Wildcats EDITIONE ARIZONA DAILY STAR | Sunday, February 16, 2020 | PAGE AB1 E X T R A Editor: Ryan Finley | 520-573-4312 | [email protected]

ARIZONA 69, STANFORD 60 CATS AGAIN FLATTEN CARDINAL

PHOTOS BY BEN MARGOT / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Arizona’s falls onto Stanford’s James Keefe during the second half. Nnaji had 21 points and 11 rebounds as UA continued its long mastery of the Cardinal. UA beats Stanford for 20th straight time

By Bruce Pascoe ARIZONA DAILY STAR STANFORD, Calif. — Their 3- shot was still largely bro- ken, their was in foul trouble, and they couldn’t keep guys from scoring in the paint. But the Arizona Wildcats were playing at Stanford, so there was nothing really to worry about. The Wildcats beat the Cardinal 69-60 at Maples Pavilion on Sat- urday, thanks in part to 21 points and 11 rebounds from freshman center Zeke Nnaji, collecting their 20th straight win over Stanford. Their streak dates back to 2008-09 and remains the Pac- 12’s longest between conference teams. Josh Green added 14 points and Josh Green dunks for two of his 14 four rebounds for the Wildcats, points in the Wildcats’ 69-60 win at while Dylan Smith had 10 points, Stanford on Saturday night. UA held hitting 2 of 7 3-pointers. Cal and the Cardinal to a combined They helped Arizona survived 132 points in the road sweep. UA is despite getting just five points now 18-7 overall. and two assists from point guard , who played just 24 minutes because of foul trouble, PAC-12 STANDINGS and the fact that Arizona shot just Team Conf. Overall 37% overall, hitting only 3 of 21 Colorado 9-4 20-6 3-pointers. Oregon 8-4 19-6 “It’s really precisely what we’ve Arizona 8-4 18-7 talked about a lot this year,” UA Arizona State 7-4 16-8 coach said. “We have USC 8-5 19-7 to be able to win different ways. UCLA 8-5 15-11 We have to be able to overcome a Stanford 5-7 16-9 poor shooting night. Foul trouble, Oregon State 5-8 15-10 injuries, illness. I think the defini- Utah 5-7 14-10 tion of a really good season has a Washington State 5-8 14-12 lot of those moments in it but yet California 4-7 10-14 you still find a way and tonight Washington 2-11 12-14 was our defense and rebounding that allowed us to win a tough game.” “They have a lot of tricky stuff Free throws helped, too. UA hit that they run but we just did a 26 of 31 from the line,taking six good job defending them,” said Arizona’s Nico Mannion, right, passes the ball away from Stanford’s Oscar da Silva during the second half. The more trips than Stanford did and Baker, who had four points and Wildcats moved within a half-game of first-place in the Pac-12 with the Bay Area sweep. getting seven more points from one while playing 27 min- free throws. Nnaji led the way utes in part because of Mannion’s there, hitting 9 of 12. foul trouble. “We had a good week UP NEXT Nnaji’s 11 rebounds also led a of practice. We’ve been focused • Who: Oregon State (15-10, 5-8) spirited UA effort on the glass. The and locked in.” at Arizona (18-7, 8-4) Wildcats outrebounded Stanford Bryce Wills had 25 points and • When: 6 p.m. Thursday 39-25 overall, while scoring 10 five rebounds to lead Stanford • TV: Pac-12 Arizona second-chance points off 13 of- while Oscar da Silva had 13 points • Radio: 1290-AM, 107.5-FM fensive rebounds. and four rebounds in his first game In the backcourt, Jemarl Baker back after suffering a head injury helped overcome Mannion’s foul on Feb. 8 at Colorado. time but struggled to contain trouble. The win moved Arizona to Wills inside. Mannion picked up his fourth 18-7 overall and 8-4 in the Pac- The Cardinal’s athletic forward foul with 11:42 left in the half and 12, where the Wildcats remain in took advantage of the Wildcats’ sat out for the next seven min- a loss-column tie for first place. interior defense to score 15 points utes, but made a layup with 1:30 Stanford dropped to 16-9 and 5-7, over the first 12 minutes after half- left to give UA a 67-55 lead, with having lost seven of its past eight time, cutting UA’s lead to just 46- the 1,000 or so UA fans chanting games. 42 with 10:28 remaining when he wildly in the half-full Maples Pa- “Everything is still on the ta- drove in for a layup. vilion, Stanford’s 7,233-seat are- ble, but the reality is we still need But Green stole a pass from da na. something to flip,” Stanford coach Silva and raced in for a dunk that As a team, UA held Stanford to Jerod Haase said. “Don’t be sur- made it 56-48 while Smith hit a 3 41.9% shooting and outrebound- prised if things flip at some point.” Arizona’s Jemarl Baker Jr., right, drives the ball past Stanford’s Spencer ed the Cardinal 36-24. Arizona was up by 10 at half- See WILDCATS, AB2 Jones during the second half. UA improved to 8-4 in Pac-12 play. Arizona Wildcats ARIZONA DAILY STAR | Sunday, February 16, 2020 | PAGE AB2

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SEEN AND HEARD AT MAPLES PAVILION Birthday boy The starting point guard for last season’s Wildcats, Justin Coleman may be more behind the scenes this season as a graduate assistant. But he hasn’t been forgotten. During the Wildcats’ team dinner Friday night at a nearby Palo Alto steakhouse, as shared via video on Instagram, waiters banged utensils and teammates sang while Coleman received a special sundae with a candle in it. Coleman, who hasn’t been made available for comment this season, posted a birthday wish of sorts to himself on Twitter earlier Friday. “Dang I’m getting old lol #ValentineBaby” Cole- man tweeted. He turned 24. Da Silva returns When Stanford forward Oscar da Silva collided with Colorado’s Evan Battey on Feb. 8 in Boulder, both his short- and long-term health immediately appeared uncertain. Battey’s elbow had inadvertently pushed da Silva’s head toward the floor as they fell together; blood oozed from da Silva’s head and, according to Colo- rado’s McKinley Wright, his eyes rolled back. “I just got down on my knee and said a prayer,” said Wright, who also led a group prayer between Stanford and Colorado players before that game resumed. Maybe all that support helped. Da Silva received stitches in his forehead and had to undergo testing all week with Stanford’s sports medicine depart- ment. But he was cleared to play Saturday, exactly PHOTOS BY BEN MARGOT / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS a week after the collision, the bare minimum of time Arizona’s Stone Gettings, right, looks to pass the ball away from Stanford’s Jaiden Delaire during the second half. generally needed to play after entering a concus- sion protocol (though Stanford never labeled it a minutes of the half, Stan- ARIZONA 69, STANFORD 60 concussion). WILDCATS ford scored 10 points in the FG FT Reb Arizona Min M-A M-A O-T A PF PTS Da Silva didn’t practice fully all week, and his tim- Continued from Page AB1 paint but also couldn’t hit Gettings 23 2-4 0-1 0-2 0 3 4 ing may have been off — but not his aggressiveness. Nnaji 28 6-10 9-12 4-11 0 4 21 from outside, hitting just 1 Green 27 3-6 8-8 0-6 3 4 15 Wearing a headband around where his stitches from the right wing to give of 8 from 3-point range in Mannion 27 2-10 3-3 0-1 2 4 7 Smith 34 3-10 3-4 2-6 1 2 11 were, da Silva scored inside just 70 seconds into UA a 59-50 lead with 5:30 the half. Baker 28 2-6 0-0 2-3 1 3 4 the game and was called for a charge while driving left. Arizona took a 22-15 lead Hazzard 11 0-4 3-3 1-2 1 1 3 Lee 11 1-3 0-0 0-2 0 2 2 against Josh Green a minute later. In the first half, Nna- after a stretch in which Koloko 10 1-1 0-0 0-2 0 2 2 Totals 200 20-54 26-31 9-35 8 25 69 Then, just four minutes into the game, he was ji had 14 points and eight Max Hazzard was fouled Percentages: FG .370, FT .839. 3-Point Goals: called for a defensive foul against Stone Gettings, rebounds in the first half beyond the 3-point line 3-21, .143 (Smith 2-8, Green 1-3, Baker 0-1, Nnaji 0-1, Gettings 0-2, Hazzard 0-2, Mannion 0-4). and took a seat on the bench, playing just seven alone to lead Arizona to a and hit all three ensuing Team Rebounds: 7. Team Turnovers: 1. Blocked minutes in the first half. 30-23 halftime lead. free throws, while Man- Shots: 3 (Gettings, Green, Koloko). Turnovers: 15 (Mannion 3, Baker 2, Gettings 2, Green 2, Lee The Wildcats shot just nion and Nnaji also scored. 2, Nnaji 2, Smith 2). Steals: 9 (Koloko 3, Green 2, Happy Father’s day 27.3% in the first 20 min- Stanford pulled with- Mannion 2, Nnaji 2). Technical Fouls: None. In between attending Arizona’s games at Cal on utes, making just 1 of 13 in 24-20 but missed nine FG FT Reb Stanford Min M-A M-A O-T A PF PTS Thursday and at Stanford on Saturday, Arizona AD 3-pointers, but made all 11 straight field goals while S.Jones 30 1-6 0-0 0-3 1 4 3 Dave Heeke spent Valentine’s Day in Las Vegas. da Silva 20 3-7 9-10 0-5 1 4 15 free throws they took while UA took a 30-20 lead into Davis 35 1-6 0-0 0-4 2 1 2 But it wasn’t what you might think. holding Stanford to 31.8% the final two minutes of Terry 26 1-5 0-0 0-0 1 1 3 Wills 37 10-13 5-7 0-5 1 2 25 First, Heeke was working remotely as he usually shooting and crushing the the half after Nnaji hit both White 21 1-4 0-0 1-3 1 2 3 does. Second, he was there to take his son’s base- Cardinal on the glass, 15- ends of a one-and-one Delaire 17 2-4 3-4 0-1 0 2 7 Keefe 8 0-0 2-4 0-1 1 4 2 ball game: Zach Heeke is an infielder for Central 13. with 2:08 left. Kisunas 7 0-1 0-0 1-1 1 1 0 Totals 200 19-46 19-25 2-23 9 21 60 Michigan, which recorded a 12-9 win over UNLV on Leading 7-2 early after Stanford’s da Silva was Percentages: FG .413, FT .760. 3-Point Goals: 3-17, Friday in the season opener for both teams. getting a 3-pointer from cleared to play Saturday .176 (Terry 1-2, White 1-4, S.Jones 1-6, Davis 0-1, Wills 0-1, da Silva 0-1, Delaire 0-2). Team “Just trying to be Dad for once,” Dave Heeke said. Green, the Wildcats missed after suffering a head inju- Rebounds: 2. Team Turnovers: 1. Blocked Shots: 4 (S.Jones 2, Keefe, da Silva). Turnovers: 13 their next 12 3-point at- ry last Saturday. (da Silva 4, Delaire 2, S.Jones 2, Terry 2, Wills UA offers (another) West Coast Elite player tempts while Stanford ini- He collected six points 2, Davis). Steals: 4 (White 2, Keefe, S.Jones). Technical Fouls: None. During the Wildcats’ trip to the Bay Area, word tially kept it close by going and a in the first Arizona’s Stone Gettings goes up for Arizona 30 39—69 Stanford 23 37—60 surfaced that they also offered a scholarship to a inside often. half, even though he had a shot in the Wildcats’ win. He finished A: 4,839. Officials:Larry Spaulding, Mike Reed, Southern Californian. Through the first 16not practiced fully all week. with four points in 23 minutes. John Higgins Not surprisingly, their latest target plays for the West Coast Elite club.. WCE director Ryan Silver tweeted Friday that four-star guard K.J. Simpson of Chaminade Prep in the San Fernando Valley was PAC-12 ROUNDUP offered a scholarship from the Wildcats. Already, half of UA’s active playing roster is West Coast Elite alums: Nico Mannion, Josh Green, Stone Gettings, Ira Lee and Jemarl Baker all played for the Buffaloes move back into first place same California-based club ahead of Simpson. Ranked No. 112 overall in the class of 2021 by 247 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Smith and David Singleton Sports and 115th in composite rankings, Simpson CORVALLIS, Ore. — Colo- each had 3-pointers in that run. is now a junior at Chaminade College Prep High rado’s said he “lost UCLA (15-11, 8-5 Pac-12) has School in West Hills, California. sleep” in anticipation of Satur- won three straight games and According to 247, Simpson also has offers from day’s matchup at Oregon State. seven of its last nine after a 1-3 ASU, Georgia Tech, LMU and Pacific so far. The Buffaloes’ 6-foot-8 ju- start in conference play. nior forward was coming off and Jaden Stoudamire’s Tigers rising a season-low four points in McDaniels each had 15 points Across the Bay on Saturday, Pacific lost 71-63 at Thursday’s 68-60 loss at No. for Washington (12-14, 2-11), Saint Mary’s, but Damon Stoudamire’s resurgent 17 Oregon and was “super fired which has lost eight consecu- Tigers have already won 20 games for the first time up” to made amends for that tive games. Stewart added 10 in a decade — including a 107-99 quadruple-over- performance. rebounds and two blocks. time win over the Gaels at Pacific on Jan. 4. Bey returned to form with 21 The Huskies closed the first The former UA star and assistant coach took points and 15 rebounds to lead half with a 9-2 run to take a 34- over the Pacific program in 2016-17 amid an NCAA No. 16 Colorado (20-6, 9-4 27 halftime lead before Marcus investigation that resulted in 2017 sanctions for the Pac-12) ) to a 69-47 rout of Or- Tsohonis hit a 3-pointer and actions of a previous staff. egon State. Stewart threw down a dunk to UOP went 11-22 in Stoudamire’s first season, 14-18 “I wanted to get back on the make it a 12-point lead about in each of the past two and is now 20-9. court and compete, and get 90 seconds after the break. “No doubt he’s having a great season,” UA coach back to what I do,” said Bey, AMANDA LOMAN / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS UCLA scored 11 of the next Sean Miller said, noting that former UA graduate who came into the game av- Colorado’s Eli Parquet (24) fights for possession of a rebound with 13 points to cut its deficit to manager Jaydee Luster is also on Stoudamire’s eraging 13.2 points and 9.0 re- Oregon State’s Jarod Lucas, right, and Ethan Thompson. 41-38. Riley made a 3-pointer, staff. “We’re really happy for him. They already have bounds. a tough basket inside and two 20 wins and he’s built the program (despite that) The Buffaloes moved into dunk to cut the lead to 41-32 fense, connecting on just 33.3% free throws during that stretch. when he first went there they had to get through a sole possession of first place in with 14:48 left. The Beavers of its shots, including 1 of 10 on couple things.” the Pac-12 Conference. Ore- didn’t get any closer than nine 3-pointers. USC 70, WASHINGTON ST. 51 Stoudamire spent the 2013-14 and 2014-15 gon, which started the day tied points the rest of the game. Colorado has reached 20 LOS ANGELES — Daniel seasons as an assistant at Arizona. One of his for the league lead, hosts Utah Parquet’s fast-break dunk wins for the second season in Utomi scored a season-high 23 assistants, Jaydee Luster, was on the UA staff as on Sunday. gave the Buffaloes a 53-34 ad- a row, and seventh time under points and the Southern Cal- a graduate assistant in 2012-13 and 2013-14 after McKinley Wright joined Bey vantage with 9:23 remaining coach Tad Boyle. ifornia defense did the rest in being named the 2012 Mountain West defensive in double figures for Colorado and capped a 12-2 run. “When you get there you a 70-51 victory Saturday night player of the year. with 13 points, 10 rebounds and The lead grew to as many as know you’ve had a decent year,” over Washington State. six assists. 24 points. said Boyle, who is in his 10th Ethan Anderson scored 12 Mathurin under NBA eyes Ethan Thompson led the “We started slow,” Tinkle year. “But we’re not satisfied points while Isaiah Mobley had Arizona commit Bennedict Mathurin is being Beavers (15-10, 5-8) with 17 said. “We were getting open with decent. We want great.” nine points and 11 rebounds coached by former UA forward Lauri Markkanen points. looks, missing shots and over as the Trojans (19-7, 8-5 Pac- and others during the Basketball Without Borders Tres Tinkle added 10 points 40 minutes that wears on you.” UCLA 67, WASHINGTON 57 12) earned a home sweep of Global Camp that is being held this weekend in and a season-high 13 rebounds, The Beavers, who shot 33.3 LOS ANGELES — Chris the Washington schools after Chicago in conjunction with the NBA All-Star Game. and set a school record with percent for the game, were 1 Smith scored 20 points and a victory over Washington on A total of 64 boys and girls players from 34 coun- 90 consecutive double-figure of 17 from 3-point range. The Cody Riley added 15 points Thursday. tries were invited to the camp, which is being held scoring games. Buffaloes were 9 of 20 from and seven rebounds as UCLA CJ Elleby scored 22 points at the Quest Multisport complex that also hosts the Colorado led by 12 points in long distance. Colorado also rallied from a 12-point sec- with 13 rebounds for the Cou- NBA Combine every May. the second half of the teams’ had a 45-35 advantage on the ond-half deficit for a 67-57 win gars (14-12, 5-8), who lost for A 6-foot-6-inch wing from Montreal with Haitian first meeting on Jan. 5 in Boul- boards. over Washington on Saturday the third time in their past four roots who committed to UA on Jan. 15, Mathurin der, but the Beavers rallied for a “Take away 3’s and play with night. games while losing both games has been playing for the NBA Global Academy. He 76-68 win. energy. That’s what we did to- It was UCLA’s second con- in the Los Angeles area after has played for the NBA Academy Latin America club There was no second-half day,” Bey said. “We definitely secutive comeback victory. they fell to UCLA in overtime and the NBA Global Academy Australia. comeback for Oregon State in redeemed ourselves from last The Bruins rallied from a 50- on Thursday. the rematch. Colorado squan- game and we took care of busi- 38 deficit to beat Washington It was Elleby’s 10th career Quotable dered a nine point halftime lead ness.” State 86-83 in overtime on double-double. “THANK YOU FOR COMING” — Signs adjacent to in Thursday’s loss at Oregon. The Buffaloes scored the last Thursday. Utomi reached the 20-point the Maples Pavilion box office and inside the arena “We just had to stay solid five points of the first half and UCLA went on a 9-0 run mark for the second time this concourse. Stanford was averaging just 3,586 fans and come out and keep being led 31-22 at the break, helped to take a 58-51 lead. Tyger season, with both coming in entering Saturday’s game, when the 7,233-seat solid on defense,” sophomore by Bey’s 10 points. Campbell’s led to a Smith the past four games. It was the arena was more than half full thanks — in part to guard Eli Parquet said. Oregon State struggled from 3-pointer, that gave the Bru- lowest scoring game for a USC UA fans. Thompson converted a the field in the first half against ins their first lead of the sec- opponent in Pac-12 play this — Bruce Pascoe three-point play on a drive and Colorado’s man-to-man de- ond half at 53-51 with 6:11 left. season.