Thursday, November 27, 2014

#3 Arizona 61 - #15 San Diego State 59 11/26/14

Two college basketball powers squared off in the EA Sports Maui Invitational Championship Game where the #3 Arizona Wildcats faced the #15 San Diego State Aztecs. The Wildcats defeated the Aztecs 61-59 in a game that was very tight all throughout and they earned their second EA Sports Maui Invitational Championship for the second time in school history, the first since 2000. Arizona now becomes one of six teams that have multiple championships in this invitational tournament. The spark plug for Arizona was freshman forward Stanley Johnson that scored 18 points, grabbed nine rebounds, and notched three steals. Other important contributions came from T.J. McConnell (11 points, 3 assists, 3 rebounds) and Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (14 points, 6 rebounds, 3 blocks off the bench). Arizona continues their dominance over San Diego State, despite their foul trouble, and they are 3-0 against them in their last three meetings. Trey Kell and Winston Shepard both provided 14 points for the Aztecs and Dwayne Polee II added 11 points and 4 rebounds. Steve Fisher will aim to get his team back on track as they continue the rest of the season. Arizona moves to 6-0 after the victory, whereas San Diego State falls to 5-1. 

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