If Arizona fans want to see the women’s basketball team play in McKale Center, Sunday will be their last chance until Jan. 7. The Wildcats have played a schedule very heavy on road and neutral court games, leaving New Mexico as the last out-of-conference team that will visit Tucson this season. It will also be the first game the team plays completely without starting post Lauren Ware.
Ware was injured less than 30 seconds into the Dec. 9 game against North Dakota State. The initial concerns about major structural damage to her knee were allayed when head coach Adia Barnes announced that it was simply a dislocation that “shifted right back.