TUCSON, Ariz. -- With only three home games remaining, the Arizona Wildcats will host California at McKale Center on Thursday evening.Â
Arizona has won 20 of the past 22 matchups with Cal in Tucson and coach
Sean Miller is 15-4 all-time against Cal. Thursday's game will be televised by Fox Sports 1 with a 7:01 p.m., tip-off.Â
California at Arizona
Thursday, Feb. 21 at 7 p.m. (MST)
TV:Â Fox Sports 1 (Joe Davis and Steve Lavin)
Radio:Â Arizona IMG Radio Network (Brian Jeffries & Jeff Dean)
Twitter:Â @APlayersProgram
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OFF THE TOP
- Arizona returns to McKale Center this weekend as its home schedule winds down this season. The Wildcats will host California on Thursday, before turning their attention to Stanford for a Sunday night matchup.Â
- Arizona is 92-7 at home since the start of the 2013-14 season. The seven losses are tied for the second-fewest in the country during that time.Â
- Arizona has committed 10 or fewer turnovers in six of its past seven games. The Wildcats are averaging 11.3 turnovers per game this season, which ranks 38th in the country. Arizona has a +3.6 turnover margin, which is 22nd in the country and tops in the Pac-12 Conference.Â
- Redshirt junior Dylan Smith is averaging 12.4 points per game over his last five games. On the season, Smith is shooting .448 from 3-point range, which is fifth-best in the Pac-12. Smith is averaging 9.2 points per game in 13 conference games after averaging 5.1 points per game in 13 non-conference games.Â
- Senior Ryan Luther is averaging 13.4 points per game over his last five games and is shooting 46 percent from 3-point range. He has scored in double figures in four of his last five games. He had five double-figure scoring games in his first 21 games of the season.Â
- Arizona has won 20 of the past 22 matchups against Cal in Tucson and has won five straight at McKale Center.Â
- Chase Jeter had a season-high 23 points in the first meeting versus Cal. He also added nine rebounds.Â
- Senior Justin Coleman is fourth in the league in Pac-12 games in assist-to-turnover ratio at 1.8.Â