Arizona is back in action after a bit of a break for the Christmas holiday. Tonight UA will take on Colorado as Pac-12 play continues with a busy week for the Wildcats. Tonight they will face Colorado in a makeup game before heading to the Pacific Northwest to face Washington and Washington State. Colorado had both of its early Pac-12 games postponed after a COVID-19 issue within that program though it knocked off UW last week in a non-league matchup in Las Vegas.
As always join the conversation and follow along throughout tonight's game at McKale Center.
🏀 Starters
🏀 1st half
As always join the conversation and follow along throughout tonight's game at McKale Center.
🏀 Starters
🏀 1st half
14:59 – The battle in the paint is where the action has been so far with the bigs doing the bulk of the scoring for both teams; Jordan Brown opened up the game with a basket while Christian Koloko has a dunk; Meanwhile, Evan Battey has been physical inside and has a couple put-back baskets for the Buffs going up against Azuolas Tubelis.
SCORE UPDATE: Colorado - 11 Arizona - 8
11:40 – Jemarl Baker is getting it going after an early bucket as he has his game working from all over the floor including from deep; Koloko with another dunk and Ira Lee gets a bucket as well to keep this one close for UA as the Buffaloes continue to have a big edge in the rebounding battle 9-4 so far in this one.
SCORE UPDATE: Colorado - 20 Arizona - 19
7:49 – Colorado continues to get offensive rebounds and is able continue putting up points; Meanwhile, Arizona has found some balance on the offensive end of the floor and continues to hit at a pretty high clip from the floor with James Akinjo and Dalen Terry both hitting 3-pointers to help keep the game close
SCORE UPDATE: Colorado - 29 Arizona - 28
3:33 – Arizona goes with a bit of zone defense against the Buffs out of the timeout as Miller tries to slow down the CU offense; Koloko with his third dunk of the game as he seems to have recieved the message about being aggressive; he follows that up with a nice layup at the rim and so far he is having his best game of the season for the Wildcats; Akinjo hits another 3-pointer as UA has flipped this game in a hurry forcing a timeout from Tad Boyle and CU; Battey has been tough for CU in the paint and he has 14 points as he is bullying the Wildcats right now
SCORE UPDATE: Colorado - 41 Arizona - 40
0:00 – Terrell Brown Jr. turns it on to end the half as he helps the Wildcats go on a run over the final couple minutes with back-to-back baskets; Akinjo heaves a deep 3-pointer and gets it to fall at the buzzer to end the half on an 8-0 run and give the Wildcats a solid lead at the break
Halftime score: Arizona - 50 Colorado - 44
🏀 2nd half
14:39 – There were a couple minutes where both teams struggled to score, but they have both settled in and have started to hit shots again; Arizona was able to turn some defense into offense and transition baskets behind some continued strong play from Akinjo who now has 16 points after hitting another 3-pointer; UA has been a little more careless with the ball to open the half, but UA was able to get Battey in foul trouble and it has changed the look of the game allowing the Wildcats to get to the basket
SCORE UPDATE: Arizona - 58 Colorado - 50
11:36 – James Akinjo continues to shoot the ball well and he hits his fifth 3-pointer of the game for the Wildcats; Jeriah Horne has looked pretty good for the Buffs tonight and he hits an important 3-pointer for CU; UA getting its bigs involved as Ira Lee and Christian Koloko get buckets for UA with Koloko now joining Akinjo in double figures with 10 points
SCORE UPDATE: Arizona - 65 Colorado - 55
7:37 – The Wildcats are taking advantage of Battey having four fouls as the bigs are getting some work in now as UA continues to work its offense; UA also doing a better job on the glass in this half with 12 rebounds to just 7 for the Buffs; another bucket for Jordan Brown gives him 10 points and there are now three players for UA in double figures
SCORE UPDATE: Arizona - 71 Colorado - 59
3:38 – Arizona has found a really nice rhythm offensively and it has led to some good ball movement for the Wildcats and continued baskets to push the lead back up; Akinjo and Terrell Brown Jr. have been a good combo for the Wildcats and each player now has seven assists; Akinjo was able to find Brown in the corner for a 3-pointer
SCORE UPDATE: Arizona - 79 Colorado - 66
0:00 – The Wildcats continue to keep the pressure on CU and the Buffaloes have to resort to fouling to put the Wildcats at the line; the guards take over for the Wildcats down the stretch as Brown gets a bucket on a layup before Baker and Akinjo put the game completely out of reach from the free-throw line
FINAL: Arizona - 88 Colorado - 74
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