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Tony Wroten completed his dunk sweep over the Arizona schools after posterizing Arizona's Angelo Chol in the second half of Saturday's game. The Huskies beat Arizona 79-70 and stayed in first place in their final home game of the season.
Alaska Airlines Arena was electric after Wroten's fastbreak flush over Chol. His dunk was preceded earlier in the game by an equally electrifying dunk by his teammate Aziz N'Diaye in the first half.
Wroten's dunk came at the 8:57 mark in the second half and extended Washington's lead to eight points, 62-54, at that point in the game. Wroten finished the game with 22 points and nine rebounds.
Hit the 9:44 mark for Wroten's dunk:
(2-18-12) Washington Huskies vs. Arizona Wildcats Bball (via qbsacker5394)
Though impressive, Wroten's dunk on Chol probably does not match his poster over Arizona State's Jonathan Gilling. Here's that dunk again for your viewing pleasure if you care to compare:
Tony Wroten huge dunk vs Arizona State (via TheTanman2011)
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Make that 30-0.
The Washington Huskies are undefeated in games Brendan Sherrer has appeared in. Saturday was no different as the Huskies (19-8, 12-3 Pac-12) completed a rare regular season sweep over the Arizona Wildcats (19-9, 10-5) in their 79-70 victory on Saturday afternoon.
Sophomore guard Terrence Ross poured in 25 points on 11-for-19 shooting. He also pulled down five rebounds. Freshman guard Tony Wroten added 22 points and pulled down nine rebounds of his own in the effort.
Huskies seniors Darnell Gant and Brendan Sherrer both received honorary starts in their final game at Alaska Airlines Arena in Seattle. Sherrer, who has never started in a game before for the Huskies, played in the game's opening minutes and was replaced by Aziz N'Diaye. Sherrer pulled down a rebound and later re-entered the game with under a minute to go in the second half.
In a nationally-televised game on Fox Sports, Washington's trademark high-flying and athletic style of play did not disappoint. N'Diaye flushed home a one-handed fastbreak dunk after stealing the basketball from Arizona's Nick Johnson at half-court.
Arizona Head Coach Sean Miller was given a technical foul after arguing vehmently for a travel call on N'Diaye. Washington's C.J. Wilcox sunk two free-throws after that to cap off a 9-0 run at the 12:34 mark, giving the Huskies a 21-14 lead.
However, Washington was not able to keep the momentum going and did not convert on a field-goal attempt in the first half's final five minutes and Arizona stormed back to cut the Huskies' lead down to 39-37.
In the second half, Washington did not relinquish its lead. Wroten elevated for a one-handed highlight dunk at the nine-minute mark over Arizona's Angelo Chol. After that, the Huskies never looked back. Two minutes later, a pair of three-pointers from Wilcox in a span of one minute gave the Huskies a nine-point lead and enough separation to secure a victory.
The Wildcats had four players in double figures. Freshman guard NIck Johnson led the way with 20 points.
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Aziz N'Diaye is part of a rare breed. There are not many seven-footers in the world who have a mile-time of 5:21. There are also not a lot of seven-footers who can make plays like this in college basketball:
N'Diaye's dunk came at the 12:41 mark of the first half in Saturday's game against Arizona. The Alaska Airlines Arena crowd was ecstatic after N'Diaye stole the ball from Arizona's Nick Johnson and flushed home a one-handed fast-break slam.
The play caused Wildcats head coach Sean Miller to argue with the game's officials and eventually received a technical foul. CJ Wilcox's two free-throw makes on the technical foul capped off a 9-0 run for the Huskies and gave them a 21-14 lead.
Washington's Brendan Sherrer started in place of N'Diaye in Saturday's game due to Senior Night. N'Diaye was inserted back into the lineup for the Huskies after two minutes of play.
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The Washington Huskies came into Saturday's game against the Arizona Wildcats inspired. Washington leads Arizona 39-37 after one half of play.
Huskies head coach Lorenzo Romar started senior forward Brendan Sherrer for Senior Night in honor of his career at Washington. The Huskies' student section, the Dawg Pack and the rest of Alaska Airlines Arena erupted in applause after Sherrer returned to the bench after two minutes of play.
The first half's biggest moment though belongs to Aziz N'Diaye. The seven-footer stole the ball from Arizona's Kyle Fogg at half-court and proceeded to evade a defender with a high dribble en route to a one-handed slam dunk.
N'Diaye's play caused Wildcats head coach Sean Miller erupted at the officiating and pleaded for a travel-call on the play. Miller received a technical and CJ Wilcox sunk two free-throws to complete a 9-0 run and give the Huskies a 21-14 lead with 12:34 to go.
Arizona answered and made a 11-4 run to close the half. The Huskies did not make a shot in the first half's final five minutes.
Terrence Ross, a traditional slow-starter, came out on fire, scoring 15 points on 7-for-11 shooting. Fogg leads Arizona with nine points.
In these teams' past three meetings, the margin of victory has not been more than two points on any occasion. This game is shaping to be another classic matchup between these two Pac-12 rivals.
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The Washington Huskies have a chance to essentially make the Pac-12 conference a two-team race should they win on Saturday. The Arizona Wildcats could be in the driver's seat in the standings should they come away with a victory this afternoon. As you can imagine, the game between Washington and Arizona projects to be a very good one with an electric atmosphere.
Start Time: The game will tipoff at noon from Hec Edmundson Pavilion.
TV Coverage: FOX Sports Net will provide a national telecast throughout most of the country. Fans may also find the game on your local ROOT Sports channel. Check local listings. Kevin Calabro and Marques Johnson will be court side calling all of the action.
Radio: Fans in the Seattle area can find the game air on KJR-950 AM, the UW flagship station. Bob Randeau and Jason Hamilton will provided the play-by-play and color commentary for the game.
Fans should expect an incredible showing from the fan base and the players will undoubtably be hyped up for the game. This may just be the biggest Pac-12 hoops game played this season.
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Washington Huskies A Sleeper NCAA Tournament Team?
by Avinash Kunnath
The Washington Huskies basketball team has not done a lot of good things this season. They've been a pretty lame road team (although they generally only lose to good road teams, they lose in awful fashion) and have no marquee victories to their name other than a sweep of Arizona. It'll be hard for them to even make the tournament, as Seth Davis of Sports Illustrated reports.
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