Citizen Staff Report
ARIZONA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Citizen Staff Report
Thirteen was an unlucky number for the Arizona women’s basketball team Saturday at Washington State.
The Wildcats coughed up a 13-point lead in falling 68-58 to the Cougars. Midway through the Pac-10 season, Arizona is 1-8 in league play and 8-12 overall.
UA led 34-25 at halftime and then 38-25 early in the second half. BUt WSU went on a 24-10 run to take a 49-48 lead with 10:23 left.
The Cougars took the lead for good at 54-52 with 7:18 left.
Ify Ibekwe had team highs of 18 points and 11 rebounds for UA, while Courtney Clements added 15 points.
WSU (9-11, 2-7) shot 52 percent in the second half in outscoring UA 43-24. Jazmine Perkins led the Cougars with 17 points.
WSU shot 47.8 percent (11 of 23) on 3-pointers in the win.
The Wildcats are tied with Washington for last place in the Pac-10.
Arizona hosts Oregon State at 7 p.m. Thursday.
Cats blow 13-point lead in loss to Cougars
WOMEN’S PAC-10 STANDINGS
School Conf. Overall
California 9-0 18-2
Stanford 8-1 17-4
Arizona State 7-2 15-6
UCLA 5-4 14-6
USC 5-4 11-9
Oregon 4-5 8-12
Oregon State 3-6 12-7
Washington State 2-7 9-11
Arizona 1-8 8-12
Washington 1-8 5-14
Weekend scores: Washington State 68, Arizona 58; Arizona State 80, Washington State 64; Stanford 68, UCLA 51; California 73, USC 71; Oregon State 61, Oregon 42;
Thursday’s games: Oregon State at Arizona, 7 p.m.; Oregon at Arizona State, 6:30 p.m.