St. Mary's opened up their two-date tour of Arizona with an impressive 73-7 defeat of the University of Arizona Wildcats Friday night in Tucson.

Arizona was missing four players who are at the USA U20 camp, however, this was still a solid Gaels outing. St. Mary's led 30-7 at halftime and exploded for 43 unanswered points in the second half.

SMCC Head Coach Tim O'Brien said it was a better team effort compared to last week's loss to the SFGG men's club, a game in which the Gaels turned over the ball repeatedly.

"A big thanks to SFGG [for the lesson]," said O'Brien. "Controlling contact and precision with the ball in hand was better. Mastering the basics can do a long way."

St. Mary's now looks ahead to Sunday and a meeting with Arizona State.