Young teams, especially those debuting four new starters, aren’t supposed to be as poised as the Huskies were in the second half of their 67-64 comeback win over No. 16 Baylor.
But then again, most young teams don’t have budding stars like Isaiah Stewart, Jaden McDaniels and Nahziah Carter.
On a frigid Friday night in Anchorage, Alaska, the Washington trio displayed remarkable resilience to erase a 13-point deficit in the final nine minutes before surging ahead for good with a last-second shot.
It was an early statement win for Washington (1-0) and the Pac-12, which had routinely fallen flat in these kind of high-stakes games against nonconference opponents.