LAS VEGAS — The easy national story about the Arizona Wildcats is that Aari McDonald is great. On Saturday, she made it easy for them to write that story again.
McDonald put up 34 points, but the well-oiled offensive machine that is the Oregon Ducks and the Pac-12 Tournament’s all-time scoring leader Sabrina Ionescu prevailed, advancing to the Pac-12 Tournament championship game with an 88-70 win.
McDonald was once again great, slicing through the Ducks’ defense to get to the rim time and again. But in the early going, it was as likely to be Dominique McBryde or Helena Pueyo or Sam Thomas hitting a big shot when Oregon was threatening to pull away.