Jaden Bradley scored six of his 10 factors in a 16-0 scoring run as No. 2 Arizona took cost to ship an 84-61 victory over No. 14 Kansas on Saturday at Tucson, Ariz.
The Wildcats (27-2, 14-2 Massive 12) avenged their loss at Kansas on Feb. 9, which was their first of the season after a program-record 23-0 begin. The victory additionally clinched no less than a tie for the regular-season Massive 12 title for Arizona.
Brayden Burries led Arizona with 20 factors, 12 rebounds and 5 assists. Koa Peat, who missed the Wildcats’ final three video games with a lower-leg muscle pressure, had 12 factors, seven rebounds and 5 assists.
Motiejus Krivas completed with 13 factors and 10 rebounds for Arizona and Ivan Kharchenkov had 11 factors and 6 rebounds. The Wildcats outrebounded Kansas 48-26 and outscored the Jayhawks 30-20 within the paint and 16-8 in second-chance factors.
Darryn Peterson, out with flu-like signs when Kansas beat Arizona within the earlier assembly, completed with 24 factors for the Jayhawks (21-8, 11-5). Tre White and Melvin Council Jr. every had 13 factors for the Jayhawks.
After Arizona took a 47-35 lead with 14:45 remaining, Kansas went on a 12-2 run. Council, who made a 3-pointer early within the run, culminated it with a jumper to chop the Jayhawks’ deficit to 49-47 with 12:07 remaining.
Arizona responded with a commanding 16-0 run to go forward 65-47 with 8:52 left. Kansas missed seven consecutive pictures from the sphere within the stretch after making 5 straight.
The Wildcats’ string of seven straight made subject objectives pushed the result in 76-56 with 4:42 left.
Arizona went on a 21-2 run to construct a 21-5 lead with 13:35 left within the half. Throughout that run, Kansas missed 9 consecutive pictures from the sphere.
Arizona scored six unanswered factors to take its greatest lead of the primary half, 37-19, with 3:52 remaining till halftime. The Wildcats didn’t make a shot from the sphere thereafter within the half, lacking 5 makes an attempt, and Kansas closed with a 9-2 run to chop the result in 39-28.
Flory Bidunga, who had 23 factors and 10 rebounds within the earlier matchup with Arizona, didn’t rating and had two rebounds within the first half. He completed with two factors and 4 rebounds.
Arizona outscored Kansas by 20 factors on the free-throw line. The Wildcats had been 30 of 34 on the line whereas Kansas was 10 of 11.
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