An already late start time to Thursday night’s game was pushed back further when the contest airing before Arizona and Washington State on FOX Sports 1 went to overtime.
Good thing Arizona’s defense had loaded up on energy drinks during the pregame warm up.
The Wildcats held WSU to 31.7 percent shooting and held its high-scoring guards in check in a 69-53 win at McKale Center.
Arizona (16-8, 10-8 Pac-12) shook off a sluggish first half to shoot 54.5 percent in the second half and 50 percent for the game, getting 19 points from James Akinjo and 14 from Bennedict Mathurin (on 5-of-7 shooting), while Azuolas Tubelis had 9 points and 9 rebounds and Terrell Brown Jr.