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Arizona Wildcats guard Dylan Smith (3), Arizona Wildcats men's basketball vs. Washington State 3/5/20 in Tucson, Ariz.Photo by Mike Christy / Arizona Athletics
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Men's Basketball

Cats Close Regular Season At Home Against Washington

TUCSON, Ariz. - The final game of the regular season will see the Arizona Wildcats host the Washington Huskies in the McKale Center, where it will also be Senior Day for six members of the team - Jake DesJardins, Kory Jones, Max Hazzard, Chase Jeter, Stone Gettings and Dylan Smith. The Wildcats are also playing for a top four seed in the Pac-12 Tournament and need a win and some help from other teams to get there.

The Senior Day ceremony will take place approximately 15 minutes before tip-off with the six senior student managers also being recognized.

GAME INFORMATION
Washington at Arizona
Saturday, March 7, 2020
8:00 p.m. (MST) at McKale Center
TV: ESPN (Dave Pasch and Bill Walton)
Radio: Arizona IMG Radio Network (Brian Jeffries & Ryan Hansen)


OFF THE TOP
With the final regular season games taking place today, Arizona is in play, unofficially, for as high as the No. 3 seed or potentially as low as the No. 6 seed at the Pac-12 Conference Tournament in Las Vegas next week.

Arizona is 107-11 (.907) in the last 118 games they have played in the McKale Center.  

After collecting 11 offensive rebounds against Washington State on Saturday, the Wildcats have registered 10+ offensive rebounds in 15 of 17 Pac-12 games. Arizona leads the Pac-12 in offensive rebounding in conference play (11.53/gm) and is second in defensive rebounding (26.24).

Arizona ranks 10th In the latest NET ranking (best in Pac-12) and a strength of schedule that ranks FOURTH. 

In conference play, Arizona ranks third in scoring (71.6) and second in fewest points allowed per game (64.8)

For the season, Arizona is the only Pac-12 team that ranks in the top three in scoring offense and defense.

The 1.32-to-1 assist/turnover ratio is 18th in the country and currently ranks as the best ratio for an Arizona team since 2013-14 (1.48). UA leads the Pac-12 in fewest turnovers/game (11.6), and it would be the first time in 11 seasons under Sean Miller that the Wildcats led the conference in that category.

Zeke Nnaji is was 9-of-15 from the floor and finished with 21 points and seven rebounds against WSU, the 27th time in 30 games he has scored in double figures and the 10th time he reached 20 points. Nnaji leads the Pac-12 with 13 double-doubles, with his most recent coming at USC last Thursday. The 13 double-doubles ranks second all-time at Arizona among freshmen (Ayton - 24) and is third among all freshmen nationally this season. A 4-time Pac-12 Freshman of the Week honoree, Nnaji leads the Pac-12 in rebounding in conference play (9.1) and ranks seventh in scoring (16.1). 

Nico Mannion's 162 assists are tied for the third-most by a freshman at Arizona and ranks second nationally among freshmen this season. He needs 16 assists to tie Mike Bibby for second place on the Arizona freshman assist list. His 5.4 assists per game rank second in the Pac-12 and his 14.1 points per game are good for 15th in the conference. Mannion was 4-of-7 on 3FG en route to scoring 23 points against WSU on Thursday.

As a starter, graduate transfer Stone Gettings has averaged 8.1p, 5.1r and shot 51.7% the last 14 games. He was named Pac-12 Men's Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year this week.

Josh Green returned to the starting lineup vs. WSU and chipped in 12 pts, 4 reb., and 4 assists in 28 min.


 
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Players Mentioned

Jake DesJardins

#55 Jake DesJardins

F
6' 6"
Senior
Stone Gettings

#13 Stone Gettings

F
6' 9"
Graduate Student
Chase Jeter

#4 Chase Jeter

C
6' 10"
Redshirt Senior
Kory Jones

#52 Kory Jones

G
6' 3"
Redshirt Junior
Dylan Smith

#3 Dylan Smith

G
6' 5"
Redshirt Senior
Max Hazzard

#5 Max Hazzard

G
6' 0"
Graduate Student
Josh Green

#0 Josh Green

G
6' 6"
Freshman
Nico Mannion

#1 Nico Mannion

G
6' 3"
Freshman
Zeke Nnaji

#22 Zeke Nnaji

F
6' 11"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Jake DesJardins

#55 Jake DesJardins

6' 6"
Senior
F
Stone Gettings

#13 Stone Gettings

6' 9"
Graduate Student
F
Chase Jeter

#4 Chase Jeter

6' 10"
Redshirt Senior
C
Kory Jones

#52 Kory Jones

6' 3"
Redshirt Junior
G
Dylan Smith

#3 Dylan Smith

6' 5"
Redshirt Senior
G
Max Hazzard

#5 Max Hazzard

6' 0"
Graduate Student
G
Josh Green

#0 Josh Green

6' 6"
Freshman
G
Nico Mannion

#1 Nico Mannion

6' 3"
Freshman
G
Zeke Nnaji

#22 Zeke Nnaji

6' 11"
Freshman
F
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