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2022-23 Season (Junior)
- Led the Pac-12 in assists per game (5.14) for the second straight season
- First Pac-12 player to lead the conference in assists since Brandon Granville (USC) in 2000 and 2001
- One of five players in Pac-12 history to record multiple triple-doubles in a career
- Ranks 10th in Arizona history with 177 career 3FG made
- Ranks fifth in Arizona history with 503 career 3FG attempts

Played in all 35 games and made 34 starts … averaged 9.9 points, 2.4 rebounds and 5.14 assists per game … tied for the team lead with 83 made 3-pointers, a total that is tied for eighth-most in Arizona single-season history … his 180 total assists ranked 20th in the country … had 11 games of at least seven assists … posted the second triple-double of his career with 14 points, 11 rebounds and 12 assists against Southern (11/11), the 11th triple-double by an Arizona player in program history … he joins Andre Iguodala (3) and Loren Woods (2) as the only Wildcats with multiple triple-doubles and Luke Jackson (2) and Jason Kidd (4) as the only players in the Pac-12 to do it multiple times … scored a career-high 24 points on 6 of 7 shooting from the 3-point line against Utah Tech (11/17) … had 13 points and nine assists in the Maui Invitational Championship game against Creighton (11/23) … was 6 of 9 from long distance for 18 points against Montana State (12/20) … tallied 13 points and 11 assists against Oregon State (1/12) … on the Washington road trip, was 5 of 10 from long range at WSU (1/26) and 6 of 11 at UW (1/28) … was 4 of 4 on 3-pointers on his way to 17 points versus Utah (2/16) … had 13 points and four assists at UCLA (3/4). 
 

2021-22 Season (Sophomore)
Recorded the 10th triple-double in Arizona basketball history when he went for a career-high 21 points (7-10 3FG), 10 rebounds and 10 assists at Utah (2/24) … in the first half of the game at Utah, he was 7 of 7 from the 3-point line, capped off by making a half-court shot as the halftime buzzer went off … ranked second in the Pac-12 in assists per game (4.7) … ranked third in the Pac-12 in 3FG made per game (2.42) … ranked fourth in the Pac-12 in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.15) … his 155 assists helped Arizona set a new team single-season record for assists (726) … made 80 3FG on the year, the ninth-most in a season in Arizona history … his 238 3FG attempts rank as the fourth-most in a season in Arizona history … played in 33 games, making 31 starts … averaged 9.7 points, 4.7 assists and 2.5 rebounds … scored in double figures 15 times … connected on at least 2 3FG in a game 23 times … was 24 of 26 from the free throw line in Pac-12 play … sprained his ankle in the closing minute of the win over Stanford (3/10) in the Pac-12 Tournament and missed the semifinal game against Colorado and the championship game against UCLA … set his career high with 21 points (6-9 3FG) in the win over Washington (1/3) … in home wins over UCLA (2/3) and USC (2/5), he had 16 points and 13 points, respectively.

2020-21 Season (Freshman)
Was not cleared to play by the NCAA until Feb. 4 … appeared in eight total games but averaged 23.1 minutes per game, making five starts … averaged 5.5 points and 2.4 assists per contest while shooting 36.8% from the 3-point line … did not score in his debut at Utah (2/4) but did have one steal … connected on a 3-point field goal at Colorado (2/6) for his first collegiate points … was 4 of 9 from the 3-point line on his way to 12 points against Oregon (2/13) while also dishing out five assists … went 3 of 5 from long range and finished with nine points in the win at USC (2/20) … closed the season with six points and four assists at Oregon (3/1).

Prior to Arizona
Spent the 2019-20 season playing for Prienai CBet and Zalgiris II Kaunas in Lithuania ... Averaged nearly 14 point and six assists per game with Zalgiris ... Named MVP at the Kaunas Qualifying Tournament, which was part of the Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament ... Has experience playing with the Estonian senior and junior national team, and was a driving force behind Estonia’s first-ever win over the Lithuanian national team in the Summer of 2020 ... His father, Valmo, was a professional basketball player in Estonia ... Kriisa is the first student-athlete from Estonia to sign with Arizona since at least 1996-97 ... was given his first name by his father, who was a fan of Arizona legend and NBA champion Steve Kerr.