Oregon Women Fall To No. 20 Arizona
01/02/03 | Women's Basketball
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Joan Bonvicini won her 200th game with Arizona, and Shawtinice Polk had 16 points and 11 rebounds as the No. 20 Wildcats defeated Oregon 96-65 Thursday night.
Bonvicini improved to 200-133 in 12 years at Arizona and 525-204 overall. She coached at Long Beach State for 12 seasons before turning around the Arizona program.
The Wildcats (8-3, 2-1) built a 19-point first half lead behind Polk, who scored 14 points in the opening 10 minutes. Polk finished with her ninth double-double of the season.
Krista Warren had 18 points and nine rebounds for Arizona.
Oregon (5-7, 1-2) got 19 points from Carolyn Ganes, while Andrea Bills and Kayla Steen added 11 apiece.
Arizona pulled ahead with a 21-2 run midway through the first half. The Wildcats scored most of their first-half points in the paint and shot 57 percent from the floor.
The Wildcats led 43-29 at halftime.
Arizona relied on its perimeter shooting in the second half, making 8 of 12 3-pointers.
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Official Basketball Box Score
Oregon vs Arizona
1/2/03 7 p.m. at McKale Center - Tucson, Arizona
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VISITORS: Oregon 5-7, 1-2 Pac-10
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
44 Bills, Andrea....... f 5-10 0-0 1-3 2 3 5 5 11 5 1 2 0 31
15 Ganes, Carolyn...... c 8-16 1-2 2-2 1 3 4 1 19 2 1 0 0 31
12 Edwards, Alissa..... g 1-4 0-2 0-0 0 2 2 0 2 3 2 0 1 39
21 Davis, Brandi....... g 3-10 2-5 0-0 0 0 0 3 8 1 2 1 0 21
4 Steen, Kayla........ g 3-9 3-5 2-2 0 2 2 0 11 3 6 0 2 28
20 Taylor, Amy......... 3-4 1-2 0-0 0 1 1 1 7 3 1 0 0 10
23 Gunderson, Kedzie... 2-5 2-3 1-2 2 3 5 3 7 0 3 0 0 16
32 Okwumabua, Yadili... 0-5 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 18
5 Shreve, Kourtney.... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6
TEAM................ 4 4 1
Totals.............. 25-63 9-19 6-9 10 17 27 14 65 18 18 4 3 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-30 33.3% 2nd Half: 15-33 45.5% Game: 39.7% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 4-9 44.4% 2nd Half: 5-10 50.0% Game: 47.4% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 5-7 71.4% 2nd Half: 1-2 50.0% Game: 66.7% 1
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HOME TEAM: Arizona 8-3, 2-1 Pac-10
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
35 Warren, Krista...... f 9-13 0-0 0-0 5 4 9 0 18 1 3 0 0 31
00 Polk, Shawntinice... c 7-9 0-0 2-4 3 8 11 4 16 2 2 1 3 22
11 Wheeler, Dee-Dee.... g 6-12 1-4 0-0 0 2 2 1 13 3 3 0 1 28
13 Grzyb, Aimee........ g 4-8 1-3 0-0 0 1 1 1 9 5 0 0 0 27
20 Brase, Julie........ g 5-9 5-8 0-0 0 6 6 1 15 10 1 1 0 34
15 Chappell, Anna...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
21 Lindner, Katrina.... 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 4
23 Jones, Natalie...... 2-7 2-4 0-0 1 1 2 2 6 1 1 0 1 19
31 Roberson, Robin..... 2-3 0-0 2-2 2 0 2 2 6 1 1 1 0 4
32 Papcevic, Svjetlana. 0-4 0-0 2-2 3 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 5
33 Peterson, Phakisha.. 1-3 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 4
44 Adefeso, Danielle... 2-4 0-0 3-5 1 3 4 1 7 0 1 0 0 12
5 Sanford, CoCoa...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
TEAM................ 4 2 6 1
Totals.............. 39-73 9-19 9-13 20 30 50 12 96 25 14 3 6 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 20-35 57.1% 2nd Half: 19-38 50.0% Game: 53.4% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-7 14.3% 2nd Half: 8-12 66.7% Game: 47.4% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 2-2 100 % 2nd Half: 7-11 63.6% Game: 69.2% 1
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Officials: Clarke Stevens, Marianne Karp, Lisa Jones
Technical fouls: Oregon-None. Arizona-None.
Attendance: 2777
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total
Oregon........................ 29 36 - 65
Arizona....................... 43 53 - 96
Points in the paint-ORE 8,ARIZ 32. Points off turnovers-ORE 8,ARIZ 20.
2nd chance points-ORE 10,ARIZ 18. Fast break points-ORE 0,ARIZ 0.
Bench points-ORE 14,ARIZ 25. Score tied-0 times. Lead changed-0 times.
Last FG-ORE 2nd-00:03, ARIZ 2nd-00:35.