Aari McDonald bent her knees and took a hard look at the hoop as her stepback 3 clanked off the front of the rim and glanced off the backboard. Then, almost as if she had willed it in, it spun into the bottom of the net. Texas A&M called timeout and McDonald screamed to the heavens.
The 3-pointer gave Arizona a 14-point lead in the final minute of the third quarter and felt like the dagger in a convincing 74-59 win at the Alamodome.
The friendly roll also punctuated what everyone could already see: this was her night.