Arizona is back at McKale Center and tonight it will be looking to avenge one of its four losses in Pac-12 play as Oregon State is in Tucson for its second meeting with the Wildcats. As always, I welcome you to join the conversation and follow along with the updates from the media section at McKale.
Starters
1st half
- Alfred Hollins hits for Oregon State as the Beavers open up the scoring but the teams have combined to go 1 for 6 to open the game; Zeke Nnaji ties it up with a couple free throws; Josh Green takes it to the hoop and he gets a layup to fall giving UA a lead; Nico Mannion follows a Green miss for an easy two points; Dylan Smith is fouled hard by Alfred Hollins and he makes both shots from the free-throw line putting UA up by 6; Green with a steal and dunk for the Wildcats forcing a timeout from Oregon State [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 10 OSU 2 - 16:01]
- Nnaji puts back his own miss for a couple more points and the UA run is at 12-0; Kylor Kelley ends the UA run with a jumper for the Beavers; Smith gets it up ahead to Green for another dunk; Ethan Thompson hits for the Beavers to answer; Thompson makes a layup for OSU; Christian Koloko hits on a turnaround jump hook for the Wildcats to push the lead back up to 8 points; Green gets lost in the OSU zone and ends up wide open for a 3-pointer and he now has 9 points to lead UA; Thompson answers with a 3-pointer on the other end; Tinkle with a bucket inside as the Beavers have some more momentum on offense now [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 19 OSU 13 - 10:39]
- Thompson hits again for the Beavers; Mannion hits a jumper for the Wildcats to answer; Stone Gettings hits his first basket of the game on a corner 3-pointer pushing the lead back up to 9 for UA; Kelley hits a couple free throws for the Beavers; Nnaji with a nice move underneath the basket and he gets another shot to fall; Jarod Lucas hits a 3-pointer for OSU and the Arizona lead is down to 6 [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 26 OSU 20 - 7:32]
- Green hits a jumper for the Wildcats out of the timeout and he now has 11 points to lead all scorers; Lucas with a tough jumper for the Beavers; Max Hazzard gets a runout and he gets fouled before making both free throws and making it an 8-point game; Gettings fouled and he hits both free throws making it a 10-point game; Koloko fouled and he makes one of two from the line for UA [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 33 OSU 22 - 3:44]
- Koloko with a dunk for the Wildcats out of the timeout; Tres Tinkle gets a 3-point play as he hits a layup and is fouled; Green makes it a 12-point lead for UA with a couple more free throws; Tinkle fouled and he hits both free throws; Lucas hits another 3-pointer to make it a 7-point game; Nnaji hits a 3-pointer off a pass from Mannion and the lead is back up to 10 points
Halftime: Arizona 40 Oregon State 30
2nd half
- Kelley hits a layup for the Beavers out of the half; Hollins is called for a flagrant-1 foul and Stone Gettings hits both free throws to make it a 10-point game once again; OSU gets three chances after a couple offensive boards and Kelley finally ends the play with a big dunk to which Sean Miller just shakes his head; Smith hits a 3-pointer coming off a screen and the lead is back up to 11 points for UA [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 45 OSU 34 - 15:34]
- Nnaji hits both free throws out of the timeout and UA's lead is up to 13 points; Lucas hits another 3-pointer from the corner for the Beavers; Gettings hits a mid-range jumper and the lead is back up to 12 for UA; Tinkle hits a 3-pointer from straight away for OSU to make it a 9-point game; Mannion answers with a 3-pointer from the left wing; Mannion hits one of two free throws after Tinkle is called for a technical and ejected after elbowing Jemarl Baker Jr. on a drive; Hazzard with a nice take to the hoop for 2 points after a block from Koloko on the other end forcing a timeout from OSU; Mannion hits a couple free throws after another technical on OSU [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 58 OSU 40 - 11:56]
- Lucas hits again from deep for two to end the UA run and he now has 13 points; Hazzard hits a 3-pointer to answer for the Wildcats; Mannion hits a 3-pointer now for the Wildcats; Kelley hits on an easy shot underneath the basket; Lucas fouled and he hits both free throws; Zach Reichle hits a couple free throws after being fouled and Miller takes a timeout; Mannion gets a layup to go for the Wildcats and the lead is back up to 17 points [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 66 OSU 48 - 7:58]
- Green hits a floater for Arizona to make it a 19-point game; Nnaji hits for the Wildcats and it is now a 21-point lead for UA; Sean Miller-Moore hits for the Beavers; Baker fouled and he hits both free throws; Kelley fouled and he hits both free throws for OSU; Green hits a 3-pointer from the left wing to extend Arizona's lead to 22 points; Miller-Moore hits again on the other end for OSU; Thompson hits a jumper for the Beavers; Hazzard fouled and he hits a couple free throws for Arizona; Lucas fouled by Smith, who fouls out, and he hits both free throws for the Beavers; Chase Jeter hits for the Wildcats for his first basket off the bench in this one; Hazzard hits a 3-pointer for the Wildcats and the lead is up to 23 points now for UA; Hollins hits for the Beavers; a second-chance bucket for OSU ends with Kelley dunking for the Beavers; Jeter hits again for the Wildcats; Hazzard hits for Arizona and the lead is up to 24 points for the Wildcats [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 87 OSU 63 - 1:01]
- Jeter gets another shot to fall for the Wildcats
Final: Arizona 89 OSU 63
Starters
1st half
- Alfred Hollins hits for Oregon State as the Beavers open up the scoring but the teams have combined to go 1 for 6 to open the game; Zeke Nnaji ties it up with a couple free throws; Josh Green takes it to the hoop and he gets a layup to fall giving UA a lead; Nico Mannion follows a Green miss for an easy two points; Dylan Smith is fouled hard by Alfred Hollins and he makes both shots from the free-throw line putting UA up by 6; Green with a steal and dunk for the Wildcats forcing a timeout from Oregon State [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 10 OSU 2 - 16:01]
- Nnaji puts back his own miss for a couple more points and the UA run is at 12-0; Kylor Kelley ends the UA run with a jumper for the Beavers; Smith gets it up ahead to Green for another dunk; Ethan Thompson hits for the Beavers to answer; Thompson makes a layup for OSU; Christian Koloko hits on a turnaround jump hook for the Wildcats to push the lead back up to 8 points; Green gets lost in the OSU zone and ends up wide open for a 3-pointer and he now has 9 points to lead UA; Thompson answers with a 3-pointer on the other end; Tinkle with a bucket inside as the Beavers have some more momentum on offense now [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 19 OSU 13 - 10:39]
- Thompson hits again for the Beavers; Mannion hits a jumper for the Wildcats to answer; Stone Gettings hits his first basket of the game on a corner 3-pointer pushing the lead back up to 9 for UA; Kelley hits a couple free throws for the Beavers; Nnaji with a nice move underneath the basket and he gets another shot to fall; Jarod Lucas hits a 3-pointer for OSU and the Arizona lead is down to 6 [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 26 OSU 20 - 7:32]
- Green hits a jumper for the Wildcats out of the timeout and he now has 11 points to lead all scorers; Lucas with a tough jumper for the Beavers; Max Hazzard gets a runout and he gets fouled before making both free throws and making it an 8-point game; Gettings fouled and he hits both free throws making it a 10-point game; Koloko fouled and he makes one of two from the line for UA [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 33 OSU 22 - 3:44]
- Koloko with a dunk for the Wildcats out of the timeout; Tres Tinkle gets a 3-point play as he hits a layup and is fouled; Green makes it a 12-point lead for UA with a couple more free throws; Tinkle fouled and he hits both free throws; Lucas hits another 3-pointer to make it a 7-point game; Nnaji hits a 3-pointer off a pass from Mannion and the lead is back up to 10 points
Halftime: Arizona 40 Oregon State 30
2nd half
- Kelley hits a layup for the Beavers out of the half; Hollins is called for a flagrant-1 foul and Stone Gettings hits both free throws to make it a 10-point game once again; OSU gets three chances after a couple offensive boards and Kelley finally ends the play with a big dunk to which Sean Miller just shakes his head; Smith hits a 3-pointer coming off a screen and the lead is back up to 11 points for UA [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 45 OSU 34 - 15:34]
- Nnaji hits both free throws out of the timeout and UA's lead is up to 13 points; Lucas hits another 3-pointer from the corner for the Beavers; Gettings hits a mid-range jumper and the lead is back up to 12 for UA; Tinkle hits a 3-pointer from straight away for OSU to make it a 9-point game; Mannion answers with a 3-pointer from the left wing; Mannion hits one of two free throws after Tinkle is called for a technical and ejected after elbowing Jemarl Baker Jr. on a drive; Hazzard with a nice take to the hoop for 2 points after a block from Koloko on the other end forcing a timeout from OSU; Mannion hits a couple free throws after another technical on OSU [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 58 OSU 40 - 11:56]
- Lucas hits again from deep for two to end the UA run and he now has 13 points; Hazzard hits a 3-pointer to answer for the Wildcats; Mannion hits a 3-pointer now for the Wildcats; Kelley hits on an easy shot underneath the basket; Lucas fouled and he hits both free throws; Zach Reichle hits a couple free throws after being fouled and Miller takes a timeout; Mannion gets a layup to go for the Wildcats and the lead is back up to 17 points [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 66 OSU 48 - 7:58]
- Green hits a floater for Arizona to make it a 19-point game; Nnaji hits for the Wildcats and it is now a 21-point lead for UA; Sean Miller-Moore hits for the Beavers; Baker fouled and he hits both free throws; Kelley fouled and he hits both free throws for OSU; Green hits a 3-pointer from the left wing to extend Arizona's lead to 22 points; Miller-Moore hits again on the other end for OSU; Thompson hits a jumper for the Beavers; Hazzard fouled and he hits a couple free throws for Arizona; Lucas fouled by Smith, who fouls out, and he hits both free throws for the Beavers; Chase Jeter hits for the Wildcats for his first basket off the bench in this one; Hazzard hits a 3-pointer for the Wildcats and the lead is up to 23 points now for UA; Hollins hits for the Beavers; a second-chance bucket for OSU ends with Kelley dunking for the Beavers; Jeter hits again for the Wildcats; Hazzard hits for Arizona and the lead is up to 24 points for the Wildcats [SCORE UPDATE: Arizona 87 OSU 63 - 1:01]
- Jeter gets another shot to fall for the Wildcats
Final: Arizona 89 OSU 63
