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What we learned from Arizona’s close call vs. Eastern Washington

The Arizona Wildcats rallied to beat Eastern Washington 70-67 on Saturday to improve to 2-0 on the season.

Our full recap can be found here, head coach Sean Miller’s postgame presser can be watched/read here, and below are some additional takeaways.

Arizona’s defense was tested and almost failed

If not for the mandatory break, the Eagles and their 5-out offense might have won this game.

After a cold start that had more to do with them missing good shots than Arizona forcing them to take bad ones, Eastern Washington finally found its stroke and swished seven straight 3s to finish the first half with a 41-38 lead.