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Just under five minutes until tip...
*Warm up update - Rawle Alkins is looking like he's back to his normal self judging from the windmills in warmups, should be only a matter of time until we see him on the floor in a game.
FIRST HALF
Hot start for the Aggies scoring on their first two possessions of the game. PJC with a turnover on Arizona’s first possession A&M catches a bad pass and scores on a lay up. Ayton hits from 18 out to open up the scoring for the Cats. Nice move from Dusan in the paint good strong finish. Aggies scoring on their first 4 possessions including a three ball. [SCORE UPDATE: 9-4 TAMU] 17:45 1ST HALF
Randolph finishes with a left hander in traffic. Ristic follows up with another left handed lay up under the basket through a double team. Trier miss two wide open threes that had a chance to blow the roof off of the building. [SCORE UPDATE: 9-8 TAMU] 15:12 1ST HALF
Bad pass from Ira Lee as he enters the game, A&M capitalizes on the ill-advised pass finishing with a breakaway dunk. Ayton answers on the other end with a left handed lay up, assist goes to Barcello. [SCORE UPDATE: 11-10 TAMU] 13:28 1ST HALF
Lee makes up for his mistake, nice block from the frosh. Dylan Smith nets one from deep putting the Wildcats ahead. Ristic drops in another, PJC follows suit. The Cats are on a run and Talking Stick Arena is LOUD. 9-0 run over the last 2:19. [SCORE UPDATE: 17-11 Arizona] 11:44 1ST HALF.
Aggies are on a 7-0 run over the last 3:37, Wildcats offensive flow has been disrupted and Miller isn't happy in the huddle. [SCORE UPDATE 18-17 TAMU] 7:51 1ST HALF.
Bad turnover from Ayton but he doesn’t give up on the play and swats Gilder from behind with some authority. Barcello hits from beyond the stripe, Dylan Smith feeling it knocks down another 3 ball. Barcello splits the traffic and finds Ayton for a huge two handed jam. This is a game of runs, literally. [SCORE UPDATE: 25-22 Arizona] 3:57 1ST HALF.
Smith is officially scorching, he’s 3/3 from three point land. Wildcats close the half with 0 points in the last 2:57. TAMU heads into half up 2. [SCORE UPDATE: 31-29 TAMU] HALFTIME.
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SECOND HALF
Brandon Randolph starts the scoring for the Wildcats in the second half. Trier finally gets one to fall from deep bringing the Arizona faithful to their feet. Ristic getting the rolls tonight, he adds another bucket dropping in an Ayton pass in the paint. [SCORE UPDATE: 38-37 Arizona] 15:33 2ND HALF.
trier hits two free throws to put the Wildcats up 3, Smith continuing his hot night into the second half, this time on the defensive end drawing a charge. Trier looking to be more aggressive in the second half, tough layup is good. Ayton 2 FTs. Cats hanging on here in Phoenix. Ristic at the line. [SCORE UPDATE: 45-41 Arizona]
Randolph at the line for two after a flagrant 1 on A&M’s Caldwell. There goes the clipboard, Miller not happy with that last stretch from the cats. 0 FG's in the past 5:15, can't afford stretches of zero points against a good team with the game being this close. Vegas is right on so far. [SCORE UPDATE: 47-47] 7:47 2ND HALF
Randolph knocks down a three to put the Cats back in the lead. Doesn’t last long, Davis with a nice turn around right hand hook answers the call. PJC hits 2 free throws to take the lead back. Again, Davis scores on Ristic and the lead is back in TAMU’s favor. Eventful series of possessions during that stretch, this one is close. [SCORE UPDATE: 55-54 TAMU] 3:47 2ND HALF
Ayton hits two free throws to go up 1, Troche-Morelos answers with a three bak to put the Aggies up 2. Ristic connects to tie the game at 58 all. PJC 0-5 thus far from the field hits a huge three pointer to put the Wildcats up 3, he’s 1-6 in 33 minutes in this one so far. [SCORE UPDATE: 61-58 Arizona] 1:32 2ND HALF.
Cats milk the clock and Trier hands the ball off to Ayton who forces up a badly contested airball as time expires on the shot clock. Not a good possession for the Cats, Aggies at the line down three for a 1 and 1. Hogg connects from both at the line, Arizona is up 1 with 29 seconds to go, Randolph heading to the line for two. He hits them both, big free throws from the freshman in crunch time. Davis scoring in the post again, this time against DeAndre Ayton. Cats up 1, 17 seconds to go. [SCORE UPDATE: 63-62 Arizona] 0:17 2ND HALF
Randolph back to the line for two, he hits 1 of 2. TAMU's Davis travels and that's a costly turnover for the Aggies. Randolph is back at the line for two more, he takes one of two. A&M is down three with 5.8 seconds inbounding the ball. Oh no!!!! Ayton with a freshman mistake, he fouls Duane Wilson in the act of shooting beyond the arc. Wilson misses the first one but hits the second giving the Cats a little room to breathe. Wilson now has to intentionally miss this free throw and hope the Aggies can get the rebound and score. Ummm? Wilson doesn't miss intentionally, he buries the free throw. Arizona in bounds, Smith ends up at the line for the Wildcats on the offensive end, he hits the first free throw extending Arizona's lead 66-64, he hits the second as well. 67-64 Wildcats with a much needed win have something to cheer about heading into finals week.
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Just under five minutes until tip...
*Warm up update - Rawle Alkins is looking like he's back to his normal self judging from the windmills in warmups, should be only a matter of time until we see him on the floor in a game.
FIRST HALF
Hot start for the Aggies scoring on their first two possessions of the game. PJC with a turnover on Arizona’s first possession A&M catches a bad pass and scores on a lay up. Ayton hits from 18 out to open up the scoring for the Cats. Nice move from Dusan in the paint good strong finish. Aggies scoring on their first 4 possessions including a three ball. [SCORE UPDATE: 9-4 TAMU] 17:45 1ST HALF
Randolph finishes with a left hander in traffic. Ristic follows up with another left handed lay up under the basket through a double team. Trier miss two wide open threes that had a chance to blow the roof off of the building. [SCORE UPDATE: 9-8 TAMU] 15:12 1ST HALF
Bad pass from Ira Lee as he enters the game, A&M capitalizes on the ill-advised pass finishing with a breakaway dunk. Ayton answers on the other end with a left handed lay up, assist goes to Barcello. [SCORE UPDATE: 11-10 TAMU] 13:28 1ST HALF
Lee makes up for his mistake, nice block from the frosh. Dylan Smith nets one from deep putting the Wildcats ahead. Ristic drops in another, PJC follows suit. The Cats are on a run and Talking Stick Arena is LOUD. 9-0 run over the last 2:19. [SCORE UPDATE: 17-11 Arizona] 11:44 1ST HALF.
Aggies are on a 7-0 run over the last 3:37, Wildcats offensive flow has been disrupted and Miller isn't happy in the huddle. [SCORE UPDATE 18-17 TAMU] 7:51 1ST HALF.
Bad turnover from Ayton but he doesn’t give up on the play and swats Gilder from behind with some authority. Barcello hits from beyond the stripe, Dylan Smith feeling it knocks down another 3 ball. Barcello splits the traffic and finds Ayton for a huge two handed jam. This is a game of runs, literally. [SCORE UPDATE: 25-22 Arizona] 3:57 1ST HALF.
Smith is officially scorching, he’s 3/3 from three point land. Wildcats close the half with 0 points in the last 2:57. TAMU heads into half up 2. [SCORE UPDATE: 31-29 TAMU] HALFTIME.
HALFTIME STATS:
SECOND HALF
Brandon Randolph starts the scoring for the Wildcats in the second half. Trier finally gets one to fall from deep bringing the Arizona faithful to their feet. Ristic getting the rolls tonight, he adds another bucket dropping in an Ayton pass in the paint. [SCORE UPDATE: 38-37 Arizona] 15:33 2ND HALF.
trier hits two free throws to put the Wildcats up 3, Smith continuing his hot night into the second half, this time on the defensive end drawing a charge. Trier looking to be more aggressive in the second half, tough layup is good. Ayton 2 FTs. Cats hanging on here in Phoenix. Ristic at the line. [SCORE UPDATE: 45-41 Arizona]
Randolph at the line for two after a flagrant 1 on A&M’s Caldwell. There goes the clipboard, Miller not happy with that last stretch from the cats. 0 FG's in the past 5:15, can't afford stretches of zero points against a good team with the game being this close. Vegas is right on so far. [SCORE UPDATE: 47-47] 7:47 2ND HALF
Randolph knocks down a three to put the Cats back in the lead. Doesn’t last long, Davis with a nice turn around right hand hook answers the call. PJC hits 2 free throws to take the lead back. Again, Davis scores on Ristic and the lead is back in TAMU’s favor. Eventful series of possessions during that stretch, this one is close. [SCORE UPDATE: 55-54 TAMU] 3:47 2ND HALF
Ayton hits two free throws to go up 1, Troche-Morelos answers with a three bak to put the Aggies up 2. Ristic connects to tie the game at 58 all. PJC 0-5 thus far from the field hits a huge three pointer to put the Wildcats up 3, he’s 1-6 in 33 minutes in this one so far. [SCORE UPDATE: 61-58 Arizona] 1:32 2ND HALF.
Cats milk the clock and Trier hands the ball off to Ayton who forces up a badly contested airball as time expires on the shot clock. Not a good possession for the Cats, Aggies at the line down three for a 1 and 1. Hogg connects from both at the line, Arizona is up 1 with 29 seconds to go, Randolph heading to the line for two. He hits them both, big free throws from the freshman in crunch time. Davis scoring in the post again, this time against DeAndre Ayton. Cats up 1, 17 seconds to go. [SCORE UPDATE: 63-62 Arizona] 0:17 2ND HALF
Randolph back to the line for two, he hits 1 of 2. TAMU's Davis travels and that's a costly turnover for the Aggies. Randolph is back at the line for two more, he takes one of two. A&M is down three with 5.8 seconds inbounding the ball. Oh no!!!! Ayton with a freshman mistake, he fouls Duane Wilson in the act of shooting beyond the arc. Wilson misses the first one but hits the second giving the Cats a little room to breathe. Wilson now has to intentionally miss this free throw and hope the Aggies can get the rebound and score. Ummm? Wilson doesn't miss intentionally, he buries the free throw. Arizona in bounds, Smith ends up at the line for the Wildcats on the offensive end, he hits the first free throw extending Arizona's lead 66-64, he hits the second as well. 67-64 Wildcats with a much needed win have something to cheer about heading into finals week.
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