Arizona Wildcats Dominate Long Island

0:00On March 20, Arizona rolled to a dominant 92-58 win over 16 seeded Long Island University in the first round of the year, N-C-A-A Tournament. As the top seed with a 33-2 record, the Wildcats showed why they're a favorite, marking their biggest Tournament victory since 1998. Freshman Braden Burries led with 18 points, the most by a Wildcat rookie in the postseason since Lori Markinin in 2017. Noah Pete added 15, Ivan Karchenkov had 14 points and a career-high 10 rebounds for a double-double and Tobay Awaka chipped in 11. No starter played over 28 minutes. The Wildcats shot over 50% from the field and held Long Island to just 32% shooting. They dominated the boards by 21 and blocked 10 shots, their most since 2014. A halftime lead to 53-29 set the tone early. Then after some second half turnovers let the sharks close the gap to 22 points, Arizona

1:01responded with an 11-0 run from four different. Scores to seal it, free throws were the only hiccup hitting 22 of 33. Now the Wildcats wait for the winner between 8th seeded Villanova and 9th seeded Utah State in Saturday's second round, ready to keep the momentum going.