LAHAINA, Hawaii — For a half of basketball, Arizona kept pace with No. 2 Gonzaga. Then the sleeping giant woke up, spelling doom for the Wildcats en route to a 91-74 defeat in front of a raucous crowd at the Lahaina Civic Center.
It was a tale of two halves to say the least in a first half plagued by fouls, leading to game absent of any sort of flow as both squads relied on a steady diet of free throws during the latter stages of the first half.
The Wildcats had a distinct advantage from the charity stripe as the Zags committed an uncharacteristic 16 fouls and 10 turnovers in the first half.