No. 15 Miss. State on tap for Cats at Anaheim event

The Arizona men's basketball team's tough non-conference schedule will continue Sunday as the Wildcats travel to Anaheim, Calif., to take on the No. 15 Mississippi State Bulldogs at 2:30 p.m. MST in the John R. Wooden Classic.

After showing signs of breaking out of its shooting slump last time out against Wyoming by scoring a season-high 98 points, No. 21 Arizona will slug it out with a defensive-minded Mississippi State team (5-1) that has yet to allow more than 71 points in a game this season. [Read article]

The No. 24 Arizona women's basketball team (4-1) continues its three-game homestand as the Wildcats take on UNC-Greensboro (1-2) tomorrow at 3:30 p.m. in McKale Center in the Mission Management and Trust Fiesta Classic. Action continues Sunday when Arizona will face Weber State or Delaware in the championship or consolation game at 1 p.m. or 3:30 p.m.

Arizona is coming off a 79-47 rout of UTEP Monday night in which the Wildcats recorded their 30th consecutive win at McKale Center. The team shot 47 percent from the floor and 57 percent from beyond the arc but connected on only 54 percent of its shots from the free throw line. [Read article]

The UA Icecats look to avenge a pair of October losses to in-state rival Arizona State tonight at the Tucson Convention Center when they host the No. 7 Sun Devils at 7:30.

Icecat head coach Leo Golembiewski said his team has matured significantly since the 8-1 and 5-2 season-opening losses to ASU.

"You should always be better your 11th game than you were your first two," he said.

UA (4-5-1) has bounced back from its slow start with a road sweep of St. Louis Nov. 13 and 14 and a come-from-behind overtime win against Texas Tech Nov. 19. [Read article]

UA soccer freshman goalkeeper McCall Smith is one of 12 finalists for Soccer Buzz Magazine's National Freshman of the Year Honor.

Smith is the lone goalkeeper on the list after posting school records in wins, with 15; shutouts, with 11 and goals against average. Smith's 0.52 goals against per game - the Salt Lake City native played every minute in goal during the Wildcats' remarkable run to the Pacific 10 Conference championship after finishing ninth in 2003 - ranked sixth in the nation during the 2004 season. [Read article]