Arizona Wildcats
TRENDING: Arizona basketball dominates Arizona State, winning the Territorial Cup with a resounding victory.
No. 5 Caleb Love, an Arizona basketball player, wowed the fans on Saturday at a crowded McKale Center with a flawless transition three and a “Forks Down” celebration, further solidifying his place in the Territorial Cup rivalry.
The Sun Devils had few answers on either side of the ball after the triple gave Arizona a 56-35 advantage in the second half of the game. For the first ten minutes of the game, ASU and Arizona were tied, but after that, it was all Wildcats in a 105-60 rout—the biggest win margin in the rivalry’s history.
Keshad Johnson joined Love with the gesture as timeout was called, reminiscent of “Horns Down” celebrations against Texas earlier this season, and ASU head coach Bobby Hurley was not happy.
The Arizona (20-5, 11-3 Pac-12) lead climbed to 30 with eight minutes remaining, and the forks downs returned as the score ran up. Arizona won the second half 56-29.
After a back-and-forth 10 minutes, ASU (13-13, 7-8) leads 9-4. However, the Wildcats outscored the Sun Devils 25-8 to increase their lead from 24–23 to 49–31 at halftime. Arizona made 20 minutes of field goal percentage of 67.7%.
Love had 12 at the break including a soaring dunk through the lane, and Ballo nearly picked up a double-double with nine points and nine rebounds. He’d get his double-double in the second half.
The Sun Devils were negatively impacted by foul trouble; although playing just 11 minutes in the first half, Frankie Collins was a team-best minus-2. Alonzo Gaffney and Shawn Phillips Jr., two big men, both fouled out. Adam Miller scored 16 points to lead ASU.
After Arizona’s 52-16 lead in the paint and 57% shooting from the field, Tommy Lloyd won his 81st game as a coach—the most in major-conference history—in his first three seasons at a university.
Recently, the Wildcats have won five straight games and shown that they are worthy of the top seed, at least through the middle of February. Arizona was ranked No. 1 along with Purdue, Houston, the defending national champion UConn, and Arizona State. The NCAA selection committee unveiled the field of possible top 16 seeds on Saturday.
The teams will square off once more on February 28 at Desert Financial Arena.
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