Women's Basketball

Lady Rebels Stumble Against No. 23 Wildcats

Dec. 22, 2002

Box Score

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Dee-Dee Wheeler scored 19 points and Shawntinice Polk added 18 points and 17 rebounds to lead No. 23 Arizona past UNLV 101-73 Sunday.

Julie Brase scored 16 points, Krista Warren had 14 points and 10 rebounds, and Aimee Grzyb added 13 points and 10 rebounds for the Wildcats (6-2).

Arizona coach Joan Bonvicini earned her 199th win in her 12th season at Arizona.

Senior Constance Jinks, an All-America candidate, led UNLV (6-3) with 30 points, including 26 in the second half. Junior InFini Robinson added a career-high 21.

The Wildcats jumped to a 12-0 lead in the first four minutes of the game and eventually built three 19-point leads before halftime, when they led 46-29.

The Lady Rebels made only nine of 32 field goal attempts for 28.1 percent in the first half, while the Wildcats were 19 of 40 for 47.5 percent.

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