CSU Bakersfield Roadrunners vs Arizona Wildcats Match Player Stats On Nov 16, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Nov 17, 2017

TUCSON, Ariz. -- Arizona junior guard Allonzo Trier led four Wildcats in scoring with a game-high 28 points to help No. 3 Arizona cruise past Cal State Bakersfield 91-59 Thursday night at McKale Center.

It was Arizona's 43rd consecutive nonconference win at home, which is the third-longest active streak.

Trier was two points shy of becoming the first Arizona player to score at least 30 points in each of the first three games of the season. Trier and Deandre Ayton were removed with 4:37 left in the game.

Arizona (3-0) looked in midseason form midway through the second half when it went on an 8-0 run via a pass-the-ball-around exhibition. Emmanuel Akot hit a 3-pointer to make it 65-41 with 11:49 left. It was Arizona's sixth consecutive make to help put the game away.

Arizona ended the half outscoring Bakersfield 20-7 in the final eight minutes.

Ayton, a 7-foot-1 freshman, had one of his more non-descript games and still had his third consecutive double-double to begin the season with 18 points and 10 rebounds. Fellow 7-footer Dusan Ristic had 12 points and six rebounds. He was an efficient 4 of 6 from the floor and 4 of 4 from the free-throw line.

Arizona shot 61 percent from the floor.

Senior guard Parker Jackson-Cartwright scored a season-high 11 points.

Freshman Jarkel Joiner led Bakersfield with 14 points.

In the first half, Arizona did it early and late to take control of the game. Arizona used a 13-0 run at the start of the game to take a 15-8 lead in the early minutes. It extended its lead to 23-11, hitting seven of eight shots in that stretch to slowly pull away. CSUB (1-2) didn't help itself by going 0 of 6 in that same stretch.

By the 3:49 mark, Arizona had gone on a 7-0 run to extend the lead to 36-19.

Arizona was led in the first half by Trier, who had 14 points in the half. He went 4 of 5 from the floor.

Arizona hit 5 of 10 3-pointers in the first half compared to CSUB's 0 of 7.

Jackson-Cartwright excited the crowd at the end of the half by hitting a half-court shot to give UA a 44-27 lead.

NOTES: Arizona signed F Shareef O'Neal to financial-aid papers. Last week, recruit Brandon Williams signed financial-aid papers to attend Arizona. Neither signing is binding but it constitutes Arizona's early recruiting class in the wake of the on-going FBI investigation. ... Cal State Bakersfield coach Rod Barnes has a history with UA. He faced the Wildcats in 2001 as the head coach at Mississippi when the two teams faced one another in San Antonio in the Sweet 16. Arizona advanced to the Final Four that season.