Arizona is looking to continue its winning streak Friday night as it takes on Penn in the semifinal round of the Wooden Legacy event after taking down Pepperdine last night in a game that wend down to the wire.
Follow along for updates throughout the night plus feel free to join the conversation as the Wildcats look for win No. 8 on the year and to secure a spot in the finals against Wake Forest Sunday evening.
Starters
1st half
- Betley hits for Penn on a nice layup to get the scoring going; Chase Jeter comes back on the other end and gets a nice bucket in the lane on a turnaround hook shot; Brodeur with a strong take to the hoop and Penn gets the lead back; Dylan Smith continues his strong play with a steal and layup for the Wildcats to even up the game; Nice backdoor play for the Quakers and Scott makes the layup as the back and forth continues; Goodman hits a couple free throws and the lead for Penn is up to 4; Nnaji with a nice pass to Jeter for a dunk on a nice play design from the Wildcats and the lead is down to 2; Betley hits a 3-pointer for Penn to push the lead back up; Josh Green answers with a 3-pointer of his own for the Wildcats; Brodeur with a nice layup for Penn as the both teams are going to work on offense right now; Jeter gets a layup on the other end as the two teams are trading baskets right now [SCORE UPDATE: Penn 13 Arizona 11 - 14:44]
- Green with a dunk off the dribble along the baseline and the game is tied up at 13; Nnaji follows a Green miss and the Wildcats take the lead; Nico Mannion calls for a screen and gets a good look from 3 that he nails pushing the UA lead to 4 [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 17 Penn 13 - 11:54]
- Stone Gettings hits one of two free throws out of the timeout to push the lead to 5 for UA; Jemarl Baker Jr. takes a pull-up 3-pointer and the Wildcats have no put together a 12-0 run to take charge of this game; Brodeur brings the UA run to an end with an open dunk after a defensive miscommunication from the Wildcats; Ira Lee gets away with a travel but he got a nice block to start the play and finishes with a layup to push the lead back up to 8 points for UA; Jordan Dingle fouled and he makes one of two from the line for Penn; Baker with another 3-pointer for the Wildcats off the right wing and the lead is at 10 [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 26 Penn 16 - 7:55]
- Max Martz connects on a layup as he sneaks behind the Arizona defense for a bucket and the lead is back down to single digits; Nnaji with a nice find as he gets the ball to Jeter for another easy bucket underneath; Goodman makes one of two from the line for the Quakers; Betley with a layup and the lead is down to 7 points again; Goodman hits a 3-pointer and Sean Miller takes another timeout after another poor defensive decision; Dingle with a 3-pointer off the left wing and Arizona's lead has suddenly shrunk to just one point; Mannion with a floater in the lane at the end of the clock to give the Wildcats some cushion; Dingle fouled and he hits a couple free throws; Brodeur fouled by Chase Jeter and he hits both free throws to give Penn a 1-point lead; Smith is fouled on the other end and he hits two free throws to give Arizona the lead back; Green is fouled going up for a shot and he hits both free throws to extend the Wildcats' lead; Mannion hits a 3-pointer at the top of the key and the lead is back up to 6; Green with a miss that's cleaned up by Nnaji and the lead is back up to 8 points for the Wildcats; Dingle with a big dunk down the middle of the lane for Penn; Mannion lulls the defense to sleep and hits a deep jumper to push the lead back up for UA
Halftime: Arizona 41 Penn 33
2nd half
- Betley hits for Penn to open the second half and cut into Arizona's lead; Jeter makes it an 8-point lead once again after he gets a layup in the paint and he now leads the Wildcats with 10 points; Betley with another bucket and he gets fouled for a 3-point play; Goodman with his first bucket of the second half and the lead is down to 3; Nnaji with a tough take to the rim and he gets the shot to fall for the Wildcats; Mannion with a 3-pointer from the right wing and the Wildcats quickly have it back to an 8-point game; Mannion with a floater in the lane and UA pushes its lead back up to 10 points; Nnaji gets a layup to go and the Wildcats have their biggest lead of the game [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 52 Penn 40 - 16:11]
- Smith fouls Jerrod Simmons who gets a shot to fall but he can't complete the 3-point play; Nnaji backs down his man and gets another bucket for the Wildcats and he now has 10 points; Mannion with a nice reverse layup after a baseline move to push the lead up to 14 points for the Wildcats; Nnaji fouled and he hits both free throws; Martz hits a tough layup for the Quakers to end the UA run; Nnaji fouled and he hits two more free throws making it a 16-point game; Betley fouled and he hits a couple free throws for Penn; Betley now with 17 points as he hits a 3-pointer for the Quakers; Jeter follows that up with a bucket inside for the Wildcats; Mannion with another floater to push the lead back up for the Wildcats and he now has 18 points to lead all scorers [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 64 Penn 49 - 12:00]
- Mannion hits again in the lane to extend the lead for UA; Dingle hits from deep for Penn to cut into the lead; Mannion hits a jumper for the Wildcats to add to his total; Scott hits a 3-pointer on the other end for Penn; Green hits from deep for the Wildcats as the scoring is picking up again in this one; Dingle hits yet another 3-pointer for the Quakers and Sean Miller takes a timeout with Penn getting hot from deep; Dingle hits again from deep for the Quakers; Jeter gets the ball inside and scores one more time to push the lead back to 12 for UA; Goodman hits a 3-pointer now for the Quakers; the ball finds Smith and he hits a deep jumper for the Wildcats; Jeter with a transition layup for the Wildcats and the lead is back up to 13 points [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 77 Penn 64 - 7:45]
- Jeter hits one of two from the line after the timeout; Betley with another 3-pointer as the Quakers remain hot from deep; Lucas Monroe hits a layup to cut the lead back down to single digits in favor of UA; Brodeur fouled and he hits one of two from the line to make it an 8-point game; Mannion with a steal that he gets up ahead to Green for a dunk and a 10-point lead; Nnaji fouled and he hits both free throws for the Wildcats; Dingle with his fifth 3-pointer of the game and the lead is back down to 9 points; Dingle now with his sixth 3-pointer and Penn has made it a 6-point game with its hot shooting from deep tonight [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 82 Penn 76 - 3:35]
- Brodeur hits a couple free throws and the lead is down to just 4 points in favor of UA; Mannion with a big jumper to push the lead back up for UA; Dingle fouled but he only makes one of two from the line and it's a 5-point game; Arizona gets Penn with a back cut that has been working for the Quakers on a dish from Mannion to Green for an easy layup to extend the UA lead; Jeter fouled and he hits both big free throws for the Wildcats and UA is up by 9; Green is fouled and he hits both free throws making it a double-digit lead once more for the Wildcats; Dingle with one more 3-pointer and it's an 8-point game with under a minute to play; Smith hits a couple free throws and UA pushes it back up to a 10-point game
Final: No. 14 Arizona 92 Penn 82
Follow along for updates throughout the night plus feel free to join the conversation as the Wildcats look for win No. 8 on the year and to secure a spot in the finals against Wake Forest Sunday evening.
Starters
1st half
- Betley hits for Penn on a nice layup to get the scoring going; Chase Jeter comes back on the other end and gets a nice bucket in the lane on a turnaround hook shot; Brodeur with a strong take to the hoop and Penn gets the lead back; Dylan Smith continues his strong play with a steal and layup for the Wildcats to even up the game; Nice backdoor play for the Quakers and Scott makes the layup as the back and forth continues; Goodman hits a couple free throws and the lead for Penn is up to 4; Nnaji with a nice pass to Jeter for a dunk on a nice play design from the Wildcats and the lead is down to 2; Betley hits a 3-pointer for Penn to push the lead back up; Josh Green answers with a 3-pointer of his own for the Wildcats; Brodeur with a nice layup for Penn as the both teams are going to work on offense right now; Jeter gets a layup on the other end as the two teams are trading baskets right now [SCORE UPDATE: Penn 13 Arizona 11 - 14:44]
- Green with a dunk off the dribble along the baseline and the game is tied up at 13; Nnaji follows a Green miss and the Wildcats take the lead; Nico Mannion calls for a screen and gets a good look from 3 that he nails pushing the UA lead to 4 [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 17 Penn 13 - 11:54]
- Stone Gettings hits one of two free throws out of the timeout to push the lead to 5 for UA; Jemarl Baker Jr. takes a pull-up 3-pointer and the Wildcats have no put together a 12-0 run to take charge of this game; Brodeur brings the UA run to an end with an open dunk after a defensive miscommunication from the Wildcats; Ira Lee gets away with a travel but he got a nice block to start the play and finishes with a layup to push the lead back up to 8 points for UA; Jordan Dingle fouled and he makes one of two from the line for Penn; Baker with another 3-pointer for the Wildcats off the right wing and the lead is at 10 [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 26 Penn 16 - 7:55]
- Max Martz connects on a layup as he sneaks behind the Arizona defense for a bucket and the lead is back down to single digits; Nnaji with a nice find as he gets the ball to Jeter for another easy bucket underneath; Goodman makes one of two from the line for the Quakers; Betley with a layup and the lead is down to 7 points again; Goodman hits a 3-pointer and Sean Miller takes another timeout after another poor defensive decision; Dingle with a 3-pointer off the left wing and Arizona's lead has suddenly shrunk to just one point; Mannion with a floater in the lane at the end of the clock to give the Wildcats some cushion; Dingle fouled and he hits a couple free throws; Brodeur fouled by Chase Jeter and he hits both free throws to give Penn a 1-point lead; Smith is fouled on the other end and he hits two free throws to give Arizona the lead back; Green is fouled going up for a shot and he hits both free throws to extend the Wildcats' lead; Mannion hits a 3-pointer at the top of the key and the lead is back up to 6; Green with a miss that's cleaned up by Nnaji and the lead is back up to 8 points for the Wildcats; Dingle with a big dunk down the middle of the lane for Penn; Mannion lulls the defense to sleep and hits a deep jumper to push the lead back up for UA
Halftime: Arizona 41 Penn 33
2nd half
- Betley hits for Penn to open the second half and cut into Arizona's lead; Jeter makes it an 8-point lead once again after he gets a layup in the paint and he now leads the Wildcats with 10 points; Betley with another bucket and he gets fouled for a 3-point play; Goodman with his first bucket of the second half and the lead is down to 3; Nnaji with a tough take to the rim and he gets the shot to fall for the Wildcats; Mannion with a 3-pointer from the right wing and the Wildcats quickly have it back to an 8-point game; Mannion with a floater in the lane and UA pushes its lead back up to 10 points; Nnaji gets a layup to go and the Wildcats have their biggest lead of the game [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 52 Penn 40 - 16:11]
- Smith fouls Jerrod Simmons who gets a shot to fall but he can't complete the 3-point play; Nnaji backs down his man and gets another bucket for the Wildcats and he now has 10 points; Mannion with a nice reverse layup after a baseline move to push the lead up to 14 points for the Wildcats; Nnaji fouled and he hits both free throws; Martz hits a tough layup for the Quakers to end the UA run; Nnaji fouled and he hits two more free throws making it a 16-point game; Betley fouled and he hits a couple free throws for Penn; Betley now with 17 points as he hits a 3-pointer for the Quakers; Jeter follows that up with a bucket inside for the Wildcats; Mannion with another floater to push the lead back up for the Wildcats and he now has 18 points to lead all scorers [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 64 Penn 49 - 12:00]
- Mannion hits again in the lane to extend the lead for UA; Dingle hits from deep for Penn to cut into the lead; Mannion hits a jumper for the Wildcats to add to his total; Scott hits a 3-pointer on the other end for Penn; Green hits from deep for the Wildcats as the scoring is picking up again in this one; Dingle hits yet another 3-pointer for the Quakers and Sean Miller takes a timeout with Penn getting hot from deep; Dingle hits again from deep for the Quakers; Jeter gets the ball inside and scores one more time to push the lead back to 12 for UA; Goodman hits a 3-pointer now for the Quakers; the ball finds Smith and he hits a deep jumper for the Wildcats; Jeter with a transition layup for the Wildcats and the lead is back up to 13 points [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 77 Penn 64 - 7:45]
- Jeter hits one of two from the line after the timeout; Betley with another 3-pointer as the Quakers remain hot from deep; Lucas Monroe hits a layup to cut the lead back down to single digits in favor of UA; Brodeur fouled and he hits one of two from the line to make it an 8-point game; Mannion with a steal that he gets up ahead to Green for a dunk and a 10-point lead; Nnaji fouled and he hits both free throws for the Wildcats; Dingle with his fifth 3-pointer of the game and the lead is back down to 9 points; Dingle now with his sixth 3-pointer and Penn has made it a 6-point game with its hot shooting from deep tonight [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 82 Penn 76 - 3:35]
- Brodeur hits a couple free throws and the lead is down to just 4 points in favor of UA; Mannion with a big jumper to push the lead back up for UA; Dingle fouled but he only makes one of two from the line and it's a 5-point game; Arizona gets Penn with a back cut that has been working for the Quakers on a dish from Mannion to Green for an easy layup to extend the UA lead; Jeter fouled and he hits both big free throws for the Wildcats and UA is up by 9; Green is fouled and he hits both free throws making it a double-digit lead once more for the Wildcats; Dingle with one more 3-pointer and it's an 8-point game with under a minute to play; Smith hits a couple free throws and UA pushes it back up to a 10-point game
Final: No. 14 Arizona 92 Penn 82
