Arizona is back in action for an afternoon game against Cal Poly-SLO today. The Mustangs are coming off a win in their season opener in which three players scored in double figures including senior point guard Donovan Fields who had 30.
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Pregame
- Richard Jefferson in the house tonight taking pictures with everyone before he calls his first game for Pac-12 Networks.
- Ira Lee is back tonight for Arizona and will play, but he does not get the start as the Wildcats go with their same starting group from the last game
UA starters: Justin Coleman, Brandon Williams, Brandon Randolph, Ryan Luther, Chase Jeter
Cal Poly starters: Donovan Fields, Mark Crowe, Marcellus Garrick, Hank Hollingsworth, Kuba Niziol
1st half
- Hollingsworth gets a dunk to open things up here on a Sunday afternoon; Jeter gets a turnaround jump hook to fall and UA has its first bucket of the game; Garrick hits a jumper to get CP on the board once again; Brandon Williams hits a 3-pointer from the right wing for the Wildcats and an early lead; Brandon Randolph gets fouled and makes both free throws on a strong take to the hoop; Niziol hits a 3-pointer to tie it up at 7-7 for Cal Poly; Ryan Luther gets the dump-off pass from Coleman in transition and hits a 3-pointer from the top of the key to give UA the lead back [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 10 Cal Poly 7 - 15:29]
- Arizona has to work for its first bucket since the timeout, but Ira Lee gets one to fall to extend the UA lead; Garrick hits a 3-pointer for the Mustangs to trim it back down to a 2-point lead for the Wildcats; Fields hits a jumper to tie it up at 12; Arizona takes a timeout after missing another opportunity to score and UA 1 of its last 9 from the field; the timeout works as Randolph hits a jumper to break the drought for the Wildcats; Luther hits a corner 3-pointer to keep the momentum going; Luther gets the steal and breakaway dunk as UA goes up 7 forcing a Cal Poly timeout [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 19 Cal Poly 12 - 10:35]
- Crowe hits a jumper to get Cal Poly going out of the timeout; Daxton Carr hits a 3-pointer for the Mustangs; Jeter with a tough bucket and the foul plus he makes the free throw to give UA a five-point lead [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 22 Cal Poly 17 - 7:59]
- Akot hits a jumper out of the timeout for the Wildcats; Crowe hits a 3-pointer for the Mustangs; Dylan Smith gets a bucket and it's a 3-pointer and maybe it will be the one that sparks his offense; A couple free throws from Cal Poly, but Dylan Smith is the story as he hits his second 3-pointer for the Wildcats; Garrick hits again from deep for Cal Poly; Akot hits a jumper for the Wildcats as the scoring has picked up quite a bit over this stretch; Job Alexander gets his first bucket for the Mustangs; Coleman comes back with a 3-pointer for the Wildcats as the UA lead extends; Tuukka Jaakkola hits a jumper for Cal Poly to cut the lead down [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 35 Cal Poly 29 - 3:41]
- Jaakkola with a dunk out of the timeout; Jeter gets another bucket for the Wildcats as he now has 7 points; Luther gets a put-back on a miss from Jeter; Garrick hits another 3-pointer for the Mustangs; Jeter gets another layup for UA; some good defense forces a Cal Poly timeout and the players are certainly excited about their defense right now
Halftime: Arizona 41 Cal Poly 34
2nd half
- Niziol hits a 3-pointer to open the scoring here in the second half; Luther keeps his hot game going with another bucket for the Wildcats; Garrick gets a couple more points to add to his total here tonight; Willams gets into the paint for a basket and the Wildcats extend their lead back out; Randolph with a bucket now for UA as the lead moves to eight points for the Wildcats; Ryan Luther again for UA as the lead moves to 10 points after another bucket from the senior power forward [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 51 Cal Poly 39 - 15:37]
- Lee gets a bucket to fall for the Wildcats out of the timeout; Alex Barcello finds Dylan Smith who hits his third 3-pointer of the game for UA as the lead not moves to 15 points; Smith finds Williams as the Wildcats are opening this thing up now with Cal Poly going cold from the field; Smith with the heat check 3-pointer as he cannot be stopped right now from deep [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 61 Cal Poly 39 - 12:08]
- Ira Lee hits a jumper out of the timeout to extend the lead to 24 points for the Wildcats; Fields hits a jumper to break what had been a 20-0 run for Arizona; Chase Jeter with a tough bucket in the paint and he gets the foul and free throw as UA takes a 25-point lead here in the 2nd half; Jeter gets fouled again and hits both free throws; Williams gets a steal and easy layup for the Wildcats as the lead is now 29 for UA; Luther hits a leaning 3-pointer as he now has 17 points and the UA lead is up to 32 points; Crowe hits for Cal Poly to slow the bleeding a little bit for the moment [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 73 Cal Poly 43 - 7:50]
- Barcello hits a jumper to push the lead back to 32 points in favor of the Wildcats; Garrick with a three-point play to push the lead back down under 30 points; Devonaire Doutrive with a nifty up-and-under layup for the Wildcats; Fields hits a 3-pointe for the Mustangs; Jeter with another bucket as his solid performance in the paint continues for UA here today; Niziol hits a 3-pointer and Cal Poly calls a timeout with the lead down to 25 points; Randolph hits two free throws after a foul to extend the Wildcats' lead back up to 27 [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 81 Cal Poly 54 - 3:45]
- Carr gets a layup to fall for Cal Poly as Arizona empties its bench; Junior Ballard hits a couple free throws for the Mustangs; Jake DesJardins hits one of two from the line as UA takes a 24-point lead; Rice hits a 3-pointer for Cal Poly
Final: Arizona 82 Cal Poly 61
Follow along and join the conversation during tonight's game.
Pregame
- Richard Jefferson in the house tonight taking pictures with everyone before he calls his first game for Pac-12 Networks.
- Ira Lee is back tonight for Arizona and will play, but he does not get the start as the Wildcats go with their same starting group from the last game
UA starters: Justin Coleman, Brandon Williams, Brandon Randolph, Ryan Luther, Chase Jeter
Cal Poly starters: Donovan Fields, Mark Crowe, Marcellus Garrick, Hank Hollingsworth, Kuba Niziol
1st half
- Hollingsworth gets a dunk to open things up here on a Sunday afternoon; Jeter gets a turnaround jump hook to fall and UA has its first bucket of the game; Garrick hits a jumper to get CP on the board once again; Brandon Williams hits a 3-pointer from the right wing for the Wildcats and an early lead; Brandon Randolph gets fouled and makes both free throws on a strong take to the hoop; Niziol hits a 3-pointer to tie it up at 7-7 for Cal Poly; Ryan Luther gets the dump-off pass from Coleman in transition and hits a 3-pointer from the top of the key to give UA the lead back [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 10 Cal Poly 7 - 15:29]
- Arizona has to work for its first bucket since the timeout, but Ira Lee gets one to fall to extend the UA lead; Garrick hits a 3-pointer for the Mustangs to trim it back down to a 2-point lead for the Wildcats; Fields hits a jumper to tie it up at 12; Arizona takes a timeout after missing another opportunity to score and UA 1 of its last 9 from the field; the timeout works as Randolph hits a jumper to break the drought for the Wildcats; Luther hits a corner 3-pointer to keep the momentum going; Luther gets the steal and breakaway dunk as UA goes up 7 forcing a Cal Poly timeout [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 19 Cal Poly 12 - 10:35]
- Crowe hits a jumper to get Cal Poly going out of the timeout; Daxton Carr hits a 3-pointer for the Mustangs; Jeter with a tough bucket and the foul plus he makes the free throw to give UA a five-point lead [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 22 Cal Poly 17 - 7:59]
- Akot hits a jumper out of the timeout for the Wildcats; Crowe hits a 3-pointer for the Mustangs; Dylan Smith gets a bucket and it's a 3-pointer and maybe it will be the one that sparks his offense; A couple free throws from Cal Poly, but Dylan Smith is the story as he hits his second 3-pointer for the Wildcats; Garrick hits again from deep for Cal Poly; Akot hits a jumper for the Wildcats as the scoring has picked up quite a bit over this stretch; Job Alexander gets his first bucket for the Mustangs; Coleman comes back with a 3-pointer for the Wildcats as the UA lead extends; Tuukka Jaakkola hits a jumper for Cal Poly to cut the lead down [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 35 Cal Poly 29 - 3:41]
- Jaakkola with a dunk out of the timeout; Jeter gets another bucket for the Wildcats as he now has 7 points; Luther gets a put-back on a miss from Jeter; Garrick hits another 3-pointer for the Mustangs; Jeter gets another layup for UA; some good defense forces a Cal Poly timeout and the players are certainly excited about their defense right now
Halftime: Arizona 41 Cal Poly 34
2nd half
- Niziol hits a 3-pointer to open the scoring here in the second half; Luther keeps his hot game going with another bucket for the Wildcats; Garrick gets a couple more points to add to his total here tonight; Willams gets into the paint for a basket and the Wildcats extend their lead back out; Randolph with a bucket now for UA as the lead moves to eight points for the Wildcats; Ryan Luther again for UA as the lead moves to 10 points after another bucket from the senior power forward [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 51 Cal Poly 39 - 15:37]
- Lee gets a bucket to fall for the Wildcats out of the timeout; Alex Barcello finds Dylan Smith who hits his third 3-pointer of the game for UA as the lead not moves to 15 points; Smith finds Williams as the Wildcats are opening this thing up now with Cal Poly going cold from the field; Smith with the heat check 3-pointer as he cannot be stopped right now from deep [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 61 Cal Poly 39 - 12:08]
- Ira Lee hits a jumper out of the timeout to extend the lead to 24 points for the Wildcats; Fields hits a jumper to break what had been a 20-0 run for Arizona; Chase Jeter with a tough bucket in the paint and he gets the foul and free throw as UA takes a 25-point lead here in the 2nd half; Jeter gets fouled again and hits both free throws; Williams gets a steal and easy layup for the Wildcats as the lead is now 29 for UA; Luther hits a leaning 3-pointer as he now has 17 points and the UA lead is up to 32 points; Crowe hits for Cal Poly to slow the bleeding a little bit for the moment [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 73 Cal Poly 43 - 7:50]
- Barcello hits a jumper to push the lead back to 32 points in favor of the Wildcats; Garrick with a three-point play to push the lead back down under 30 points; Devonaire Doutrive with a nifty up-and-under layup for the Wildcats; Fields hits a 3-pointe for the Mustangs; Jeter with another bucket as his solid performance in the paint continues for UA here today; Niziol hits a 3-pointer and Cal Poly calls a timeout with the lead down to 25 points; Randolph hits two free throws after a foul to extend the Wildcats' lead back up to 27 [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 81 Cal Poly 54 - 3:45]
- Carr gets a layup to fall for Cal Poly as Arizona empties its bench; Junior Ballard hits a couple free throws for the Mustangs; Jake DesJardins hits one of two from the line as UA takes a 24-point lead; Rice hits a 3-pointer for Cal Poly
Final: Arizona 82 Cal Poly 61
