Arizona is back at it tonight one last time at McKale Center before next week's trip to Anaheim for the Wooden Legacy event. The Wildcats are hosting Long Beach State in tonight's game and UA will use it as a game to get back on track after a close call against South Dakota State Thursday night.
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Starters
1st half
- Nico Mannion hits a couple free throws to get the scoring started for Arizona; Chance Hunter gets a layup to go for LBSU and the game is tied up; Nnaji gets a bucket to fall after he missed his first attempt to give UA back the early lead; Joshua Morgan hits for The Beach to tie it up once again; Chase Jeter gets a big one-handed dunk for the Wildcats; Nnaji is fouled and he hits both free throws [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 8 LBSU 4 - 15:51]
- Jemarl Baker Jr. hits a 3-pointer for the Wildcats, the first make of the game from deep; Mannion gets a breakaway dunk for UA to push the lead to 9 points; Michael Carter III hits three free throws after being fouled for LBSU; Nnaji gets a layup in transition and the Wildcats push the lead back up to 8; Carter hits a layup in transition to cut the lead down [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 15 LBSU 9 - 11:59]
- Carter gets an and-one situation as he makes a layup and is fouled on the play and he cuts the lead to just 3 with the bucket and free throw; Jordan Roberts makes it a one-point game after he makes a jumper for The Beach; Green hits a jumper for the Wildcats; Green follows that up with a steal and dunk on the other end for UA; Baker hits another 3-pointer and just like that the lead is back up to 8 for the Wildcats; Max De Geest hits a 3-pointer for LBSU; Morgan hits a couple free throws and the lead is down to 3 points once again [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 22 LBSU 19 - 6:56]
- Mannion hits another 3-pointer for the Wildcats to push the lead back up; Nnaji hits one of two from the line for Arizona; Nnaji gets a layup to go for the Wildcats as he now has 9 points to lead the team; Morgan gets a layup to fall for LBSU; Hunter follows that up with a layup in transition plus he gets fouled for a 3-point play; Romelle Mansel gets a layup to go for LBSU and it's a 7-0 run for The Beach [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 28 LBSU 26 - 3:54]
- Roberts hits a layup for LBSU to even up the game; Green gets another fastbreak dunk and he gives the lead back to UA; the back and forth continues as De Geest hits a 3-pointer and Long Beach State has its first lead of the game; Mannion gets a fastbreak layup and UA has the 1-point lead once again; Hunter is fouled and he hits one of two from the line; Dylan Smith hits one of two free throws on the other end; Nnaji now into double figures as he gets another layup to fall; Mannion fouled and he hits both free throws for the Wildcats to extend the lead back up to 5 points; Carter hits one of two from the line for LBSU; Jeter fouled and he hits one of two from the line
Halftime: Arizona 38 LBSU 33
2nd half
- Mansel hits a jumper for LBSU to open the half; Jeter with a bucket for the Wildcats; Carter hits for The Beach in the lane as he now has 11 points; Nnaji gets a layup to go for the Wildcats; Nnaji follows that up with a mid-range jumper and he now has 15 points for UA; Smith hits a 3-pointer for the Wildcats and the lead is up to double digits; Mannion hits a jumper for the Wildcats as he's starting to catch fire; Baker hits a 3-pointer for the Wildcats; Mannion hits a big 3-pointer in transition and he gives UA a 16-point lead; Morgan hits for LBSU to end the Arizona run; Mannion hits another 3-pointer and UA's lead is up to 17 [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 58 LBSU 41 - 13:53]
- Roberts get a floater to fall for LBSU; Hazzard hits a 3-pointer from the corner for the Wildcats; Stone Gettings hits a jumper to push the lead to 20 points for UA; Gettings hits again on a tough layup and he gets the foul call [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 65 LBSU 43 - 11:35]
- Gettings hits the free throw out of the timeout; Green gets a layup to go in transition and he gets fouled making it a 3-point play; Cobb hits one of two from the line for LBSU; Hazzard hits another 3-pointer as the Wildcats are on fire from deep in the second half and the lead is up to 28; De Geest hits makes one of two from the line for LBSU; Griffin hits a jumper for The Beach; Hazzard hits another 3-pointer for the Wildcats and he now has 9 points; De Geest hits a 3-pointer for LBSU [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 75 LBSU 50 - 7:58]
- Nico fouled and he hits one of two from the line; Smith fouled and he hits one of two for the Wildcats; Hunter with a huge dunk for LBSU to cut the lead back down to 25; Christian Koloko with a nice jump hook and he gets his first points of the game for UA; Mansel hits one of two for LBSU after being fouled; Slater hits a 3-pointer from the left wing to cut into the UA lead some more; Nnaji now with 17 points as he gets a big dunk off the feed from Green; Mannion hits a couple free throws and the lead is up to 27; Nnaji with another nice bucket off the pass from Green and he now has 19 points for UA; Mansel gets a dunk on the other end for The Beach; Baker hits a jumper to push the lead back up for the Wildcats; Nnaji with another dunk as he has started to assert himself in the paint this half; Mansel with a big dunk for LBSU [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 89 LBSU 60 - 4:05]
- Jeter hits a jumper for the Wildcats out of the timeout; Griffin hits a 3-pointer on the other end for LBSU; Griffin hits one of two from the line for LBSU; Green fouled and he hits a couple free throws; Hazzard with a layup for the Wildcats; Hazzard hits another 3-pointer and he is now in double figures for UA; Griffin hits a 3-pointer to cut it to a 31-point lead; Ira Lee gets a shot to fall and UA has hit 100 points plus he hits a free throw to push it to a 34-point lead; Matt Weyand hits a 3-pointer and the crowd loses it
Final: No. 14 Arizona 104 Long Beach State 67
Join the conversation and follow along as tonight's game plays out at McKale.
Starters
1st half
- Nico Mannion hits a couple free throws to get the scoring started for Arizona; Chance Hunter gets a layup to go for LBSU and the game is tied up; Nnaji gets a bucket to fall after he missed his first attempt to give UA back the early lead; Joshua Morgan hits for The Beach to tie it up once again; Chase Jeter gets a big one-handed dunk for the Wildcats; Nnaji is fouled and he hits both free throws [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 8 LBSU 4 - 15:51]
- Jemarl Baker Jr. hits a 3-pointer for the Wildcats, the first make of the game from deep; Mannion gets a breakaway dunk for UA to push the lead to 9 points; Michael Carter III hits three free throws after being fouled for LBSU; Nnaji gets a layup in transition and the Wildcats push the lead back up to 8; Carter hits a layup in transition to cut the lead down [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 15 LBSU 9 - 11:59]
- Carter gets an and-one situation as he makes a layup and is fouled on the play and he cuts the lead to just 3 with the bucket and free throw; Jordan Roberts makes it a one-point game after he makes a jumper for The Beach; Green hits a jumper for the Wildcats; Green follows that up with a steal and dunk on the other end for UA; Baker hits another 3-pointer and just like that the lead is back up to 8 for the Wildcats; Max De Geest hits a 3-pointer for LBSU; Morgan hits a couple free throws and the lead is down to 3 points once again [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 22 LBSU 19 - 6:56]
- Mannion hits another 3-pointer for the Wildcats to push the lead back up; Nnaji hits one of two from the line for Arizona; Nnaji gets a layup to go for the Wildcats as he now has 9 points to lead the team; Morgan gets a layup to fall for LBSU; Hunter follows that up with a layup in transition plus he gets fouled for a 3-point play; Romelle Mansel gets a layup to go for LBSU and it's a 7-0 run for The Beach [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 28 LBSU 26 - 3:54]
- Roberts hits a layup for LBSU to even up the game; Green gets another fastbreak dunk and he gives the lead back to UA; the back and forth continues as De Geest hits a 3-pointer and Long Beach State has its first lead of the game; Mannion gets a fastbreak layup and UA has the 1-point lead once again; Hunter is fouled and he hits one of two from the line; Dylan Smith hits one of two free throws on the other end; Nnaji now into double figures as he gets another layup to fall; Mannion fouled and he hits both free throws for the Wildcats to extend the lead back up to 5 points; Carter hits one of two from the line for LBSU; Jeter fouled and he hits one of two from the line
Halftime: Arizona 38 LBSU 33
2nd half
- Mansel hits a jumper for LBSU to open the half; Jeter with a bucket for the Wildcats; Carter hits for The Beach in the lane as he now has 11 points; Nnaji gets a layup to go for the Wildcats; Nnaji follows that up with a mid-range jumper and he now has 15 points for UA; Smith hits a 3-pointer for the Wildcats and the lead is up to double digits; Mannion hits a jumper for the Wildcats as he's starting to catch fire; Baker hits a 3-pointer for the Wildcats; Mannion hits a big 3-pointer in transition and he gives UA a 16-point lead; Morgan hits for LBSU to end the Arizona run; Mannion hits another 3-pointer and UA's lead is up to 17 [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 58 LBSU 41 - 13:53]
- Roberts get a floater to fall for LBSU; Hazzard hits a 3-pointer from the corner for the Wildcats; Stone Gettings hits a jumper to push the lead to 20 points for UA; Gettings hits again on a tough layup and he gets the foul call [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 65 LBSU 43 - 11:35]
- Gettings hits the free throw out of the timeout; Green gets a layup to go in transition and he gets fouled making it a 3-point play; Cobb hits one of two from the line for LBSU; Hazzard hits another 3-pointer as the Wildcats are on fire from deep in the second half and the lead is up to 28; De Geest hits makes one of two from the line for LBSU; Griffin hits a jumper for The Beach; Hazzard hits another 3-pointer for the Wildcats and he now has 9 points; De Geest hits a 3-pointer for LBSU [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 75 LBSU 50 - 7:58]
- Nico fouled and he hits one of two from the line; Smith fouled and he hits one of two for the Wildcats; Hunter with a huge dunk for LBSU to cut the lead back down to 25; Christian Koloko with a nice jump hook and he gets his first points of the game for UA; Mansel hits one of two for LBSU after being fouled; Slater hits a 3-pointer from the left wing to cut into the UA lead some more; Nnaji now with 17 points as he gets a big dunk off the feed from Green; Mannion hits a couple free throws and the lead is up to 27; Nnaji with another nice bucket off the pass from Green and he now has 19 points for UA; Mansel gets a dunk on the other end for The Beach; Baker hits a jumper to push the lead back up for the Wildcats; Nnaji with another dunk as he has started to assert himself in the paint this half; Mansel with a big dunk for LBSU [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 89 LBSU 60 - 4:05]
- Jeter hits a jumper for the Wildcats out of the timeout; Griffin hits a 3-pointer on the other end for LBSU; Griffin hits one of two from the line for LBSU; Green fouled and he hits a couple free throws; Hazzard with a layup for the Wildcats; Hazzard hits another 3-pointer and he is now in double figures for UA; Griffin hits a 3-pointer to cut it to a 31-point lead; Ira Lee gets a shot to fall and UA has hit 100 points plus he hits a free throw to push it to a 34-point lead; Matt Weyand hits a 3-pointer and the crowd loses it
Final: No. 14 Arizona 104 Long Beach State 67
