'It's personal': Arizona wing Jade Loville is challenging herself to play better defense

She works on it every single day — in and out of practice.

It’s not something that shows up in the stat sheet, but it’s something to watch closely when No. 19 Arizona hosts Washington at 7 p.m. Friday at McKale Center. The game will be televised on Pac-12 Networks with former Arizona State coach Charli Turner Thorne — Loville’s former coach — on the call. “That has helped me with not giving up straight-line drives, and that’s something that really bugs me. If you can go from A to B, straight-line drive, and I couldn’t keep you in front of me, then I’m not doing my job. Now it’s personal. Once that happens, OK, now it can’t happen again.”A: “I’m a competitor, and I watch all the broadcasts from Pac-12 Network and ESPN — wherever we play — and I hear, ‘Jade has the offense, time to get that defense up.

“Sometimes you need to be exposed to in order to learn and to grow. Growing pains are our thing, and that’s OK. My coaches are great. They’re patient with me; they’re teaching me every day. That’s the part of my game that I’m very willing and open to accept and work on. “When I was struggling with my shot, it was back to the basics with my form shooting. With defense, it’s how am I chopping my feet? Where on my feet am I balancing? On my heels? Am I on my toes? I think that has definitely helped with just staying light on my feet. Being able to really get my first slides to be not short but long enough to stop people in this direction — but also on balance to change direction if I need to.

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