2020-21 SCHEDULE/RESULTS ARIZONA (14-7, 8-7 Pac-12) at UCLA (14-5, 10-3 PAC-12) DATE OPPONENT TIME (MST) TV Feb. 18, 2021 | 7:00 p.m. MST 11/27 Grambling State# W, 74-55 Pauley Pavilion | Los Angeles, Calif. 12/5 Eastern Washington W, 70-67 TV: ESPN2 (Dave Pasch & Bill Walton) 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 trails, 60-45; Miller: 12-15 12/19 vs. Stanford* (in Santa Cruz) L, 75-78 12/22 Montana W, 70-64 BY THE NUMBERS NR/NR ....................................................Rankings (AP/Coaches) ............................................. rv/rv 12/28 Colorado* W, 88-74 41 ............................................................. 2020-21 KenPom Rank ...................................................... 45 12/31 at Washington* W, 80-53 47 ...................................................................... NET Ranking ................................................................ 48 1/2 at Washington State* W, 86-82 (2OT) Sean Miller ......................................................Head Coach ...........................................Mick Cronin 299-107 (12th year) ..................................Record at School ................................... 33-17 (2nd yr) 1/7 USC* L, 73-87 419-154 (17th year) ...................................... Career Record .................................398-188 (18th yr) 1/9 UCLA* L, 76-81 1/14 at Oregon State* W, 98-64 NOTING THE WILDCATS • Arizona is 117-16 (.886) in the last 131 games at the McKale Center. 1/16 at Oregon* Postponed • Head coach Sean Miller enters today's game with 299 victories at Arizona. He ranks 1/21 at Arizona State* W, 84-82 third in school history in wins and 10th in Pac-12 Conference history (see page 3). 1/25 Arizona State* W, 80-67 • The Wildcats are the only team in the country to have three players that have scored 31 1/28 Stanford* L, 64-73 or more points in a game this season (Mathurin, Baker Jr., A. Tubelis). 1/30 California* W, 71-50 • Mathurin and Tubelis are two of the four freshmen in the country that have scored 31 points in a game this season. 2/4 at Utah* L, 58-73 • Arizona is FIRST nationally in FTA (518) and FIRST in FTM (373). 2/6 at Colorado* L, 79-82 • In conference play, Arizona leads in scoring (76.2), 3FG% (39.2) and assists (15.67). 2/11 Oregon State* W, 70-61 • In the eight Pac-12 wins this season, Arizona has out-rebounded its opponents by +10.5 2/13 Oregon* L, 61-63 per game. In the seven losses, the margin is +0.9. 2/18 at UCLA* 7:00pm ESPN2 • Also in Pac-12 play, Arizona has three players ranked in the Top 12 in field goal percentage: A. Tubelis (8th; 51.7), J. Brown (9th; 51.5) and Mathurin (12th; 50.0) 2/20 at USC* 3:00pm FOX • For the season, UA is 20th nationally in rebounding margin (+7.9). The last time out, 2/25 Washington State* 9:00pm FS1 Oregon became the first team this season to out-rebound Arizona (38-30). 2/27 Washington* 12:00pm CBS • Junior guard James Akinjo is 14th in the country with 112 assists on the season and leads the Pac-12 in assists/game (5.87) in conference play. Over the last 14 Pac-12 games, he # - part of Southwest Classic is shooting 47-53 at the line. Over the last 5 games, he is 8 of 15 from the 3-point line. • Azuolas Tubelis is fourth in the Pac-12 in rebounding in conference games (6.93) and * indicates Pac-12 conference game 15th in scoring (13.53). The Lithuanian is third in offensive rebounds/game (2.7). He has Home games in BOLD scored in double figures in 11 of 15 Pac-12 games, including a 20-point, 7-rebound effort All times shown are MST against Oregon on Saturday, where he was also 3 of 5 from the 3-point line. • Freshman wing Bennedict Mathurin is averaging 11.9 points in conference play while NOTE: On Dec. 29, 2020, the University of Arizona shooting 50.0% from the floor, 43.3% from the 3-point line and 87.5% at the free throw announced it was self-imposing a postseason ban on the line. He is one of 4 major conference players in the country who has played 500 minutes men's basketball program for the 2020-21 season. The and is shooting 49% FG, 42% 3FG, 84% FT overall this season. 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 14.3 2.0 5.3 Oakland, Calif. 25 Kerr Kriisa G Fr. 6-3 180 5.8 0.5 2.3 Tartu, Estonia 0 Bennedict Mathurin G/F Fr. 6-7 195 11.6 4.5 1.0 Montreal, Canada 10 Ąžuolas Tubelis F Fr. 6-11 245 11.7 6.3 1.2 Vilnius, Lithuania NUMBER TO KNOW - 2017 35 Christian Koloko F So. 7-1 225 5.3 5.1 1.4* Douala, Cameroon Arizona's last win at Pauley Pavilino came on Jan. 21, OFF THE BENCH 2017 when the 14th ranked Wildcats knocked off #3 No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. PPG RPG APG Hometown UCLA, 96-85. 4 Dalen Terry G/F Fr. 6-7 195 4.4 3.3 1.8 Phoenix, Ariz. 11 Ira Lee F Sr. 6-8 245 3.4 3.4 0.4* Los Angeles, Calif. 21 Jordan Brown F R-So. 6-11 235 9.7 5.1 1.0* Roseville, Calif. 31 Terrell Brown Jr. G Gr. 6-3 185 8.0 3.7 3.7 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)