Arizona Wildcats Basketball
Brandon Randolph ignited a second-half comeback, hitting 4 of 5 3-pointers to lift Arizona to a 80-69 win over a gutsy Utah Valley team tonight at McKale. Randolph finished with 16 points, while Brandon Williams and Justin Coleman scored 15 points apiece to help cement the win. The Wildcats furious comeback was helped out by Dylan Smith who came off the bench to tally 13 points.
Arizona shot just 38.5 percent in the first half and committed 11 turnovers. The Wildcats went to the locker room down by 12 points, 41-29.
Then Randolph went to work and Arizona turned the deficit into a 45-43 lead.
Game on!
Randolph hit two free throws with eight minutes to go, Smith chipped in a three-pointer to make it 63-57 and Emmanuel Akot hit a three-pointer with 5:30 left to up the Wildcat lead to 68-60. Ryan Luther followed with a layup with five minutes left to give Arizona a 70-60 lead -- a 22-point turnaround since the beginning of the second half.
Williams had his best game of the year with his first career double-double with 10 rebounds to go along with his 15 points. He also led the team in assists with five. Arizona ended up shooting 50 percent from the field (27 of 54), including 12 of 22 from three-point land.
Arizona improves to 7-2 on the season.
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