In a scrappy early-season battle between a pair of college basketball juggernauts, Arizona’s Koa Peat continued to put the rest of the NCAA on notice with something you can’t teach: pure athleticism.
With a narrow 31-30 lead and under three minutes remaining in the first half against No. 3 UConn on Wednesday, Peat jumped into a pile of Huskies following a short-range miss by senior Jaden Bradley.
When Peat’s first volleyball-like tap with his left hand didn’t find the bucket, he quickly leaped up once more and finished with his right.
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At the half, which the No. 4 Wildcats ended with a 35-33 lead in Connecticut, Peat had nine points on 4-of-8 shooting and seven rebounds — four of them being on the offensive glass (a team high through 20 minutes).
He also added two assists and two blocks.
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Peat managed to do all his damage without committing a single foul, a luxury that the Wildcats will need to find ways to keep in order to achieve their biggest aspirations when March rolls around.
Neither Arizona or UConn shot above 50% to open things (41% and 40%, respectively) and the separator was ultimately in rebounding, with Arizona at +12 (25 to 13).
