Overview
- Arizona seized control with 12-0 and 18-3 first-half spurts, then opened the second half on an 18-2 run to turn a 12-point break lead into a rout in Tucson.
- Koa Peat scored 18 points to lead five Wildcats in double figures, with Jaden Bradley and Brayden Burries adding 16 each and Ivan Kharchenkov posting 12 points, five rebounds and eight assists.
- The Wildcats shot 61% from the field, dominated points in the paint 60-24, and turned 15 Auburn turnovers into 21 points.
- Tahaad Pettiford kept Auburn afloat with 30 points on 10-of-19 shooting, while the rest of the Tigers went 11-for-44 from the field and 1-for-16 from three to drop to 7-3.
- After No. 1 Purdue lost to No. 10 Iowa State earlier Saturday, Arizona’s fourth win over a ranked opponent bolstered its bid to rise to No. 1 in the next AP poll.