Cats Close Out McKale Slate With Senior Day

TUCSON, Ariz. -- The Arizona Wildcats will close out their McKale Center schedule Saturday afternoon with a matchup against their in-state rivals, Arizona State. Arizona has won eight straight at Mckale Center against Arizona State, last losing in 2010.

After the game, the Wildcats will honor seniors Justin Coleman and Ryan Luther, who will both play their final game in Tucson.

Arizona State at Arizona
Saturday, March 9 at 2 p.m. (MST)
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Radio: Arizona IMG Radio Network (Brian Jeffries & Ryan Hansen)
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The Arizona Wildcats will close out their home schedule Saturday with a Senior Day matchup with in-state foe Arizona State. The Wildcats have won eight straight home games over the Sun Devils, last losing to ASU in Tucson in 2010.
Under Sean Miller, Arizona has won nine of 10 Senior Day games, losing only in 2017 versus UCLA.
The Wildcats will honor seniors Justin Coleman and Ryan Luther, both of whom are in their first season at Arizona. Coleman transferred from Samford University and Luther arrived at Arizona from Pittsburgh. Both have received their degrees and are pursuing Master's Degrees in educational leadership.
Arizona is 94-7 in home games since the start of the 2013-14 season. The seven losses are tied for the second-fewest nationally in that span.
Arizona has won 168 total games since the start of the 2013-14 season, which ranks as the seventh-highest total in that span.
Sophomore forward Ira Lee is shooting .614 from the floor in conference games, which ranks fourth in the Pac-12. Lee is 17 of 21 from the field over the last five games. Lee is averaging 8.2 points per game in league play after averaging 1.1 as a freshman last season.
Arizona's bench has outscored opponents by 115 points in 17 Pac-12 games this season. The bench has scored 20 or more points 16 times this season, including last time out against Oregon. Devonaire Doutrive and Alex Barcello are the only Wildcats with 20 or more games played to have come off the bench every time.
Brandon Randolph is the team's leading scorer at 12.8 points per game. He averaged 3.7 last year.
Arizona will honor seniors Ryan Luther and Justin Coleman after the game on Senior Day.