The Denver Post

ARIZONA GETS TO TITLE GAME

- Kentucky lington Maryland Iowa State Air Force

lahaina, hawaii Kaleb Tarczewski scored 18 points, GabeYork added 15 andNo. 3Arizona hung on to win its first close game of the season, beating Kansas State 72-68 onTuesday in the Maui Invitation­al semifinals.

Trailing by nine in the second half, Kansas State whittled the lead down to a single possession in the final minute.

Arizona went up 69-64 after three free throws by Stanley Johnson and York, butMarcus Foster cut the lead to two on a 3-pointer with 11 seconds left.

RondaeHoll­is-Jefferson finally helped Arizona secure a spot inWednesda­y night’s championsh­ip game by hitting two free throws with four seconds left. Devin Booker scored 19 points for his second career best in two games as No. 1

beat Texas-Ar-

92-44. … Jared Nickens and Jake Layman scored 15 points apiece to lead a balanced attack, and beat No. 13 72-63 in the championsh­ip game of the CBE Classic. DezWells added 14 points for the Terrapins, who built a 15-point lead with three minutes left before hanging on down the stretch.

Women

Jamee Swan had a careerhigh 23 points to lead Colorado to a 77-49 win over Denver at Magness Arena.

Swan, a junior forward, made 8-of-12 from the field and hit all seven freethrow attempts, while adding seven rebounds.

CU’s Lexy Kresl had 10 points and 10 assists, her first career double-double.

was held to 25.4 percent shooting in a 79-25 loss to Army. Lindsey Lewis led Air Force with 13 points.

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