Wild finish in Las Vegas

Arizona Wildcats Basketball

Arizona (25-8) scored just 29 points in the first half and then spent the rest of the night battling back to tie the game in regulation at 77-77 before falling in overtime to the Oregon Ducks, 95-89, in a semifinal game at the Pac-12 Basketball Tournament tonight in Las Vegas.

Once again, it was a tale of two halves.

Down 44-29 at the half, the Wildcats held the Ducks to 33 points in the second half and had a chance to win the game with 0.4 second left on the clock when Mark Tollefsen stole the ball, was fouled, and went to the line for two foul shots and a chance to give Arizona a comeback win.

Tollefsen missed the first charity toss and made the second to send the game into overtime.

Unfortunately for the Wildcats, they played all the overtime period without Allonzo Trier, who had fouled out in regulation, as well as Parker Jackson-Cartwright and Kadeem Allen, both fouling out in the overtime period.

Gabe York finished with 21 points to lead the Wildcats, while Trier netted 16 points before fouling out. Kadeem Allen ended up with 14 points, while Kaleb Tarczewski finished with 11 points and a game-high 12 rebounds.

Oregon (27-6) advances to the championship game, while the Arizona Wildcats take a break and focus on Selection Sunday. Arizona played with a lot of heart tonight, good enough to grab a five or a six seed for the NCAA Tournament.