Arizona baseball had won five of its last seven games, which included three road wins, entering Friday evening’s matchup with Kansas State.
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Arizona women’s basketball fall to Cincinnati on the road
The University of Arizona women’s basketball team (11-13, 2-11 in Big 12) fell to the University of Cincinnati (9-16, 4-9 in Big 12) 77-61 on Tuesday, Feb. 10 in the Fifth Third Arena.
Key players
Junior Sumayah Sugapong led the Wildcats with 20 points, five rebounds and four assists. Following Sugapong was Daniah Trammell who managed to collect 12 points along with three rebounds. Tanyuel Welch was strong on defense for the Wildcats with the most rebounds at seven.
As for the Bearcats, Reagan Jackson paved the way with 19 points and two rebounds. Mya Perry was close behind with 17 points and three assists. Ramiyah Byrd was the most essential player all around during this game collecting 14 points and 15 rebounds.
First half
The Wildcats started strong as Bless Adebanjo made a jumper within the first 25 seconds getting the first points of the game. Arizona was able to maintain the lead for the first four minutes, but the Bearcats quickly tied up the game 6-6 after a fast break jumper by Caliyah Devillasee.
Reagan Jackson was sent to the line for Cincinnati after a foul on Kamryn Kitchen where she shot 2-for-2. Jackson’s shots brought the Bearcats in the lead 8-6. Cincinnati began to pull away but Arizona managed to hang close throughout the rest of the period.
Ramiyah Byrd put in a second chance layup after getting the offensive rebound bringing Cincinnati up by 7 points. The Bearcats were able to go on a scoring run which built a larger gap going into the second period of 25-13.
The Wildcats managed to get in one last point opportunity before the end of the quarter with a second chance jumper from Tanyuel Welch.
The first quarter ended with Cincinnati in the lead 25-15.
The second quarter consisted of lots of back and forth with both teams unable to score throughout the first three and a half minutes. The Wildcats managed to get the first points of the second quarter about seven minutes in with a 3-pointer from Sumayah Sugapong.
Cincinnati almost doubled Arizona’s points 35-18 after Byrd got the defensive rebound then turned it into a layup. Arizona was able to turn their possession into some points with a jumper by Sugapong. Following this, the Bearcats went on a scoring spree, tallying 8 points within the span of a minute.
The quarter finished with Joya Crawford shooting 2-for-2 from the stripe for the Bearcats.
Cincinnati took the lead going into halftime 46-22.
Second half
The Wildcats came back from halftime strong as they managed to make two layups, one from Achol Magot and the other from Daniah Trammell. Arizona managed to make more shots this period, but they were unable to slow down Cincinnati’s shooting which kept them in a large deficit.
Despite Cincinnati’s large lead, Arizona did not give up and chipped away at the gap. Welch made a driving layup to close out the third quarter 61-39.
Following the pattern of the previous quarters, Arizona was the first to score with a layup by Trammell in the paint. After a missed 3-pointer from the Bearcats, Welch was able to get the rebound and turn it into Wildcats points on the fast break.
The Wildcats demonstrated stronger defense and more hustle throughout the second half, but unfortunately it was not enough to override the power from Cincinnati. Once they fell behind, they were never able to fully recover to reduce the gap enough to regain the lead.
Cincinnati took victory over Arizona 77-61.
Looking forward
Arizona will return home this weekend to take on their rivals ASU on Saturday, Feb. 14 at noon. This will be the second time this season these teams have met and the Wildcats will be looking for redemption on their home court. This game will also be streamed on ESPN+.
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In these four-round projections, the Arizona Cardinals don’t get a tackle until the fourth round.
We are just days away from the 2026 NFL draft, and that means some final mock drafts. What direction will the draft take the Arizona Cardinals?
Draft Wire’s Curt Popejoy put together a four-round mock draft for the Cardinals. They go defense early but rebuild the offense for 2026 and moving forward, including landing their potential franchise quarterback.
Cardinals 4-round mock draft
Here are the players in the first four rounds Popejoy projects for Arizona.
- Round 1: Ohio State EDGE/LB Arvell Reese
- Round 2: Alabama QB Ty Simpson
- Round 3: Clemson WR Antonio Williams
- Round 4: Florida OT Austin Barber
What we think of the picks
The Cardinals want to trade out of the third pick and draft a tackle, so not getting a tackle until Round 4 seems unlikely, although they did meet with Barber. They do have options at right tackle for 2026 already on the roster.
Reese would be a great pick if they don’t trade back, as they badly need pass-rushing help off the edge.
Drafting Simpson seems inevitable at this point, so it has to be in a mock draft, although the feeling is they will need to go up into Round 1 again to get him.
Williams has speed and is almost six feet tall, but he does have short arms.
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Due to significant injuries to the CB position last year which includes a shoulder surgery for Terrion Arnold, the Lions CB position scored a 6/10 need on my Lions Defensive Draft Need Rankings. Thus, an early-round selection of a young, healthy prospect like Keith Abney would not come as a surprise. He enters the draft with very low medical concern level.
Here is the excerpt from my medical report on Keith Abney:
(Ages in parentheses are at start of 2026 season and are factored into the concern level. Injury info and ages based on available public information are unverified and subject to update. Games played data courtesy of sports-reference.com.)
Keith Abney, CB (21) – Arizona State
Projected round 2-3. #43 on Jeff Risdon board Feb 19.
Concern level 0/10
There is an isolated report of a hand injury but no corroborating information. Even if the hand injury is true, that’s of minimal to no long-term concern.
His availability in his final two seasons has been perfect. Overall, Abney appears to be medically clean and is at an excellent age.
He finished college with 6 INT and 21 PBU.
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In the first game of the series, Arizona (14-23, 5-11 Big 12) battled in a low-scoring affair but fell short in a 2-1 loss to Kansas State (24-12, 8-8 Big 12). The Wildcats from Tucson held the Wildcats from Manhattan at bay for a good majority of the night.
Given that Kansas State leads the Big 12 in conference play in batting, on-base percentage, and slugging, Arizona had a rather good performance, but it was not enough.
Owen Kramkowski pitched seven scoreless innings before allowing the first Kansas State run in the top of the eight. He finished with six strikeouts and kept the high octane Wildcats at bay.
“I thought the defense played well behind him too,” said head coach Chip Hale. “There’s a lot of ground balls, and we made plays where we were positioned in good places, and he was pitching in the eighth inning. That’s unbelievable.”
Garrett Hicks (3-1) came in to try and stop the bleeding for the Wildcats and did so by not allowing Kansas State to take the lead in the eighth. It was in the ninth when the lead was surrendered.
It took until the sixth inning but the first run was scored by Arizona. Andrew Cain singled to left field and after Maddox Mihalakis flew out, it was Beau Sylvester bringing Cain home with a triple through right center field.
Sylvester extended his hitting streak to eight games and it proved to be not enough to get Arizona to the finish line.
Kansas State tied the game at the top of the eight when back to back singles got runners on at first and third. Then a passed ball allowed the third base runner to come home.
Arizona had a chance to retake the lead in the bottom of the ninth after Cain singled to deep right field. With Sylvester back at the plate, it seemed like it was a perfect set up.
A wild pitch nearly got past Kansas State and Cain tried to take advantage of it and steal home. However, Kansas State was able to corral the pitch and get Cain out at home.
AJ Evasco started the ninth inning with a double for Kansas State and back to back fly outs eventually got him home to give Kansas State the lead and the win.
With eight players being left on base, Arizona will need to bring those runners in more often than not if they want to tie the series Saturday afternoon.
As a young team, the Wildcats have had to walk a very tight line between disappointment and dejection and will need to continue handling these losses with grace if it wants to turn a corner.
“It’s the way it goes, it’s baseball,” said Hale. “If we don’t handle it, we will come out tomorrow and won’t be ready to go, so hopefully they handle it.”
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