{"id":214369,"date":"2026-01-01T05:44:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T05:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/214369\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T05:44:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T05:44:10","slug":"wildcats-drop-first-road-contest-at-colorado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/214369\/","title":{"rendered":"Wildcats Drop First Road Contest at Colorado"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Texas-Tech.png\" alt=\"Texas Tech\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p>at Texas Tech<\/p>\n<p>1\/3\/2026 | 5:00 PM<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        ESPN+  &#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        1400 AM&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Jan. 03 (Sat) \/ 5:00 PM&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Texas-Tech.png\" alt=\"Texas Tech\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        at\u00a0Texas Tech&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details-history\" href=\"https:\/\/arizonawildcats.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/opponent-history\/texas-tech\/28\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"233\" data-start=\"95\">BOULDER, Colo.\u00a0\u2014 Arizona opened its first road trip of the season on Tuesday night, falling 75\u201356 to Colorado at the CU Events Center.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"431\" data-start=\"235\">The Wildcats faced an early deficit after a slow start but showed resilience throughout the contest, outscoring the Buffaloes in the second half and continuing to battle through all four quarters.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"779\" data-start=\"433\"><a href=\"https:\/\/arizonawildcats.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/mickayla-perdue\/18565\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"18565\" target=\"_blank\">Mickayla Perdue<\/a>\u00a0led Arizona with a game-high 22 points, connecting on five three-pointers.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/arizonawildcats.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/noelani-cornfield\/18568\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"18568\" target=\"_blank\">Noelani Cornfield<\/a>\u00a0added 13 points to notch her\u00a0sixth straight game scoring in double figures, while\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/arizonawildcats.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/tanyuel-welch\/18572\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"18572\" target=\"_blank\">Tanyuel Welch<\/a>\u00a0finished with 12 points and a team-high eight rebounds, marking her\u00a0fourth consecutive double-figure scoring performance.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1004\" data-start=\"781\">Colorado used a strong first quarter and consistent production in the paint to build separation, holding Arizona scoreless from the field for much of the opening frame. The Buffaloes carried a 32\u201318 advantage into halftime.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1291\" data-start=\"1006\">Arizona responded coming out of the break, posting its most efficient offensive stretch in the third quarter and continuing to pressure defensively. The Wildcats forced 21 Colorado turnovers and capitalized in transition, while shooting 53.8 percent from the field in the third period.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1442\" data-start=\"1293\">Despite the second-half push, Colorado maintained control down the stretch behind balanced scoring and a 19-of-25 performance at the free-throw line.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1529\" data-start=\"1444\">Arizona moves to 9\u20134 on the season and will continue conference play on Saturday, January 3, 2025 at No. 21 Texas Tech.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Next Game: at Texas Tech 1\/3\/2026 | 5:00 PM &#13; ESPN+ &#13; &#13; 1400 AM&#13;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":214370,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-214369","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}