KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Henri Veesaar and KJ Lewis each scored 19 points to lead Arizona to an 88-77 victory over Kansas in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 tournament on Thursday.The Wildcats advanced to the semifinals, where they will face No. 2 seed Texas Tech on Friday.No. 3 seed Arizona (21-11) also got 16 points from Trey Townsend and 11 from Caleb Love.Zeke Mayo scored 20 points to lead No. 6 seed Kansas (21-12). Hunter Dickinson added 19 and Dajuan Harris had 16. Dickinson also led the Jayhawks with 12 rebounds.Kansas came out of the half with a 13-5 run, tying the game at 50 on a 3-pointer by Mayo.Kansas finally grabbed its first lead since 3-2 on a 3-pointer by Harris with 12:30 left in the game. The teams traded short spurts the rest of the half, with neither team able to lead by more than 3 points until Veesaar stretched it to four points with a three-point play with 5:02 left.The Wildcats stretched it to 76-69, but Harris answered with a 3-pointer at the 3:21 mark. Arizona got it to 80-72 with 2:00 left and Kansas never got it back to a one-possession game.
