Arizona's biggest matchup of the season so far is set to tip off in just a little bit as the 12th-ranked Wildcats take on No. 18 Baylor out in Waco in the first top-25 matchup for Sean Miller's team.
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Rundown
Who: No. 12 Arizona (9-0; last game 73-66 win over Wake Forest) vs No. 18 Baylor (6-1; 78-46 win over Maryland-Eastern Short)
When: 10:00 a.m. MST
Where: Ferrell Center/Waco, Texas
TV: ESPNU
All-time series: Arizona leads 5-4; last meeting: 58-49 Baylor win on Dec. 15, 2018
Starters
1st half
- Josh Green takes it too the hoop on a baseline drive for the first points of the game; MaCio Teague hits from deep for Baylor to get the Bears on the scoreboard for the first time as UA has gone a bit cold from the field after its early bucket; Teague now with 5 points after he hits a jumper to extend the Baylor lead; Chase Jeter fouled and he hits both free throws to cut the lead to 1 point; Green gets a layup to go and he now has 4 points as UA has a lead again; Teague already causing Arizona some issues as he gets another bucket to put Baylor back on top [SCORE UPDATE: Baylor 7 Arizona 6 - 15:05]
- Nico Mannion gets his first bucket of the game on a runner in the lane to give Arizona a lead back out of the timeout; Freddie Gillespie hits for Baylor in the lane and the Bears have the lead back; Devonte Bandoo and he's fouled but he makes just one of two from the line; Gillespie hits again to push the Baylor lead up to 4 points as Arizona continues to have issues scoring [SCORE UPDATE: Baylor 12 Arizona 8 - 11:47]
- Gillespie remains hot as he makes a jump hook in the lane to extend the lead; Bandoo hits from deep and it forces Sean Miller to take a timeout with the Bears up 9; Davion Mitchell extends the run to 13-0 for Baylor with another 3-pointer; Gillespie fouled and he hits both free throws and the run is up to 15-0; Mannion finds Zeke Nnaji for a bucket that ends the run for Baylor and the lead is back down to 12 points; Christian Koloko cuts the lead to 11 with a free throw; Teague now has 9 points after hitting a couple free throws; Mannion makes it a 10-point game after he hits a 3-pointer for the Wildcats and he now has 5 points to lead the way for UA [SCORE UPDATE: Baylor 24 Arizona 14 - 7:38]
- Jared Butler hits a 3-pointer with Ira Lee guarding him and the lead is back up to 13 for the Bears; Butler extends the lead to 15 with a couple free throws after he's fouled by Dylan Smith; Teague with a 3-pointer and he has 12 points to push the lead to 18 for the Bears; Jemarl Baker Jr. hits for the Wildcats to cut the lead back down by a couple points; Mannion fouled shooting a 3-pointer and he hits all three free throws [SCORE UPDATE: Baylor 32 Arizona 19 - 3:47]
- Koloko hits Jeter with a behind-the-back pass for an easy bucket as UA has put a small run together; Butler hits for Baylor and he's fouled for a 3-point play; Koloko hits a mid-range jumper for the Wildcats and the lead is down to 12; Green fouled and he hits one of two from the line to make it an 11-point game
Halftime: Baylor 35 Arizona 24
2nd half
- Nnaji hits for the Wildcats out of the locker room to cut the lead to single digits; Nnaji gets a dunk for the Wildcats and the lead is down to 7 as the Wildcats are climbing back into this one; Nico Mannion tweaked his ankle on a tie up and limped to the bench for the timeout [SCORE UPDATE: Baylor 35 Arizona 28 - 15:56]
- Teague hits two free throws for Baylor's first points of the half; Green fouled by Mark Vital and he hits one of two; Flo Thamba hits a layup in the paint and the lead is back up to 10 points for Baylor; Dylan Smith gets a layup to go for Arizona and he gets the foul call for a 3-point play and the lead is down to single digits once again; Thamba fouled and he hits both free throws; Nnaji now with 8 points after he hits a couple free throws to make it a 7-point game again; Gillespie hits a free throw and it's back to an 8-point game; Green gets a transition bucket and the lead is down to just 6 points; Mitchell hits a big 3-pointer for the Bears to push the lead back up; Gillespie with a bucket inside to make it a double-digit game once again [SCORE UPDATE: Baylor 47 Arizona 36 - 10:32]
- Ira Lee makes it a 10-point game after hitting a free throw out of the timeout; Teague now with 16 points after he hits a couple free throws; Jeter fouled and he hits one of two from the line; Jeter fouled after coming up with a block and he makes both free throws to make it a 9-point game; Jeter hits two more free throws to cut it to a 7-point game; Gillespie fouled and he hits both free throws for the Bears; Butler hits for the Bears and the lead is back up to 11 points forcing a timeout from Sean Miller; Jeter fouled and he hits a couple more free throws and that has been Arizona's offense the last several minutes; Gillespie with a dunk and he now has 15 points for the Bears [SCORE UPDATE: Baylor 55 Arizona 44 - 3:40]
- Nnaji hits two free throws out of the timeout; Mannion is able to make it a 6-point game after hitting three free throws for the Wildcats; Gillespie with another answer for the UA run and the lead is back up to 8 forcing a timeout from Miller as UA has not scored from the field in nearly 10 minutes; Mannion fouled and he hits both free throws for 13 points in this game; Baker hits a big 3-pointer and somehow Arizona has closed the gap to just 3 points; Nnaji fouled on the bucket from Baker and he makes both free throws making it a 1-point game; Teague fouled by Nnaji and he hits both free throws to make it a 3-point game again; Butler fouled and he makes one of two from the line; Mannion hits a jumper for the Wildcats to cut it down to 2 with just a few seconds left; Teague fouled and he hits one of two from the line; after a miss the Wildcats have to foul and Butler hits both free throws
Final: Baylor 63 Arizona 58
Make sure to follow along for updates and join the conversation throughout the game this morning.
Rundown
Who: No. 12 Arizona (9-0; last game 73-66 win over Wake Forest) vs No. 18 Baylor (6-1; 78-46 win over Maryland-Eastern Short)
When: 10:00 a.m. MST
Where: Ferrell Center/Waco, Texas
TV: ESPNU
All-time series: Arizona leads 5-4; last meeting: 58-49 Baylor win on Dec. 15, 2018
Starters
1st half
- Josh Green takes it too the hoop on a baseline drive for the first points of the game; MaCio Teague hits from deep for Baylor to get the Bears on the scoreboard for the first time as UA has gone a bit cold from the field after its early bucket; Teague now with 5 points after he hits a jumper to extend the Baylor lead; Chase Jeter fouled and he hits both free throws to cut the lead to 1 point; Green gets a layup to go and he now has 4 points as UA has a lead again; Teague already causing Arizona some issues as he gets another bucket to put Baylor back on top [SCORE UPDATE: Baylor 7 Arizona 6 - 15:05]
- Nico Mannion gets his first bucket of the game on a runner in the lane to give Arizona a lead back out of the timeout; Freddie Gillespie hits for Baylor in the lane and the Bears have the lead back; Devonte Bandoo and he's fouled but he makes just one of two from the line; Gillespie hits again to push the Baylor lead up to 4 points as Arizona continues to have issues scoring [SCORE UPDATE: Baylor 12 Arizona 8 - 11:47]
- Gillespie remains hot as he makes a jump hook in the lane to extend the lead; Bandoo hits from deep and it forces Sean Miller to take a timeout with the Bears up 9; Davion Mitchell extends the run to 13-0 for Baylor with another 3-pointer; Gillespie fouled and he hits both free throws and the run is up to 15-0; Mannion finds Zeke Nnaji for a bucket that ends the run for Baylor and the lead is back down to 12 points; Christian Koloko cuts the lead to 11 with a free throw; Teague now has 9 points after hitting a couple free throws; Mannion makes it a 10-point game after he hits a 3-pointer for the Wildcats and he now has 5 points to lead the way for UA [SCORE UPDATE: Baylor 24 Arizona 14 - 7:38]
- Jared Butler hits a 3-pointer with Ira Lee guarding him and the lead is back up to 13 for the Bears; Butler extends the lead to 15 with a couple free throws after he's fouled by Dylan Smith; Teague with a 3-pointer and he has 12 points to push the lead to 18 for the Bears; Jemarl Baker Jr. hits for the Wildcats to cut the lead back down by a couple points; Mannion fouled shooting a 3-pointer and he hits all three free throws [SCORE UPDATE: Baylor 32 Arizona 19 - 3:47]
- Koloko hits Jeter with a behind-the-back pass for an easy bucket as UA has put a small run together; Butler hits for Baylor and he's fouled for a 3-point play; Koloko hits a mid-range jumper for the Wildcats and the lead is down to 12; Green fouled and he hits one of two from the line to make it an 11-point game
Halftime: Baylor 35 Arizona 24
2nd half
- Nnaji hits for the Wildcats out of the locker room to cut the lead to single digits; Nnaji gets a dunk for the Wildcats and the lead is down to 7 as the Wildcats are climbing back into this one; Nico Mannion tweaked his ankle on a tie up and limped to the bench for the timeout [SCORE UPDATE: Baylor 35 Arizona 28 - 15:56]
- Teague hits two free throws for Baylor's first points of the half; Green fouled by Mark Vital and he hits one of two; Flo Thamba hits a layup in the paint and the lead is back up to 10 points for Baylor; Dylan Smith gets a layup to go for Arizona and he gets the foul call for a 3-point play and the lead is down to single digits once again; Thamba fouled and he hits both free throws; Nnaji now with 8 points after he hits a couple free throws to make it a 7-point game again; Gillespie hits a free throw and it's back to an 8-point game; Green gets a transition bucket and the lead is down to just 6 points; Mitchell hits a big 3-pointer for the Bears to push the lead back up; Gillespie with a bucket inside to make it a double-digit game once again [SCORE UPDATE: Baylor 47 Arizona 36 - 10:32]
- Ira Lee makes it a 10-point game after hitting a free throw out of the timeout; Teague now with 16 points after he hits a couple free throws; Jeter fouled and he hits one of two from the line; Jeter fouled after coming up with a block and he makes both free throws to make it a 9-point game; Jeter hits two more free throws to cut it to a 7-point game; Gillespie fouled and he hits both free throws for the Bears; Butler hits for the Bears and the lead is back up to 11 points forcing a timeout from Sean Miller; Jeter fouled and he hits a couple more free throws and that has been Arizona's offense the last several minutes; Gillespie with a dunk and he now has 15 points for the Bears [SCORE UPDATE: Baylor 55 Arizona 44 - 3:40]
- Nnaji hits two free throws out of the timeout; Mannion is able to make it a 6-point game after hitting three free throws for the Wildcats; Gillespie with another answer for the UA run and the lead is back up to 8 forcing a timeout from Miller as UA has not scored from the field in nearly 10 minutes; Mannion fouled and he hits both free throws for 13 points in this game; Baker hits a big 3-pointer and somehow Arizona has closed the gap to just 3 points; Nnaji fouled on the bucket from Baker and he makes both free throws making it a 1-point game; Teague fouled by Nnaji and he hits both free throws to make it a 3-point game again; Butler fouled and he makes one of two from the line; Mannion hits a jumper for the Wildcats to cut it down to 2 with just a few seconds left; Teague fouled and he hits one of two from the line; after a miss the Wildcats have to foul and Butler hits both free throws
Final: Baylor 63 Arizona 58
