Arizona made it to the end of the regular season. It's the men's team's finale at McKale Center for the season and UA will get a tuneup against Washington before taking on the Huskies again next weekend to open the Pac-12 Tournament.
As always join the conversation and follow along for updates from McKale Center as the Wildcats close out the regular season.
Pregame
- Arizona will again be without seniors Chase Jeter and Max Hazzard tonight. Jeter remains suspended while Hazzard will again be out for "personal" reasons. Both players were honored before the game as part of the Senior Day activities, however.
Starters
1st half
- Isaiah Stewart hits for the Huskies to open the scoring tonight; Zeke Nnaji answers for the Wildcats to even up the score; Hameir Wright hits for UW on a layup; Josh Green gives Arizona the lead with a 3-pointer; Nnaji is fouled and he hits one of two from the line; Marcus Tshohonis hits a 3-pointer for the Huskies and UW is back on top [SCORE UPDATE: Washington 7 Arizona 6 - 15:52]
- Jaden McDaniels hits for the Huskies to push the UW lead to 3 points as UA's scoring drought continues; Nico Mannion hits a long jumper to end the drought; Stewart with a layup off the assist from McDaniels to put UW back on top; Stewart hits another shot for the Huskies to extend the lead; Stone Gettings hits his first shot on a mid-range jumper for the Wildcats; Sam Timmins with a fastbreak dunk for the Huskies as they remain in control at McKale [SCORE UPDATE: Washington 15 Arizona 10 - 11:27]
- McDaniels with a dunk in transition for the Huskies and the lead is up to 7 points for UW; Nnaji fouled and he hits one of two from the line; Stewart with another dunk for the Huskies and the lead is up to 8 points; Nnaji gets a few chances at a basket with some big rebounds and he's eventually fouled before making both free throws; McDaniels with a huge throw down in some traffic and the Huskies tack on two more points; RaeQuan Battle hits a corner 3-pointer and the UW lead is up to 11 points [SCORE UPDATE: Washington 24 Arizona 13 - 8:21]
- McDaniels hits a 3-pointer for the Huskies to extend the lead; Josh Green with a nifty move along the baseline for a bucket and foul and 3-point play for UA; McDaniel hits on the other end for the Huskies to make it a 13-point game again; Elijah Hardy with a nice take to the hoop and he easily gets to the rim for a basket and UW has its biggest lead of the game; Dylan Smith fouled and he hits one of two from the line [SCORE UPDATE: Washington 31 Arizona 17 - 3:39]
- Nahziah Carter hits a couple free throws out of the timeout to extend the UW lead; Gettings fouled and he hits a couple free throws for the Wildcats; Mannion fouled in transition and he hits a couple free throws as UA tries to make a run here to end the half; Green fouled and he hits both free throws to make it a 10-point game as the UA run continues at the free-throw line; Timmins hits a big 3-pointer to quiet the crowd at McKale; Carter with a mid-range jumper for the Huskies and the lead is back up to 15
Halftime: Washington 38 Arizona 23
2nd half
- Isaiah Stewart hits for the Huskies out of the half to extend the lead; Smith hits for the Wildcats on the other end to answer with a 3-pointer and the lead is back down to 14; Smith hits another 3-pointer and the Wildcats have the lead down to 11; Wright with a nice layup to answer on the other end for UW; Smith hits his third 3-pointer of the half and UA has it down to a 10-point game; Stewart with another layup and he has 12 points to lead the Huskies; Stewart hits a jumper and the lead is up to 14 points again for UW; Smith hits one more time from deep and he's keeping the Wildcats alive so far in the second half [SCORE UPDATE: Washington 46 Arizona 35 - 15:11]
- Nnaji finds Christian Koloko for a dunk and the Wildcats have it down to single digits again for the first time since midway through the first half; McDaniels with a floater along the baseline and he now has 13 points for the Huskies; Mannion takes it himself and hits a pull-up jumper from 3-point range to make it an 8-point game [SCORE UPDATE: Washington 48 Arizona 40 - 11:52]
- Jamal Bey hits for the Huskies and he's fouled making it a 3-point play for the Huskies and the lead is back up to double digits; Nnaji hits a mid-range jumper at the free-throw line for UA; McDaniels takes it right at Koloko and he's fouled on the dunk attempt and he hits both free throws to make it an 11-point lead once more; Koloko with a nice follow on a Mannion miss for two points; Koloko fouled going for a dunk and he hits one of two from the line and it's an 8-point game again; Mannion hits a jumper and is fouled in the act of shooting and he completes the 3-point play cutting the UW lead to just 5 points [SCORE UPDATE: Washington 53 Arizona 48 - 8:45]
- Bey hits a couple free throws for the Huskies; Smith hits his 5th 3-pointer of the half and UA has cut the lead to just 4 points; McDaniels hits a couple free throws as Koloko is called for a technical foul; Stewart hits a couple free throws for UW to push the lead back up to 8; Gettings hits a jumper for the Wildcats and Miller takes a timeout [SCORE UPDATE: Washington 59 Arizona 53 - 4:27]
- Gettings finds Nnaji for a layup and the Wildcats have it down to 4 points once again; Bey with a 3-pointer for the Huskies; McDaniels hits a big 3-pointer and the UW lead is back up to 10 points; Mannion hits one of two at the line after Hardy is called for a technical; Smith hits his 6th 3-pointer of the half and UA is not going away quietly but time is running out with the Wildcats down 65-59 and just 35.6 left; Bey with a couple more free throws and the lead is up to 8 points again; Nnaji with a dunk and the Wildcats have it down to a 6-point game with just over 17 seconds left; Ira Lee hits a layup and the lead is at 4; UA fouls Bey and he hits both free throws
Final: Washington 69 Arizona 63
As always join the conversation and follow along for updates from McKale Center as the Wildcats close out the regular season.
Pregame
- Arizona will again be without seniors Chase Jeter and Max Hazzard tonight. Jeter remains suspended while Hazzard will again be out for "personal" reasons. Both players were honored before the game as part of the Senior Day activities, however.
Starters
1st half
- Isaiah Stewart hits for the Huskies to open the scoring tonight; Zeke Nnaji answers for the Wildcats to even up the score; Hameir Wright hits for UW on a layup; Josh Green gives Arizona the lead with a 3-pointer; Nnaji is fouled and he hits one of two from the line; Marcus Tshohonis hits a 3-pointer for the Huskies and UW is back on top [SCORE UPDATE: Washington 7 Arizona 6 - 15:52]
- Jaden McDaniels hits for the Huskies to push the UW lead to 3 points as UA's scoring drought continues; Nico Mannion hits a long jumper to end the drought; Stewart with a layup off the assist from McDaniels to put UW back on top; Stewart hits another shot for the Huskies to extend the lead; Stone Gettings hits his first shot on a mid-range jumper for the Wildcats; Sam Timmins with a fastbreak dunk for the Huskies as they remain in control at McKale [SCORE UPDATE: Washington 15 Arizona 10 - 11:27]
- McDaniels with a dunk in transition for the Huskies and the lead is up to 7 points for UW; Nnaji fouled and he hits one of two from the line; Stewart with another dunk for the Huskies and the lead is up to 8 points; Nnaji gets a few chances at a basket with some big rebounds and he's eventually fouled before making both free throws; McDaniels with a huge throw down in some traffic and the Huskies tack on two more points; RaeQuan Battle hits a corner 3-pointer and the UW lead is up to 11 points [SCORE UPDATE: Washington 24 Arizona 13 - 8:21]
- McDaniels hits a 3-pointer for the Huskies to extend the lead; Josh Green with a nifty move along the baseline for a bucket and foul and 3-point play for UA; McDaniel hits on the other end for the Huskies to make it a 13-point game again; Elijah Hardy with a nice take to the hoop and he easily gets to the rim for a basket and UW has its biggest lead of the game; Dylan Smith fouled and he hits one of two from the line [SCORE UPDATE: Washington 31 Arizona 17 - 3:39]
- Nahziah Carter hits a couple free throws out of the timeout to extend the UW lead; Gettings fouled and he hits a couple free throws for the Wildcats; Mannion fouled in transition and he hits a couple free throws as UA tries to make a run here to end the half; Green fouled and he hits both free throws to make it a 10-point game as the UA run continues at the free-throw line; Timmins hits a big 3-pointer to quiet the crowd at McKale; Carter with a mid-range jumper for the Huskies and the lead is back up to 15
Halftime: Washington 38 Arizona 23
2nd half
- Isaiah Stewart hits for the Huskies out of the half to extend the lead; Smith hits for the Wildcats on the other end to answer with a 3-pointer and the lead is back down to 14; Smith hits another 3-pointer and the Wildcats have the lead down to 11; Wright with a nice layup to answer on the other end for UW; Smith hits his third 3-pointer of the half and UA has it down to a 10-point game; Stewart with another layup and he has 12 points to lead the Huskies; Stewart hits a jumper and the lead is up to 14 points again for UW; Smith hits one more time from deep and he's keeping the Wildcats alive so far in the second half [SCORE UPDATE: Washington 46 Arizona 35 - 15:11]
- Nnaji finds Christian Koloko for a dunk and the Wildcats have it down to single digits again for the first time since midway through the first half; McDaniels with a floater along the baseline and he now has 13 points for the Huskies; Mannion takes it himself and hits a pull-up jumper from 3-point range to make it an 8-point game [SCORE UPDATE: Washington 48 Arizona 40 - 11:52]
- Jamal Bey hits for the Huskies and he's fouled making it a 3-point play for the Huskies and the lead is back up to double digits; Nnaji hits a mid-range jumper at the free-throw line for UA; McDaniels takes it right at Koloko and he's fouled on the dunk attempt and he hits both free throws to make it an 11-point lead once more; Koloko with a nice follow on a Mannion miss for two points; Koloko fouled going for a dunk and he hits one of two from the line and it's an 8-point game again; Mannion hits a jumper and is fouled in the act of shooting and he completes the 3-point play cutting the UW lead to just 5 points [SCORE UPDATE: Washington 53 Arizona 48 - 8:45]
- Bey hits a couple free throws for the Huskies; Smith hits his 5th 3-pointer of the half and UA has cut the lead to just 4 points; McDaniels hits a couple free throws as Koloko is called for a technical foul; Stewart hits a couple free throws for UW to push the lead back up to 8; Gettings hits a jumper for the Wildcats and Miller takes a timeout [SCORE UPDATE: Washington 59 Arizona 53 - 4:27]
- Gettings finds Nnaji for a layup and the Wildcats have it down to 4 points once again; Bey with a 3-pointer for the Huskies; McDaniels hits a big 3-pointer and the UW lead is back up to 10 points; Mannion hits one of two at the line after Hardy is called for a technical; Smith hits his 6th 3-pointer of the half and UA is not going away quietly but time is running out with the Wildcats down 65-59 and just 35.6 left; Bey with a couple more free throws and the lead is up to 8 points again; Nnaji with a dunk and the Wildcats have it down to a 6-point game with just over 17 seconds left; Ira Lee hits a layup and the lead is at 4; UA fouls Bey and he hits both free throws
Final: Washington 69 Arizona 63
