9:05 pm
February 18

Arizona @ UCLA

Who will WIN this matchup?

Arizona Wildcats (14-7)

@ UCLA Bruins (14-5)

 

Current odds:

Arizona Wildcats: (+110)

UCLA Bruins: (-130)

 

• The spread for the game is UCLA by 2 points.

• The Bruins (14-5, 10-3 Pac-12) are one game behind first-place Southern California after winning 64-61 at Washington on Saturday. But playing defense will be a tougher task against Arizona (14-7, 8-7), which leads the conference in scoring at 76.5 points per game. Washington is last in the league at 66.6.

• Arizona counters with 7-foot-1 Christian Koloko, 6-11 Azuolas Tubelis and 6-11 Jordan Brown. That frontcourt rotation combined for 30 points and 16 rebounds when the teams met Jan. 9 in Tucson, Ariz., but the Bruins held on to win 81-76 behind 22 points from point guard Tyger Campbell.

• UCLA is riding a four-game winning streak over the Wildcats in what has been the best rivalry in the conference since the mid-1980s.

• Arizona has an X-factor it didn’t have in the January meeting: freshman guard Kerr Kriisa, who was not yet eligible. He has played in four games, starting the past two, and is coming off his best outing. He scored 12 points against Oregon, making 4-of-9 3-point shots to go with five assists.

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