SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Arizona scored 16 straight factors over a five-minute stretch Thursday to tug away for an 85-65 victory within the first spherical of the NCAA Match and snuff out Dan Monson’s teaching tenure at Lengthy Seashore State.
Kylan Boswell scored a career-high 20 factors for the second-seeded Wildcats (26-8), who made 13 3-pointers, this system file for March Insanity.
This marked the tip of a 17-year stretch at Lengthy Seashore State for the 62-year-old Monson. He realized final week that he would not return subsequent season. His staff responded by unexpectedly profitable the Large West Match to ship this system to March Insanity for the primary time since 2012.
Arizona trailed by one with 2:34 left within the first half. A number of free throws and a 3-pointer by Caleb Love began the Wildcats’ onslaught earlier than halftime. Keshad Johnson (13 factors) kicked off the second half with a layup, a 3 and a dunk off an alley-oop from Love, who completed with 18 factors and 11 rebounds.
Oumar Ballo added 11 factors and 13 rebounds, the thirty third double-double of his profession and his nineteenth of the season.
By the point the surge was over on the 17:08 mark of the second half, Arizona led 50-35. Counting the halftime break, the Fifteenth-seeded Seashore went about 40 minutes with out a basket.
The Wildcats will play both Nevada or Dayton within the second spherical of the West Area.
Aboubacar Traore and A.J. George led the Seashore (21-15) with 14 factors every.
Arizona improves to 10-2 in video games performed in the course of the NCAA Match in Salt Lake Metropolis.
POSTGAME MEDIA
POSTGAME NOTES
- The Wildcats’ beginning 5 all scored in double figures in Thursday’s victory, which marked Arizona’s NCAA-leading 19th recreation of the season with 5 gamers with double-digit factors.
- Arizona made 13 three-point area targets in Thursday’s NCAA Match opener, which set a program file for many made three pointers by surpassing the earlier mark of 11 (achieved thrice; most just lately in 2022 vs. Wright State)
- With 13 rebounds within the Arizona’s first spherical win over Lengthy Seashore State, Oumar Ballo surpassed Sean Elliott for 10th place in profession rebounds in program historical past.
- Ballo’s double-digit rebounding efficiency in opposition to LBSU vaulted him as much as fourth place within the Arizona file ebook for single-season rebounding file at 347.
- Ballo additionally recorded a double-double with 11 factors and 13 rebounds to open the NCAA Match, which was his 33rd of his profession (fourth place all-time at Arizona) and 19th of the season (additionally fourth place).
- Thursday’s double-double was the middle’s 13th in his final 14 video games.
- It was additionally his second double-double within the NCAA Match after posting 13 factors, 12 rebounds final yr vs. Princeton
- With 11 rebounds in opposition to the Seashore, Caleb Love set a profession excessive whereas additionally recording his second profession double-double.
- The trio of Boswell, Larsson and Love every recorded 5 or extra assists within the NCAA postseason win on Thursday, marking the primary time Arizona has had three or extra gamers with 5 assists or extra for the reason that second spherical of the 2014 NCAA Match versus Gonzaga (Gordon, Hollis-Jefferson, Johnson, McConnell).
- Ballo’s and Love’s pair of double-doubles on Thursday gave Arizona its first NCAA Match recreation with two double-doubles for the reason that Candy 16 of 2005 NCAA Match.
- Arizona’s 10 steals in its tournament-opening victory over LBSU pushed its season whole to 283. That mark ties the 2000-01 Wildcats for sixth most steals in a season in program historical past.
- The 20-point margin of victory is the largest for Arizona within the NCAA Match since 2015
- The Wildcats’ protection held LBSU to three of 17 capturing from the 3-point line, together with 0 of 9 within the second half.