Arizona is back at it tonight looking a chance at another Pac-12 Tournament title as it takes on UCLA in this semifinal matchup at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Arizona took care of Colorado yesterday to get here while Aaron Holiday exploded for 34 points in a win over Stanford to reach this semifinal game.
Pregame
- Arizona not mixing it up at all as Sean Miller will go wit his usual starting lineup for this one. The atmosphere before the game is already better than that noon start yesterday. Should be a good environment in here tonight.
1st half
- Ristic backs down Goloman and the Wildcats strike first tonight; Kris Wilkes hits a jumper to get UCLA on the board; Alkins with a nice take right to the hoop and UA gets the early lead back; Goloman over Ristic for a 3-pointer that rattles around and in; Prince Ali hits the 3-pointer for UCLA to give the Bruins a 4-point lead; Ayton gets his first points of the game to pull Arizona within two; Aaron Holiday hits a left wing 3-pointer to make it 11-6 UCLA in the early going; Ristic takes it right at Thomas Welsh and gets another bucket in the paint; Ali with a strong take to the hoop and UCLA's lead is back up to 5 points; Welsh with a turnaround jumper in the lane to push it to a 15-8 UCLA lead; Ayton hits a 3-pointer from the top of the key to cut the lead down to 4 points and UA takes a timeout [SCORE UPDATE: UCLA 15 Arizona 11 - 13:22 1st half]
- Wilkes with a dunk out of the timeout; Ayton gets a couple more as he has seven points now to lead the Wildcats; Arizona takes its time and gets some good ball movement to get Keanu Pinder an easy two points and the leads is down to just two points now for UCLA [SCORE UPDATE: UCLA 17 Arizona 15 - 10:01 1st half]
- Pinder makes one of two free throws after getting fouled and Arizona has the lead down to one point; Jaylen Hands hits a jumper to push it back to a 3-point lead for the Bruins; Chris Smith hits a 3-pointer as Arizona just missed another to make it 1 for 8 from deep in this game [SCORE UPDATE: UCLA 22 Arizona 16 - 7:01 1st half]
- Trier hits a 3-pointer out of the timeout; Alkins follows that up with a bucket of his own and UA has the lead back down to one point; Akins gives the Wildcats the lead with a pull-up jumper as UA is now ahead 23-22; Goloman with a huge slam over Ristic to give UCLA the lead back; Holiday hits a jumper to push it back to a 3-point lead for the Bruins [SCORE UPDATE: UCLA 26 Arizona 23 - 2:17 1st half]
- Aaron Holiday gets fouled and hits a couple free throws; Alkins hits a 3-pointer to bring Arizona back within two points; Wilkes with a tough take to the hoop to push it back up to a 4-point lead for the Bruins
Halftime: UCLA 30 Arizona 26
Pregame
- Arizona not mixing it up at all as Sean Miller will go wit his usual starting lineup for this one. The atmosphere before the game is already better than that noon start yesterday. Should be a good environment in here tonight.
1st half
- Ristic backs down Goloman and the Wildcats strike first tonight; Kris Wilkes hits a jumper to get UCLA on the board; Alkins with a nice take right to the hoop and UA gets the early lead back; Goloman over Ristic for a 3-pointer that rattles around and in; Prince Ali hits the 3-pointer for UCLA to give the Bruins a 4-point lead; Ayton gets his first points of the game to pull Arizona within two; Aaron Holiday hits a left wing 3-pointer to make it 11-6 UCLA in the early going; Ristic takes it right at Thomas Welsh and gets another bucket in the paint; Ali with a strong take to the hoop and UCLA's lead is back up to 5 points; Welsh with a turnaround jumper in the lane to push it to a 15-8 UCLA lead; Ayton hits a 3-pointer from the top of the key to cut the lead down to 4 points and UA takes a timeout [SCORE UPDATE: UCLA 15 Arizona 11 - 13:22 1st half]
- Wilkes with a dunk out of the timeout; Ayton gets a couple more as he has seven points now to lead the Wildcats; Arizona takes its time and gets some good ball movement to get Keanu Pinder an easy two points and the leads is down to just two points now for UCLA [SCORE UPDATE: UCLA 17 Arizona 15 - 10:01 1st half]
- Pinder makes one of two free throws after getting fouled and Arizona has the lead down to one point; Jaylen Hands hits a jumper to push it back to a 3-point lead for the Bruins; Chris Smith hits a 3-pointer as Arizona just missed another to make it 1 for 8 from deep in this game [SCORE UPDATE: UCLA 22 Arizona 16 - 7:01 1st half]
- Trier hits a 3-pointer out of the timeout; Alkins follows that up with a bucket of his own and UA has the lead back down to one point; Akins gives the Wildcats the lead with a pull-up jumper as UA is now ahead 23-22; Goloman with a huge slam over Ristic to give UCLA the lead back; Holiday hits a jumper to push it back to a 3-point lead for the Bruins [SCORE UPDATE: UCLA 26 Arizona 23 - 2:17 1st half]
- Aaron Holiday gets fouled and hits a couple free throws; Alkins hits a 3-pointer to bring Arizona back within two points; Wilkes with a tough take to the hoop to push it back up to a 4-point lead for the Bruins
Halftime: UCLA 30 Arizona 26
