While UA and Gonzaga have built the West’s top nonconference rivalry by playing each other four seasons in a row with Top 25 teams, UA coach Sean Miller noted that the faces have changed over the years.
Except one.
“Unfortunately, (Przemek) Karnowski, his face didn’t change,” Miller said. “He came back.”
He came back with a vengeance, too. Karnowski caused significant trouble for UA’s Kaleb Tarczewski with 14 points and 10 rebounds in the 2014 NCAA Tournament, then had another 10 points and 11 rebounds against the Wildcats at McKale Center in 2014-15.
But UA won both of those games.
This time, Karnowski had 18 points on 9-of-13 shooting, becoming almost immovable in the post when the ball was in his hands. And GU won.
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“That was my first win against Arizona, and I’ve been here five years,” Karnowski said. “So I’m very happy about that.”
