LAS VEGAS—The Arizona Wildcats won their first Pac-12 Tournament game in four years, but whether it can win another might depend on the health of a vital piece of the puzzle.
Christian Koloko scored a career-high 24 points and Bennedict Mathurin had 20 as top-seeded Arizona held off No. 9 Stanford 84-80 in the Pac-12 tourney quarterfinals on Thursday afternoon at T-Mobile Arena.
The UA (29-3) will take on the winner of the second quarterfinal, between No. 4 Colorado and No. 5 Oregon, Friday at 7 p.m. MT. And it might have to do that without sophomore point guard Kerr Kriisa, who suffered an apparent right ankle injury in the final minute of play.