Sunday, December 31, 2023

Arizona defenseless in Palo Alto

 Arizona Wildcats Basketball


The 4th-ranked Wildcats were defenseless in Palo Alto today.

Stanford canned 16 3-pointers and hit the century mark with a 100-82 Pac-12 win over Arizona. The Wildcats looked tired and sluggish as they fell to 1-1 in the conference and 10-3 overall.

It all started two days earlier when Arizona allowed 55 second-half points despite a 100-81 win over California in the Pac-12 opener for both teams at Berkeley.

The carryover was painful to watch for Wildcat fans.

Stanford scored 44 points in the first half today, but the best was yet to come for the Cardinal as they continued to sizzle beyond the arc in the second half en route to a stunning victory over the Wildcats.

Caleb Love, who scored 22 points against the Golden Bears, led the Wildcats at Palo Alto today with 23 points, while Oumar Ballo ended up in double figures with 12. Arizona went to the bench and found some scoring -- 28 points in all -- with nine points from KJ Lewis, seven from Jaden Bradley, and eight from Paulius Murauskas.

Arizona now needs some love from its fans at McKale as the Wildcats return home for a battle with Colorado Thursday (Jan. 4) and Saturday (Jan. 6) against Utah.   

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