Shaw hits 5 3s, scores 19 as No. 15 West Virginia women beat Arizona State in Big 12 quarters
Arizona State women's basketball falls in the Big 12 quarterfinals to No. 15 West Virginia as Sydney Shaw scored 19 and Marley Washenitz scored 14.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Sydney Shaw hit five 3-pointers and finished with 19 points, Gia Cooke scored 16, and second-seeded West Virginia beat No. 10 seed Arizona State 67-54 on Friday in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tournament.
No. 15 West Virginia (25-6) plays Saturday in the semifinals against the winner between No. 20 Baylor, the No. 3 seed, and sixth-seeded Colorado. The Mountaineers have won 25 games in each of coach Mark Kellogg’s first three seasons.
Shaw tied the program record for 3-pointers in a Big 12 Tournament game. Jordan Harrison added 10 points, five assists and three steals for West Virginia.
Marley Washenitz led Arizona State (24-10) with 14 points and Heloisa Carrera scored 10. Gabby Elliott left the game due to an apparent knee injury with 5:33 left in the third quarter but returned to start the fourth and finished with nine points — all in the first half.
Washenitz hit a 3-pointer that capped an 8-0 run to open the fourth quarter and made it a 52-50 game with 8:05 left. Shaw answered 30 seconds later with a 3 before Cooke added a putback and — after a steal by Wheeler — another 3 before Shaw hit her final 3-pointer to give West Virginia a 13-point lead with 2:37 to go.
The Sun Devils went scoreless for more than six minutes in the fourth quarter before Carrera hit two free throws that made it 63-52 with 1:48 left.
ASU will now have to wait and see if 24 wins, including two in the Big 12 tournmament are enough to punch its ticket to the NCAA Tournament.
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A lot of sloppy play, not the best from the ladies yesterday. But I still think they’ve done enough this year to get in. We’ll see.
They've done enough to get in the NCAA's.
Great effort by ASU women and Molly Miller. Hopefully it's enough to send them Dancing. Will find out on Next Sunday after the Men's Selection Show.
Officiating was really suspect again. ASU has been up against homer Zebras pretty much all season. One of the great things about post-season, is that the best Zebras are calling the game. With the way ASU plays, they should do well. This has been a great year for ASU Softball and Molly Miller. They have a great freshman recruiting class and Molly showed this year, that she is a Master at working the Transfer Portal.