SAN DIEGO – Despite leaving guard Kerr Kriisa on the bench again with a sprained ankle, Arizona shot 60.0% to take a 42-31 halftime lead over Wright State in a first-round NCAA Tournament game Friday at Viejas Arena.
Bruce Pascoe SAN DIEGO – While leaving guard Kerr Kriisa on the bench again with a sprained ankle, Arizona shot 58.1% but coughed up 10 turnovers in the first half while taking a 42-31 halftime lead over Wright State in a first-round NCAA Tournament game Friday at Viejas Arena.
However, the Raiders hit 5 of 12 3-pointers Friday to pull within single digits late in the half after trailing by up to 16. Trey Calvin led the way for Wright State with 14 points on 5-for-11 shooting. But while the Wildcats led by 16 with just under four minutes left in the half, they never pulled away in the first half. Wright State cut it to 42-31 with 1:27 left on a 3-pointer from Calvin and the Wildcats missed three shots from there until halftime.
“I'm going to give you guys the standard `It's going to be a game time decision,’ “ Lloyd said Thursday. “But that’s 100 percent from the heart. It’s true. He's made great progress. I'm sure he'll be bouncing around out there a little bit today . And we're going to -- our goal was to push it, see how close we could get him to playing. And I think he's close.
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