Misery at McKale...again

Arizona Wildcats Basketball


It was another miserable night at McKale.

Arizona coughs up the ball ten times, makes just five field goals in 20 minutes, gives up another bucket to start the second half and finds themselves down 40-23 to the last place team in the Pac-12 Conference.

The Wildcats spend the next 19 minutes trying to fight their way back only to lose to the Washington Huskies, 69-63. The results of today's earlier games with Arizona State beating Washington State, Utah edging Colorado, USC beating UCLA and the Wildcats losing at McKale, left Arizona with the fifth seed for next week's Pac-12 Tournament in Las Vegas.

And guess who the Wildcats draw on Wednesday in the first round. You guessed it, the Washington Huskies.

Arizona gave the Wildcat fans some hope in the second half when Dylan Smith hit his first 3-pointer with 19:08 left in the game. Smith would follow with five more long range shots and finish the night with 19 points, but the Wildcats would get no closer than four points.

Nico Mannion scored 11 points, but made just 3 of 9 field goal attempts and Josh Green went 2 of 7 from the field and scored eight points. Zeke Nnaji battled for another double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds.

Arizona falls to 20-11 and 10-8 in the Pac-12.

And now, it's on to Las Vegas.