Arizona closes nonconference play tonight with a game against Connecticut and things are looking like normal with Allonzo Trier back in action and starting for the Wildcats tonight despite his knee injury on Monday. Trier does have a little bit of a slight limp and he's wearing a sleeve, but he looked OK during warm ups.
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One recruiting note: 2020 in-state point guard Nico Mannion is at the game tonight
1st half
- It took two minutes to get the first bucket but Rawle Alkins gets a shot to fall to get the scoring going; Alkins gets fouled by Larrier and knocks down two free throws; Onuorah gets a shot to fall and UConn gets on the board but has two early turnovers; Deandre Ayton knocks down the first 3-pointer of the game [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 7 UConn 2 - 15:27 1st]
- Ayton is getting double teamed every time he touches the ball but he comes up with a good pass to Dylan Smith for the corner 3; Terry Larrier with a bucket to end the dry spell for the Huskies; Antwoine Anderson with the 3-pointer to cut into Arizona's lead; Jalen Adams with the jumper and the lead is down to one point; Arizona is looking all out of sorts during this stretch and Miller is going to bring back Trier, Ayton and Alkins as UConn is on a 7-0 run [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 10 UConn 9 - 12:00 1st]
- Dusan makes one and misses one from the free-throw line out of the timeout; Adams with two free throws to tie the game up at 11; Trier with a strong take to the bucket for his first points in this one to give UA the lead back; After the 5-second call on UConn Dusan gets a turnaround layup; Dusan with another bucket for five points now as the Wildcats are on a 6-0 run and UConn has missed its last four shots with a stretch of ugly basketball [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 17 UConn 11 - 7:26 1st]
- After five minutes without a bucket Terry Larrier breaks the drought for UConn; Trier gets the game some flow with bucket of his own the other way; Keanu Pinder with a big dunk off the assist from Dylan Smith; Josh Carlton with a layup for UConn and the Huskies get a delay of game warning; Adams with a bucket for the Huskies; Trier gets called for an offensive foul and Sean Miller goes out to center court to yell at the ref [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 23 UConn 17 - 3:34 1st]
- Ristic hits a jumper out of the timeout to extend the lead; Larrier hits a 3-pointer followed by another bucket and the free throw by Vital; Ristic knocks down a free throw to push the lead back up to three points; Trier knocks down a couple free throws here with under a minute left; Th teams have now combined for 19 turnovers in the first half and UConn has 11 of them; Ristic with a turnaround jumper to push his total up to 10 points for the first half
HALFTIME: Arizona 30 UConn 23
2nd half
- Terry Larrier with a bucket to open the scoring in the second half; Trier is searching for that 3-ball tonight, not sure it's the best approach to get going; Rawle Alkins takes a shot fighting for a ball and gets looked at by the trainer but he only leaves for one possession and looks to be OK; Vital with a 3-pointer to cut into the UA lead; Larrier with a bucket and it's all tied up now at 30 and UConn has the momentum; Parker Jackson-Cartwright with a big 3-pointer; Cobb with a layup for UConn; Trier finds that 3-pointer he's been looking for and it helps UA extend the lead; Diarra with a bucket to trim it down to two points now; Diarra ties it up with a couple free throws as UConn won't go away; The Huskies go with a 2-3 zone and Alkins hits the 3-pointer to give the Wildcats back the lead; Larrier now with 13 points after he gets the finger roll to go cutting the Arizona lead down to one; Alkins with another 3-pointer and UA gets the crowd back into it [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 42 UConn 38 - 13:38 2nd]
- Alkins with a free throw out of the timeout; Christian Vital with the dunk to bring it to a 3-point game; Ayton with a bucket on a little turnaround hook and he now has five points on a tough night for him; Jalen Adams with the bucket going the other way [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 45 UConn 42 - 11:13 2nd]
- Trier hits a free throw out of the timeout; Larrier gets a free throw to fall the other way; Ayton gets a shot to fall as he starts to get it going here in the second half; Adams gets a bucket for the Huskies; Ristic is fouled and he hits both free throws to make it a five-point game; Jalen Adams hits a 3-pointer as he has 13 and the lead is down to just two points; Dusan with a layup to extend the lead back up for Arizona and he has 14 points now; Vital hits a deep 3-pointer to cut the lead back down to one point; Ristic with the and-one before the media timeout [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 54 UConn 51 - 7:38 2nd]
- Cobb with a tough put back on Ayton has the game down to one point; Alkins with a big 3-pointer to push the lead back up for the Wildcats; Larrier gets the the free-throw line again and knocks them both down; PJC with a big 3-pointer forcing a UConn timeout; Trier with a nice looking 3-pointer to push the lead up to eight points for the Wildcats; Alkins with a big dunk off the dribble and the lead is now up to 10 points for Arizona with under 3 minutes to go [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 65 UConn 55 - 2:43 2nd]
- Cobb makes one of two from the line out of the timeout; Trier gets a runout dunk off the pass from Ayton; Alkins hits two free throws and this thing is all but over now with UConn going over five minutes without a bucket; Another bucket for Ayton as the Wildcats go on a 14-1 run; Larrier ends the run with a bucket and the drought is over for UConn but it's still a 13-point game; Ristic knocks down free throws and that is the game
Final: Arizona 73 UConn 58
Join in the conversation and follow along as things get going at McKale Center.
One recruiting note: 2020 in-state point guard Nico Mannion is at the game tonight
1st half
- It took two minutes to get the first bucket but Rawle Alkins gets a shot to fall to get the scoring going; Alkins gets fouled by Larrier and knocks down two free throws; Onuorah gets a shot to fall and UConn gets on the board but has two early turnovers; Deandre Ayton knocks down the first 3-pointer of the game [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 7 UConn 2 - 15:27 1st]
- Ayton is getting double teamed every time he touches the ball but he comes up with a good pass to Dylan Smith for the corner 3; Terry Larrier with a bucket to end the dry spell for the Huskies; Antwoine Anderson with the 3-pointer to cut into Arizona's lead; Jalen Adams with the jumper and the lead is down to one point; Arizona is looking all out of sorts during this stretch and Miller is going to bring back Trier, Ayton and Alkins as UConn is on a 7-0 run [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 10 UConn 9 - 12:00 1st]
- Dusan makes one and misses one from the free-throw line out of the timeout; Adams with two free throws to tie the game up at 11; Trier with a strong take to the bucket for his first points in this one to give UA the lead back; After the 5-second call on UConn Dusan gets a turnaround layup; Dusan with another bucket for five points now as the Wildcats are on a 6-0 run and UConn has missed its last four shots with a stretch of ugly basketball [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 17 UConn 11 - 7:26 1st]
- After five minutes without a bucket Terry Larrier breaks the drought for UConn; Trier gets the game some flow with bucket of his own the other way; Keanu Pinder with a big dunk off the assist from Dylan Smith; Josh Carlton with a layup for UConn and the Huskies get a delay of game warning; Adams with a bucket for the Huskies; Trier gets called for an offensive foul and Sean Miller goes out to center court to yell at the ref [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 23 UConn 17 - 3:34 1st]
- Ristic hits a jumper out of the timeout to extend the lead; Larrier hits a 3-pointer followed by another bucket and the free throw by Vital; Ristic knocks down a free throw to push the lead back up to three points; Trier knocks down a couple free throws here with under a minute left; Th teams have now combined for 19 turnovers in the first half and UConn has 11 of them; Ristic with a turnaround jumper to push his total up to 10 points for the first half
HALFTIME: Arizona 30 UConn 23
2nd half
- Terry Larrier with a bucket to open the scoring in the second half; Trier is searching for that 3-ball tonight, not sure it's the best approach to get going; Rawle Alkins takes a shot fighting for a ball and gets looked at by the trainer but he only leaves for one possession and looks to be OK; Vital with a 3-pointer to cut into the UA lead; Larrier with a bucket and it's all tied up now at 30 and UConn has the momentum; Parker Jackson-Cartwright with a big 3-pointer; Cobb with a layup for UConn; Trier finds that 3-pointer he's been looking for and it helps UA extend the lead; Diarra with a bucket to trim it down to two points now; Diarra ties it up with a couple free throws as UConn won't go away; The Huskies go with a 2-3 zone and Alkins hits the 3-pointer to give the Wildcats back the lead; Larrier now with 13 points after he gets the finger roll to go cutting the Arizona lead down to one; Alkins with another 3-pointer and UA gets the crowd back into it [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 42 UConn 38 - 13:38 2nd]
- Alkins with a free throw out of the timeout; Christian Vital with the dunk to bring it to a 3-point game; Ayton with a bucket on a little turnaround hook and he now has five points on a tough night for him; Jalen Adams with the bucket going the other way [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 45 UConn 42 - 11:13 2nd]
- Trier hits a free throw out of the timeout; Larrier gets a free throw to fall the other way; Ayton gets a shot to fall as he starts to get it going here in the second half; Adams gets a bucket for the Huskies; Ristic is fouled and he hits both free throws to make it a five-point game; Jalen Adams hits a 3-pointer as he has 13 and the lead is down to just two points; Dusan with a layup to extend the lead back up for Arizona and he has 14 points now; Vital hits a deep 3-pointer to cut the lead back down to one point; Ristic with the and-one before the media timeout [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 54 UConn 51 - 7:38 2nd]
- Cobb with a tough put back on Ayton has the game down to one point; Alkins with a big 3-pointer to push the lead back up for the Wildcats; Larrier gets the the free-throw line again and knocks them both down; PJC with a big 3-pointer forcing a UConn timeout; Trier with a nice looking 3-pointer to push the lead up to eight points for the Wildcats; Alkins with a big dunk off the dribble and the lead is now up to 10 points for Arizona with under 3 minutes to go [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 65 UConn 55 - 2:43 2nd]
- Cobb makes one of two from the line out of the timeout; Trier gets a runout dunk off the pass from Ayton; Alkins hits two free throws and this thing is all but over now with UConn going over five minutes without a bucket; Another bucket for Ayton as the Wildcats go on a 14-1 run; Larrier ends the run with a bucket and the drought is over for UConn but it's still a 13-point game; Ristic knocks down free throws and that is the game
Final: Arizona 73 UConn 58
