Arizona is on the road for its first non-tournament road game Sunday as the Wildcats (5-2) head out to Connecticut to face UConn (6-1) in Hartford at the XL Center. Sean Miller built up the environment in Connecticut this week and he is expecting it to be a bit hostile.
It should be a nice test for the Wildcats and an opportunity to get a solid win if the team can pull it off. The line moved late with UConn now entering the game as the favorite.
- Emmanuel Akot gets the start once again at power forward for the second straight game.
Here's your starters:
1st half
- Chase Jeter picks up an early foul but then gets the game's first points on a turnaround hook in the lane; Jalen Adams gets UConn on the board; Brandon Williams with a tough reverse layup to get the Wildcats the lead back; Justin Coleman finds Akot in the lane for an easy turnaround bucket; Jeter gets fouled going up for a shot and he makes one of two from the line; Eric Cobb with a turnaround jump hook for the Huskies ending a drought of a couple minutes [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 7 UConn 4 - 15:37]
- Tyler Polley with a layup out of the timeout for the Huskies; Brandon Randolph gets fouled and hits both free throws for the Wildcats; Cobb with another bucket in the lane to cut the Arizona lead down to 1 point; Ryan Luther sneaks under the basket on a back cut and is wide open for an easy bucket breaking what was close to a 5-minute drought from the field; Cobb continues to give the Wildcats issues inside as he has this third basket of the game; Luther gets another bucket as he has been more assertive here today on the offensive end, he also gets the foul and free throw [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 14 UConn 10 - 11:56]
- Williams finds Ira Lee along the baseline for an easy two points out of the timeout; Cobb is giving Arizona all kinds of issues inside and he gets another basket in the paint; Randolph gets to the basket with a strong drive and gets the two points; Cobb with another big bucket and he is carrying the Huskies right now; Luther with another bucket as it has become a battle between those two players; Sidney Wilson hits a jumper for the Huskies; Christian Vital with a nice spin move and drive for the bucket and foul plus the free throw for a 3-point play for the Huskies making it a one-point game; Wilson with a corner 3-pointer after an offensive foul on Williams on the other end gives UConn its first lead of the game and forces Sean Miller to take a timeout with the Huskies on an 8-0 run over the last minute; Barcello ties it up with a bucket out of the timeout; Adams hits for the Huskies to give his team the lead back; Dylan Smith finds Jeter underneath with a great pass and the Wildcats tie it back up [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 24 UConn 24 - 7:32]
- Alterique Gilbert hits one of two from the line after the timeout for UConn; Smith fouled on the other end for Arizona and he makes both free throws to give UA back the lead; Adams goes with a back-door cut and he gets an easy bucket behind the defense; Justin Coleman with a nice floater off the steal to give the Wildcats back the lead; Akot finds Brandon Randolph in transition as the Wildcats push the lead back up to 3 points after another steal and bucket; Luther with a great find to see Akot coming off a screen for an easy dunk and a 5-point lead for the Wildcats forcing a UConn timeout; Smith hits a 3-pointer for UConn to cut into the UA lead; Coleman with a bucket for the Wildcats; Dylan Smith hits a 3-pointer for the Wildcats now; Adams follows that up with a 3-pointer of his own; Smith left wide open in the corner and he hits a second 3-pointer for the Wildcats as he has found a nice offensive rhythm [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 40 UConn 33 - 3:04]
- Adams with a wide open 3-pointer from the right wing and the lead is down to 4 points now as he leads everyone with 12 points; Akot with a jumper from the baseline and he pushes the lead back up to 6 points; Adams with a strong take to the basket and he cuts the Arizona lead down to 4 points with under a minute to go
2nd half
- Adams with a bucket to open up the second half for the Huskies and the lead is down to 2 points; Randolph with a tough drive to the hoop and he gets the shot to fall; Gilbert with a bucket for UConn as the back and forth continues between the two teams; Coleman finds Jeter in the paint for an easy layup after a turnover for the Huskies; Vital hits a 3-pointer to cut the Arizona lead down to 1 point; Williams to Jeter for another easy bucket as the Wildcats' passing continues to be very good today; Eric Cobb comes in the game and now has 12 points as he gets a putback for the Huskies and closes the lead to 1 point again for Arizona [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 48 UConn 47 - 15:29]
- Coleman with a STRONG take to the hoop and he gets the shot to fall to give UA some breathing room; Smith finds Jeter under the basket for a dunk and the Wildcats push the lead up to 5 points; Adams high off the glass for another basket and he now he has 18 points; Randolph finally gets a 3-pointer to fall and it pushes Arizona's lead up to 6 points [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 55 UConn 49 - 11:56]
- Wilson hits a couple free throws out of the timeout for UConn; Smith gets a reverse layup to fall for UConn after Williams slips on a wet spot and UA turns the ball over and it cuts the lead down to two points; Jeter gets an important bucket for Arizona to break a drought with a nice move inside to push the lead back up to 4 points; Jeter hits one of two from the line after being fouled in transition; Gilbert fouled and makes one of two from the line to cut into the UA lead; Williams gets a layup to fall on a tough shot; Williams with a nice defensive play leading to a breakaway layup from Randolph pushing the Wildcats' lead to 8 points [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 62 UConn 54 - 8:05]
- Vital hits a 3-pointer for the Huskies to push the lead back down to 5 points for UA; Smith gets to the hoop and he now has 10 points with a tough shot that goes down; Gilbert with a bucket to end the drought for both teams and it's a 5-point lead now for the Wildcats [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 64 UConn 59 - 3:42]
- Gilbert hits a jumper to cut the lead to 3 points in favor of the Wildcats and Miller takes a timeout with his team unable to score down the stretch; Randolph fouled and hits a couple free throws to extend the lead; Polley hits a 3-pointer for the Huskies and the crowd is back into it with the score now down to a 2-point game; Randolph fouled while shooting a 3-pointer and he makes all three free throws; Polley comes back with another 3-pointer keeping it at a 2-point game; Ryan Luther with a couple big free throws to keep it at a two possession game; Vital makes two free throws to make it a two-point game with about 30 seconds to go; Luther fouled in the corner and makes one of two from the line to make it a 3-point game; Adams fouled and he makes one of two from the line making it a 2-point game; Randolph makes two free throws after being quickly fouled by UConn; Adams gets a layup and the Huskies take a timeout; Williams is fouled and hits two important free throws to end the game
Final: Arizona 76 UConn 72
It should be a nice test for the Wildcats and an opportunity to get a solid win if the team can pull it off. The line moved late with UConn now entering the game as the favorite.
- Emmanuel Akot gets the start once again at power forward for the second straight game.
Here's your starters:
1st half
- Chase Jeter picks up an early foul but then gets the game's first points on a turnaround hook in the lane; Jalen Adams gets UConn on the board; Brandon Williams with a tough reverse layup to get the Wildcats the lead back; Justin Coleman finds Akot in the lane for an easy turnaround bucket; Jeter gets fouled going up for a shot and he makes one of two from the line; Eric Cobb with a turnaround jump hook for the Huskies ending a drought of a couple minutes [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 7 UConn 4 - 15:37]
- Tyler Polley with a layup out of the timeout for the Huskies; Brandon Randolph gets fouled and hits both free throws for the Wildcats; Cobb with another bucket in the lane to cut the Arizona lead down to 1 point; Ryan Luther sneaks under the basket on a back cut and is wide open for an easy bucket breaking what was close to a 5-minute drought from the field; Cobb continues to give the Wildcats issues inside as he has this third basket of the game; Luther gets another bucket as he has been more assertive here today on the offensive end, he also gets the foul and free throw [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 14 UConn 10 - 11:56]
- Williams finds Ira Lee along the baseline for an easy two points out of the timeout; Cobb is giving Arizona all kinds of issues inside and he gets another basket in the paint; Randolph gets to the basket with a strong drive and gets the two points; Cobb with another big bucket and he is carrying the Huskies right now; Luther with another bucket as it has become a battle between those two players; Sidney Wilson hits a jumper for the Huskies; Christian Vital with a nice spin move and drive for the bucket and foul plus the free throw for a 3-point play for the Huskies making it a one-point game; Wilson with a corner 3-pointer after an offensive foul on Williams on the other end gives UConn its first lead of the game and forces Sean Miller to take a timeout with the Huskies on an 8-0 run over the last minute; Barcello ties it up with a bucket out of the timeout; Adams hits for the Huskies to give his team the lead back; Dylan Smith finds Jeter underneath with a great pass and the Wildcats tie it back up [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 24 UConn 24 - 7:32]
- Alterique Gilbert hits one of two from the line after the timeout for UConn; Smith fouled on the other end for Arizona and he makes both free throws to give UA back the lead; Adams goes with a back-door cut and he gets an easy bucket behind the defense; Justin Coleman with a nice floater off the steal to give the Wildcats back the lead; Akot finds Brandon Randolph in transition as the Wildcats push the lead back up to 3 points after another steal and bucket; Luther with a great find to see Akot coming off a screen for an easy dunk and a 5-point lead for the Wildcats forcing a UConn timeout; Smith hits a 3-pointer for UConn to cut into the UA lead; Coleman with a bucket for the Wildcats; Dylan Smith hits a 3-pointer for the Wildcats now; Adams follows that up with a 3-pointer of his own; Smith left wide open in the corner and he hits a second 3-pointer for the Wildcats as he has found a nice offensive rhythm [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 40 UConn 33 - 3:04]
- Adams with a wide open 3-pointer from the right wing and the lead is down to 4 points now as he leads everyone with 12 points; Akot with a jumper from the baseline and he pushes the lead back up to 6 points; Adams with a strong take to the basket and he cuts the Arizona lead down to 4 points with under a minute to go
2nd half
- Adams with a bucket to open up the second half for the Huskies and the lead is down to 2 points; Randolph with a tough drive to the hoop and he gets the shot to fall; Gilbert with a bucket for UConn as the back and forth continues between the two teams; Coleman finds Jeter in the paint for an easy layup after a turnover for the Huskies; Vital hits a 3-pointer to cut the Arizona lead down to 1 point; Williams to Jeter for another easy bucket as the Wildcats' passing continues to be very good today; Eric Cobb comes in the game and now has 12 points as he gets a putback for the Huskies and closes the lead to 1 point again for Arizona [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 48 UConn 47 - 15:29]
- Coleman with a STRONG take to the hoop and he gets the shot to fall to give UA some breathing room; Smith finds Jeter under the basket for a dunk and the Wildcats push the lead up to 5 points; Adams high off the glass for another basket and he now he has 18 points; Randolph finally gets a 3-pointer to fall and it pushes Arizona's lead up to 6 points [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 55 UConn 49 - 11:56]
- Wilson hits a couple free throws out of the timeout for UConn; Smith gets a reverse layup to fall for UConn after Williams slips on a wet spot and UA turns the ball over and it cuts the lead down to two points; Jeter gets an important bucket for Arizona to break a drought with a nice move inside to push the lead back up to 4 points; Jeter hits one of two from the line after being fouled in transition; Gilbert fouled and makes one of two from the line to cut into the UA lead; Williams gets a layup to fall on a tough shot; Williams with a nice defensive play leading to a breakaway layup from Randolph pushing the Wildcats' lead to 8 points [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 62 UConn 54 - 8:05]
- Vital hits a 3-pointer for the Huskies to push the lead back down to 5 points for UA; Smith gets to the hoop and he now has 10 points with a tough shot that goes down; Gilbert with a bucket to end the drought for both teams and it's a 5-point lead now for the Wildcats [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 64 UConn 59 - 3:42]
- Gilbert hits a jumper to cut the lead to 3 points in favor of the Wildcats and Miller takes a timeout with his team unable to score down the stretch; Randolph fouled and hits a couple free throws to extend the lead; Polley hits a 3-pointer for the Huskies and the crowd is back into it with the score now down to a 2-point game; Randolph fouled while shooting a 3-pointer and he makes all three free throws; Polley comes back with another 3-pointer keeping it at a 2-point game; Ryan Luther with a couple big free throws to keep it at a two possession game; Vital makes two free throws to make it a two-point game with about 30 seconds to go; Luther fouled in the corner and makes one of two from the line to make it a 3-point game; Adams fouled and he makes one of two from the line making it a 2-point game; Randolph makes two free throws after being quickly fouled by UConn; Adams gets a layup and the Huskies take a timeout; Williams is fouled and hits two important free throws to end the game
Final: Arizona 76 UConn 72
