FULLERTON, Calif. – The No. 11/10 Arizona Wildcats will take on the Santa Clara Broncos in UA's first game away from the McKale Center this season in the opening round of the 2015 DirecTV Wooden Legacy. Arizona and Santa Clara will face off at 9:30 p.m. (MST) on Thursday, Nov. 26 on ESPN2. UA enters its three-game stint in Southern California on the heels of its' sixth consecutive 4-0 start to a season. The Cats did not start 4-0 in any of the six seasons prior to its current six-year streak.
Arizona vs. Santa Clara
Thursday, Nov. 26 at 9:30 p.m. (MST)
TV: ESPN2 (Roxy Bernstein & Sean Farnham)
Radio: Arizona IMG Radio Network (Brian Jeffries & Ryan Hansen)
Stats: www.arizonalivestats.com
Twitter: @APlayersProgram
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- Arizona will leave the friendly confines of the McKale Center, where they own the nation's longest active home winning streak at 42 games, for the first time in the 2015-16 season for three games at the 2015 DirecTV Wooden Legacy. The Wildcats have a record of 18-4 in non-conference tournaments under head coach Sean Miller.
- Sunday's win over Northwestern State was the 167th win for Sean Miller at Arizona, tying him for third place in program history with Fred Snowden. Coach Miller trials only Lute Olson (589 wins) and Fred Enke (509 wins) for victories in Arizona coaching history.
- Senior Gabe York has scored in double figures in each of the first four games of the season for the first time in his career. Included in the four-game stretch, York erupted for a career-high 23 points in his team's win over Boise State. That game, coupled with his 18-point performance versus Northwestern State, gave the California native his highest scoring back-to-back games of his career at 41 points.
- It will be a homecoming for the Thanksgiving holidays for a majority of the Arizona roster during the Wooden Legacy. Ten members of the UA roster are from the state of California with seven
- The Wildcats have been the champions of their last three ESPN tournaments; the 2014 EA Sports Maui Invitational, the 2013 NIT Season Tip-Off and the 2012 Diamond Head Classic. Including non-bracketed games of those tournaments and Thursday's non-bracketed game of the Wooden Legacy with Boise State, UA has won its last 12 games in ESPN tournaments.
