Southern Utah Thunderbirds (8-2) at Arizona Wildcats (3-4, 0-1 Big 12)
Tucson, Arizona; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Arizona hosts Southern Utah after Caleb Love scored 24 points in Arizona’s 83-76 overtime loss to the West Virginia Mountaineers.
The Wildcats have gone 2-1 in home games. Arizona is fourth in the Big 12 scoring 85.0 points while shooting 46.2% from the field.
The Thunderbirds are 1-2 on the road. Southern Utah scores 79.5 points while outscoring opponents by 10.8 points per game.
Arizona averages 7.0 made 3-pointers per game, 1.3 more made shots than the 5.7 per game Southern Utah allows. Southern Utah has shot at a 46.4% clip from the field this season, 5.7 percentage points above the 40.7% shooting opponents of Arizona have averaged.
TOP PERFORMERS: Love is scoring 14.6 points per game and averaging 4.1 rebounds for the Wildcats.
Jamir Simpson is averaging 16.2 points for the Thunderbirds.
___
The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
Copyright © 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, written or redistributed.
