Tubelis, No. 9 Arizona beat Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 99-61

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Azuolas Tubelis had 20 factors and 13 rebounds and No. 9 Arizona hit a season-high 15 3s in a 99-61 win over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Tuesday night time.

Tubelis, a 6-foot-11 junior from Lithuania, early within the recreation grew to become the 53rd participant in class historical past to achieve 1,000 profession factors. He shot 9 of 16 and in addition had 4 assists.

Henri Veesaar scored a career-high 16 factors off the bench, Oumar Ballo had 13 factors and eight rebounds, and Cedric Henderson Jr. had 11 factors for the Wildcats (9-1).

Arizona performed a lot of the recreation with out junior level guard Kerr Kriisa after he was subbed out on the first media timeout. He didn’t return resulting from what the staff known as a non-COVID sickness.

“He hasn’t been feeling nicely, just a little bit run down,” Arizona coach Tommy Lloyd stated. “I don’t suppose it’s something important. We’ve been using fairly laborious and he’s acquired just a little little bit of a bug and he simply didn’t really feel it at this time.”

The Wildcats topped the 90-point mark for the fifth time this season and improved to 37-0 below second-year coach Tommy Lloyd when scoring 80 or extra. Arizona was 15 of 27 from 3-point vary, with eight totally different gamers hitting a triple, after making 10 of 25 in an 89-75 win over No. 14 Indiana over the weekend in Las Vegas.

Earlier than that, although, Arizona had made solely 13 of 64 3s in a 3-game stretch that included its solely lack of the season.

“I feel on lots of nights you’ll have open photographs, for us it’s nearly discovering the self-discipline to take the proper open photographs,” Lloyd stated.

Corpus Christi (5-4) acquired 12 factors from Simeon Fryer however total shot solely 30.7%. One of many smallest groups in Division I, the Islanders have been outrebounded 52-32.

Corpus Christi hung round for a lot of the first half, taking a 25-24 lead with 7:28 to go after getting 5 factors on a possession. Fryer made a 3, with Arizona getting known as for a foul below the basket on the similar time, resulting in Ross Williams’ jumper for the temporary edge.

“We did a great job in transition,” Islanders coach Steve Lutz stated. “We have been in a position to hold the ball out of the paint, after which they missed some 3-pointers early, which clearly they made in a while within the recreation. Our recreation plan clearly was to attempt to restrict their photographs on the rim, however in the end they’re simply too huge and robust they usually’re excellent.”

The Wildcats scored the following seven factors as a part of a 15-3 run result in lead 39-28 with 4:28 left within the first half. The Wildcats have been up 47-37 at halftime and expanded the result in 20 on a 3-pointer from Courtney Ramey with 14:35 remaining

BIG PICTURE

Corpus Christi: Of their twentieth season on the Division I degree, the Islanders are nonetheless searching for their first win over a ranked opponent. They haven’t overwhelmed a staff from an influence convention since knocking off Oregon State in 2009.

Arizona: The Wildcats prolonged their homecourt win streak to 24 video games, tied with Auburn for fourth-longest energetic streak within the nation. Arizona’s all-time greatest is 71 video games, which ran from 1987-92.

UP NEXT

Corpus Christi: Again dwelling Friday to host Division III Schreiner (Texas), the third of 4 non-Division I colleges the Islanders face this season.

Arizona: Hosts No. 6 Tennessee on Saturday night time in a rematch of final 12 months’s 77-73 loss in Knoxville.

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