Here are five takeaways from the Arizona Wildcats' setback at Oregon.
Justin Spears The No. 9-ranked Arizona Wildcats fell to the Oregon Ducks 87-68 in Eugene on Saturday.
People are also reading… The 7-foot Bittle and 6-11 N’Faly Dante sized up Arizona’s frontcourt of Pac-12 Player of the Year candidate Azuolas Tubelis and the advancing Oumar Ballo. Dante’s 22 points matched his season-best, which happened on Dec. 1 against Washington State. Against Oregon, Arizona was out-rebounded 42-32, including 26-12 in the first half. The Wildcats and Ducks each had 13 rebounds, but Oregon had 14 second-chance points to Arizona’s five. Oregon also had 40 points in the paint; Arizona had 30.
Since then, Kriisa has made 9 of 40 field goals on Saturdays; he’s 7-for-34 from 3-point range during that stretch. Kriisa picked up his fourth foul with 12:21 left to play, leaving an opportunity for freshman point guard Kylan Boswell to earn more minutes. Since the turn of the calendar year, Boswell has averaged 18 minutes. More notably, the former five-star point guard played in the closing minutes of Arizona’s one-possession win over Washington, after guard Courtney Ramey struggled. With Kriisa in foul trouble, Boswell
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