Arizona gets it together in 2nd half

SPOKANE, Wash. — Sean Miller keeps track of how a game is going based around four-minute segments, and Arizona lost every one of those segments to Gonzaga in the first half Saturday.

“Very seldom have we been 0 for 5,” Miller said. “Usually you get one of them.”

Thanks to the shooting of Gabe York and key contributions from freshman Allonzo Trier, the 19th-ranked Wildcats won all of those segments in the second half and walked out of The Kennel with a 68-63 victory over the 13thranked Bulldogs.

York scored 14 of his 18 points in the second half, including an 11-point flurry in the first six minutes of the second half that gave the Wildcats (7-1) an opportunity to overcome a 10-point halftime deficit.

Trier added 14 points, including two key baskets in the last 10 minutes that gave Arizona the lead and then helped extend it.

Arizona became the first nonconference team to win in Spokane since Illinois in 2012 and handed Gonzaga just its 13th home loss overall since the McCarthey Athletic Center opened in 2004.

“Gabe gave us a chance to win by him making shots the way he did and his confidence,” Miller said. “He’s played in a lot of games and been in this type of atmosphere and environment throughout his career, and I think there is something to be said for that.”

Kyle Wiltjer scored 33 points — second-most in his career — and Domantas Sabonis added 18 points and 16 rebounds, but the Bulldogs (52) got little help from others in losing for the second time in eight days.

No other Gonzaga player scored more than six points, and the Bulldogs committed 16 turnovers.