At 9-0 and with a holiday tournament trophy in the souvenir case, it was hard not to get excited about what this Arizona Wildcats team was capable of.
Then reality set in, and it hasn’t been pretty.
Despite rallying from down 16 in the second half to take the lead in the final 90 seconds, Arizona dropped its second straight game and third in four contests, falling 70-67 to St. John’s on Saturday night at the Chase Center in San Francisco, Calif.
Nico Mannion had a chance to win it for the Wildcats (10-3) but his running layup off the glass—similar to the one that he hit to beat Pepperdine in the Wooden Legacy on Thanksgiving—rimmed out with 6.