Arizona has arrived at T-Mobile Arena and is set to open its week in Las Vegas as the Wildcats take on Washington in a rematch of Saturday's game at McKale Center won by the Huskies. The winner of today's game will take on USC in the quarterfinals tomorrow afternoon.
As always feel free to follow along for updates and join the conversation as Arizona's stay at the Pac-12 Tournament begins.
Pregame
- Chase Jeter, as Sean Miller indicated Tuesday, is suited up and will be available for the Wildcats today. Max Hazzard did not make the trip, however, and will miss another game for "personal" reasons.
Starters
1st half
- Isaiah Stewart hits for UW to open the game; Zeke Nnaji hits for the Wildcats to tie the game early; Stewart fouled and he hits both free throws; Stone Gettings answers on the other end for UA with a jumper; Josh Green with a jumper from the short corner and the Wildcats have their first lead of the day; Stewart hits a 3-pointer for the Huskies; Nico Mannion answers with a deep 3-pointer on the other end for UA and the Wildcats go up by 2; Marcus Tshohonis with a nice drive and layup for the Huskies; Green with a corner 3-pointer on Jaden McDaniels and UA goes up by 3 [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 12 Washington 9 - 15:09]
- Jemarl Baker Jr. comes in off the bench and hits a 3-pointer right away for the Wildcats; Stewart hits a jumper as he continues to dominate for the Huskies; Green hits another jumper from the short corner to push the UA lead back up to 6 [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 17 Washington 11 - 11:52]
- Elijah Hardy with a transition layup for the Huskies; Green continues his hot shooting as he has 10 points after hitting a 3-pointer for the Wildcats; Stewart goes right at Ira Lee and he gets a bucket and the foul for a 3-point play; Gettings fouled and he hits one of two from the line; Tshohonis goes right at Mannion in transition and gets a layup to go cutting the UA lead to 3 points; Nnaji with a tough layup in the paint for UA on the other end [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 23 Washington 18 - 7:59]
- Jaden McDaniels hits two free throws out of the timeout for UW; Stewart with a layup for the Huskies to make it a 1-point game; Stewart in transition with another layup and it forces an Arizona timeout as the Huskies take a 1-point lead; Nnaji finds Christian Koloko behind the defense for a dunk and UA goes up by 1; Mannion knocks down a 3-pointer off the missed free throw from Koloko to put UA up 4 points; Stewart fouled and he hits both free throws and now has 18 points for the Huskies; Mannion fouled and he hits one of two from the line; Nnaji fouled and he hits both free throws for UA [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 31 Washington 26 - 3:48]
- Green fouled by Stewart and he hits both free throws pushing the Arizona lead to 7 points; Tshohonis with a tough layup underneath the basket and it gives UW 2 more points; Nahziah Carter with his first basket of the game on a running floater in the lane to cut the UA lead to 3 points; Nnaji fouled and he hits two free throws to keep UA out in front despite having not made a field goal in over 6 minutes
Halftime: Arizona 35 Washington 30
2nd half
- Nnaji hits a jumper to open up the second half scoring for Arizona; Mannion hits a jumper for the Wildcats to push the lead to 9; Smith hits for Arizona as UA has jumped out to an 11-point lead to open the second half; Tshohonis hits two free throws after being fouled; Smith fouled by Stewart and hits both free throws; Tshohonis with a couple more free throws; Dylan Smith with a 3-pointer and the lead is up to 12 in favor of UA [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 46 Washington 34 - 15:47]
- Green hits a 3-pointer for the Wildcats forcing a timeout from Washington as UA goes up 15 points; McDaniels hits a jumper for the Huskies; Koloko hits a layup for the Wildcats on the other end; Stewart adds to his total with another layup for UW; Hardy hits for the Huskies and the UA lead is down to 11; Baker hits a 3-pointer for UA to answer [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 54 Washington 40 - 11:22]
- Hardy with a couple free throws for the Huskies to cut into the UA lead; Nnaji hits one of two at the line after being fouled; McDaniels makes a tough layup for the Huskies to cut into the UA lead some more; Mannion fouled and he hits one of two at the line; McDaniels hits one of two at the line after being fouled; Gettings hits a jumper for the Wildcats on the other end; McDaniels hits a 3-pointer as the scoring has picked up; Smith answers with a 3-pointer on the next possession for UA; Hardy hits a 3-pointer for Washington on the next trip down the floor; Mannion with a floater in the lane and UA pushes the lead back up to 12 [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 63 Washington 51 - 11:22]
- Hameir Wright with a layup out of the timeout for the Huskies; Green now with 17 points as he hits two more free throws for UA; Stewart fouled and he hits both free throws and now has 22 points; Mannion fouls Tsohonis in the act of shooting and he cuts the lead to 7 points with the bucket and free throw; Green hits two free throws after being fouled; Koloko cleans up a miss and pushes the UA lead back to double digits [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 69 Washington 58 - 3:15]
- Stewart hits a couple free throws out of the timeout; Baker hits a jumper for Arizona to push the lead back up; Jamal Bey gets a layup to go and the lead is again back down to single digits with under 2:30 to play at T-Mobile Arena; Stewart gets a put-back attempt to fall and the lead is down to 7 points for UA; Stewart fouled and he makes one of two from the line for UW; Tsohonis fouled by Koloko and he makes one of two at the line making it a 5-point game; Smith fouled and he hits both shots at the line; Mannion fouled and he hits both free throws to extend the Arizona lead; Hardy hits one more time for the Huskies; Smith fouled as UW works to extend the game and he hits both shots; Stewart hits a jumper for the Huskies cutting the lead down to 7 points
Final: Arizona 77 Washington 70
As always feel free to follow along for updates and join the conversation as Arizona's stay at the Pac-12 Tournament begins.
Pregame
- Chase Jeter, as Sean Miller indicated Tuesday, is suited up and will be available for the Wildcats today. Max Hazzard did not make the trip, however, and will miss another game for "personal" reasons.
Starters
1st half
- Isaiah Stewart hits for UW to open the game; Zeke Nnaji hits for the Wildcats to tie the game early; Stewart fouled and he hits both free throws; Stone Gettings answers on the other end for UA with a jumper; Josh Green with a jumper from the short corner and the Wildcats have their first lead of the day; Stewart hits a 3-pointer for the Huskies; Nico Mannion answers with a deep 3-pointer on the other end for UA and the Wildcats go up by 2; Marcus Tshohonis with a nice drive and layup for the Huskies; Green with a corner 3-pointer on Jaden McDaniels and UA goes up by 3 [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 12 Washington 9 - 15:09]
- Jemarl Baker Jr. comes in off the bench and hits a 3-pointer right away for the Wildcats; Stewart hits a jumper as he continues to dominate for the Huskies; Green hits another jumper from the short corner to push the UA lead back up to 6 [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 17 Washington 11 - 11:52]
- Elijah Hardy with a transition layup for the Huskies; Green continues his hot shooting as he has 10 points after hitting a 3-pointer for the Wildcats; Stewart goes right at Ira Lee and he gets a bucket and the foul for a 3-point play; Gettings fouled and he hits one of two from the line; Tshohonis goes right at Mannion in transition and gets a layup to go cutting the UA lead to 3 points; Nnaji with a tough layup in the paint for UA on the other end [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 23 Washington 18 - 7:59]
- Jaden McDaniels hits two free throws out of the timeout for UW; Stewart with a layup for the Huskies to make it a 1-point game; Stewart in transition with another layup and it forces an Arizona timeout as the Huskies take a 1-point lead; Nnaji finds Christian Koloko behind the defense for a dunk and UA goes up by 1; Mannion knocks down a 3-pointer off the missed free throw from Koloko to put UA up 4 points; Stewart fouled and he hits both free throws and now has 18 points for the Huskies; Mannion fouled and he hits one of two from the line; Nnaji fouled and he hits both free throws for UA [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 31 Washington 26 - 3:48]
- Green fouled by Stewart and he hits both free throws pushing the Arizona lead to 7 points; Tshohonis with a tough layup underneath the basket and it gives UW 2 more points; Nahziah Carter with his first basket of the game on a running floater in the lane to cut the UA lead to 3 points; Nnaji fouled and he hits two free throws to keep UA out in front despite having not made a field goal in over 6 minutes
Halftime: Arizona 35 Washington 30
2nd half
- Nnaji hits a jumper to open up the second half scoring for Arizona; Mannion hits a jumper for the Wildcats to push the lead to 9; Smith hits for Arizona as UA has jumped out to an 11-point lead to open the second half; Tshohonis hits two free throws after being fouled; Smith fouled by Stewart and hits both free throws; Tshohonis with a couple more free throws; Dylan Smith with a 3-pointer and the lead is up to 12 in favor of UA [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 46 Washington 34 - 15:47]
- Green hits a 3-pointer for the Wildcats forcing a timeout from Washington as UA goes up 15 points; McDaniels hits a jumper for the Huskies; Koloko hits a layup for the Wildcats on the other end; Stewart adds to his total with another layup for UW; Hardy hits for the Huskies and the UA lead is down to 11; Baker hits a 3-pointer for UA to answer [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 54 Washington 40 - 11:22]
- Hardy with a couple free throws for the Huskies to cut into the UA lead; Nnaji hits one of two at the line after being fouled; McDaniels makes a tough layup for the Huskies to cut into the UA lead some more; Mannion fouled and he hits one of two at the line; McDaniels hits one of two at the line after being fouled; Gettings hits a jumper for the Wildcats on the other end; McDaniels hits a 3-pointer as the scoring has picked up; Smith answers with a 3-pointer on the next possession for UA; Hardy hits a 3-pointer for Washington on the next trip down the floor; Mannion with a floater in the lane and UA pushes the lead back up to 12 [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 63 Washington 51 - 11:22]
- Hameir Wright with a layup out of the timeout for the Huskies; Green now with 17 points as he hits two more free throws for UA; Stewart fouled and he hits both free throws and now has 22 points; Mannion fouls Tsohonis in the act of shooting and he cuts the lead to 7 points with the bucket and free throw; Green hits two free throws after being fouled; Koloko cleans up a miss and pushes the UA lead back to double digits [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 69 Washington 58 - 3:15]
- Stewart hits a couple free throws out of the timeout; Baker hits a jumper for Arizona to push the lead back up; Jamal Bey gets a layup to go and the lead is again back down to single digits with under 2:30 to play at T-Mobile Arena; Stewart gets a put-back attempt to fall and the lead is down to 7 points for UA; Stewart fouled and he makes one of two from the line for UW; Tsohonis fouled by Koloko and he makes one of two at the line making it a 5-point game; Smith fouled and he hits both shots at the line; Mannion fouled and he hits both free throws to extend the Arizona lead; Hardy hits one more time for the Huskies; Smith fouled as UW works to extend the game and he hits both shots; Stewart hits a jumper for the Huskies cutting the lead down to 7 points
Final: Arizona 77 Washington 70
