Arizona women’s basketball head coach Adia Barnes said before Tuesday night’s game that Loyola Marymount would be a good test for her team in their second game of non-conference play.
She wasn’t wrong.
In a game that went down to the last seconds, the Lions came into McKale Center and survived a late fourth quarter rally from the Wildcats, beating Arizona 66-64.
The Wildcats struggled to hit their stride offensively early, finding themselves down 20-9 at the end of the first quarter. The ‘Cats hit only one shot from the field out of 12 attempts, a three-pointer from freshman Bryce Nixon, and only generated their points at the free throw line, where they were 6-8.