If the Arizona Wildcats were nervous about making their first postseason appearance in eight years, it didn’t show.
Freshman Cate Reese scored half of her 20 points in a dominant first quarter as Arizona women’s basketball beat Idaho State 66-56 on Thursday to advance to the second round of the WNIT.
The Wildcats (19-13) opened the game on a 9-2 run and led 18-7 after one quarter. Arizona jumped ahead by as many as 21 in the first half, but the Bengals opened the third quarter on a 13-2 run to make it a seven-point game.