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GAME THREAD: Arizona at Washington

Matt Moreno

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Arizona is back in action on the road tonight as the Wildcats take on Washington in Seattle. Both teams are looking for a victory tonight with the Huskies being at the bottom of the Pac-12 standings while UA is coming off a bad loss to Arizona State last weekend. The Wildcats are also looking for their first road victory of the season.

As always you can follow along for updates and join the conversation throughout tonight's game.

Game info

Who: Arizona (13-6, 3-3 Pac-12; last game 66-65 loss to Arizona State) at Washington (12-9, 2-6 Pac-12; last game 76-62 loss to Colorado)

When: 7:00 p.m. MST

Where: Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion/Seattle, Washington

TV: ESPN2

All-time series: Arizona leads 52-30; last meeting: 67-60 Washington win on Feb. 7, 2019

Favorite: Arizona (-3)

Pregame

- Washington freshman Jaden McDaniels, who didn't start and was benched after only 9 minutes of action in the Huskies' last game, is back in the starting lineup tonight as UA takes on UW.

Starters



1st half

- Dylan Smith hits a 3-pointer for the Wildcats to open the game on the opening possession; Stone Gettings gives UA a 5-point lead; Nico Mannion hits one of two free throws after being fouled; McDaniels hits for the Huskies to get UW on the board; Mannion hits a 3-pointer for UA as the Wildcats are off to a good start from deep and UA's lead is up to 7 points; McDaniels with a hot start as he gets a transition layup for the Huskies; Isaiah Stewart with his first bucket of the game for UW [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 9 UW 6 - 15:42]

- Zeke Nnaji extends the Arizona lead and ends a scoring drought with his first bucket; Nahziah Carter hits a 3-pointer for the Huskies and the lead is down to 2; Gettings hits a jumper and he has 4 points for UA in his best start as a starter for UA; Ira Lee creates a turnover and Gettings gets a transition bucket and he now has 6 points plus he makes a free throw on the play to give UA a 7-point lead; McDaniels gets a layup to cut the lead down to 5; Lee hits for the Wildcats to extend the UA lead once again [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 18 UW 11 - 11:19]

- Josh Green finally breaks his scoring drought from the field as he gets a steal and take it in for a tough layup and foul for a 3-point play and a 10-point lead for UA; Carter hits another 3-pointer and he cuts it to a 7-point lead; Sam Timmins hits a layup and he lead is down to 5 and Sean Miller takes a timeout [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 21 UW 16 - 7:16]

- Mannion hits a jumper and he now gives UA a 7-point lead; Hameir Wright hits one of two from the line for UW; Stewart hits two free throws after being fouled and the lead is down to 4 points; Max Hazzard hits a 3-pointer and the Wildcats push it back to 7; Wright answers with a 3-pointer for the Huskies; Hazzard fouled and he hits two free throws; Marcus Tshohonis hits a 3-pointer for the Huskies and the UA lead is down to 3 for the first time since early in the half

- Mannion hits a couple free throws out of the timeout for UA; Green fouls Wright on a 3-point attempt and all three free throws are made to make it a 2-point game; RaeQuan Battle gives UW the lead with a 3-pointer, its first lead of the game; Jemarl Baker Jr. answers with a 3-pointer for the Wildcats; Battle ties it up with a transition layup after a block from Stewart on Chase Jeter; Hazzard hits another 3-pointer to give UA the lead back

Halftime: Arizona 36 Washington 33


2nd half

- Jamal Bey hits a 3-pointer to open the half tying up the game; Nnaji gets a layup and draws a foul for a 3-point play for UA; Carter hits his third 3-pointer of the game and it's tied up once again; Wright hits his second 3-pointer of the game and the Huskies have a lead and Arizona takes a timeout [SCORE UPDATE: Washington 42 Arizona 39 - 17:00]

- Stewart gets a layup to go; Battle hits a 3-pointer for the Huskies and the lead is up to 8 for UW; Green gets a layup on a nice pass from Mannion; Stewart answers with a 3-pointer on the other end and the UW lead is up to 9 points now; Mannion hits a 3-pointer for UA to keep the score manageable after the 11-0 run by UW earlier [SCORE UPDATE: Washington 50 Arizona 44 - 14:28]

- Battle with a 3-pointer for the Huskies to push the lead back up to 9; Nnaji hits for the Wildcats as he continues an impressive stretch; Carter gets a layup to go for UW; Nnaji answers with another bucket for the Wildcats; McDaniels pushes it back up to a 9-point lead with a big dunk for the Huskies as he goes baseline; Mannion hits two free throws after a technical foul on McDaniels; Gettings fouled by Timmins and he hits both shots for UA; Baker hits a 3-pointer as Arizona is now on a 7-0 run and pulls within 2 forcing a UW timeout [SCORE UPDATE: Washington 57 Arizona 55 - 11:37]

- Wright makes up with a layup to create some separation for the Huskies; Bey hits one of two from the line after a foul by Gettings; Mannion hits hits third 3-pointer of the game and it is a 2-point lead now for UW; Carter hits a jumper to respond for the Huskies; Baker gets a transition layup for the Wildcats and he now has 8 points as UA keeps it close; McDaniels with an impressive showing tonight and he hits a 3-pointer for the Huskies to extend the lead; Gettings now in double digits as he has 11 after hitting a layup; Gettings with a jumper now and he cuts it to a 1-point game; Tshohonis hits a 3-pointer to give UW some breathing room before the Huskies taking a timeout [SCORE UPDATE: Washington 68 Arizona 64 - 6:30]

- McDaniels fouled and he hits one of two from the line; Baker fouled while shooting a 3-pointer and he hits all three shots; Baker hits a 3-pointer to give the Wildcats a lead once again [SCORE UPDATE: Washington 70 Arizona 69 - 3:59]

- Battle hits Washington's 14th 3-pointer of the game and the Huskies go up 2; Lee fouled and he hits one of two from the line; Baker with a big 3-pointer and the Wildcats take a 2-point lead as the redshirt sophomore has 17 points now to lead the team; Battle misses a 3-pointer and has to foul so Dylan Smith goes to the line and he makes one of two from the line

Final: Arizona 75 Washington 72
 
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