BERKELEY, Calif. — On a night when the Arizona offense often appeared a jumbled mess, one of the few old reliables on the Wildcats roster stepped into the limelight.
Only with Dusan Ristic, it was often a drop-step, curling right around a Cal defender, leading to a mini-hook.
Ristic had 16 points to lead Arizona to a 67-62 win over the feisty Golden Bears, but even more impressively, the third-year center appeared to be the true focal point of the Wildcats’ offense.
In certain intervals, he was the only offense for Arizona.
“In the first 10 to 12 minutes where almost nobody looked able to score, he was,” Arizona coach Sean Miller said.