Last week, with her team down less than 10 points to Washington State with over four minutes to play, Arizona head coach Adia Barnes said she looked at her team and they already looked defeated. She didn’t understand why. There was still a lot of time.
Less than a week later, being down 11 points with over four minutes to go didn’t faze the Wildcats. On their head coach’s birthday, UA used a huge 3-pointer from Lauren Fields and a 5-for-5 night from the line by Shaina Pellington to defeat the Bruins 71-66 in overtime.