No. 8 Arizona (24-5 SU, 13-15-1 ATS) travels to Southern California to take on USC (21-8 SU, 17-12 ATS) on Thursday night at 11pmET from the Galen Center.
UCLA leads the Pac-12 standings at 16-2, while Arizona and USC are second at 13-5. In the latest ESPN Bracketology from Joe Lunardi, USC is listed as a 10th seed, while Arizona is listed as a third seed.
These teams last met on Jan. 19 with Arizona winning 81-66 as an 8-point favorite at home.
Desmond Cambridge Jr. tossed up a shot from beyond half court before the buzzer to lift Arizona State over Arizona 89-88 on Saturday in Tuscon. That was a rough loss for AU against their rivals as the Wildcats were up by 10 with 6:30 left in the game and lost to ASU for the first time in Tuscon since 2010. ASU shot 54% from the field and 11-of-28 (39%) from beyond the arc. There was not a lot of defense in this game as the Wildcats shot 51% from the field and 42% from long range, but committed 13 turnovers.
Pelle for the lead!
Need a stop.
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— Arizona Basketball (@ArizonaMBB) February 25, 2023
The Wildcats are 15-2 at home and 5-3 on the road. They've played well for the most part with a bad home loss to Washington State as a 12-point favorite and to Stanford by nine as a 7.5-point road favorite. Forward Azuolas Tubelis leads the Wildcats with 19.6 points per game and 9.1 rebounds on 57.3% shooting (34.6% 3pt). Center Omar Ballo (7-0, 260) adds 14.3 points and 8.8 rebounds with 1.3 blocks. They rank second in the Pac-12 in Net Efficiency (0.166) and first in three-point shooting (37.4%). They also rank 12th in the nation in fastbreak points per game (14.9) and in rebounding margin (+7.0).
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