TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) Chase Jeter scored a career-high 18 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and the Arizona Wildcats rolled past Georgia Southern 100-70 on Thursday night in their first action since losing to Auburn at the Maui Invitational eight days earlier.

Jeter, a transfer from Duke, made all four of his field goals and was 10-of-12 shooting at the foul line.

Alex Barcello added a career-best 16 points for Arizona (5-2), capped by the 3-pointer that gave the Wildcats 100 points.

Brandon Williams and Brandon Randolph scored 14 apiece and Dylan Smith 10 for Arizona (5-2), winner of its 51st straight nonconference home game.

Tookie Brown scored 17 for the Eagles (5-2), who lost their second straight after starting the season 5-0. David-Lee Jones Jr. added 11 and Simeon Carter 10 for Georgia Southern.

The Eagles, who never have beaten a Pac-12 school and were playing Arizona for the first time, jumped out to a 15-10 lead as the Wildcats made just four of their first 16 shots. But Williams sank two 3s and Justin Coleman had a steal and layup in a 12-3 run that put Arizona up 22-18 on Jeter's inside basket with 8:42 left in the half.

The run reached 19-6 when Barcello made a driving layup to put Arizona ahead 29-21 6:28 before the break.

Georgia Southern cut the lead to 37-29 on Elijah McCadden's jumper before the Wildcats finished the half with an 8-3 spurt, capped by Ryan Luther's 3-pointer, to lead 45-32 at the break.

Jeter scored six straight points, the last on a pass from Williams, and Arizona led 54-36 with 17:23 to play.

Smith scored twice and Barcello had another steal and layup in a 6-0 spurt that gave the Wildcats a 72-46 lead with 11:45 left. Arizona led by as many as 34 after that.

Georgia Southern shot just 37 percent in the second half to Arizona's 57 percent.

Notes

• The Wildcats bench produced 47 points in Thursday's win over Georgia Southern. That's the highest bench output since scoring 48 against Bryant on Dec. 22, 2011. Arizona hadn't scored more than 37 the past two seasons.
• Arizona reached the 100-point mark Thursday for the first time since beating Washington State 100-72 on Jan. 31, 2018. The Wildcats scored 55 points in the second half, marking the second time this season (Houston Baptist) Arizona has scored 50 or more points in a half.
• The Wildcats had 22 assists to six turnovers in Thursday's win. It's the first time Arizona has had 20-plus assists with six or less turnovers since Dec. 13, 2015 versus Missouri. Arizona had 20 assists to six turnovers in that game. The 22 assists were the most by the Wildcats at all since collecting 25 against UMBC on Nov. 12, 2017.
• Redshirt junior center Chase Jeter collected a career-high 18 points Thursday night. His previous high was 16 set earlier this season against Cal Poly. Jeter also had 10 rebounds for his third double-double of the season. Jeter was a perfect 4 of 4 from the field and was 10 of 12 from the free throw line. His previous career high in free throws made was five.
• Sophomore guard Alex Barcello finished with a career-high 16 points in 12 minutes. His previous high was 11 set last year against Long Beach State. Barcello's six made field goals and 10 field goal attempts also established new career bests.
• Ira Lee established a new career high with four assists Thursday. Lee had just 10 assists in 32 career games.
• Arizona has now won 51 straight non-conference home games and is 86-3 in its last 89 games at McKale Center.

Quotes
"Six turnovers and 22 assists. I don't know which number is better. Six turnovers in a 40-minute game, I don't care what team you're playing against or what the score is, any coach would take a group of guys that plays the game with only six turnovers. We had two in the second half. Twenty-two assists is also very good, but I think it shows you that we were ready to go and move the ball. We had some really good practices when we got back from Maui. I think our guys learned a lot about themselves and hopefully we can continue to pick up." – Head Coach Sean Miller
 
"Alex Barcello is one of our hardest workers. We watch him every day in practice and through the long hours of summer and fall practice. It is just a matter of him playing with confidence knowing we want him to shoot the ball. We tried to get him in the game a little earlier. Sometimes if you sit there for eight minutes of game time it is not easy to come in and make the first shot. The fact that he made six of them is a great sign." – Head Coach Sean Miller
 
"We knew it would come around. The bench didn't do that well in Maui, so it was not as much as people were nervous, as it was just shots were not falling. Shots are going to fall, you are going to miss some and you are going to make some, you just have to take them. We have to play with confidence when we are out there just like Devonaire [Doutrive]." – Dylan Smith on the bench performance.