American writer Mark Twain once said the coldest winter he ever experienced was a summer in the Bay Area.
Friday in McKale Center, the Cal women’s basketball team faced Aari McDonald and an Arizona team with an unforgiving defense that, at times, resembled the brutal winds and endlessly damp skies that are known to hang over the city by the bay year round.
Arizona knocked off Cal 60-55 to topple its second top-25 team this season, moving to 3-1 in Pac-12 play. But the Wildcats didn’t just hang around or steal a victory, they set the tone from the opening tip, all thanks to their talismanic leader and seemingly endless scorer McDonald.