2017-18 SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME 16: NO. 14/16 ARIZONA AT COLORADO DATE OPPONENT (TV) TIME/RESULT JAN. 6, 2018 » 12:00 P.M. MST » BOULDER, COLO. » COORS EVENT CENTER (11,064) 11/1 Eastern New Mexico (Ex.) ........................ W, 91-63 11/5 Chico State (Ex.) ....................................... W, 91-53 MEDIA INFORMATION 11/10 Northern Arizona .................................... W, 101-67 Tip Time: 12:02 p.m. (MST) TV: Pac-12 Network (Robinson/Walton/Brunson) 11/12 UMBC ...................................................... W, 103-78 Radio: Arizona IMG Sports Network (Jeffries/Hansen) 11/16 CSU Bakersfield .........................................W, 91-59 Satellite Radio: Sirius 126, XM 198 Battle 4 Atlantis Tournament (Paradise Island, Bahamas) Audio Stream: arizonawildcats.com 11/22 vs. NC State ................................................................L, 84-90 Live Stats: arizonalivestats.com 11/23 vs. SMU ........................................................................L, 60-66 INSIDE THE SERIES 11/24 vs. No. 18/16 Purdue ................................................L, 64-89 Overall: Arizona leads 16-12 12-3, 2-0 PAC-12 Record 9-6, 1-2 PAC-12 11/29 Long Beach State ......................................W, 91-56 In Tucson: Arizona leads 8-3 14/16 Rankings NR/NR In Boulder: Colorado leads 8-3 12/2 at UNLV ........................................................... W (OT), 91-88 15 RPI 80 At Neutral Sites: Arizona leads 5-1 Valley of the Sun Shootout (Phoenix, Ariz.) Sean Miller Head Coach Tad Boyle Current Streak: Arizona won 3 232-69 (9th yr) Record at School 158-101 (8th yr) 12/5 vs. No. 7/9 Texas A&M .......................................... W, 67-64 Miller vs. Colorado: 12-4 352-116 (14th yr) Career Record 214-167 (12th yr) 12/9 Alabama ................................................... W, 88-82 Last Meeting: Arizona won 92-78 in 2017 Pac-12 12/16 at New Mexico ....................................................... W, 89-73 Tournament in Las Vegas, Nev. (3-9-17) 12/18 North Dakota State ................................... W, 83-53 OFF THE TOP 12/21 UConn ....................................................... W, 73-58 • UA heads into Saturday afternoon on the heels of its 94-82 win at Utah, which gave the program 12/30 No. 3/4 Arizona State* ............................ W, 84-78 its ninth consecutive victory. Deandre Ayton scored 24 points and grabbed 14 rebounds in the victory. It was Ayton’s 11th double-double of the season and fifth game of at least 20 points and 1/4 at Utah* .................................................................... W, 94-82 10 rebounds. Sophomore Rawle Alkins supported the winning effort with 22 points and seven 1/6 at Colorado* (Pac-12 Networks) ........................ 12 p.m. rebounds of his own. 1/11 Oregon State* (Pac-12 Networks) .............. 7 p.m. • The Wildcats’ 94 points in the victory against Utah marked their highest scoring game against Utah 1/13 Oregon* (ESPN2) ....................................... 12 p.m. since going for 102 points on Jan. 20, 1977, a span of 23 head-to-head meetings with the Utes. 1/17 at California* (Pac-12 Networks) ........................... 7 p.m. • Arizona has an all-time record of 3-8 in Boulder, Colo. with a mark of 2-3 since the Buffaloes joined 1/20 at Stanford* (CBS) ....................................................... 2 p.m. the Conference of Champions. The Wildcats’ three Pac-12 losses inside Coors Event Center are tied 1/25 Colorado* (FS1) ...................................... 6:30 p.m. for the team’s most at any Pac-12 venue since 2011. 1/27 Utah* (FOX) ............................................. 3:30 p.m. • Senior Parker Jackson-Cartwright turned in one of his best offensive performances of his career in 1/31 at Washington State* (Pac-12 Networks) ............. 8 p.m. Salt Lake City on Thursday night. PJC’s 19 points were one shy of his career high as he connected on 2/3 at Washington* (Pac-12 Networks) ................ 8:30 p.m. all eight of his free throw attempts. The Los Angeles native scored 13 points in the first half, which eclipsed the highest scoring first half of his career of 12 points versus Boise State as sophomore. 2/8 UCLA* (ESPN) .............................................. 8 p.m. 2/10 USC* (ESPN/2) ........................................ 8:15 p.m. • Arizona boasts a record of 63-22 (.741) in day games since the 2009-10 season. That mark includes six wins in the Wildcats’ last seven games to tip off before 5 p.m. locally. 2/15 Arizona State* (ESPN/2) ............................. 7 p.m. 2/22 at Oregon State* (FS1) ............................................... 7 p.m. • After suffering the three-point loss to Colorado inside the Coors Event Center on Feb. 24, 2016, Arizona has won three consecutive games against the Colorado Buffaloes by an average margin 2/24 at Oregon* (ESPN/2) ...................................................... TBA of victory of 9.0 points per game. UA has won nine of its last ten games in the head-to-head series 3/1 Stanford* (FS1) ............................................ 8 p.m. going back to the 2013 Pac-12 Tournament. 3/3 California* (Pac-12 Networks) ........................ TBA • The Wildcats enter Saturday’s game with the reigning Pac-12 Player of the Week in freshman Pac-12 Conference Tournament (Las Vegas, Nev.) Deandre Ayton. Ayton took home his second weekly honor from the conference after going for 23 points, 19 rebounds, three assists and three blocks in his team’s win over No. 3 Arizona State. 3/8 Quarterfinals ................................................................... TBA 3/9 Semifinals ......................................................................... TBA 3/10 Championship ................................................................. TBA ARIZONA POSSIBLE STARTERS No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. PPG RPG APG Hometown 0 Parker Jackson-Cartwright G Sr. 5-11 170 7.9 2.2 4.7 Los Angeles, Calif. * indicates Pac-12 conference game 35 Allonzo Trier G Jr. 6-5 205 20.3 3.1 3.3 Seattle, Wash. 1 Rawle Alkins G So. 6-5 220 15.5 5.2 2.0 Brooklyn, N.Y. 13 Deandre Ayton F/C Fr. 7-1 260 20.0 12.1 1.6 Nassau, Bahamas 14 Dusan Ristic C Sr. 7-0 245 10.1 6.3 0.9 Novi Sad, Serbia OFF THE BENCH No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. PPG RPG APG Hometown 3 Dylan Smith G R-So. 6-5 175 4.9 1.3 1.0 Mobile, Ala. 5 Brandon Randolph G Fr. 6-6 175 6.6 0.9 1.0 Yonkers, N.Y. 11 Ira Lee F Fr. 6-7 235 3.1 3.3 0.5 Los Angeles, Calif. 20 Talbott Denny F R-Sr. 6-5 215 0.0 0.0 0.0 Tucson, Ariz. 23 Alex Barcello G Fr. 6-2 180 3.2 1.5 1.5 Chandler, Ariz. 24 Emmanuel Akot G Fr. 6-7 200 1.9 1.4 1.0 Winnipeg, Manitoba 25 Keanu Pinder F Sr. 6-9 220 1.6 2.1 0.1 Perth, Australia 50 Tyler Trillo G R-Jr. 5-11 170 3.0 0.0 0.0 Southbury, Conn. 54 Matt Weyand F Fr. 6-5 190 - - - Irvine, Calif. 55 Jake DesJardins F So. 6-6 215 1.0 1.5 0.5 Henderson, Nev. PJC VERSUS COLORADO PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Parker Jackson-Cartwright tallied 13 assists to just two turnovers in a pair of victories over the Buffaloes Emmanuel AKOT ..........................................................................A-COT last season. RAWLE ALKINS ......................................................... Raleigh ALL-kins Alex BARCELLO ..................................................................... Bar-Sell-O Deandre AYTON .............................................................................A-Tin THE CONFERENCE OF CHAMPIONS’ BEST ROAD TEAM Jake DESJARDINS ..........................................................Des-JAR-dins Since the Pac-10 became the Pac-12 with the addition of Colorado and Utah prior to the 2011-12 season, KEANU PINDER ................................................... Key-An-oo PIN-Der UA is the winningest road team in conference play. Arizona and Oregon are the only Pac-12 schools with DUSAN RISTIC ....................................................Doo-sahn Wrist-itch winning away records in league play in that time. Allonzo TRIER .............................................................................Tree-ER ARIZONA’S CURRENT STREAKS Arizona 36-19 (.655) Oregon 32-22 (.593) All games ............................................................................................ 9 W UCLA 25-30 (.455) At McKale Center ............................................................................. 8 W California 25-30 (.455) On the road ........................................................................................ 6 W At neutral sites ...................................................................................1 W Washington 18-38 (.321) Non-conference home games .................................................. 47 W Stanford 17-37 (.315) Non-conference road games .......................................................4 W Colorado 16-40 (.286) Pac-12 games overall ......................................................................3 W Utah 13-43 (.232) Pac-12 home games ....................................................................... 1 W Pac-12 road games ......................................................................... 4 W Arizona State 12-44 (.214) USC 11-44 (.200) 2017-18 HONORS Oregon State 9-45 (.167) Rawle Alkins Washington State 8-48 (.143) Naismith Trophy Watch List John R. Wooden Award Preseason Top 50 Julius Erving Award Preseason Watch List ALLONZO INITIATING OFFENSE Deandre Ayton Allonzo Trier led the Wildcats in assists with five in the six-point win at Utah. Trier has now tallied four or more assists in five of his last six games with an assist-to-turnover