Jaden Bradley shows off ridiculous touch, Arizona uses NAU as chance to test 3-ball

Arizona basketball made a conscious effort to properly gauge its 3-point touch in a 84-49 win over Northern Arizona on Tuesday night.

After only getting up 20 3s in its first two games, the Wildcats shot 26 and sunk 11 with hits coming from four players.

Senior Jaden Bradley, who was 2-for-3 from 3, once again showed how valuable he can be for Arizona with 13 points in 20 minutes, with his night being highlighted by a ridiculous finish at the rim in the first half.

Bradley put a NAU defender in the spin cycle with a nasty 360-degree turn and somehow laid a ball up and in with his right hand, his eyes practically staring directly up at the basket.

He also only requires 20 more points to reach 1,000 for his collegiate career.

What in the world is that @JBsmoovve 😳 pic.twitter.com/n9OwnQdr5W

— Arizona Basketball (@ArizonaMBB) November 12, 2025

Freshman Dwayne Aristode pounced on the non-conference opportunity with 18 points on an efficient 6-for-9 from 3-point country. He also added two rebounds and three assists in 25 minutes on the floor at McKale Center.

Make it four. pic.twitter.com/zQu0SK4xkM

— Arizona Basketball (@ArizonaMBB) November 12, 2025

Aristode was quiet with a 1-for-2 performance from deep against Utah Tech on Friday but was able to knock down looks off the dribble, off balance and from a catch-and-shoot position.

Fifth-year Arizona coach Tommy Lloyd told reporters postgame that Aristode, the former top 40 high school recruit out of New Hampshire, had to simply “find his way.”

“I’m glad Dwayne had a little bit of a breakthrough, and I’m know that others guys are on the precipice to follow,” Lloyd said.

Aristode said postgame that it was time for him to be “aggressive,” and he acted on it. Tonight opened up a window for him to shoot the lights out, but he isn’t banking on only one dimension of his game for his contributions this year.

“We all talented guys, but we all gotta sacrifice certain things, so whatever (Lloyd) asks me to do, rebound, pass, cut, make a play, whatever,” Aristode said.

The Wildcats assisted on 22 of their 28 made baskets and had nine get into the scoring column.

Lloyd added that, despite the undeniable shared wealth, his team could’ve been stronger with the ball and acknowledged that a rhythmic offense is “something that comes and goes.”

Koa Peat, fresh off of collecting three Big 12 weekly awards, had his first hiccup in his young season with 10 points on 3-for-10 shooting. He did contribute in other ways, however, with seven rebounds (three offensive), three assists and two steals and was a perfect 4-for-4 at the line.

Center Motiejus Krivas had a season-high four blocks and scored 12 points on 5-for-7 shooting in 18 minutes. With the significantly shorter NAU lineup — the tallest Lumberjack rostered is 6-foot-8 — the 7-foot-2 Krivas executed a couple of blocks without having to lift his feet.

Lloyd said that Krivas’ improved paint protection and ball-screening was on display and the two facets are “trending in the right direction” prior to a renewing of an old rivalry later this week.

Arizona, which was ranked the No. 5 team in the latest AP poll, moved to 3-0 on the season and will face off with No. 15 UCLA on Friday in the Hall of Fame Series in Los Angeles. Tipoff is slated for 8 p.m. and can be seen on Peacock.

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