CORVALLIS, Ore. - The 9th-ranked Arizona men's basketball team will travel to Oregon State for a Thursday night battle in Gill Coliseum. The Wildcats have won the last seven meetings overall against the Beavers. The game will tip-off at 9:00 p.m. MST on Pac-12 Network with Roxy Bernstein and NBA Hall of Famer Bill Walton on the call.
COACHES VS. CANCER
Arizona coaching and support staff will be wearing specially designed versions of Nike Air Force 1 shoes this week in support of the NABC Coaches vs. Cancer and "Suits & Sneakers" week. The shoes were colored and painted by patients at the Diamond Children's Medical Center, which is part of Banner Health in Tucson.
STARTING FIVE
1) Arizona leads the Pac-12 in scoring (85.71), scoring margin (+12.14) and rebounding margin (+10.7) in conference play.
2) In the national rankings, Arizona leads the country in rebound margin (+13.1) and ranks third in rebounds/game (44.06) and scoring (89.9ppg).
3) Oumar Ballo needs 24 more points to become the 54th player in Arizona history to score 1,000 points as a Wildcat. He averaged 12.5p, 13.0r vs. USC/UCLA last week.
4) Senior Caleb Love is 2nd in the Pac-12 in scoring, averaging 20.9 points in conference play. He is shooting 37% 3FG in Pac-12 play while making 2.86 per game.
5) The Wildcats have had five or more players score in double figures in 11 of 18 games this season, a total that leads the country.
SERIES VS. OREGON STATE
• Arizona leads the all-time series, 72-22, and has won the last 7 meetings.
• The Wildcats last two losses in the series have come in Corvallis (2015, 2020).
NOTING THE WILDCATS
• The 19-point come-from-behind win against UCLA was the largest comeback win for Arizona since at 19-point comeback vs. Drexel on Nov. 27, 2013. It was the largest comeback win at home Dec. 2, 2007 vs. Texas A&M (20 points).
• Arizona is one of three teams in the country to have all five starters averaging double figures in scoring this season (Indiana State, Tulane).
• Arizona is 3-2 this year when trailing with 5:00 left in the game (0-8 previous two seasons)
• Pelle Larsson scored a career-high 22 points against UCLA, going 6 of 12 from the field and 8 of 8 at the free throw line. He also had a team-high four assists. He is averaging a career-high 12.9 points per game while shooting 48.8% from the 3-point line.
• Freshman guard KJ Lewis scored a season-high 13 points against UCLA and was 6 of 6 at the free throw line. He's averaging 8.0 points, 2.7 rebounds over the last three games.
• Sophomore Jaden Bradley scored in double figures for the second time this season against USC, finishing with 10 points, three assists and a career-high five steals. In Pac-12 play, he is averaging 5.7 points, 2.3 rebounds and nearly 2.0 assists.
• Fifth year forward Keshad Johnson has made 16 3FG this season and shooting 33.8% after making a total of 28 and shooting 24.6% in 113 games at San Diego State. He had his second double-double of the year (sixth career) with 10 point, 13 rebounds vs. USC.
• Sophomore Kylan Boswell is shooting 39.8% from the 3-point line and is the team leader in assists (69). He has already made more FG, 3FG, assists and points this year than he did all of last season. Although his shooting percentages have gone down in January, his assist-to-turnover ratio is still 3.0.
• Motiejus Krivas is averaging 6.7 points, 5.1 rebounds and is 7 of 7 at the free throw line in Pac-12 play. He had 18 points at Cal and 15 points against Colorado.
• The Arizona offense has post a 10-0 run 20 times this season, second-most in the country. Conversely, the Arizona defense has surrendered just three runs of 10-0 or better, also the second-best total in the country per EvanMiya.com
• The Wildcats have been ranked 49 straight weeks and 49 out of 51 weeks under head coach Tommy Lloyd. They have been in Top 10 for 39 weeks and in the Top 5 for 21 weeks.
• Arizona head coach Tommy Lloyd is in his third season with the Wildcats and has a record of 75-15, the third-most wins of any team in the country over that span.
• Under Lloyd, Arizona has recorded 20+ assists in 46 out of 89 games to lead the nation.
• Tommy Lloyd is 42-2 at McKale Center as the head coach of Arizona (10-0 this year).
• Under Tommy Lloyd, Arizona has not lost back-to-back games (15-0).
