WILDCATS EARN WIN IN MAUI: Tubelis finished with 30 points on 12-of-18 shooting and grabbed 11 rebounds for Arizona (4-0).
LAHAINA, Hawaii — Azuolas Tubelis and Oumar Ballo finished with double-doubles and No. 14 Arizona shot nearly 80% in the second half to beat Cincinnati 101-93 on Monday night, closing out the first day of the Maui Jim Maui Invitational.
Landers Nolley II hit a 3-pointer for Cincinnati to open the scoring. The lead changed hands six times until Cedric Henderson buried a 3-pointer to give Arizona a 14-13 lead with 13:43 left in the first half. Cincinnati stayed in the game by sinking 13 of 19 shots from 3-point range in the second half. The Bearcats got within seven points three times, the last at 81-74 with 5:29 left to play on a Mika Adams-Woods 3-pointer. But Courtney Ramey scored seven in a 12-3 run over the next 2:06 and the Wildcats withstood the rally.
Nolley scored 23 of his career-high 33 points after intermission for Cincinnati. He made 9 of 14 shots from beyond the arc, including 7 of 10 in the second half. Viktor Lakhin finished with 17 points, while Adams-Woods hit three 3-pointers and scored 11.
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