Krivas pours in a career-high 25, Burries nets 28 in 101-76 win over KSU

 Arizona Wildcats Basketball

Motiejus Krivas scored a career-high 25 points, and Brayden Burries added 28 points as No. 1 Arizona rolled over Kansas State tonight at McKale, 101-76, to move to 15-0 overall and 2-0 in Big 12 play.

Krivas tacked on another double-double tonight, adding 12 rebounds to his stats, while Burries just missed a double-double, finishing with nine boards and four assists.

Koa Peat picked up a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds. Tobe Awaka played just 19 minutes but grabbed 11 rebounds and scored eight points. 

Arizona shot 49.3 from the field (34 of 69) but made only three 3-pointers tonight (3 of 16). They owned the glass with a 52-26 rebound advantage over KSU (9-6). The Wildcats scored 56 points in the paint and committed only eight turnovers.

Way to go, Wildcats!

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Arizona opens Big 12 play with win at Utah

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Arizona (14-0) took it to the Utah Utes (8-6) early in Salt Lake City today with a 58-point first half en route to a 97-78 win as the top-ranked Wildcats showed why they are deserving of the Number One ranking in the Associated Press College Basketball Poll.

Of course, 2nd-ranked Michigan is getting all the love east of the Rio Grande, but tell that to the Utes in the Jon M. Huntsman Center who witnessed the Arizona balanced attack for 40 minutes.

The Wildcats let up on the gas pedal in the second half as Tobe Awaka finished the day with another double-double. Awaka scored 18 points and grabbed 12 rebounds. Jaden Bradley was his usual self with 18 points and five assists, while Koa Peat scored 17 points, Ivan Kharchenkov made his first four shots of the game and ended up with 13, and Brayden Burries recorded his first double-double with 17 points and 11 boards.

Way to go, Wildcats! 

Holiday Bowl: SMU 24 Arizona 19

Holiday Bowl

San Diego, California

A tale of two halves.

Arizona (9-4), down 24-0 at the half, shut down SMU in the second half, 19-0, but allowed the Mustangs (9-4) to escape the Holiday Bowl in San Diego tonight with a 24-19 win.

Arizona quarterback Noah Fifita threw three touchdown passes in the second half. Fifita finished the night completing 28 of 43 passes for 265 yards, while running the ball for 73 yards on 13 carries.

Great season, Wildcats!

Note: Despite the loss, Arizona put together an exceptional season. The players played their hearts out in every game and never gave up, despite all the adversity on and off the field. An added touchdown here and there in the red zone during the course of the season could have produced an 11-win season. Case in point: BYU. Go, Wildcats from Bookemdanosports -- Dan Price, a diehard Wildcats fan.

 

Top-ranked Arizona finish non-conference play with 13-0 record

 Arizona Wildcats Basketball

From the desk of Dan Price

The top-ranked Arizona Wildcats finished their non-conference schedule and improved to 13-0 with a 99-71 win over South Dakota State (7-8) tonight at the McKale Center.

Koa Peat, who scored 16 points and grabbed eight rebounds in the first half, finished the night with 19 points and 14 rebounds to lead the Wildcats. Six Arizona players scored in double figures, and three players produced double-doubles.

Moe Krivas blocked six shots, scored 13 points, and grabbed 11 rebounds, while Jaden Bradley scored 13 points and dished out 10 assists. Brayden Burries chipped in 14 points, Tobe Awaka scored 10, Ivan Kharchenkov added 12, while Anthony Dell'Orso finished with nine points.

Another balanced attack from Arizona. The Wildcats, as usual, spent a lot of time at the foul line, canning 24 of 31, while grabbing 45 rebounds to just 30 by the Jackrabbits.

And now it's off to Utah on Saturday for the Big 12 opener against the Utes.