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ARIZONA WILDCATS BASKETBALL

Koa Peat scores 20 points as Arizona beats TCU to remain undefeated

Koa Peat had 20 points and Anthony Dell’Orso and Jaden Bradley scored 17 points apiece as Arizona beat TCU on Saturday to remain undefeated.

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Freshman Koa Peat had 20 points and seven rebounds, Anthony Dell’Orso and Jaden Bradley scored 17 points apiece and top-ranked Arizona beat TCU 86-73 on Saturday.

The Wildcats (16-0, 3-0 Big 12) never trailed while extending the school’s best start since going 21-0 in 2013-14. The victory came a few hours after No. 2 Michigan’s 91-88 loss to Wisconsin reduced the number of undefeated teams to five.

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Tanner Toolson scored 20 points for the Horned Frogs (11-5, 1-2), who dropped to 1-11 against No. 1 teams in a second loss this week to a ranked opponent. TCU fell at No. 22 Kansas 104-100 in overtime on Tuesday.

Motiejus Kirvas had 10 rebounds and eight points for Arizona, which had a 10-game streak of winning by at least 19 points stopped. It was the longest such streak since Duke won 10 in a row by at least that many points in 2003-04.

The Wildcats’ 20-point lead in the second half was down to seven after Toolson’s 3-pointer with 6:56 remaining when Dell’Orso answered with a 3 late in the shot clock, Peat scored and Dell’Orso hit a baseline jumper for a 72-58 edge.

TCU trailed by 21 in the first half but was within nine soon after the break when Arizona made five consecutive shots during an 11-2 run that ended with consecutive 3-pointers from Ivan Kharchenkov, Bradley and Brayden Burries.

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Bradley had a chance for a four-point play, but missed the free throw before Burries’ 3 answered TCU’s lone bucket during the surge and put Arizona up 56-36.

Arizona’s next game

Following the win, Arizona will host Arizona State at McKale Memorial Center in Tucson on Wednesday.

Tip-off is at 8:30 p.m. and can be listened to on 98.7 and the Arizona Sports app. 

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