Arizona beats Washington 90-82 to keep NCAA Tournament hopes alive
TUCSON — Isis Beh scored a career-high 29 points as Arizona overcame blowing an early 14-point lead to beat visiting Washington 90-82 in a triple-overtime Pac-12 Women’s Basketball game at McKale Center.
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The Huskies appeared to win the game at the end of regulation on a shot at the buzzer but the field goal was waved off after review.
Helena Pueyo played all 55 minutes of the game for the Wildcats. She matched her career-high with 22 points including a big three-point basket to force the second overtime.
UA scored the first 14 points of the game and led 21-7 at the end of the first the second overtime. UW though slow chiseled away at that deficit before eventually taking their first lead in the third quarter.
Lauren Schwartz led Washington with 27 points. The loss was the 6th in a row for the Huskies (13-12, 3-11).
The victory for the Wildcats completed a weekend sweep of the Washington schools keeping UA’s NCAA Tournament hopes alive.
Arizona heads to play the Bay Area schools this week.
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