Arizona is set to close out 2018 and the nonconference season against UC Davis today at McKale Center. The Wildcats are looking to build off Wednesday's win over Montana and close out nonconference play with a couple victories. UC Davis is 3-7, so it should be another win for the 'Cats but we'll see if the Aggies can challenge at all.
As usual, feel free to join in the conversation and follow along during today's action at McKale.
Pregame
- A change from this week's game is that Brandon Williams is back in the starting lineup after moving to the bench for the Montana game. Sean Miller said after this week's game that Williams is dealing with a contusion and swelling in his knee after colliding with Justin Coleman in practice before the Baylor game. It is the same knee that kept Williams out for his junior season in high school so the staff is trying to be cautious with it but moved him back into the starting five today.
Starters
UA: Justin Coleman, Brandon Williams, Brandon Randolph, Emmanuel Akot, Chase Jeter
UC Davis: Damion Squire, TJ Shorts II, Matt Neufeld, Garrison Goode, Siler Schneider
1st half
- Arizona gives up a backdoor layup to Shorts as UC Davis takes the early lead; Akot hits a free throw for UA after the Wildcats miss their first three shots from the line; UC Davis gets an offensive board and Shorts hits again for the Aggies; Williams gets a baseline layup off the dribble; Jeter gets a tough jump hook to fall and he gets the foul plus free throw; UA takes its biggest lead of the game after a layup from Williams; Russel hits a free throw for UC Davis; Jeter with a bucket in the paint as he continues to have a perfect day from the floor; Schneider hits for the Aggies; Jeter once more in the paint and he has 7 points now to lead UA forcing a UC Davis timeout [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 12 UC Davis 7 - 15:59]
- Underwood hits a couple free throws for UC Davis; Brandon Randolph gets his first basket of the game for the Wildcats; Shorts with another layup for UC Davis; Ira Lee gets a shot to fall after it bounces around the rim and UA's lead is back up to 5 points; Shorts gets another bucket and he now has 8 points for UC Davis; Lee with another tough bucket in the paint and he gets the foul call plus a free throw to make it a 3-point play as UA now leads it by 6 points; Jeter one more time as he has 9 points now for the Wildcats [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 21 UC Davis 13 - 11:25]
- Goode gets a layup for UC Davis to cut into the UA lead; Ryan Luther hits from the corner for a 3-pointer and his first basket of the game to give the Wildcats their biggest lead so far at 9 points; Goode gets an easy dunk as UA makes some substitutions and Miller calls a quick timeout; Alex Barcello with a 3-pointer for his first basket of the game; Schneider hits a jumper for the Aggies to cut into UA's lead and make it single digits again; Williams hits a jump shot for the Wildcats on the other end [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 29 UC Davis 19 - 7:32]
- Lee having a good game on the offensive end today and he gets an and-one play on another tough layup and makes it another 3 points to his total making it 8 points in this game; Lee finds Akot underneath the basket as the UA lead is now 15 points; Shorts fouled and he hits a couple free throws for the Aggies; Goode hits a couple more free throws for UC Davis making it an 11-point lead for UA; Jeter gets another layup as he now has 11 points while shooting 100 percent from the field [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 36 UC Davis 23 - 4:18]
- It turns out to be a smart timeout for UC Davis with Goode making a bucket out of the timeout to cut into UA's lead; Schneider gets a layup to fall cutting the UA lead back down to single digits as UA looks for some offense; Randolph gets fouled while shooting a three and he makes two of the three free throws to push it back to an 11-point lead for the Wildcats; Shorts hits another jumper for UC Davis; Jeter hits one of two from the line for Arizona; Randolph fouled and he makes two free throws to push the lead back up for the 'Cats; Russell hits a free throw for UC Davis
Halftime: Arizona 41 UC Davis 30
2nd half
- Shorts gets a dunk to open the half; Akot hits to open the half of scoring for UA; Squire hits a 3-pointer for UC Davis as the Aggies are having a strong start in the second half; Schneider gets a layup to cut the UA lead down to 6 points; Randolph hits a 3-pointer for the Wildcats from the right wing; Neufeld gets a layup to fall for UC Davis; Squire with another 3-pointer for the Aggies to make it a 4-point game and Sean Miller takes a timeout; Jeter gets another bucket on a jump hook in the lane for the Wildcats [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 48 UC Davis 42 - 15:29]
- Squire with another 3-pointer for UC Davis and the lead is down to just 3 points now; Goode hits a tough shot in the paint on Lee who fouls the UC Davis big man he ties up the game at 48 with a free throw after the bucket; Luther with a big corner 3-pointer for the Wildcats that gets the crowd back into it; Schneider hits a wide open 3-pointer on the other end for UC Davis [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 51 UC Davis 51 - 11:57]
- Williams with a big 3-pointer for the Wildcats; Neufeld hits a jumper for the Aggies to cut it back down to one; Shorts hits one of two from the line to tie it up once more; Dylan Smith gives UA a lead back after hitting two free throws; Goode with a nice layup on Lee in the paint off the dribble; Randolph hits for the Wildcats on the other end to give UA a lead back; Shorts with a nice floater to tie it back up as this thing goes back and forth; Randolph hits a deep jumper to put the Wildcats back on top; Schneider hits a jumper for UC Davis after a nice move along the baseline; Smith gets to the hoop off the dribble as the energy has really picked up now [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 62 UC Davis 60 - 6:39]
- Shorts hits a couple free throws to tie it up once again; UC Davis gets the lead after another bucket from Shorts who now has 21 points; Randolph ties it back up for UA with a couple free throws; Shorts dribbles around seemingly every UA defender and gets a bucket in the paint as the Aggies go back up 2 [SCORE UPDATE: UC Davis 66 Arizona 64 - 3:18]
- Coleman makes one of two from the line to cut the lead down to one point in favor of UC Davis; Jeter gives Arizona the one-point lead with a couple free throws; Shorts with another layup and he gives the lead back to UC Davis; Coleman with a huge 3-pointer to give UA the two-point lead
Final: Arizona 70 UC Davis 68
As usual, feel free to join in the conversation and follow along during today's action at McKale.
Pregame
- A change from this week's game is that Brandon Williams is back in the starting lineup after moving to the bench for the Montana game. Sean Miller said after this week's game that Williams is dealing with a contusion and swelling in his knee after colliding with Justin Coleman in practice before the Baylor game. It is the same knee that kept Williams out for his junior season in high school so the staff is trying to be cautious with it but moved him back into the starting five today.
Starters
UA: Justin Coleman, Brandon Williams, Brandon Randolph, Emmanuel Akot, Chase Jeter
UC Davis: Damion Squire, TJ Shorts II, Matt Neufeld, Garrison Goode, Siler Schneider
1st half
- Arizona gives up a backdoor layup to Shorts as UC Davis takes the early lead; Akot hits a free throw for UA after the Wildcats miss their first three shots from the line; UC Davis gets an offensive board and Shorts hits again for the Aggies; Williams gets a baseline layup off the dribble; Jeter gets a tough jump hook to fall and he gets the foul plus free throw; UA takes its biggest lead of the game after a layup from Williams; Russel hits a free throw for UC Davis; Jeter with a bucket in the paint as he continues to have a perfect day from the floor; Schneider hits for the Aggies; Jeter once more in the paint and he has 7 points now to lead UA forcing a UC Davis timeout [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 12 UC Davis 7 - 15:59]
- Underwood hits a couple free throws for UC Davis; Brandon Randolph gets his first basket of the game for the Wildcats; Shorts with another layup for UC Davis; Ira Lee gets a shot to fall after it bounces around the rim and UA's lead is back up to 5 points; Shorts gets another bucket and he now has 8 points for UC Davis; Lee with another tough bucket in the paint and he gets the foul call plus a free throw to make it a 3-point play as UA now leads it by 6 points; Jeter one more time as he has 9 points now for the Wildcats [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 21 UC Davis 13 - 11:25]
- Goode gets a layup for UC Davis to cut into the UA lead; Ryan Luther hits from the corner for a 3-pointer and his first basket of the game to give the Wildcats their biggest lead so far at 9 points; Goode gets an easy dunk as UA makes some substitutions and Miller calls a quick timeout; Alex Barcello with a 3-pointer for his first basket of the game; Schneider hits a jumper for the Aggies to cut into UA's lead and make it single digits again; Williams hits a jump shot for the Wildcats on the other end [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 29 UC Davis 19 - 7:32]
- Lee having a good game on the offensive end today and he gets an and-one play on another tough layup and makes it another 3 points to his total making it 8 points in this game; Lee finds Akot underneath the basket as the UA lead is now 15 points; Shorts fouled and he hits a couple free throws for the Aggies; Goode hits a couple more free throws for UC Davis making it an 11-point lead for UA; Jeter gets another layup as he now has 11 points while shooting 100 percent from the field [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 36 UC Davis 23 - 4:18]
- It turns out to be a smart timeout for UC Davis with Goode making a bucket out of the timeout to cut into UA's lead; Schneider gets a layup to fall cutting the UA lead back down to single digits as UA looks for some offense; Randolph gets fouled while shooting a three and he makes two of the three free throws to push it back to an 11-point lead for the Wildcats; Shorts hits another jumper for UC Davis; Jeter hits one of two from the line for Arizona; Randolph fouled and he makes two free throws to push the lead back up for the 'Cats; Russell hits a free throw for UC Davis
Halftime: Arizona 41 UC Davis 30
2nd half
- Shorts gets a dunk to open the half; Akot hits to open the half of scoring for UA; Squire hits a 3-pointer for UC Davis as the Aggies are having a strong start in the second half; Schneider gets a layup to cut the UA lead down to 6 points; Randolph hits a 3-pointer for the Wildcats from the right wing; Neufeld gets a layup to fall for UC Davis; Squire with another 3-pointer for the Aggies to make it a 4-point game and Sean Miller takes a timeout; Jeter gets another bucket on a jump hook in the lane for the Wildcats [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 48 UC Davis 42 - 15:29]
- Squire with another 3-pointer for UC Davis and the lead is down to just 3 points now; Goode hits a tough shot in the paint on Lee who fouls the UC Davis big man he ties up the game at 48 with a free throw after the bucket; Luther with a big corner 3-pointer for the Wildcats that gets the crowd back into it; Schneider hits a wide open 3-pointer on the other end for UC Davis [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 51 UC Davis 51 - 11:57]
- Williams with a big 3-pointer for the Wildcats; Neufeld hits a jumper for the Aggies to cut it back down to one; Shorts hits one of two from the line to tie it up once more; Dylan Smith gives UA a lead back after hitting two free throws; Goode with a nice layup on Lee in the paint off the dribble; Randolph hits for the Wildcats on the other end to give UA a lead back; Shorts with a nice floater to tie it back up as this thing goes back and forth; Randolph hits a deep jumper to put the Wildcats back on top; Schneider hits a jumper for UC Davis after a nice move along the baseline; Smith gets to the hoop off the dribble as the energy has really picked up now [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 62 UC Davis 60 - 6:39]
- Shorts hits a couple free throws to tie it up once again; UC Davis gets the lead after another bucket from Shorts who now has 21 points; Randolph ties it back up for UA with a couple free throws; Shorts dribbles around seemingly every UA defender and gets a bucket in the paint as the Aggies go back up 2 [SCORE UPDATE: UC Davis 66 Arizona 64 - 3:18]
- Coleman makes one of two from the line to cut the lead down to one point in favor of UC Davis; Jeter gives Arizona the one-point lead with a couple free throws; Shorts with another layup and he gives the lead back to UC Davis; Coleman with a huge 3-pointer to give UA the two-point lead
Final: Arizona 70 UC Davis 68
