The Arizona Wildcats withstood a strong challenge by the USC Women of Troy to pull off the 71-68 victory. Based on where the two teams were picked in the pre-season conference poll, this would be called an upset.
After all, Arizona was picked to finish 10th in the Pac-12, while USC was tagged as the seventh-best team in the conference.
It hasn’t quite played out that way on the court. It was the Wildcats who came into the game with an overall record of 13-5 and 3-4 in the conference. USC entered having just won their first conference game of the season to stand at 1-5 in the Pac-12.