In front of something of a vintage McKale Center crowd, the No. 21 Arizona Wildcats passed an early season litmus test with flying colors, when they dismantled the Illinois Fighting Illini 90-69 Sunday night.
The two teams traded blows in the first half — which ended with a Max Hazzard three as the game clock expired to put the Cats up 39-38 at the break — before the UA’s freshman trio of Nico Mannion, Josh Green and Zeke Nnaji took over on both ends in the second half to put the game away.