The Cal Bears will take on the Arizona Wildcats tonight at Haas Pavilion (6 PM, ESPN). The Wildcats, 7-7 in the conference, and the Bears, 10-5, have battled once before, a 76-72 loss in Arizona. The loss was a heartbreaking, with the team having a chance to tie late but turning the ball over. Tonight, Cal can get revenge.
Offensively, Arizona is anchored by 2 guys in Derrick Williams and Nic Wise. Wise, a highly talented senior, scored 30 in the first matchup and anchors the team. Derrick Williams is highly talented freshman at 6-8. He and Wise average 15 a game. Kyle Fogg and Jamelle Horne are the other main scorers at 10 a game. This team will rely heavily on Wise driving and finding Williams in the post or Fogg from deep. As Wise goes, so goes the Wildcats.
On defense, Arizona runs a standard man to man. They aren’t anything really special, though they did do a solid job on us in the first matchup. Theo Robertson was the only one that could do much, and we shot 37%. Obviously, that needs to improve.
Prediction: Cal 68-Arizona 62
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