2020-21 SCHEDULE/RESULTS EASTERN WASHINGTON (0-1) at ARIZONA (1-0) Dec. 5, 2020 | 12:00 p.m. (MST) DATE OPPONENT TIME (MST) TV McKale Center | Tucson, AZ 11/25 Northern Arizona PPD 11/27 Grambling State# 3:00pm W, 74-55 TV: Pac-12 Networks (Ted Robinson, Matt Muehlebach) : Arizona IMG Sports Network (Jeffries & Hansen) 11/29 UTEP# 4:00pm Cancelled Radio Satillite Radio: Sirius 133; XM 197, Internet 959 12/2 Colorado* 6:00pm PPD Audio Stream: ArizonaWildcats.com 12/5 Eastern Washington 12:00pm Pac-12 Net. Live Stats: ArizonaStats.com Series History: Arizona leads, 1-0 12/7 Northern Arizona 7:00pm Pac-12 Net. 12/9 CSU Bakersfield 5:00pm Pac-12 Net. BY THE NUMBERS 12/12 New Mexico State TBA TBA NR/NR ....................................................Rankings (AP/Coaches) ......................................... NR/NR 142 .......................................................... ...................................................... 43 12/16 California Baptist 5:00pm Pac-12 Net. 2020-21 KenPom Rank Shantay Legans ............................................Head Coach ............................................Sean Miller 12/19 at Stanford* TBA Pac-12 Net. 59-42 (4th yr) .............................................Record at School ..............................286-100 (12th yr) 12/22 Montana 5:00pm Pac-12 Net. 59-42 (4th yr) ............................................... Career Record ..................................406-147 (17th yr) 12/28 Colorado* TBA TBA 12/31 at Washington* TBA TBA NOTING THE WILDCATS 1/2 at Washington State* TBA TBA • Arizona head coach Sean Miller improved to 12-0 in season openers at Arizona with the 1/7 USC* TBA TBA 74-55 win over Grambling State on Friday. 1/9 UCLA* TBA TBA • As a program, Arizona is now 34-9 in season openers since joining the Pac-12 in 1978-79. • Arizona is 108-12 (.900) in the last 120 games they have played in the McKale Center. 1/14 at Oregon State* TBA TBA • Eastern Washington is 0-1 on the year following a 71-68 loss at Washington State on Nov. 1/16 at Oregon* TBA TBA 28. Tanner Groves led the way with 17 points and Jacob Groves added 16 points. 1/21 at Arizona State* TBA TBA • The roster for Arizona features nine players that were not on the roster last year plus two 1/28 Stanford* TBA TBA additional players who were on the roster (Akinjo, J. Brown) but were not able to play after transferring in from other schools. 1/30 California* TBA TBA • Junior guard James Akinjo tied for game-high honors with 19 points in his Wildcat debut. 2/4 at Utah* TBA TBA He was 4-of-9 on 3-point field goals and also added three assists in 38 minutes. Akinjo 2/6 at Colorado* TBA TBA was a Preseason All-Conference Honorable Mention pick by the Pac-12 media. 2/11 Oregon State* TBA TBA • Friday’s opener against Grambling State marked the first game junior big man Jordan 2/13 Oregon* TBA TBA Brown played since March 21, 2019 - a span of 614 days - and he did not disappoint. He scored 19 points and grabbed 15 rebounds in the win, becoming just the third Pac-12 2/18 at UCLA* TBA TBA player to post those numbers in their Pac-12 debut over the last 25 years (Moses Brown, 2/20 at USC* TBA TBA TJ Leaf). He also had three blocked shots. Brown played his freshman season at the 2/25 Washington State* TBA TBA University of Nevada before transferring to Arizona sitting out the 2019-20 season. 2/27 Washington* TBA TBA • Freshman wing Bennedict Mathurin was the third Wildcat to score in double figures 3/6 Arizona State* TBA TBA against Grambling State, dropping 12 points thanks to a 7-of-8 effort at the free throw line. He also added five rebounds. 3/10-13 Pac-12 Tournament TBA TBA • Freshmen Ąžuolas Tubelis played 14 minutes and scored five points in his collegiate (Las Vegas) debut against Grambling State. • Both Tubelis and Mathurin were both named all-stars at the Basketball Without Borders # - part of Southwest Classic event in Chicago during 2020 NBA All-Star Weekend. (Continued on Page 3) * indicates Pac-12 conference game Home games in BOLD POTENTIAL STARTING LINEUP (BASED ON PREVIOUS GAME) All times shown are MST No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. PPG RPG APG Hometown 3 Jemarl Baker Jr. G R-Jr. 6-5 195 3.0 4.0 1.0 Menifee, Calif. 4 Dalen Terry G/F Fr. 6-7 195 7.0 3.0 3 Phoenix, Ariz. 13 James Akinjo G Jr. 6-1 185 19.0 1.0 3.0 Oakland, Calif. 21 Jordan Brown F R-So. 6-11 235 19.0 15.0 2.0 Roseville, Calif. 35 Christian Koloko F So. 7-1 225 7.0 9.0 0.0 Douala, Cameroon NUMBER TO KNOW - 3 OFF THE BENCH The number of Pac-12 players over the last 25 seasons No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. PPG RPG APG Hometown that had 19 points and 15 rebounds in their debut 0 Bennedict Mathurin G/F Fr. 6-7 195 12.0 5.0 1.0 Montreal, Canada (Jordan Brown, Moses Brown, TJ Leaf) 5 Tibet Görener F Fr. 6-9 200 - - - Istanbul, Turkey 10 Ąžuolas Tubelis F Fr. 6-11 245 5.0 1.0 0.0 Vilnius, Lithuania 11 Ira Lee F Sr. 6-8 245 - - - Los Angeles, Calif. 31 Terrell Brown Jr. G Gr. 6-3 185 2.0 3.0 7.0 Seattle, Wash. 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 .......................1,834-955 (13th in NCAA wins) 50 Jordan Mains So. F 6-6 200 Scottsdale, Ariz. (Pinnacle HS) All-Time Winning Percentage ................ .658 (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 Matthew Weyand Sr. F 6-5 200 Santa Ana, Calif. (Mater Dei HS) Sweet 16 Appearances ...................................... 18 (Last: 2017) Elite Eight Appearances ....................................11 (L:ast: 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) COMMUNICATIONS PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Men’s Basketball contact ................................ Nate Wiechers James AKINJO ...........................Uh-kin-jo Email .................................................... [email protected] JEMARL Baker Jr. ......................Jamal Mobile Phone .......................................................(812) 345-1991 Office Phone ....................................................... (520) 621-0914 Daniel BATCHO .........................Botch-o Mailing address ............................... McKale Memorial Center Tibet GORENER .........................Gorn-er .................................................. 1 National Championship Drive Christian KOLOKO .....................ko-LOW-ko