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2020-21 SCHEDULE/RESULTS WASHINGTON STATE (14-10, 7-10 PAC-12) at ARIZONA (15-8, 9-8 Pac-12) DATE OPPONENT TIME (MST) TV Feb. 25, 2021 | 9:00 p.m. MST 11/27 Grambling State# W, 74-55 McKale Center | Tucson, Ariz. 12/5 Eastern Washington W, 70-67 TV: FS1 (Beto Duran & Corey Williams) 12/7 Northern Arizona W, 96-53 Radio: Arizona IMG Sports Network (Jeffries & Hansen) 12/9 CSU Bakersfield W, 85-60 Audio Stream: ArizonaWildcats.com Live Stats: ArizonaStats.com 12/12 UTEP# W, 69-61 Series History: Arizona leads, 67-17; Miller: 16-3 12/19 vs. Stanford* (in Santa Cruz) L, 75-78 12/22 Montana W, 70-64 BY THE NUMBERS NR/NR ....................................................Rankings (AP/Coaches) ......................................... NR/NR 12/28 Colorado* W, 88-74 95 ........................................................... 2020-21 KenPom Rank ...................................................... 38 12/31 at Washington* W, 80-53 94 ......................................................................NET Ranking ................................................................ 44 1/2 at Washington State* W, 86-82 (2OT) Kyle Smith ........................................................Head Coach ............................................Sean Miller 30-26 (2nd year) ......................................Record at School ......................... 300-108 (12th year) 1/7 USC* L, 73-87 194-148 (11th year) ....................................... Career Record .............................420-155 (17th year) 1/9 UCLA* L, 76-81 1/14 at Oregon State* W, 98-64 NOTING THE WILDCATS • Arizona enters today's game coming off a 81-72 win at USC on Saturday while Washington 1/21 at Arizona State* W, 84-82 State earned a 3OT win at home over Stanford. 1/25 Arizona State* W, 80-67 • The win over USC marked the 300th win for head coach Sean Miller at Arizona. He 1/28 Stanford* L, 64-73 needed just 408 games to reach the milestone, becoming the third-fastest Pac-12 coach 1/30 California* W, 71-50 to reach 300 wins (see page 3). He trails Lute Olson (589) and Fred Enke (509) on the 2/4 at Utah* L, 58-73 coaching wins list at Arizona. • The victory over #17 USC also gave Arizona it's first win of the season against a ranked 2/6 at Colorado* L, 79-82 opponent and it's first road win against a ranked foe since Feb. 15, 2018 at Arizona St. 2/11 Oregon State* W, 70-61 • Since the start of the 2011-12 season, Arizona is 21-18 in games against Top 25 teams. 2/13 Oregon* L, 61-63 The .538 winning percentage is the ninth-best in the country over that span. 2/18 at UCLA* L, 60-74 • Freshman Azuolas Tubelis was named Pac-12 Freshman of the Week this week after 2/20 at #17/18 USC* W, 81-72 averaging 17.0 points and 11.5 rebounds in games at UCLA and USC. In conference play, Tubelis has averaged 13.9 points and 7.5 rebounds while shooting 51.1% from the floor. 2/25 Washington State* 9:00pm FS1 He is third in the Pac-12 in rebounding and 10th in FG%. 2/27 Washington* 12:00pm CBS • Arizona is FIRST nationally in FTA (561) and FIRST in FTM (406). 3/1 at Oregon TBA ESPN/2 • In Pac-12 play, Arizona is tops in scoring (7553), 3FG% (38.9) and assists (15.5). • The Wildcats out-rebounded USC, 43-36, in Saturday's win despite the Trojans out- # - part of Southwest Classic rebounding their Pac-12 opponents by 7.6 re bounds per game. • Junior guard James Akinjo leads the Pac-12 in assists/game in conference play (5.8) * indicates Pac-12 conference game and is 12th nationally in total assists (122) this season. The Oakland native is also fifth in Home games in BOLD assist/turnover ratio (2.4). He has six 20-point games to his credit this season, including All times shown are MST 21 at UCAL and 20 at USC. • Freshman wing Bennedict Mathurin is averaging 10.8 points and 4.1 rebounds in NOTE: On Dec. 29, 2020, the University of Arizona conference play. He ranks sixth in 3FG% (41.9%) and third in FT% (88.6%). announced it was self-imposing a postseason ban on the • Since becoming eligible on Feb. 4, freshman Kerr Kriisa is averaging 5.8 points and 2.5 men's basketball program for the 2020-21 season. The assists. He is shooting 47.1% from the 3-point line over the last 3 games. Wildcats will not compete at the Pac-12 Tournament, NCAA Tournament or any other postseason event this season. (Continued on Page 3) POTENTIAL STARTING LINEUP (based on previous game) No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. PPG RPG APG Hometown 13 James Akinjo G Jr. 6-1 185 14.8 2.1 5.3 Oakland, Calif. 25 Kerr Kriisa G Fr. 6-3 180 5.8 0.3 2.5 Tartu, Estonia 0 Bennedict Mathurin G/F Fr. 6-7 195 10.7 4.3 1.1 Montreal, Canada 10 Ąžuolas Tubelis F Fr. 6-11 245 12.2 6.8 1.3 Vilnius, Lithuania NUMBER TO KNOW - 3RD 35 Christian Koloko F So. 7-1 225 5.0 5.0 1.3* Douala, Cameroon Arizona head coach Sean Miller reached 300 wins with OFF THE BENCH the Wildcats in just 408 games to become the third- No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. PPG RPG APG Hometown fastest coach in conference history to reach the milestone 4 Dalen Terry G/F Fr. 6-7 195 4.5 3.3 1.7 Phoenix, Ariz. (Lute Olson, Hec Edmundson - 395) 11 Ira Lee F Sr. 6-8 245 3.2 3.2 0.4* Los Angeles, Calif. 21 Jordan Brown F R-So. 6-11 235 10.0 5.5 1.0* Roseville, Calif. 31 Terrell Brown Jr. G Gr. 6-3 185 7.7 3.6 3.5 Seattle, Wash. * - blocks per game 75 NBA Draft Picks / 36 Conference Titles / 31 All-Americans / 18 Sweet 16’s / 11 Elite Eights / 4 Final Fours / 1997 National Champions 2020-21 ARIZONA BASKETBALL THE 2020-21 ARIZONA WILDCATS No. Name Year Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown (Previous School) ARIZONA QUICK FACTS 0 Bennedict Mathurin Fr. G/F 6-7 195 Montreal, Canada (NBA Academy Latin America) Location .............................................................Tucson, Arizona 1 Daniel Batcho Fr. F 6-11 245 Paris, France (Centre Federal du Basketball) Nickname ........................................................................ Wildcats Colors .................................................................Cardinal & Navy 3 Jemarl Baker Jr. R-Jr. G 6-5 195 Menifee, Calif. (Kentucky) President.......................................................Dr. Robert Robbins 4 Dalen Terry Fr. G 6-7 195 South Phoenix, Ariz. (Hillcrest Prep) Director of Athletics ...............................................Dave Heeke Sr. Assoc. AD/SWA ................................................ Erika Barnes 5 Tibet Gorener Fr. F 6-9 200 Istanbul, Turkey (Orange Lutheran [Calif.]) Faculty Representative ................................... Ricardo Valerdi 10 Azuolas Tubelis Fr. F 6-11 245 Vilnius, Lithuania (Vilnius Rytas) Enrollment ...........................................................................45,217 11 Ira Lee Sr. F 6-8 245 Los Angeles, Calif. (Crossroads School) Athletics Website ....................................ArizonaWildcats.com University Website ................................................. Arizona.edu 13 James Akinjo Jr. G 6-1 185 Oakland, Calif. (Georgetown) Arena (Built) ............................................ McKale Center (1973) 20 Tautvilas Tubelis Fr. F 6-7 225 Vilnius, Lithuania (Vilnius Basketball School) Capacity ...............................................................................14,644 21 Jordan Brown R-So. F 6-11 235 Roseville, Calif. (Nevada) 25 Kerr Kriisa Fr. G 6-3 180 Tartu, Estonia (Zalgiris Kaunas) PROGRAM HISTORY 31 Terrell Brown Jr. Gr. G 6-3 185 Seattle, Wash. (Seattle University) First season of men’s basketball ................................1904-05 35 Christian Koloko So. C 7-1 225 Douala, Cameroon (Sierra Canyon HS [Calif.]) All-time record ....................1,834-957 (12th in NCAA wins) ^ 50 Jordan Mains So. F 6-6 200 Scottsdale, Ariz. (Pinnacle HS) All-Time Winning Percentage .............. .657 (9th in NCAA)^ NCAA Tournament Appearances .................... 33 (last: 2018) 53 Grant Weitman Fr. G 6-4 205 Tucson, Ariz. (Salpointe HS) NCAA Tournament Record ..................................56-32 (.636) 54 Matt Weyand Sr. F 6-5 200 Santa Ana, Calif. (Mater Dei HS) Sweet 16 Appearances ...................................... 18 (Last: 2017) Elite Eight Appearances .....................................11 (Last: 2015) Final Four Appearances ..................................... 4 (Last: 2001) COACHING STAFF Pac-12 Tournament Recod .....................................34-14 (.708) Head Coach: Sean Miller, 12th season (Pittsburgh ‘92) Pac-12 Regular Season Titles ...........................16 (Last: 2018) Associate Head Coach: Jack Murphy, second season (Arizona ‘02) Pac-12 Tournament Titles ....................................7 (Last: 2018) All-Americans ..............................31 (Last: 2018 - Ayton, Trier) Assistant Coach: Jason Terry, first season (Arizona ‘14) NBA Draft Picks .... 75 (Last: Mannion - 48th overall, 2020) Assistant Coach: Danny Peters, third season (Ohio State ‘10) Assistant AD, Basketball Operations: Ryan Reynolds, 12th season (Xavier ‘07) + - adjusted for vacated games due to NCAA infractions (all-time wins as of start of 2020-21 season) Director, On-Campus Recruiting and Basketball Analytics: David Miller (Arizona ’13) Director, Student-Athlete Development: Anthony Richards (Le Moyne ’18) ^ - record, ranking at start of 2020-21 season PRONUNCIATION GUIDE COMMUNICATIONS James AKINJO ...........................Uh-kin-jo JEMARL Baker Jr. ......................Jamal Men’s Basketball contact ................................ Nate Wiechers Email .................................................... [email protected] Daniel BATCHO .........................Botch-o Mobile Phone .......................................................(812)