Arizona @ Washington St. preview

Last Meeting ( Feb 9, 2019 ) Washington St. 69, Arizona 55

After rallying to pull out their first true road win of the season on Thursday night at Washington, the Arizona Wildcats will try to complete a sweep of their weekend trip to the Evergreen State on Saturday night at Washington State. The Cougars, picked to finish 11th in the Pac-12's preseason media poll, stunned the Wildcats, 69-55, last season in Tucson.

Arizona, despite shooting just 39 percent, blowing a 10-point first half lead and allowing 14 3-pointers, closed Thursday's game on a 11-3 run, including Jemarl Baker's go-ahead 3-pointer with 44 seconds left, to improve to 1-4 in true road games with the win in Seattle. "It feels good to have that first road win," Baker, who scored a career-high 17 points and connected on 4-of-7 3-pointers, told tucson.com. "It was hard-fought. They shot the lights out and it took all of us to come together." The win moved Arizona into a tie with Stanford for fourth place in the Pac-12, a half-game ahead of UCLA and a game in front of the seventh-place Cougars. Washington State has won four consecutive conference games at home, including an upset of Pac-12 leading Oregon and comes in off a 67-65 victory over Arizona State on Thursday.

TIME: 8 p.m. ET. TV: Pac-12 Network.

ABOUT ARIZONA (14-6, 4-3 Pac-12): Baker also had four assists and no turnovers off the bench for the Wildcats and has 52 assists to just 11 turnovers on the season while also shooting 42.4 percent from 3-point range. Freshman forward Zeke Nnaji had nine points and eight rebounds in the win and continues to lead the team in both scoring (16.5 per game) and rebounding (8.7). Dynamic freshman point guard Nico Mannion is second in scoring (14.2) while also dishing off a team-leading 5.8 assists per game while freshman guard Josh Green (11.8 points) also is averaging in double-digits but has scored just seven points and on 2-of-15 shooting over the past two games.

ABOUT WASHINGTON STATE (13-9, 4-5): Sophomore forward CJ Elleby tied his career-high with 27 points, including a game-winning, step-back 3-pointer with 5.4 seconds left to give the Cougars the dramatic win over the Sun Devils. "Isaac (Bonton) asked what to run," Washington State coach Kyle Smith told the Spokane Spokesman-Review. "And I said said, 'Give it to CJ.' He's clutch. Ice in his veins." Elleby ranks fourth in the Pac-12 in scoring (18.8) and fourth in 3-pointers made (48) and also leads the Cougs in rebounding with an average of 7.3 per game while Bonton (14.5 points) also is averaging in double figures and leads the team in assists (4.0).

BUZZER BEATERS

1. Arizona leads the series 64-17, including a 30-8 mark in Pullman.

2. Washington State's 13 victories ties its mark for most wins in a season since 2011-12.

3. Arizona leads the Pac-12 in scoring (80.5), scoring margin (plus-14.4) and assists (16.5) while Washington State leads in turnover margin (plus-4.2).

PREDICTION: Washington State 74, Arizona 67