No. 20 Arizona Men’s Basketball Costumes for Host 13 Texas Tech – Arizona Daily Wildcat

The men’s basketball team of the University of Arizona (16-6, 10-1 in the big 12) returns home on Saturday, February 8 to host the Texas Technical University (18-4, 9-2 in the Grand 12) in 8:30 pm at McKale Center. Wildcats seem to continue their winning series of five games entering this game. In particular, Arizona has been 9-1 in his last 10 games, with his only defeat coming from the Red Raiders.

A story vs. Texas Tech

Saturday celebrates the 54th meeting between the two Texas Tech programs leading the series, 29-24. The first Wildcats match against Red Raiders was on January 15, 1934, when Arizona fell 33-29.

During the history of returning to the Red-Riders, they also won in the latest match against Arizona when they clicked a winning series with seven matches with a 70-54 win on January 18th. The Saturday match seemed very expected as it was expected to be long -awaited as it was expected to be long -awaited as it was expected to be long -awaited as it was expected to be very expected as long -lasting as it was expected for a long time as very expected As a long lasting one, as matches Wildcat fans hope the team can bounce.

Texas Tech Players to watch

Red Raiders, led by chief coach Grant McCalsland, are on an up -to -date winning series that Wildcats are watching to stop as they did their own. Although McCalsland was a second-year coach who led the team, he directed the then 22 Texas Tech to the NCAA 2024 tournament with a total record of 23-11.

Chance McMillian is the leading goalkeeper of Red Raiders, averaging a static line of 15.5 points, 4.3 rebounds and 1.6 assists per match. McMilian was in a hot series recently, as the 6-foot-3 guard scored 23 points in victory against No. 6 University in Houston. In particular, he was 7-7 of the free throw line, helping to secure the victory over the cougars.

In the latest TEXAS TECH 73-59 victory against Baylor University on February 4, McMilian scored 19 points and coincided with his highest season for 3-indicators, going 5-11 beyond the arc. He also leads the large 12 and is ranked at the seventh national level in a 3 -point shooting rate, hitting 45.5 percent of his attempts.

Another Red Raider, who follows, is senior guard Ilia Hawkins, who ranks in many categories in the large 12. Despite an average of 6.1 assists for Texas Tech.

Hawkins is also the fourth leading goalkeeper of the Big 12 Play team, raising 11.7 points and 2.8 fights per game. In addition, he leads the team in theft, an average of 1.6 thefts, and is proud of a ratio of 2.95 assist to turnover, turning it only once against Baylor, ranked third in the big 12.

Wildcats to watch

Tommy Lloyd, who is in his fourth season as the main coach, recently took his 100th victory against the Oklahoma State University, leading Arizona in his 126th game. This binds him to Mark few at Gonzaga University, Lloyd’s latest program before Arizona, for the shortest games needed to reach 100 wins. At Arizona’s last 85-74 victory against BYU on February 4, Lloyd directed Wildcats to his tenth victory at the conference.

The leading road to Arizona is the fifth guard Caleb Lav. A former transfer from the University of North Carolina, love continues to be the leader of Arizona, an average of 16.3 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 1.5 theft per game. He only needs 18 more points to reach a 2,500 -point cornerstone for his college career.

In Wildcats’s last victory against Cougars, love contributed and led by 18 points, going 4-9 beyond the rainbow. Moreover, he is one of the 20 players in the pre -season Jerry West Award Monitor.

Jaden Bradley is Arizona’s most reporting goal scorer, improving to become the leader of the second moment of the team. Bradley, 6-Crack-3 junior, an average of 11.7 points per match compared to 7 points from last season. In victory against BYU, Bradley closely follows love, scoring 17 points in the second half, along with four fights. In particular, he went a perfect 8-for-8 of the free throw line. It was Bradley’s second consecutive game that hits all his charity attempts.

Henry Wessaar, a 7-meter ahead for Wildcats, has an average of 14 points, six rebounds and shoots 76.45 percent (13 to 17) from the floor in their last two games. Together with Bradley, Vesaar placed 17 points above Byu in the impressive 8-for-10 shooting. Veesaar is the second leading Wildcats rebund, an average of 4.6 boards per game. Veesaar and Tobe Awaka, which lead the team in fights (7.9 RPG), are combined for an average of 12.5 struggles per game.

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