Salt Lake City — Arizona faced perhaps the toughest task of its season midway through the first half of its game against Saint Mary’s.
The Wildcats, who advanced to Saturday’s second round after breezing past North Dakota 100-82 on Thursday, were staring a 10-point deficit in the face.
They were mired in a woeful shooting performance and lost dynamic freshman Rawle Alkins to a finger injury.
David suddenly looked like Goliath, as the seventh-seeded Gaels were pummeling the larger-than-life frontcourt of Lauri Markkanen, Dusan Ristic and Chance Comanche, en route to a 22-12 lead.