The University of Arizona women’s basketball team opens Pac-12 play against in-state rival and No.17 ranked Arizona State in the McKale Center on December 30.
The opening conference matchup sees two programs that have only three combined losses between them meet for the first time this season.
At Arizona, it all starts and stops with Aari McDonald. The transfer from Washington followed UA head coach Adia Barnes to the Old Pueblo, but that’s the only following she has done during her time in Tucson.
McDonald has turned into the talismanic leader that the Wildcats have needed, averaging 24.