Arizona Wins 2nd game in Spain 99-74 Vs Mataro All-Stars, Recap & Notes

[WILD]

Call it a minor test by comparison. Perhaps it was just a slight push. Arizona's second exhibition game in Spain wasn't quite the 69-point blowout like the opener, but the Wildcats overcame a seemingly slower start to handle their business on Wednesday afternoon.

For anyone hoping this top-ranked squad would be challenged abroad, it didn't last long. Most teams usually have a new gear. Arizona showed it has a completely different level in a 99-74 win over the Mataro All-Stars at Ravello Municipal Teresa Mario Roca in Barcelona.

Following a fairly competitive first half, which saw the lead in single digits over midway through the second quarter, the Wildcats turned on the jets to take a 16-point halftime lead and never looked back.

Junior guard Allonzo Trier showed off his All-American potential by stuffing the stat sheet with 21 points, four rebounds, eight assists, and four steals, while freshman phenom Deandre Ayton added 19 points and eight rebounds to help Arizona improve to 2-0 on the tour.

Sophomore guard Rawle Alkins sat out the contest with a strained left shoulder.

First half Notes:

•Rawle Alkins, as reported by Bruce Pascoe, did not play due to a strained left shoulder, we hope he feels better, he did take part in in warmups
•Mataro All-Stars much stronger team than the team they played on Sunday, can shoot the three
•Allonzo Trier came out guns blazing in the first quarter with two back-to-back steals for buckets and a three – first half stats: 13 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, and 2 steals
•Deandre Ayton scored ten points, all in the paint, a few big dunks, exciting. He seems always to be open.
•Dusan Ristic was active on the boards once again
•Dylan Smith hit two three's – looks like the go-to Wildcat for perimeter shooting – had four rebounds
•Cats were four for five from the free-throw line, much different showing than on Sunday
•Team scored 23 points in the first quarter, then outscored the Mataro All-Stars 32-19 in the second quarter
•PJC strong on defense, steals, and he pressed a bit (Coach Romar influence maybe?)
•Refs still called traveling on dunks, shaking my head, Miller got onto the court to argue this time, especially because the team was only up by three points at one point


Second Half Notes:

•Miller's team played defense in the second half on his side of the court...not offense like he usual in McKale.
•Ayton and Zo continued dominance on offense, Dusan on defense
•Allonzo made a huge dunk that no one saw coming
•Referee's continued to call traveling
•Mataro scored their first points with 7:07 left in the third quarter (two free-throws)
•Keanu Pinder grabbed three rebounds in his time in the third quarter
•Arizona went on two 8-0 runs and one 7-0 run in second half
•Ira Lee got a few dunks in, from some great passes by PJC and Zo
•Brandon Randolph (Dolph) got his slam dunk in at the end of the third quarter
•Wildcats pulled away 84-54 in the third quarter after outscoring Mataro 29-15
•Announcers kept saying that it was a good time to get everyone in the game for the Wildcats because the team was up by 30, but they don't know Miller, he always reserves that time as the last minute or 30 seconds
•Mataro scored three 3-pointers and an FG in a row on an 11-0 run until Lee Time slammed home a dunk
•Dylan Smith played a bit of point guard
•Emmanuel Akot had ice on his knee and didn't play in the fourth quarter
•Miller put in Kory Jones with 1:07 left (we called it!) but he went down hurt after passing, his ankle it looked like, could not walk, needed lots of help, couldn't put weight on it at all
•Jake Desjardins replaced Kory
•Arizona went 7-8 on their free-throws (87.5%) – consider this a huge correction from Sunday
•Team did not break 100 but won 99-74

The Arizona Basketball team continues to impress, here are the loose stats we kept, no promises they are correct, we are waiting for the final stats to be reported.


•Trier – 21 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists, 4 steals
•Ayton – 18 points, 9 rebounds, at least 1 steal if not more
•Dusan – 14 points, 7 rebounds
•Randolph – 9 points
•Rawle – DNP
•Dylan – 9 points, 5 rebounds
•Lee  – 8 points (also had to have some rebounds)
•PJC  – 7 points 1 Steal
•Barcello – 5 points
•Pinder – 4 points (he had rebounds too)
•Jeter – 4 points
•Jake Desjardins – 1 rebound
•Akot – DNP (was iced up early)


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[GoCatZ]

Official box scores

[mvpreed2]

I am more impressed with A.Trier's 8asts than any other statline of his.
That is the one thing we are going to need from him this season to take us to the next level.
He needs to be able to setup up the other guys for easy baskets.

[WILD]

The Dunk!

[TBOG]

Love that step-over after he throws it down.

[dpw]

Other schools vs Mataro:

Clemson won 82-80

Shippensburg State won 95-85