Arizona is back at it and back on the mainland tonight as Georgia Southern (5-1) takes the floor at McKale Center for the first time in program history. The Wildcats (4-2) are looking to bounce back after two losses last week in the Maui Invitational to two ranked teams.
As always follow along and join the conversation from press row at McKale.
Pregame
- Already some interesting news as Emmanuel Akot is going to replace Ryan Luther at power forward in the starting lineup. Luther struggled in Maui and went scoreless in two games there. He also injured his hand in the first game of the tournament against Iowa State. Sean Miller said he's confident Luther will be at 100 percent this week, but he will not get the start. He is warming up and is dressed, so we'll see what his minutes look like.
UA starters: Justin Coleman, Brandon Williams, Brandon Randolph, Emmanuel Akot, Chase Jeter
GASO starters: Tookie Brown, Montae Glenn, Ike Smith, Elijah McCadden, Quan Jackson
1st half
- Brown hits a jumper for GASO and the game is underway; Jeter from Williams on the easy layup in the paint; Jackson hits a corner 3-pointer to give the Eagles the lead back; Randolph with a layup for the Wildcats; Williams gets fouled going up for a shot and hits both free throws to give UA the lead back; Randolph hits another jumper as he now has 4 points to lead UA [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 8 GASO 5 - 15:58]
- Simeon Carter with a bucket for the Eagles; Isaiah Crawley ties it up with a free throw after being fouled; Carter with another layup as the Eagles are starting to come alive here in this part of the game; David-Lee Jones Jr. gets a bucket and a foul completing the 3-point play for GASO; Ira Lee slows the run for the Eagles and gets the board as points have been hard to come by since UA went to its bench [SCORE UPDATE: GASO 13 Arizona 10 - 11:36]
- Glenn gets a shot to fall to extend the Eagles' lead; Williams with a big 3-pointer for the Wildcats, Devonaire Doutrive gets a layup to fall as he is in this game early for the Wildcats and ties it up; UA takes the lead on another 3-pointer from Williams; Brown hits a 3-pointer for the Eagles; Arizona gets layups from Coleman and Jeter to take the lead back; Brown hits a couple free throws to bring it down to a 2-point game; Alex Barcello hits a 3-pointer for his first points of this game and UA pushes its lead to 5 [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 25 GASO 20 - 7:48]
- Brown hits a free throw to cut back into the lead; Jeter gets fouled and hits a couple free throws for UA; Barcello with another bucket for the Wildcats; Jones Jr. hits a couple free throws for GASO; Jeter fouled and he hits a free throw; Dylan Smith finally gets something to fall as he hits a 3-pointer to extend the UA lead; Randolph gets fouled and hits both free throws to push the Arizona lead to 12 points [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 35 GASO 23 - 3:54]
- Carter hits a couple free throws to cut into Arizona's lead; Williams with a baseline dunk over a defender to ignite the crowd; Brown hits a jumper followed by a jumper from McFadden for the Eagles; Dylan Smith hits another 3-pointer for the Wildcats to push the lead back up to 11 points; Ike Smith gets a bucket on the other end for GASO; Randolph is fouled and makes both free throws; Brown hits a free throw for the Eagles; Luther gets his first points of the game on a corner 3-pointer to push the lead to 13 points in favor of the 'Cats [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 45 GASO 32 - 0:00]
2nd half
- Chase Jeter fouled and he hits one of two from the line to open the half; Randolph with a nice layup to extend the UA lead; Ike Smith with bucket in the paint to get GASO on the board in the second half; Jeter now has 10 points after another layup for the Arizona big man; McCadden with a bucket for Georgia Southern; Jeter with a couple free throws and then follows that up with a layup to give the Wildcats their biggest lead at 18 points; Brown gets a layup to go for the Eagles and GASO takes a timeout [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 54 GASO 38 - 15:44]
- Randolph with a couple free throws out of the timeout; Randolph with a layup to push the lead up to 20 points in favor of the Wildcats; Crawley with a layup for Georgia Southern; Crawley hits a jumper after a couple free throws from Jeter on the other end; Ira Lee with layup as Arizona's lead is back up to 20 points; Crawley having a nice showing during this stretch of the game as he gets another tough layup to fall; Barcello hits a couple free throws for the Wildcats; Barcello gets a breakaway play and GASO gets called for the goal tending making it a 22-point lead for the Wildcats; Carter with a alley-oop dunk for Georgia Southern; Smith hits for the Wildcats on a mid-range jumper; Smith with a floater in the lane as he has looked more comfortable on the offensive end tonight for the Wildcats; Barcello with a layup in transition and he now has 11 points for the Wildcats; Carter gets a dunk on the other end for the Eagles [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 72 GASO 48 - 10:34]
- Jeter hits a couple free throws before Williams gets another bucket adding to his total for the night; Ike Smith hits a couple free throws for Georgia Southern; another bucket for Williams as he continues to have a strong showing here tonight; Brown with a couple free throws for the Eagles [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 78 GASO 54 - 7:43]
- Luther gets a layup to fall for the Wildcats to extend the lead; Jackson hits for the Eagles before Luther hits another 3-pointer for Arizona; Doutrive gets a layup in transition for the Wildcats; Jackson is fouled and hits one of two from the line; Coleman hits a jumper in the lane for the Wildcats to make it a 30-point game; Akot has a layup fall for UA; Coleman is fouled and he hits a free throw; Jones Jr. hits a jumper for the Eagles; McCadden with a bucket for Georgia Southern and fans are hitting the exits [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 90 GASO 61 - 3:22]
- Lee hits a free throw for the Wildcats out of the timeout; Doutrive with another bucket before he dishes behind his back to Barcello for another bucket; Wishart with a 3-pointer for Georgia Southern; Jones Jr. with a layup for GASO; Doutrive with his fourth bucket of the game as he now has 8 points in this game; Crawley hits a couple free throws but Arizona is closing in on 100 points; Alex Barcello hits a 3-pointer and UA has hit the century mark; Jones Jr. hits a jumper and that will do it as it's a 30-point win for the Wildcats
As always follow along and join the conversation from press row at McKale.
Pregame
- Already some interesting news as Emmanuel Akot is going to replace Ryan Luther at power forward in the starting lineup. Luther struggled in Maui and went scoreless in two games there. He also injured his hand in the first game of the tournament against Iowa State. Sean Miller said he's confident Luther will be at 100 percent this week, but he will not get the start. He is warming up and is dressed, so we'll see what his minutes look like.
UA starters: Justin Coleman, Brandon Williams, Brandon Randolph, Emmanuel Akot, Chase Jeter
GASO starters: Tookie Brown, Montae Glenn, Ike Smith, Elijah McCadden, Quan Jackson
1st half
- Brown hits a jumper for GASO and the game is underway; Jeter from Williams on the easy layup in the paint; Jackson hits a corner 3-pointer to give the Eagles the lead back; Randolph with a layup for the Wildcats; Williams gets fouled going up for a shot and hits both free throws to give UA the lead back; Randolph hits another jumper as he now has 4 points to lead UA [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 8 GASO 5 - 15:58]
- Simeon Carter with a bucket for the Eagles; Isaiah Crawley ties it up with a free throw after being fouled; Carter with another layup as the Eagles are starting to come alive here in this part of the game; David-Lee Jones Jr. gets a bucket and a foul completing the 3-point play for GASO; Ira Lee slows the run for the Eagles and gets the board as points have been hard to come by since UA went to its bench [SCORE UPDATE: GASO 13 Arizona 10 - 11:36]
- Glenn gets a shot to fall to extend the Eagles' lead; Williams with a big 3-pointer for the Wildcats, Devonaire Doutrive gets a layup to fall as he is in this game early for the Wildcats and ties it up; UA takes the lead on another 3-pointer from Williams; Brown hits a 3-pointer for the Eagles; Arizona gets layups from Coleman and Jeter to take the lead back; Brown hits a couple free throws to bring it down to a 2-point game; Alex Barcello hits a 3-pointer for his first points of this game and UA pushes its lead to 5 [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 25 GASO 20 - 7:48]
- Brown hits a free throw to cut back into the lead; Jeter gets fouled and hits a couple free throws for UA; Barcello with another bucket for the Wildcats; Jones Jr. hits a couple free throws for GASO; Jeter fouled and he hits a free throw; Dylan Smith finally gets something to fall as he hits a 3-pointer to extend the UA lead; Randolph gets fouled and hits both free throws to push the Arizona lead to 12 points [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 35 GASO 23 - 3:54]
- Carter hits a couple free throws to cut into Arizona's lead; Williams with a baseline dunk over a defender to ignite the crowd; Brown hits a jumper followed by a jumper from McFadden for the Eagles; Dylan Smith hits another 3-pointer for the Wildcats to push the lead back up to 11 points; Ike Smith gets a bucket on the other end for GASO; Randolph is fouled and makes both free throws; Brown hits a free throw for the Eagles; Luther gets his first points of the game on a corner 3-pointer to push the lead to 13 points in favor of the 'Cats [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 45 GASO 32 - 0:00]
2nd half
- Chase Jeter fouled and he hits one of two from the line to open the half; Randolph with a nice layup to extend the UA lead; Ike Smith with bucket in the paint to get GASO on the board in the second half; Jeter now has 10 points after another layup for the Arizona big man; McCadden with a bucket for Georgia Southern; Jeter with a couple free throws and then follows that up with a layup to give the Wildcats their biggest lead at 18 points; Brown gets a layup to go for the Eagles and GASO takes a timeout [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 54 GASO 38 - 15:44]
- Randolph with a couple free throws out of the timeout; Randolph with a layup to push the lead up to 20 points in favor of the Wildcats; Crawley with a layup for Georgia Southern; Crawley hits a jumper after a couple free throws from Jeter on the other end; Ira Lee with layup as Arizona's lead is back up to 20 points; Crawley having a nice showing during this stretch of the game as he gets another tough layup to fall; Barcello hits a couple free throws for the Wildcats; Barcello gets a breakaway play and GASO gets called for the goal tending making it a 22-point lead for the Wildcats; Carter with a alley-oop dunk for Georgia Southern; Smith hits for the Wildcats on a mid-range jumper; Smith with a floater in the lane as he has looked more comfortable on the offensive end tonight for the Wildcats; Barcello with a layup in transition and he now has 11 points for the Wildcats; Carter gets a dunk on the other end for the Eagles [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 72 GASO 48 - 10:34]
- Jeter hits a couple free throws before Williams gets another bucket adding to his total for the night; Ike Smith hits a couple free throws for Georgia Southern; another bucket for Williams as he continues to have a strong showing here tonight; Brown with a couple free throws for the Eagles [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 78 GASO 54 - 7:43]
- Luther gets a layup to fall for the Wildcats to extend the lead; Jackson hits for the Eagles before Luther hits another 3-pointer for Arizona; Doutrive gets a layup in transition for the Wildcats; Jackson is fouled and hits one of two from the line; Coleman hits a jumper in the lane for the Wildcats to make it a 30-point game; Akot has a layup fall for UA; Coleman is fouled and he hits a free throw; Jones Jr. hits a jumper for the Eagles; McCadden with a bucket for Georgia Southern and fans are hitting the exits [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 90 GASO 61 - 3:22]
- Lee hits a free throw for the Wildcats out of the timeout; Doutrive with another bucket before he dishes behind his back to Barcello for another bucket; Wishart with a 3-pointer for Georgia Southern; Jones Jr. with a layup for GASO; Doutrive with his fourth bucket of the game as he now has 8 points in this game; Crawley hits a couple free throws but Arizona is closing in on 100 points; Alex Barcello hits a 3-pointer and UA has hit the century mark; Jones Jr. hits a jumper and that will do it as it's a 30-point win for the Wildcats
