Bedford, IN
G	24	Bryce Nixon	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Arcadia	Phoenix, AZ
F	25	Cate Reese	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Cypress	Cypress, TX
C	34	Semaj Smith	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	So	St. Anthony	Long Beach, CA

Head coach

Adia Barnes (Arizona)

Assistant coach(es)

Tamisha Augustin (Alabama A&M)
Salvo Coppa (IULM)
Jackie Nared (Saint Mary's)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule edit

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
Oct 27, 2019* 4:30 pm		Eastern New Mexico	W 85–38		McKale Center Tucson, AZ
Non-conference regular season
Nov 5, 2019* 6:30 pm		North Dakota	W 74–42	1–0	McKale Center (3,450) Tucson, AZ
Nov 8, 2019* 6:30 pm		Santa Clara	W 65–52	2–0	McKale Center (4,225) Tucson, AZ
Nov 12, 2019* 5:00 pm		at Chicago State	W 82–50	3–0	Jones Convocation Center (122) Chicago, IL
Nov 17, 2019* 12:00 pm, LHN		at No. 22 Texas	W 83–58	4–0	Frank Erwin Center (3,147) Austin, TX
Nov 20, 2019* 11:00 am		Prairie View A&M	W 83–48	5–0	McKale Center (8,542) Tucson, AZ
Nov 24, 2019* 2:00 pm		at Montana	W 77–42	6–0	Dahlberg Arena (2,758) Missoula, MT
Nov 29, 2019* 4:00 pm	No. 24	UC Riverside	W 70–27	7–0	McKale Center (4,417) Tucson, AZ
Dec 2, 2019* 6:30 pm	No. 20	Monmouth	W 86–34	8–0	McKale Center (3,525) Tucson, AZ
Dec 7, 2019* 1:00 pm	No. 20	at UTEP	W 54–43	9–0	Don Haskins Center (1,019) El Paso, TX
Dec 12, 2019* 1:00 pm	No. 18	Tennessee State	W 77–42	10–0	McKale Center (3,891) Tucson, AZ
Dec 21, 2019* 1:00 pm	No. 18	UC Santa Barbara	W 61–42	11–0	McKale Center (4,498) Tucson, AZ
Pac-12 regular season
Dec 29, 2019 12:00 pm, P12N	No. 18	at Arizona State	W 58–53	12–0 (1–0)	Desert Financial Arena (4,009) Tempe, AZ
Jan 3, 2020 8:00 pm, P12N	No. 18	at USC	W 65–57	13–0 (2–0)	Galen Center (509) Los Angeles, CA
Jan 5, 2020 1:00 pm, P12N	No. 18	at No. 10 UCLA	L 58–70	13–1 (2–1)	Pauley Pavilion (3,011) Los Angeles, CA
Jan 10, 2020 8:00 pm, P12N	No. 18	No. 3 Oregon State	L 61–63	13–2 (2–2)	McKale Center (5,694) Tucson, AZ
Jan 12, 2020 12:00 pm, P12N	No. 18	No. 2 Oregon	L 64–71	13–3 (2–3)	McKale Center (7,680) Tucson, AZ
Jan 17, 2020 8:00 pm, P12N	No. 21	at Washington State	W 74–67	14–3 (3–3)	Beasley Coliseum (704) Pullman, WA
Jan 19, 2020 1:00 pm, P12N	No. 21	at Washington	W 66–58	15–3 (4–3)	Alaska Airlines Arena (2,151) Seattle, WA
Jan 24, 2020 6:00 pm, P12N	No. 18	No. 16 Arizona State	W 59–53	16–3 (5–3)	McKale Center (10,160) Tucson, AZ
Jan 31, 2020 6:00 pm, P12N	No. 16	No. 8 UCLA	W 92–66	17–3 (6–3)	McKale Center (7,407) Tucson, AZ
Feb 2, 2020 12:00 pm, P12N	No. 16	USC	W 73–57	18–3 (7–3)	McKale Center (5,027) Tucson, AZ
Feb 7, 2020 7:00 pm, P12N	No. 12	at No. 3 Oregon	L 52–85	18–4 (7–4)	Matthew Knight Arena (11,692) Eugene, OR
Feb 9, 2020 1:00 pm, P12N	No. 12	at No. 9 Oregon State	W 65–58 ^OT	19–4 (8–4)	Gill Coliseum (5,682) Corvallis, OR
Feb 14, 2020 7:00 pm, P12N	No. 12	Washington	W 64–53	20–4 (9–4)	McKale Center (6,381) Tucson, AZ
Feb 16, 2020 12:00 pm, P12N	No. 12	Washington State	W 72–57	21–4 (10–4)	McKale Center (5,658) Tucson, AZ
Feb 21, 2020 7:00 pm, P12N	No. 11	at Utah	W 85–69	22–4 (11–4)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (3,374) Salt Lake City, UT
Feb 23, 2020 12:00 pm, P12N	No. 11	at Colorado	L 38–50	22–5 (11–5)	CU Events Center (3,085) Boulder, CO
Feb 28, 2020 6:00 pm, P12N	No. 13	No. 4 Stanford	W 73–72 ^OT	23–5 (12–5)	McKale Center (7,838) Tucson, AZ
Mar 1, 2020 12:00 pm, P12N	No. 13	California	L 54–55	23–6 (12–6)	McKale Center (6,705) Tucson, AZ
Pac-12 Women's Tournament
Mar 6, 2020 12:30 pm, P12N	(4) No. 13	vs. (12) California Quarterfinals	W 86–73	24–6	Mandalay Bay Events Center Paradise, NV
Mar 7, 2020 7:00 pm, P12N	(4) No. 13	vs. (1) No. 3 Oregon Semifinals	L 70–88	24–7	Mandalay Bay Events Center Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time.

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Rankings edit

Ranking Movement
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Poll	Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Wk 19	Final
AP	RV	RV	RV	24	20	18	18	18	18	18	21	18	16	12	12	11	13	13	13	12
Coaches	RV	RV	24	22	19-T	19	19	18	18	19	22	19	17	12-T	12	11	13	14	12	12

References edit

^ "2021-22 Women's Basketball Schedule".

[1] "2021-22 Women's Basketball Schedule".

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2019–20 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball team

Contents

Previous season edit

Roster edit

Schedule edit

Rankings edit

See also edit

References edit