Calling a game a “defensive battle” is usually just politeness. In the game between Arizona women’s basketball and Washington, that was definitely the case, but it didn’t mean the Wildcats didn’t play great defense—at least for 30 minutes.
Arizona held the Huskies to a program-best seven points in the first half on the way to a 51-42 victory. The Wildcats forced UW into 15 first-half turnovers.
The problem for the Wildcats was that they weren’t doing great on offense, either. Arizona scored just 16 points in the first half because they just couldn’t score. They shot just 30.