LOS ANGELES - The 24th ranked Arizona Wildcats, winners of their last four Pac-12 Conference road games, put that streak on the line Thursday when they travel to Los Angeles to take on the University of Southern California. The Trojans have lost five of their last seven games while Arizona has won six of their last eight, including an 85-80 win over the Trojans in Tucson on Feb. 6.

GAME INFORMATION
Arizona at USC
Thursday, Feb. 17, 2020
8:00 p.m. (MST) at the Galen Center
TV: ESPN (Dave Pasch and Bill Walton)
Radio: Arizona IMG Radio Network (Brian Jeffries & Reggie Geary)

OFF THE TOP
Arizona has won four straight conference road games for the first time since Feb. 16, 2017 through Jan. 4, 2018. The last 5-game road winning streak was from Dec. 30, 2016 through Feb. 2, 2017. 

In those four consecutive road wins, Arizona is out-scored its opponents 69.5 to 58.3 and out-rebounded them by nearly six per game. UA has also averaged 10 turnovers while forcing 13.8.

A win tonight would give head coach Sean Miller a 20-win season for the 13th time in 16 years as a head coach.

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

UA leads the Pac-12 in scoring overall (78.2) and in conference games (73.0).

The 1.36-to-1 assist/turnover ratio is 13th in the country, while UA leads the Pac-12 in turnovers/game (11.4)

Zeke Nnaji is a 4-time Pac-12 Freshman of the Week and leads the conference with 12 double-doubles, a total that is tied for second all-time among Arizona freshmen (Ayton - 24) and third-most among all freshmen nationally. He leads the conference in rebounding in Pac-12 play (9.4) and is seventh in scoring (16.1). Nnaji is also one of 10 finalists for the Karl Malone Award, handed out to the nation's top power forward.

Nico Mannion's 147 assists are the fourth-most by a freshman at Arizona and the most by a freshman in the country this season. He needs 16 assists to pass Jason Gardner to move into third place on the Arizona freshman assist list. His 5.4 a/gm put him in second in the Pac-12. For the season, Mannion is 16th in the conference in scoring (13.7) and second in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.04). He is second on the team with 43 made 3FG and tied for eighth among all Arizona freshmen in program history.

After scoring in double figures once in a six-game span in January, freshman Josh Green has tallied double digit scoring efforts in four of the last six games, including a 18p, 6a, 4s game vs. Oregon State on Thursday. He leads the team with 42 steals, which is tied for sixth in school history by a freshman. He is the only power conference freshman to average 11.0 points, 4.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.5 steals this season.

As a starter the last 11 games, graduate transfer Stone Gettings has averaged 9.1p, 4.8r and is shooting 54.8 percent from the floor and 45.0 percent from the 3-point line. For the season, Gettings is shooting 44.1 percent on 3FG and is a 35.4 percent long distance shooter for his collegiate career.
Arizona is one of 8 teams in the country to have a top 25 rated offense and defense according to KenPom, joining Kansas, Baylor, San Diego State, Duke, Michigan State, Ohio State and Michigan.