Arizona
No time to rest for Arizona men’s basketball with another elevated opponent on horizon
The unique nature of Pac-12 road trips is there is little time to dwell on the first game when the second is right around the corner. That also means there’s not much opportunity to rest after playing three overtimes, in elevation, and then getting on a plane to another state that’s higher up in the clouds.
Arizona (18-5, 9-3 Pac-12) arrived in Boulder just before 1 a.m. MT Friday following its triple-OT win at Utah, one in which three starters logged career highs in minutes and a fourth nearly hit the 50-minute mark. The back end of a traditionally arduous road swing is at 8 p.m. MT Saturday when the eighth-ranked Wildcats face Colorado.
Caleb Love played 49 of a possible 55 minutes in that 105-99 victory, the most since Gabe York set a school record with 55 (and Allonzo Trier logged 53) in a quaduple-OT loss at USC in 2016. That wasn’t Love’s most, though, as last season with North Carolina he played 57 minutes against Alabama in a 4-OT game.
Pelle Larsson played 49 minutes on Thursday, and it would have been more had he not sat out the final 2:39 of the first half after turning his ankle. That’s eight more than his previous high, set in December’s double-OT loss to FAU in Las Vegas.
“Ain’t nothing to it,” Larsson said on the Pac-12 Network broadcast after the win, which saw him score a career-high 27 points and add seven rebounds and a career-best eight assists.
Also logging their most minutes in a college game were Oumar Ballo (45) and Keshad Johnson (43), while Ballo playing all but the final 32 seconds of the third OT despite picking up his fourth foul late in regulation.
Colorado (16-7, 7-5) played its Thursday game at the same time as Arizona, but its 82-70 win over ASU was done in less than two hours. It was the Buffaloes’ 13th win in as many tries this season at the Coors Events Center, where the UA hasn’t won since 2015.
That’s also the last time the Wildcats completed the Mountain road sweep, having done so the previous season as well. Both of those teams made it to the Elite Eight under Sean Miller.
Besides fatigue, Arizona could also be facing potential limitations from injury. While Larsson had 22 of his 27 points after coming back from the ankle tweak, point guard Kylan Boswell appeared to suffer a shoulder injury with 5:25 left in regulation and had to be helped off the court by trainer Justin Kokoskie.
Boswell returned to the game with 1:32 left and missed a game-winning 3-point attempt at the end of regulation. He had two assists and made a jumper during the OT periods, finishing with 16 points—his most since a career-high 18 in the season opener—but it’s uncertain if there will be any lingering effects from that injury.
“They told me he was fine to come back in,” Tommy Lloyd said after the game, following that up with one of his go-to dad hokes. “Obviously he got hit in the shoulder or something. I didn’t stay at a Holiday Inn Express, I stayed at a Marriott, so I’m not a doctor. Okay? I don’t know and I’m being 100 percent honest with you. I just know that they told me he was okay to play.”
Arizona has started the same five all 23 games this season, though backup guards Jaden Bradley and KJ Lewis have been getting more and more run. Bradley logged more than 20 minutes for the seventh time in Pac-12 play, while Lewis got to 20-plus for the fifth time in the last six games.
Colorado should be much healthier than when it came to McKale Center last month and got crushed 97-50. The Buffaloes were missing starters Tristan Da Silva and Cody Williams in that matchup, and that duo combined for 26 points against ASU.
Win or lose Saturday, Arizona will get a full week to recover before its next game Feb. 17 at home against ASU.
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Christmas is over, but the stores and malls are busy one day later—shoppers either returning gifts that weren’t quite right or spending some of that holiday cash.
“A lot of the stores we went to, you had to wait in lines just to get from one store to the other,” said Jeannie Mac. “It was pretty busy.”
When you think of holiday shopping, you often think of items flying off the shelves.
“There are a lot of discounts at target, 50% off all decorations. You’d be surprised. The shelves are a little empty,” said shopper Joseph Caruana.
But the day after Christmas, many of those items end up back in-store. This year, returns are expected to add up to 17% of all merchandise sales, according to a recent report by the National Retail Federation. It’s about $890 billion in returned unneeded or unwanted gifts.
However, not everyone was there for returns or exchanges.
“Everyone enjoyed the presents, so didn’t have to return anything, thankfully,” said Max Miely.
Many people Arizona’s Family spoke with were mainly there looking to spend their holiday money, including Jenn Neild, who was visiting from Canada.
“We’re just looking around for some post Christmas deals, Boxing Day deals,” she said.
Boxing Day is traditionally a holiday similar to Black Friday, celebrated in the U.K. and Canada.
It was a good opportunity for shoppers who came out ready to use their holiday gift cards or, in other cases, to claim their Christmas gifts.
“We just went to go get my cousins ear pierced for her Christmas present and we’re going to be shopping for pajamas and different things,” said Morgan Uperesa, another shopper.
Because Dec. 26 and Dec. 27 are historically the busiest days for returns, the Better Business Bureau advises you to bring any receipts to the store.
If you don’t have one, they say you should know the rules on returns without it.
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ARIZONA — Arizona Cardinals head coach Jonathan Gannon says the progress of running back James Conner has been “good” this week as the team prepares to battle the Los Angeles Rams in Week 17.
Gannon, however, wouldn’t elaborate more on Conner and didn’t reveal if he’d play in Saturday night’s primetime battle.
Conner is dealing with a knee injury suffered in the second half of Week 16’s loss to the Carolina Panthers, a 36-30 overtime defeat that saw Arizona’s postseason dreams officially end.
Arizona Cardinals head coach Jonathan Gannon said James Conner’s progression from his knee injury has been “good.”
JG did not go further as to whether or not he’ll be good to go on Saturday. — Tyler Drake (@Tdrake4sports) December 26, 2024
Conner was a limited participant in the two prior practice days for Arizona and if he is again the same for Thursday, it’s likely he’ll officially be ruled questionable when the injury report drops later today.
“We’ll see how he goes throughout the week. I know he wants to play, so we’ll do what’s best for him first and then what’s best for the team,” Gannon said of Conner earlier this week.
Once again, Conner has been one of Arizona’s top players throughout the course of the season, once again eclipsing the 1,000-yard rushing mark as the engine of the Cardinals’ offense.
The ink just dried on Conner’s two-year extension to stay in Arizona, as the running back was set to test the free agent market before the Cardinals re-signed him earlier in the year.
If he can go, Conner hopes to help play the role of spoiler in Los Angeles, as the Rams can win the NFC West with a victory over Arizona and a little help.
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Gunshots reportedly rang out at Terminal 4 of Phoenix Sky Harbor on Christmas night.
Airport officials tell Arizona’s Family that police responded to reports of gunfire around 9:40 p.m. on Wednesday.
One security checkpoint and the PHX Sky Train was temporarily closed as part of the investigation, however the areas have since reopened.
At this time, police have not confirmed if anyone is injured or if anyone has been taken into custody in connection with the shooting.
Arizona’s Family has a crew on scene. Check back for updates
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