TUCSON, Ariz. -- With a few seconds remaining in the first half of Arizona's 88-82 win over Alabama on Saturday, Collin Sexton made a futile attempt to direct a play, urging teammate John Petty to take the last shot.
Then he decided to become the play.
Idling at the top of the key, with Parker Jackson-Cartwright hoping to anticipate his next move, Sexton dribbled right and then left before he nailed a line-drive 3-pointer that banked off the glass. He then fell to the ground and admired the shot that gave Alabama a halftime lead and punctuated a run that erased an 11-point deficit.