It is game day once again for Arizona and today marks the start of Pac-12 play as the Wildcats have left Tucson for the first time to head up to Santa Cruz to take on Stanford. Follow along for updates and join the conversation as Arizona looks to continue its long winning streak over the Cardinal.
🏀 Starters
🏀 1st half
🏀 2nd half
🏀 Starters
🏀 1st half
15:58 – Arizona gets a bucket from Dalen Terry as he cleans up a miss plus a free throw from Jordan Brown, but outside of that UA has struggled from the field with just one make so far; Oscar da Silva has a big dunk on Terry in the opening minutes but the Cardinal have struggled a bit to get anything going as well.
SCORE UPDATE: Stanford - 6 Arizona - 3
11:20 – The Wildcats are struggling to get anything going offensively, but Jemarl Baker Jr. is able to hit a 3-pointer to keep UA in the mix though Stanford has mostly dominated this game with the Cardinal bigs playing well so far
SCORE UPDATE: Stanford - 15 Arizona - 10
7:58 – Arizona has continued to struggle to get any offense going as Stanford is making them work for shots plus UA has simply been off missing some shots near the rim; Meanwhile, da Silva continues to have an impressive game for the Cardinal
SCORE UPDATE: Stanford - 18 Arizona - 123:54 – The Wildcats have been able to chip away and created some stops to pull within one point thanks to a layup from Terrell Brown Jr. and free throw from James Akinkjo; Stanford has gone a bit cold over the last few minutes allowing the Wildcats to stay in the game
SCORE UPDATE: Stanford - 22 Arizona - 21
0:00 – The Cardinal is able to go on a run to end the half as Arizona went without a made basket for nearly the final five minutes as the Stanford defense made things difficult on the Wildcats late in the first
HALFTIME SCORE: Stanford - 30 Arizona - 23🏀 2nd half
15:11 – Arizona continues to hang around after Miller calls an early timeout in the second half; the Wildcats have picked it up a bit on offense but Stanford continues to be aggressive and hold a lead at the first media timeout
SCORE UPDATE: Stanford - 39 Arizona - 35
11:49 – Both teams continue to battle this one out as the Wildcats find some balance on offense over the last stretch; the issue is that Stanford continues to have an answer for every would-be run keeping the Wildcats from taking a lead
SCORE UPDATE: Stanford - 49 Arizona - 44
7:59 – Bryce Wills did a lot of damage last season in the one meeting with Arizona and he's been a key for Stanford tonight on both ends and he continues to help keep the Cardinal out in front; Baker has been helping to keep the Wildcats close and he now has 17 points but UA continues to struggle to get over the hump and take a lead
SCORE UPDATE: Stanford - 59 Arizona - 53
3:58 – Ira Lee is playing the X-factor role late in the game as he has a couple steals and a couple buckets that have helped to keep the Wildcats close and now are in within one possession of the Cardinal; Baker and Bennedict Mathurin both hits 3-pointers and UA is still fighting in this one
SCORE UPDATE: Stanford - 68 Arizona - 66
0:00 – Baker keeping Arizona within striking distance as he hits a couple more 3-pointers and had 29 points; the Wildcats get called for another offensive foul as James Akinjo makes a move toward the basket and that should do it as the chance for a last-second victory comes up short for UA and the 20-game winning streak over the Cardinal comes to an end after a couple more free throws from Stanford
FINAL: Stanford - 78 Arizona - 75
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