TUCSON, Ariz. - No. 14 Arizona has opened the season 4-0 at home and will look for its fifth straight when they host South Dakota State (4-2) on Thursday night. The game will tipoff at 7:00 p.m. (MST) on Pac-12 Networks.
GAME INFORMATION
South Dakota State at #14/14 Arizona
Thursday, Nov. 21
7:00 p.m. at the McKale Center (Tickets)
TV: Pac-12 Networks (Daron Sutton & Matt Muehlebach)
Radio: Arizona IMG Radio Network (Brian Jeffries & Ryan Hansen)
Satellite Radio: Sirius 137/XM 202/Internet 953
OFF THE TOP
Arizona is 98-8 (.925) in the last 106 games they have played in the McKale Center, tied for the third-fewest losses in the country. Arizona is also 51-1 in its last 50 non-conference home games. This season, Arizona is 4-0 at home.
Arizona is shooting 52.7 percent overall from the field, which ranks 13th in the country.
Freshman forward
Zeke Nnaji was named the inaugural Pac-12 Freshman of the Week for the second consecutive week. In the two games last week, he was 15-of-15 from the floor and 15-of-17 at the free throw line.
For the season, Nnaji is shooting 84.6 percent from the floor to lead the country. He has made his last 17 field goal attempts and his last 13 free throw attempts.
In the win over San Jose State, Nnaji was a perfect 8-of-8 from the field and 10-of-12 from the free throw line. He's the only Arizona player to be perfect from the floor when attempting at least 8 shots since at least 1996-97. He followed that up by going 7-of-7 against New Mexico State on Sunday.
Nnaji is the only player in the country that is shooting at least 80 percent from the field AND at least 80 percent at the free throw line.
Jemarl Baker Jr.'s assist-to-turnover ratio of 13:1 is the second-best in the country.
Max Hazzard is third in the country with a 12:1 ratio. Both players have come off the bench in the first four games.
As a team, Arizona's assist-to-turnover ratio (75:43) is the 12th-best in the country. The players coming off the bench have posted a 3.4:1 assist-to-turnover ratio - the best ratio in the country.
The Wildcats are the only team in the country to rank inside the Top 20 in scoring offense (19th) and scoring defense (14th).
The Arizona Wildcats have eight newcomers on the roster for the 2019-20 season, with four freshmen and four incoming transfers - two of which are grad transfers.
South Dakota State has played six games already and are coming off a 78-73 win over North Alabama on Thursday.
This will be the first-ever meeting between the two schools.