Then came the second half when Arizona outscored the Broncos 44-34 in the second half to pull away.
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In came a flying Ryan Anderson, who delivered a deafening dunk over a Broncos defender.
The 12th ranked Arizona Wildcats will host Boise State this Thursday. “There’s teams on our schedule who are going to be able to stick with us for a half”, York said, “but a full game, you talk about how hard Arizona plays, the tenacity we have as a team, there’s not many teams that can keep up with that for a full 40 minutes”. He finished with a career-high 23 points. Jackson-Cartwright, the backup, is averaging 22, including 18 on Thursday as he scored 14 points on 5-of-6 shooting while adding two assists. Traditionally in the Sean Miller era, his teams have proven they can win ugly.As Arizona coach Sean Miller said York “looked the part” in being a leader and one of the players he can rely on when Arizona needs him. “This was really the first, what I would call ‘real game, ‘ that [we] have been in”.
“Anytime we made a mistake, they would make us work to try to catch up”, Boise State coach Leon Rice said. Allen followed with a 3 to put Arizona ahead again. Anderson’s dunk provided the dagger. As a team Boise State shot 55.0% from the field and 50/0% from the 3-point line and 71.0% from the free throw line.
The No. 12 Arizona Wildcats have begun the season with two comfortable wins over lesser opposition, but will face off with a Boise State Broncos squad desperate for a win on Thursday night at 8:30 ET in McKale Center.
“I don’t know how long that’s gonna last”, York admitted. “It’s the best feeling”. “Everyone did a good job of trying to find me, and when I took a bad shot, no one was upset because I think I shot the ball pretty well tonight”.
Boise State leads the all-time series with Air Force, 2-1.
Arizona: The Wildcats attempted 15 3-pointers in the first half, six in the second….
“It’s not an either-or for us”, Miller said.
On multiple occasions, Jackson-Cartwright snuck and span by taller defenders on his way to the hoop.
“I realized there would be space to get into the lane very early”.
The meeting with Air Force is the Broncos’ third Friday night home game of the season, a day that has been kind to the Broncos in Albertsons Stadium.
Boise State will play six non-Saturday games during the regular season in 2015 (all Fridays), tied for the most in school history (2007 and 2009).
The Demons, who hail from Natchitoches, LA and compete in the Southland Conference, enter the weekend with an 0-3 record.
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They should provide Arizona another warmup opponent before the Wildcats travel to Anaheim, Calif. next week for the Wooden Legacy.
