Arizona is back in action closing out its road trip to the Bay Area against the worst team in the Pac-12. Cal has yet to win a conference game and gave up a lead to ASU earlier this week to drop its third game in Pac-12 play.
UA, of course, earned a victory over Stanford Wednesday night and remains undefeated in conference play at this point.
Feel free to join in the conversation or just follow along as the Wildcats look to remain undefeated in 2019 as they wrap the road trip up at Haas Pavilion.
Pregame
- Arizona will have to deal with Cal's leading scorer and starting point guard tonight as Paris Austin is expected to make his return to the lineup tonight after missing the ASU game with an injured ankle. It should give the Golden Bears a nice boost and present an interesting challenge for UA and Justin Coleman who is dealing with that shoulder injury right now.
Starters
Ariz: Justin Coleman, Brandon Williams, Brandon Randolph, Emmanuel Akot, Chase Jeter
Cal: Paris Austin, Darius McNeill, Matt Bradley, Justice Sueing, Connor Vanover
1st half
- Corner 3-pointer for Brandon Williams to open the game for the Wildcats; Akot with a fadeaway jumper to push the UA lead to 5 points in the early going; Sueing with a tough layup and he gets fouled but misses the free throw, however, he gets his own rebound and kicks it out to Bradley for 3-pointer on a tough trip down the floor for the Wildcats; Williams gets fouled and hits a couple free throws to give UA back the lead; Sueing with a put-back bucket plus a foul and free throw to give Cal its first lead; Williams now with 8 points after a big 3-pointer as he has started this game off hot for the Wildcats and UA has a 2-point lead; Austin with a tough layup on the baseline to tie it back up; Jeter with a nice turnaround jumper in the lane to give the Wildcats the lead back; UA gets a steal and Williams gets a big layup slicing through the Cal defense and he now has 10 points [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 14 Cal 10 - 14:25]
- Austin with a free throw to cut the lead down to 3 points [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 14 Cal 11 - 11:57]
- Austin hits another free throw out of the timeout; Jeter fouled and he hits both free throws for the Wildcats bringing a scoring drought of over 3 minutes to an end; Coleman fouled and he hits both free throws to extend the UA lead to 6 points; Vanover hits a 3-pointer at the top of the key to cut into the Arizona lead; Sueing picks Coleman's pocket and gets an easy layup and cut the lead down to 1; Jeter fouled and he hits one free throw to make it a 2-point game [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 19 Cal 17 - 7:59]
- Coleman finally ends the scoring drought with a big 3-pointer; Sueing comes back on the other end and he hits a 3-pointer; Jeter fouled again and he hits both free throws to make it a 4-point lead for the Wildcats; Sueing hits a couple free throws for the Bears; Jeter with another nice move in the post and he pushes the lead back up for UA; Jeter now with 11 points on a nice move along the baseline and UA is up 6 on Cal; Jacobi Gordon fouled and he makes both free throws; Akot with a nice floater in the lane as UA is starting to figure out the Cal zone [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 30 Cal 24 - 3:43]
- Randolph hits a corner 3-pointer and he's fouled for the 4-point play and UA is up 10 on Cal now; Andre Kelly with a bucket for the Bears; Williams with another tough bucket for the Wildcats; Gordon comes back with his own layup on the other end; Luther with a jumper from the free-throw line as he gets on the scoreboard for UA; Jeter gets credited with a bucket after Cal tips in an Arizona miss to give the Wildcats their biggest lead of the game
Halftime: Arizona 40 Cal 28
2nd half
- Coleman with a nice drive and dish to Jeter to get the scoring going in the second half as UA is now up 14; Vanover gets an offensive board and gets fouled and makes a free throw; Jeter with another layup in the lane to extend the lead to 15 points for UA: Williams fouled and he hits two free throws to make it a 17-point lead for the 'Cats; Sueing gets a bucket to get Cal on the board; Jeter one more time for the Wildcats as he is rolling; Vanover hits a 3-pointer for the Bears; Randolph hits a 3-pointer from the left wing as he makes it a 17-point lead once more for the Wildcats; Sueing hits a mid-range jumper and gets fouled by Jeter and hits the free throw; Randolph quickly upping his point total in this one with another 3-pointer and he has 10 points now; Matt Bradley with a layup for the Bears; Akot with a dunk for Arizona and the lead is back up to 17 points for the Wildcats [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 56 Cal 39 - 15:24]
- Sueing continuing to be the bright spot for Cal as he gets to the hoop and gets fouled for a 3-point play and he has 20 points now for the Bears; Coleman fouled and he makes one of two from the line; Coleman gets a layup to go and pushes the Arizona lead back up to 17 points; Randolph with a nice layup and UA has its biggest lead of the game at 19 points; Coleman with a deep 3-pointer as he now has 11 points for the Wildcats as UA goes up 22 on Cal; McNeill hits a 3-pointer to cut into the UA lead; Ira Lee with his first bucket of the game [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 66 Cal 45 - 11:36]
- Austin with a layup for the Bears out of the timeout; Williams with another nice play for the Wildcats to push the lead back up; Ryan Luther with a nice putback for the Wildcats and UA has its biggest lead as it is up 23 points; Sueing fouled and hits both free throws and he has 22 points to lead Cal; Lee with a huge left-handed jam over Vanover to push the lead back to 23 points for the Wildcats [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 72 Cal 49 - 7:55]
- Jeter ties his career high once again on another turnaround jumper as UA has its biggest lead of the game; McNeill hits a 3-pointer for Cal; Coleman with a fantastic layup as he continues his big night for the Wildcats as he has 13 points and 5 assists; Chase Jeter has a new career high with 23 points after he makes a couple free throws; Sueing hits a couple free throws for the Bears; Barcello with a jumper in the lane for UA; Andre Kelly with a bucket to make it a 24-point game; McNeill with another 3-pointer and Cal takes a timeout [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 80 Cal 59 - 4:06]
- Barcello hits again for UA; Bradley gets a shot to fall for Cal and UA's lead is 22; Austin fouled and he hits both free throws to cut into the UA lead some more; Barcello with a nice reverse layup as the Wildcats are still playing hard up 22 points; Sueing hits a 3-pointer as he has 27 points now for the Bears; Dylan Smith hits a wide open corner 3-pointer for UA
Final: Arizona 87 Cal 65
UA, of course, earned a victory over Stanford Wednesday night and remains undefeated in conference play at this point.
Feel free to join in the conversation or just follow along as the Wildcats look to remain undefeated in 2019 as they wrap the road trip up at Haas Pavilion.
Pregame
- Arizona will have to deal with Cal's leading scorer and starting point guard tonight as Paris Austin is expected to make his return to the lineup tonight after missing the ASU game with an injured ankle. It should give the Golden Bears a nice boost and present an interesting challenge for UA and Justin Coleman who is dealing with that shoulder injury right now.
Starters
Ariz: Justin Coleman, Brandon Williams, Brandon Randolph, Emmanuel Akot, Chase Jeter
Cal: Paris Austin, Darius McNeill, Matt Bradley, Justice Sueing, Connor Vanover
1st half
- Corner 3-pointer for Brandon Williams to open the game for the Wildcats; Akot with a fadeaway jumper to push the UA lead to 5 points in the early going; Sueing with a tough layup and he gets fouled but misses the free throw, however, he gets his own rebound and kicks it out to Bradley for 3-pointer on a tough trip down the floor for the Wildcats; Williams gets fouled and hits a couple free throws to give UA back the lead; Sueing with a put-back bucket plus a foul and free throw to give Cal its first lead; Williams now with 8 points after a big 3-pointer as he has started this game off hot for the Wildcats and UA has a 2-point lead; Austin with a tough layup on the baseline to tie it back up; Jeter with a nice turnaround jumper in the lane to give the Wildcats the lead back; UA gets a steal and Williams gets a big layup slicing through the Cal defense and he now has 10 points [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 14 Cal 10 - 14:25]
- Austin with a free throw to cut the lead down to 3 points [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 14 Cal 11 - 11:57]
- Austin hits another free throw out of the timeout; Jeter fouled and he hits both free throws for the Wildcats bringing a scoring drought of over 3 minutes to an end; Coleman fouled and he hits both free throws to extend the UA lead to 6 points; Vanover hits a 3-pointer at the top of the key to cut into the Arizona lead; Sueing picks Coleman's pocket and gets an easy layup and cut the lead down to 1; Jeter fouled and he hits one free throw to make it a 2-point game [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 19 Cal 17 - 7:59]
- Coleman finally ends the scoring drought with a big 3-pointer; Sueing comes back on the other end and he hits a 3-pointer; Jeter fouled again and he hits both free throws to make it a 4-point lead for the Wildcats; Sueing hits a couple free throws for the Bears; Jeter with another nice move in the post and he pushes the lead back up for UA; Jeter now with 11 points on a nice move along the baseline and UA is up 6 on Cal; Jacobi Gordon fouled and he makes both free throws; Akot with a nice floater in the lane as UA is starting to figure out the Cal zone [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 30 Cal 24 - 3:43]
- Randolph hits a corner 3-pointer and he's fouled for the 4-point play and UA is up 10 on Cal now; Andre Kelly with a bucket for the Bears; Williams with another tough bucket for the Wildcats; Gordon comes back with his own layup on the other end; Luther with a jumper from the free-throw line as he gets on the scoreboard for UA; Jeter gets credited with a bucket after Cal tips in an Arizona miss to give the Wildcats their biggest lead of the game
Halftime: Arizona 40 Cal 28
2nd half
- Coleman with a nice drive and dish to Jeter to get the scoring going in the second half as UA is now up 14; Vanover gets an offensive board and gets fouled and makes a free throw; Jeter with another layup in the lane to extend the lead to 15 points for UA: Williams fouled and he hits two free throws to make it a 17-point lead for the 'Cats; Sueing gets a bucket to get Cal on the board; Jeter one more time for the Wildcats as he is rolling; Vanover hits a 3-pointer for the Bears; Randolph hits a 3-pointer from the left wing as he makes it a 17-point lead once more for the Wildcats; Sueing hits a mid-range jumper and gets fouled by Jeter and hits the free throw; Randolph quickly upping his point total in this one with another 3-pointer and he has 10 points now; Matt Bradley with a layup for the Bears; Akot with a dunk for Arizona and the lead is back up to 17 points for the Wildcats [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 56 Cal 39 - 15:24]
- Sueing continuing to be the bright spot for Cal as he gets to the hoop and gets fouled for a 3-point play and he has 20 points now for the Bears; Coleman fouled and he makes one of two from the line; Coleman gets a layup to go and pushes the Arizona lead back up to 17 points; Randolph with a nice layup and UA has its biggest lead of the game at 19 points; Coleman with a deep 3-pointer as he now has 11 points for the Wildcats as UA goes up 22 on Cal; McNeill hits a 3-pointer to cut into the UA lead; Ira Lee with his first bucket of the game [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 66 Cal 45 - 11:36]
- Austin with a layup for the Bears out of the timeout; Williams with another nice play for the Wildcats to push the lead back up; Ryan Luther with a nice putback for the Wildcats and UA has its biggest lead as it is up 23 points; Sueing fouled and hits both free throws and he has 22 points to lead Cal; Lee with a huge left-handed jam over Vanover to push the lead back to 23 points for the Wildcats [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 72 Cal 49 - 7:55]
- Jeter ties his career high once again on another turnaround jumper as UA has its biggest lead of the game; McNeill hits a 3-pointer for Cal; Coleman with a fantastic layup as he continues his big night for the Wildcats as he has 13 points and 5 assists; Chase Jeter has a new career high with 23 points after he makes a couple free throws; Sueing hits a couple free throws for the Bears; Barcello with a jumper in the lane for UA; Andre Kelly with a bucket to make it a 24-point game; McNeill with another 3-pointer and Cal takes a timeout [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 80 Cal 59 - 4:06]
- Barcello hits again for UA; Bradley gets a shot to fall for Cal and UA's lead is 22; Austin fouled and he hits both free throws to cut into the UA lead some more; Barcello with a nice reverse layup as the Wildcats are still playing hard up 22 points; Sueing hits a 3-pointer as he has 27 points now for the Bears; Dylan Smith hits a wide open corner 3-pointer for UA
Final: Arizona 87 Cal 65
