Terry terrific as Wildcats take down 3rd-ranked Bruins

 Arizona Wildcats basketball

Dalen Terry (photo left) was terrific and Kerr Krissa capped off the game by tossing the basketball into the student section at McKale Center tonight as Arizona rebounded from their loss last week in Los Angeles with a 76-66 win over the third-ranked Bruins.

Terry was all over the court and finished with 10 points, seven assists and nine rebounds, while Krissa left the court with his hands raised high and a big smile on his face as the sold out crowd at McKale roared with their approval.

Krissa had another tough shooting night, hitting only 4 of 14 shots and 3 of 10 from long range, but much better than his performance at the Pauley Pavilion last week when he went 0 for 12 from the field.

The young Arizona point guard helped turn the tables on the Bruins, while Terry offered his usual support to his teammates and came close to pulling off a triple-double. Krissa scored 16 points to lead the  seventh-ranked Wildcats, while canning 5 of 6 free throws, as well as dishing out five key assists.

Both players failed to score a point in the Bruins 16-point win over the Wildcats at the Pauley Pavilion.

Five Wildcats were in double figures tonight with Bennedict Mathurin adding 11 points, Pelle Larsson chipped in 12 and Azuolas Tubelis scored 14 points, despite playing just 18 minutes.

Arizona shot 48 percent from the field (24 of 50), 36 percent from long range (8 of 22), but did miss 10 free throws tonight (20 of 30).

Arizona did what they had to do and now sit atop the Pac-12 with an 8-1 slate and an 18-2 overall record -- their lone losses at UCLA and at Tennessee.

Next up: 19th-ranked USC at McKale on Saturday, 3 PM.