TEMPE, Ariz. - No. 22/21 Arizona travels north on I-10 to take on in-state rival Arizona State on Saturday night at Desert Financial Arena, looking to sweep the season series with the Sun Devils after collecting a 74-47 win in Tucson earlier this season.

The game will be televised on Pac-12 Networks with Roxy Bernstein and Bill Walton on the call starting at 7:30 p.m. (MST).

OFF THE TOP
Under Sean Miller, Arizona is 6-4 in games played at Arizona State and has won three of the last four.

Arizona ranks ninth in the latest NET ranking (best in Pac-12) and has a strength of schedule that ranks eighth. 

Arizona's 48.2 FG% is 15th-best in the country while holding opponents to just 38.3 percent this season, the 23rd-best in the country and second in the Pac-12.

UA is scoring 81.6 points per game this season, the eighth-most in the country this season and tops in the Pac-12. The Wildcats are also out-scoring teams by an average of 15.9 points per game, the seventh-best margin in the country, and would rank ninth in school history.

The Wildcats average of 16.8 assists per game ranks 11th nationally and the 1.43-to-1 assist/turnover ratio is eighth in the country. Those marks are also tops in the Pac-12.

In two home games last week against Utah and Colorado, the Wildcats were 24-of-51 (.471) from long distance. The 15 3-point field goals made against Utah were the most by the Wildcats since making 15 against UMBC on Nov. 12, 2017. It was the most against a Pac-12 opponent since making 18 against Stanford on March 5, 2016.

Reigning Pac-12 Freshman of the Week Zeke Nnaji is shooting 65.3 percent from the floor this year (ninth nationally). He enters today's game having posted a double-double in five of his last seven games and has seven for the season. On his way to earning his third freshman of the week honor, Nnaji averaged 18.0 points and 10.0 rebounds in two wins last week against Utah (24p, 8r) and Colorado (12p, 12r).

Freshman Nico Mannion is second in the Pac-12 and 29th nationally with 110 assists this season. His 6.1 assists per game leads the conference and are 22nd nationally. He is just the eighth UA freshman to ever register 100 assists in a season and the first since Jerryd Bayless (2008). The UA freshman single-season assist record is 197 assists (Russell Brown, 1978).

Freshman Josh Green is averaging 11.8 points, 4.6 rebounds, 2.4 assists, 1.0 block and 1.0 steal in Pac-12 play.  He leads the team with 28 steals and ranks ninth in the Pac-12 in steals/game (1.6). The Sydney, Australia native also has 12 double figure scoring games to his credit, including three in conference play.

Graduate student Max Hazzard and redshirt senior Dylan Smith shot a combined 14-of-27 from the 3-point line last week against Utah and Colorado.