Scouting report for No. 5 Arizona's game against Oregon State, including players to watch, assistant coach Jack Murphy's take on the Beavers and more.
F Tyler Bilodeau F Azuolas Tubelis How they match upThe last time: Arizona shook off three straight shaky performances, including a home loss to Washington State five days earlier, to beat Oregon State 86-74 on Jan. 12 in Corvallis. Azuolas Tubelis and Oumar Ballo both had double-doubles, while Courtney Ramey hit 3 of 3 3-pointers and Arizona shot 52.5% overall. The Wildcats also held OSU to just 38.3% shooting, though the Beavers outscored UA 48-42 in the second half.
Since facing Arizona last month, the Beavers inserted freshman forward Tyler Bilodeau into the starting lineup while forward Michael Rataj has been playing off the bench. OSU is also more often playing freshman big man K.C. Ibekwe, who had nine points and seven rebounds at ASU. Bilodeau and Rataj both had 18 points against the Wildcats on Jan. 12, while guard Jordan Pope is the Pac-12’s leading freshman scorer.
“ they did a great job changing up their defenses. They showed man, they showed zones, matchup, and that really kept Colorado out of rhythm. Offensively, Pope made some big shots. He had a sequence where he made four or five 3s in a short span, and that really changed the game. They do a really good job controlling clock, using the time of possession, a lot like Washington State in that regard. They want to control the tempo, and they've been doing that a lot since we last played.
The nap migh have helped. Because when Tubelis got to the gym, or McKale Center as it is formally known, so did the Lithuanian crew. The pressure was on for Tubelis to show them how things can operate there.
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