Arizona Wildcats Basketball
The No. 6 Arizona Wildcats found a way. It took a while -- some 15 frustrating minutes-- before Arizona turned the brand of ball played by Utah into a runaway 82-64 win last night at McKale.
Where was Kerr Kriisa?
It'll be weeks before the Arizona fans obtain the info on why Kriisa was absent. Of course, this is my blog and I'm free to speculate. So, I'll call it a late injury report that might have been handed to Coach Tommy Lloyd -- possible complications from a wrist or a thumb injury left over from the Wildcats' previous win over Washington when Kriisa dished out a career-high 10 assists, but scored just two points.
Something tells me there's more to the story, but let's move on.
A little adversity for the Wildcats? Yes! So, give the ball to the big fellas and play on. Azuolas Tubelis tosses in a career-high 32 points and eight rebounds, while Christian Koloko adds 16 points and five boards as Arizona turns an ugly 34-31 halftime lead into a runaway win with 48 points in the final 20 minutes of play.
Justin Kier filled in for Kriisa and filled up the stat sheet with six points (both three-pointers), eight assists and six rebounds in 33 minutes. Bennedict Mathurin had an off night, but finished with 11 points.
Bottom line: Arizona deals with a little adversity, moves to 14-1 on the season, sits atop the Pac-12 at 4-0 and will probably find themselves No. 3 in the country by Monday afternoon when the AP Poll comes out.
Photo: Azuolas Tubelis
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