Arizona’s defense and Rutgers’ breakdowns on offense led to the ninth-ranked Wildcats dominating the Scarlet Knights on Saturday in their last day of the Paradise Jam at St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.
The Wildcats built leads of 12-2 in the first quarter and 46-8 at halftime en route to their 80-44 win to improve to 7-0 overall. Adia Barnes’ team went 3-0 in the Paradise Jam with wins over Vanderbilt, DePaul and Rutgers.
Cate Reese was the MVP of the three-day event while fellow captain Sam Thomas joined her on the All-Paradise Jam team.
The Island CHAMPSSSS👏🏼 #MadeForIt pic.twitter.com/EUAY2ZcHTs
— Arizona Women’s Basketball (@ArizonaWBB) November 27, 2021
Not a bad week in Paradise 🌴🏆@cate_reese is your tournament MVP with @s_thomas14 joining her on the All-Tournament team 🔥#MadeForIt pic.twitter.com/ioiw2ASQUu
— Arizona Women’s Basketball (@ArizonaWBB) November 27, 2021
Rutgers (4-4) made 17.6 percent of its field goal attempts and committed 26 turnovers while producing only two assists.
Reese again had a stand-out game with 16 points on 7-of-12 shooting. She was coming off a 19-point performance in the win over DePaul on Friday.
Freshmen frontcourt players Aaronette Vonleh and Gisela Sanchez combined for 12-of-19 shooting with 27 points and six rebounds. Sanchez had 15 points and Vonleh 12.
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Arizona made 54.5 percent of its shots and amassed 20 assists led by Madison Conner’s four and three each by Lauren Ware and Thomas.
The Wildcats do not have a game scheduled until Dec. 9 against North Dakota State at McKale Center. Their Dec. 3 game at UC Riverside was canceled because of COVID-19 protocol administered within the Highlanders’ program.
Rutgers played without head coach C. Vivian Springer, who is on a leave absence this season for COVID-19 preventative reasons.
Osh Brown, who has 50 career double-doubles, finished with nine points and five rebounds to lead the Scarlet Knights.
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