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Dell'Orso, Perimeter Shooting Lift No. 4 Arizona Over No. 23 BYU, 75-68

The win moved Arizona into a Big 12 first-place tie despite key absences.

Overview

  • Reserve Anthony Dell'Orso scored a season-best 22 points as Arizona snapped a two-game skid at McKale Center.
  • Arizona went 9-for-21 from three and, for the first time this season, scored more from beyond the arc than in the paint.
  • Jaden Bradley logged 12 points and 10 assists and Ivan Kharchenkov added 18, with starters Koa Peat (leg strain) and Dwayne Aristide (illness) unavailable.
  • BYU, in its first game since Richie Saunders' season-ending ACL tear, mustered just six bench points and shot 5-for-19 from deep.
  • AJ Dybantsa poured in 35 points and set BYU’s freshman scoring record, while Robert Wright III had 13 in the Cougars’ 19-7 campaign.