Citizen Staff Report
LOCAL SPORTS
Citizen Staff Report
The Pima Community College women’s basketball team won its 13th straight game Saturday, pounding Phoenix College 88-46 at home.
Pima (18-3) got 26 points from Tia Morrison and 17 from Abyee Maracigan (Flowing Wells High).
Morrison was 13 of 14 from the field and also had eight rebounds.
The Aztecs, 12-2 in league play, visit Eastern Arizona at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday.
How other Pima sports did Saturday:
MEN’S BASKETBALL: The Aztecs beat Phoenix College 75-60 to improve to 9-12. Pima visits Eastern Arizona at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Oscar Ruiz (Salpointe Catholic) led the Aztecs with 18 points.
SOFTBALL: The Aztecs (4-2) went 2-1 in three games at the Great Western Shootout in Yuma. Pima visits Phoenix College for a doubleheader starting at 2 p.m. Tuesday.
Pima beat Chandler-Gilbert 3-2, defeated Mesa 10-7 and lost to Southern Idaho 5-4.
BASEBALL: The Aztecs’ current squad beat the Pima alumni 7-5 in a game Saturday. Earlier in the day, the alumni won the home run derby 11-6.
The alumni featured Ernie Durazo, Gil Heredia, George Arias and Gilbert De La Vera.
UA sports
The No. 4-ranked University of Arizona men’s swimming team toppled No. 1 Texas on Saturday, winning 204-149 in Austin, Texas.
Jack Brown won the 400-yard IM and the 200 IM for the Wildcats.
The No. 4 UA women fell to No. 3 Texas 186 1/2-162fi.
The UA teams host Arizona State at 1 p.m. Feb. 14.
MEN’S TENNIS: Arizona improved to 3-1 with a 4-1 win over North Carolina State on Saturday at the Spring Kick-Off in Gainesville, Fla.
The Wildcats host South Florida at 1 p.m. Friday.
WOMEN’S TENNIS: The Wildcats moved to 2-0 with a 6-1 win over visiting Northern Arizona on Saturday.
Danielle Steinberg won 6-1, 6-0 at No. 1 singles for UA, which hosts Cal State Northridge at 10 a.m. this Saturday.
Pima women win 13th straight in hoops