Cats Head to Salt Lake City to Open Road Trip

SALT LAKE CITY -- The Arizona Wildcats will look to rebound this weekend with a two-game road swing at Utah and Colorado. The WIldcats will open their trip Thursday night at Utah, before a Sunday evening matchup at Colorado. Both games will be televised by ESPNU.

The Cats have won 13 of the past 14 matchups against the Utes with nine of those being decided by single digits.

Arizona at Utah
Thursday, Feb. 14 at 7 p.m. (MST)
TV: ESPNU (Dave Pasch and Bill Walton)
Radio: Arizona IMG Radio Network (Brian Jeffries & Ryan Hansen)
Twitter: @APlayersProgram
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OFF THE TOP

The Arizona Wildcats will head out on the road for a two-game swing at Utah and Colorado. The Cats will open in Salt Lake City, where they have won five of six matchups since the Utes joined the Pac-12.
Arizona coach Sean Miller is 13-1 against Utah. However, nine of the 14 matchups have been single-digit affairs, including this season's 84-81 win over the Utes in overtime at McKale Center. The last two games in the series have been decided by four points.
Arizona has 13 road sweeps since the conference expanded to 12 teams. That mark leads the conference. Arizona is 43-25 in Pac-12 road games under Miller, and is one of two teams in the conference (Oregon) to be above .500 in league road games.
Redshirt junior Dylan Smith is shooting 48 percent from 3-point range in 11 conference games and ranks third in the Pac-12. Smith has hit at least one 3-pointer in eight straight games and is 22 for 46 from deep in league games.
Freshman Devonaire Doutrive is coming off the first double-double of his career. Against Washington State on Saturday, Doutrive had 10 points and 11 rebounds, establishing career highs in both categories. Doutrive has 13 offensive rebounds in his last five games.
Senior Justin Coleman is averaging 16.3 points per game over his last three. Coleman leads the team with 84 assists on the season.
Arizona has committed single-digit turnovers in four of its last five games.
Arizona is tops in the conference in turnover margin at +3.6.
The Wildcats' bench has outscored its opponent in seven of the past nine games.

Players Mentioned

Justin Coleman

Devonaire Doutrive

Dylan Smith

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