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13 Helena Pueyo

  • Position Guard
  • Height 6-0
  • Class Fifth Year
  • Hometown Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Biography


 

2024 All-Pac-12 Team
2024 All-Pac-12 Team (Media)
2024 Pac-12 All-Defensive Team
2024 Pac-12 All-Defensive Team (Media)

2023 Pac-12 All-Defensive Team
2022-23 Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Midseason Watchlist
2021-22 Pac-12 All-Defensive Team Honorable Mention
2021 & 2023 Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll
2020 Pac-12 All-Freshman Honorable Mention


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FIFTH YEAR (2023-24)
• All-Pac-12 Team
• All-Pac-12 Team (Media)
• Pac-12 All-Defensive Team
• Pac-12 All-Defensive Team (Media)
• Program record holder and fifth in Pac-12 history in career steals with 312
• Program record holder and fourth in Pac-12 history in single-season steals with 110
• First Pac-12 player since 2018 with 100+ steals in a single season
• Ranks fifth in program history in total minutes played with 3874
• Fifth in program history in single-season average minutes played at 36.8 and third in program history in single-season total minutes played with 1250
• Tied for the fifth-best career three-point percentage in program history at .362
• Eighth in program history in career blocks with 90
• Led the Pac-12 in steals per game (3.2) and minutes per game (36.8)
• Played 55 minutes in the triple-overtime win against Washington, becoming the first Pac-12 player since at least 1999-2000
• Led Arizona in steals in 21 games and in assists in 20 games
• Tallied three 20-point performances (Utah, Washington, USC)
• Nearly had a double-double against USC with 21 points and nine rebounds
• Scored a career high-tying 22 points in the triple-overtime win over Washington
• Tied her career high in steals with seven against LMU and Oregon
• Shot 80.0% (8-of-10) from the field against Washington State for 18 points
• Led the team in assists with 3.6 per game
• Tied for second on the team in free throw percentage at 81.1%
• Third on the team in rebounding, averaging 3.7 per contest
• Maintained the second-highest three-point percentage on the team, shooting 37.5% from behind the arc
 


SENIOR (2022-23)
• Pac-12 All-Defensive Team
• Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Midseason Watchlist
• 2023 Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll
• Played in all 32 games and started in six
• Led the the team in steals per game with 2.3, the second-best rate in the Pac-12
• Led the league in assist-to-turnover ratio at 2.6
• Recorded at least one steal in 30 of Arizona’s 32 games and had one or more steals in the first 21 contests of the year
• Led the team in blocks with 21
• Dropped a career-high 22 points at San Diego on 9-of-12 shooting
• Second on the team in free throw percentage at 85.7%
• Led the team in steals in 15 games and in blocks in eight games
• Averaged 25.1 minutes per game primarily off the bench
• Averaged 50.8% from the field and 31.4% from behind the arc
• Second on the team in assists with 86
• Stuffed the stat sheet at New Mexico with six points, nine assists, six steals, five rebounds and three blocks
• Tallied 12 points, six assists, four rebounds and three steals in the home win over Oregon State
 



JUNIOR (2021-22)
• Pac-12 All-Defensive Team Honorable Mention
• Emerged as Arizona’s top reserve, playing in all 29 games with four starts while averaging 21.5 minutes per game
• Led Arizona in steals (1.7), assists (2.4)
• Her 50 1.7 steals per game ranked sixth in the Pac-12
• Best scoring game of the season came in home win over Washington State with 12 points on 3-of-4 shooting from deep to go along with two blocks
• Other top scoring performance came in win over New Mexico with 11 points on 3-of-7 shooting from deep
• Tallied season-high five steals in a pair of games; win versus Vanderbilt and Utah
• Tallied at least one assist in 26 of her 29 appearances with top games being five-assist showings against Vanderbilt and Louisville
• Opened the season with 29 assists in first 10 games of the season.



SOPHOMORE (2020-21)
• Played in 26 games and was third on the team in steals
• Had two double-figure games
• Scored a season-high 15 points vs. Oregon State, all in the first half
• Made four threes vs. both Idaho and Oregon State
• Had a season-high five steals vs. Washington State (3/4)
• Made six threes at the NCAA Tournament, including two huge ones vs. Indiana in the Elite Eight



FRESHMAN (2019-20)
• Was named Pac-12 All-Freshman Honorable Mention
• Played in 29 games during her freshman season and made one start
• Was the first player off the bench in 23 of Arizona’s games and averaged 21.6 minutes per game
• Connected on 41 three-pointers, the second-most on the team
• Shot 38% from three (41-107)
• Was the team’s fifth-leading scorer (6.7 ppg)
• Shot 42% from three in the final eight games of the season
• Had eight double-figure games with a career-high 15 points vs. Monmouth (Dec. 2)
• Made four three-pointers vs. Washington (Feb. 14)
• Had seven steals at Chicago State (Nov. 12)
• Made her first-career start at Utah (Feb. 21)
• Had a career-high eight assists in the Pac-12 Tournament Quarterfinals vs. Cal (Mar. 6), which is an Arizona Pac-12 Tournament record



BEFORE ARIZONA: Pueyo, who comes from Palma de Mallorca, has plenty of experience playing for the Spanish National Team. She helped lead Spain to a Bronze Medal at the 2019 U19 World Cup and a Quarterfinal appearance at the 2019 U18 European Championships. In the summer of 2019, she averaged 9.4 points, 5.5 rebounds, 2.7 steals, 2.6 assists and just under a block a game in the two events she played in. During the 2018 U18 European Championships, she helped lead Spain to a Silver Medal averaging eight points and four rebounds per game. At the 2018 U17 World Cup, she played 23 minutes per game and averaged nine points, four rebounds and over two assists per game while helping Spain reach the quarterfinals. During the 2017 U16 European Championships, Pueyo helped guide Spain to the quarterfinals while averaging 11 points, five rebounds and four assists per game in about 28 minutes of action per game. Pueyo also played for Segle XXI in Spain's Liga Feminina 2 and led the team in both scoring at just under 13 points per game and assists at around three a game. She also averaged about two steals per game and shot 51% from the field, 37% from three and 85% from the free throw line.

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Historical Player Information

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    2019-20Freshman

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    2020-21Sophomore

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    2021-22Junior

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    2022-23Senior

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    2023-24Fifth Year

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