Cats Look to Close Los Angeles Trip Strong

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- After falling in the opener of their two-game Los Angeles trip, the Arizona Wildcats will look to rebound Saturday night at UCLA with a primetime matchup on ESPN2. The Wildcats have won two of the past three matchups in Los Angeles against the Bruins.

Dave Pasch and Bill Walton will have the call.

Arizona at UCLA
Saturday, Jan. 26 at 8 p.m. (MST)
TV: ESPN2 (Dave Pasch and Bill Walton)
Radio: Arizona IMG Radio Network (Brian Jeffries & Ryan Hansen)
Twitter: @APlayersProgram
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Arizona will wrap up its two-game road swing through Los Angeles on Saturday night with a primetime matchup at UCLA. The Wildcats haven't visited UCLA since the 2016-17 season when they topped the Bruins 96-85 at Pauley Pavilion. Of Arizona's 10 most recent matchups with UCLA, only three have been in Los Angeles with the Wildcats winning two of three.
Senior guard Justin Coleman scored his 1,000th career point earlier this month against Oregon State. He now has 1,020 career points after an eight-point outing at USC. Coleman began his career at Alabama, before transferring to Samford and Arizona.
Arizona's bench has outscored its opponent in eight of the past nine games and has only been outscored six times this season. Arizona's bench was outscored by one at USC on Thursday.
Sophomore Brandon Randolph is averaging a team-best 15.2 points per game after averaging 3.7 as a freshman last year. His scoring increase of 11.5 points per game is second-best by a Power 5 Conference player this season. Randolph is averaging 10.1 points in the second halves of games this season. He averages 4.9 in the first halves of games. Randolph is shooting 49 percent in the second half, and 33 percent in the first half.
Freshman guard Brandon Williams is third in the conference in assist-to-turnover ratio at 2.2. He had four assists to no turnovers against USC. Williams is fifth among Power 5 freshmen nationally in assist-to-turnover ratio.
The Wildcats are second in the Pac-12 in free throw shooting at .748. Washington State leads the league at .749.
Sophomore forward Ira Lee played a career-high 25 minutes Thursday.