Overview
- The Wildcats enter 12-0 for their best start under Tommy Lloyd and wrap up nonconference play tonight in Tucson before opening the Big 12 at Utah on Saturday.
- Arizona averages 89.6 points per game with balanced production; seven players hit double figures vs. Bethune-Cookman and Brayden Burries leads at 14.0 after a 20-point outing.
- Arizona ranks second nationally in rebounding margin at plus-14.6, led by 7-foot-2 Motiejus Krivas and high-impact reserve Tobe Awaka.
- Lloyd says the team “hasn't accomplished anything yet” and scheduled this post-Christmas game to avoid a long layoff created by the Big 12’s reduced league slate.
- South Dakota State is 7-7 under first-year coach Bryan Petersen with four double-figure scorers led by Jaden Jackson, and it recently fell to Wyoming and Milwaukee.