ANAHEIM, Calif. – On a team led early this season by three freshman standouts, it was a pair of veterans who put an end to Arizona’s drought of early season championships.
Guard Dylan Smith had 20 points with 4-for-6 3-point shooting while center Chase Jeter had 17 points and nine rebounds to lead Arizona to a 73-66 win over Wake Forest in the Wooden Legacy championship game on Sunday.
It was UA’s first title in an early season multi-team event since 2014-15, when then-freshman Stanley Johnson led the Wildcats to the Maui Invitational championship.
While the Wooden Legacy event at Anaheim Arena featured crowds of barely four figures and lacked the elite competition of Maui, the Bahamas or the NIT Season-Tip Off, it was still a championship of some sort.