Arizona Wildcats Basketball
Tobe Awaka made sure the Arizona Wildcats won the rebound battle tonight in Phoenix.
Arizona grabbed 51 rebounds -- 32 on the defensive end of the court and turned a 28-27 score at the break into a 68-45 win over San Diego State, a team that had set its sights on slowing down the top-ranked Wildcats for 40 minutes.
The Aztecs' plan worked in the first half as Arizona hustled off to the locker room with a slim one-point advantage. But then along came Tobe, who finished the game with nine points but, more importantly, collected a game-high 15 rebounds in 22 minutes of work off the bench. Mo Krivis added to the rebound count with 13 of his own as the Wildcats improved to 11-0 on a night which saw Duke fall from the unbeaten ranks.
The pesky Aztecs ended up shooting just 26 percent from the field (15 of 57), while Arizona regrouped from poor shooting in the first half to finish 22 for 58 (37.9 percent). The Wildcats made just six of 25 from long range, and one of those came at the end of the first half from Anthony Dell'Orso, who finished the game with 10 points.
Koa Peat and Jaden Bradley scored 11 points apiece, while Ivan Kharchenkov and Brayden Burries both finished in double figures with 10.
As for #3 Duke, they lost to #19 Texas Tech 82-81 at Madison Square Garden today.
Way to go, Wildcats!
from the desk of Dan Price
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