DALLAS — Shaina Pellington scored 18 points on 6-of-9 shooting and had eight assists, while Cate Reese added 13 points and 13 rebounds to help No. 20 Arizona beat Baylor 75-54 Sunday at the Pac-12 Coast-to-Coast Challenge.
Jade Loville hit 4 of 5 from 3-point range and finished with 16 points for Arizona (9-1)
Aijha Blackwell made a layup that gave the Bears a 16-15 lead with 44 seconds left in the first quarter but Reese answered with a basket 15 seconds later and, after a Baylor turnover, Pellington made a layup make it 19-16 before the Wildcats scored 12 of the first 15 second-quarter points take a 31-19 when Loville hit a 3-pointer midway through the period.
Baylor trailed by double figures the rest of the way.
Jaden Owens scored 15 points and Sarah Andrews added 14 for the Bears.
No. 18 Baylor (8-4) went 3-plus minutes without a made field goal on three separate occasions in the second half and shot just 28.6% (10 of 35) as Arizona limited the Bears to just 23 points after halftime.
The Wildcats scored 25 points off 19 Baylor turnovers.
UA next visits UT-Arlington at 2 p.m. Wednesday in their nonconference finale.
ARIZONA (9-1)
Martinez 4-9 0-0 8, Reese 5-10 3-6 13, Fields 3-8 0-0 8, Loville 6-12 0-0 16, Pellington 6-9 6-6 18, Nnaji 1-3 0-0 2, Clark 0-1 0-0 0, Conner 1-3 0-0 3, Gilbert 0-1 0-0 0, Hylton 0-0 0-0 0, Pueyo 3-5 0-0 7, Totals 29-61 9-12 75
BAYLOR (8-3)
Bickle 3-7 0-0 7, Andrews 5-16 2-2 14, Asberry 2-8 1-2 5, Littlepage-Buggs 1-4 0-0 2, Owens 5-14 2-2 15, Porter 0-1 0-0 0, Blackwell 1-3 0-0 2, Ferreira 0-2 0-0 0, Fontleroy 4-8 1-2 9, Van Gytenbeek 0-1 0-0 0, Totals 21-64 6-8 54
Arizona 19 24 15 17 — 75
Baylor 16 15 11 12 — 54
3-Point Goals-Arizona 8-16 (Martinez 0-1, Reese 0-1, Fields 2-4, Loville 4-5, Conner 1-2, Pueyo 1-3), Baylor 6-23 (Bickle 1-4, Andrews 2-6, Asberry 0-2, Owens 3-7, Blackwell 0-1, Ferreira 0-1, Fontleroy 0-1, Van Gytenbeek 0-1). Assists-Arizona 17 (Pellington 8), Baylor 16 (Owens 8). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Arizona 35 (Martinez 15), Baylor 41 (Bickle 11). Total Fouls-Arizona 14, Baylor 15. Technical Fouls-Arizona Pellington 1. A-4,700.
