Arizona is back in action tonight as the Wildcats take on Northern Arizona in a makeup game from the season opener that had to be canceled after the Lumberjacks had a positive COVID-19 case in their program. Now both teams have been cleared and will square off Monday night at McKale Center. Follow along for updates and join the conversation as UA looks to go 3-0 to open a busy week.
🏀 Pregame
🏀 1st half
🏀 Pregame
- It will be something to monitor over the next 24 hours, but Arizona will be without assistant coach Jason Terry tonight because of an inconclusive COVID-19 test. The program is planning to retest him tomorrow morning to see if he is positive for coronavirus. It is the first issue with the disease that UA's men's basketball program has had up to this point in the year. If he ends up being positive for COVID-19 there obviously would be a chance that there is a disruption for the Wildcats.
🏀 1st half
15:58 – Arizona goes to Jordan Brown for the first bucket down low to get him on the board after his rough day against EWU on Saturday; Meanwhile, Jemarl Baker has done a good job of getting the offense going to open the game as he has 5 points along with Brown to lead the Wildcats; NAU has struggled and is 0-5 from the field to open the game
SCORE UPDATE: Arizona - 12 NAU - 0
11:44 – Arizona continuing to pour it on over on the offensive end of the floor as a lot of players are getting in on the action; The Wildcats have opened up the lead by shooting 69% from the floor while NAU has made just two buckets in this game so far; Brown continues to lead for the Wildcats with 7 points up to this point in the game
SCORE UPDATE: Arizona - 23 NAU - 5
7:30 – Baker's hot shooting continues as he has knocked down four 3-pointers so far tonight and is a perfect 5 for 5 from the field so far for 14 points; James Akinjo was also able to get on the board with a fastbreak layup while NAU has started to hit a few more shots. Still, the Wildcats are dominating the game for the most part on both ends of the floor
SCORE UPDATE: Arizona - 35 NAU - 15
3:56 – Arizona continues to have control in this game with a lot of the work over the last few minutes coming from the free-throw line; The Wildcats have connected on all but five of their shots up to this point in the game leading to the big lead on the Lumberjacks.
SCORE UPDATE: Arizona - 41 NAU - 20
0:00 – Baker has been putting on a show so far tonight as he ends the first half with 21 points on a perfect 8 for 8 from the floor including 5 3-pointers; Arizona has completely dominated this game and has only missed five shots so far
HALFTIME SCORE: Arizona - 53 NAU - 27
🏀 2nd half
15:45 – Jemarl Baker has continued to lead the way for the Wildcats with a couple more 3-pointers to open the second half; Jordan Brown is having a bounce-back game tonight as he continues to have success around the basket
SCORE UPDATE: Arizona - 65 NAU - 33
11:45 – NAU has gone on a cold spell while Arizona has continued to hit shots from all over the floor helping the Wildcats tie their largest lead of the game at 32 points; UA is currently on a 6-0 run
SCORE UPDATE: Arizona - 73 NAU - 41
7:40 – Both teams have gone a bit cold from the field, but UA is on an 11-1 run although it hasn't scored for nearly four minutes; meanwhile, NAU has continued to struggle on the offensive end and has not made a field goal in nearly 6 minutes
SCORE UPDATE: Arizona - 78 NAU - 42
3:09 – A few other players gettin in on the mix with Tibet Gorener hitting a 3-pointer off the bench for UA, but it's the Jemarl Baker show as he goes behind the back on a layup and he now has 33 points; that is the most for any Sean Miller-coached player at Arizona
SCORE UPDATE: Arizona - 89 NAU - 48
0:00 – Arizona empties the bench and some of the role players get their opportunity to get on the stat sheet as Tautvilas Tubelis hits a free throw, Jordan Mains hits a 3-pointer and Gorener adds his second 3-pointer down the stretch as UA rolls to victory
FINAL SCORE: Arizona - 96 NAU - 53
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