There are some things Arizona learned over its initial homecourt stretch, heading into the always competitive Maui Invitational next week.
Bruce Pascoe Because it doesn’t matter who is lining up when a foul sends somebody to the line, there is at least one Arizona men's basketball statistic that means something so far.Arizona set a new school record by hitting all 22 free throws it shot in a 104-77 win over Utah Tech on Thursday, surpassing its 18-for-18 performance against Stanford in 2004-05. The Wildcats also shot 75.0% from the line in their season-opening win over Nicholls and are averaging 75.
"Our new guys are understanding that there's a level of effort and a standard that you gotta meet to be an Arizona basketball player," Lloyd said."They're starting to hit that." Then Henderson went out against Utah Tech and scored 20 points on 8-for-11 shooting, showing a confidence and production that forward Azuolas Tubelis called"amazing.""I thought Cedric tonight was electric," Lloyd said."To see him play with that effort, that’s what I kind of envisioned for him. But it takes time for that to happen."
Already consistently trying to boost Kriisa’s confidence, Lloyd is also trying to make him a little less unselfish. He said Kriisa could have even further exploited Utah Tech’s defensive strategy of trying to push the UA offense to one side of the floor, so he told Kriisa to shoot more 3s in the second half .
Utah Tech even hit four of its first eight 3-pointers in the second half after hitting just 3 of 16 in the first half, keeping UA from expanding its 28-point halftime lead through the first 13 minutes after halftime. Overall, the Wildcats didn’t score a single point off the bench until wing Adama Bal made two free throws with 5:44 left in the game, then collecting the other eight bench points as Lloyd went with reserves and walk-ons in the final minutes.
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