What a night for the Wildcats.
Brayden Burries, Jaden Bradley keep Arizona perfect in thriller at BYU originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
Brayden Burries and Jaden Bradley led the Arizona Wildcats offensively all night in Provo.
But their biggest moment came on defense.
BYU was attacking, down one, less than 10 seconds left.
Bradley guarded Robert Wright III tightly on a downhill drive, forcing Wright to take a tough spinning attempt.
From the weak side, Burries flew over to swat the shot away.
"My teammates had my back the whole year, and that was the least I could do was help my teammate, help my brother and block that shot," Burries told ESPN's Scott Van Pelt after the game.
Burries was fouled, made two foul shots, and the Wildcats won, 86-83.
Arizona is 21-0 and remains the No. 1 team in the country.
BYU had trailed by 19 in the second half and nearly came all the way back, but the two superstar guards for Arizona got it done.
Burries finished with 29 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks.
Bradley had 26 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals.
The pair combined to shoot 20-for-31 from the floor, 4-for-6 from 3 and 17-for-19 from the foul line.
Koa Peat (10 points) was relatively quiet in his freshman star matchup with AJ Dybantsa (24 points), but it didn't matter.
Teams win national titles in college basketball with guard play.
And right now, it's clear Arizona has two of the best guards in the country, at both ends of the floor.
Burries, the freshman, and Bradley, the fourth-year college player, are both special. And they've got the Wildcats winning, winning and winning some more -- and they might just win it all.
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