Arizona Desert Swarm · Mar 23, 2021
5 takeaways from Arizona’s first-round win over Stony Brook
Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty ImagesThe Arizona women’s basketball team dominated Stony Brook 79-44 on Monday to advance to the second round of the NCAA Tournament, where they will face No. 11 seed BYU on Wednesday.
Our full recap can be read here, postgame interviews can be watched here, and below are some additional takeaways:
No first-game jitters
Arizona had at least three good reasons to get off to a slow start: they had not played in two weeks, this was their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2005, and COVID-19 makes for an unusual postseason environment.
They could have used it as an excuse. Instead, they used it as motivation.