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Arizona Wildcats @ UCLA Bruins
Current Records: Arizona 4-4, UCLA 8-1
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The Arizona Wildcats will face off against the UCLA Bruins at 3:00 p.m. ET on Saturday at Footprint Center. The Wildcats are strutting in with some offensive muscle as they’ve averaged 87.1 points per game this season.
Arizona took a loss when they played away from home two weeks ago, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Saturday. They put a hurting on Southern Utah to the tune of 102-66. The Wildcats have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won four contests by 29 points or more this season.
Arizona’s success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but KJ Lewis led the charge by going 6 for 7 en route to 15 points plus eight rebounds and five assists. What’s more, Lewis also posted a 85.7% field goal percentage, which is the highest he’s posted since back in February. Another player making a difference was Anthony Dell’Orso, who went 6 for 9 en route to 19 points.
Arizona was working as a unit and finished the game with 23 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Southern Utah only posted 14.
Meanwhile, UCLA entered their tilt with Oregon on Sunday with six consecutive wins but they’ll enter their next game with seven. They skirted by the Ducks 73-71 thanks to a clutch jump shot from Dylan Andrews with but a second left in the second quarter. For those keeping track at home, that’s the closest win the Bruins have posted since January 17th.
UCLA can attribute much of their success to Eric Dailey Jr., who went 7 for 8 en route to 19 points plus five rebounds and two steals.
The victory got Arizona back to even at 4-4. As for UCLA, their win bumped their record up to 8-1.
Some high-performance offense is likely on the agenda as the two teams are some of the highest…
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