Ristic's double-double leads Wildcats to easy win over UCI

Arizona Wildcats Basketball


Dusan Ristic's double-double and another solid outing from the Wildcats other seven-footer Lauri Markkanen led Arizona to an easy 79-57 win tonight at McKale over UC-Irvine.

Ristic, who scored 14 points in the first half, finished the game with 18 points and 10 rebounds, while his counterpart Markkanen chipped in 18 points as well, hitting 7 of 10 shots and 4 of 6 from three-point land. Ristic did all his damage underneath the bucket with eight field goals on 11 attempts.

Chance Comanche fouled out midway through the second half and walk-on Tyler Trillo logged 13   minutes of court time. The Wildcats are still without the services of Parker Jackson-Cartwright and Allonzo Trier.

Arizona improves to 7-2 on the season.