lloyd in record books
It was Tommy Lloyd’s 50th game as UA’s head coach when No. 5 Arizona beat Morgan State 93-68 in the Wildcats’ final non-conference game of the season on Thursday.
Arizona has 45 wins under Lloyd, who has become one of four coaches since the 1996-97 season, with Bill Carmody (Princeton), Bill Garthridge (North Carolina) and Brad Stevens (Butler). Lost.
Lloyd is a 50-game winning coach in modern college basketball.
Wisconsin’s Doc Meanwell holds the all-time record (49-1) in 50 games from 1911-14. Former rider head Clairby, his coach, from 1928 until 1931 when he was 45 when he was 5 years old. During the Meanwell stretch in Wisconsin, Arizona was coached by Frank L. Kleeberger (2-2) and Raymond L. Quigley (in two seasons he was 10-4).
People are also reading…
“I don’t pay attention to it or care about it,” Lloyd said. “I’m so grateful for this opportunity and I’m so grateful to have coached some great players. If you look at the shooting numbers and averages, they’re pretty low. Zero. I thank them they are doing a great job and let me coach them I ride a lot more people than you probably know I am pretty I know it’s nagging and annoying, but I think it’s necessary to help individuals and teams grow, and I’m going to stay focused on that, 5th last, 10th last, it doesn’t matter. . to the next one.”
Uno!
Arizona forward Pele Larsson, who tallied nine points and six rebounds on Thursday, wore bright green Nike Zoom Freak 3s from Giannis Antetokounmpo’s line.
The Milwaukee Bucks star and former NBA Finals MVP has four different Uno shoes in the primary colors green, yellow, red and blue.
in numbers
42: Arizona is 42-0 under Lloyd when scoring 75 or more points. Forward Azuoras Tuberis and center Umar Baro combined for his 42% of Arizona’s points in his first 13 games this season. Tubelis scored a total of 261 points. Ballo is 231. The Wildcats have scored a total of 1,173 points so far.
27: The Wildcats won their 27th straight home game on Thursday. They are 25-0 at McKale Center under Lloyd.
Five: Tuberis made his first 3-pointer in five games on Thursday. Tubulis came from across the arc as he finished 2–2. This is the first time he has had multiple 3-pointers in one game since he had 3 against Oregon in the 2021 freshman season.
2,290: The Morgan State University campus is approximately 2,290 miles from the McCale Center in Baltimore, Maryland.
40: Arizona has 40 rebounds and Morgan State has 19.
the season has come
In the pre-Christmas game, the Wildcats showed off their holiday spirit in their pre-game outfits. UA guard Kerr Kriisa wore a green Christmas sweater with Santa Claus. Forward Cedric Henderson Jr. wore maroon Snoopy pajama pants, UA Pep his band members wore “ugly sweaters,” Wilbur his Wildcat dressed as Santa, Wilma was “Mrs.” leg.
he said that
“We treated this game the same way we treated Tennessee. We knew how good this team was. I didn’t have the mindset of ‘I have to finish two games’. We took a mature approach and saw the game as an opportunity to get better and grow as a team. These games are games that can allow (young players) to grow as they will need them throughout the season. Having a deep bench is the way to thrive in March. ” — UA Guard Courtney Ramey
The McCale Center was built at the University of Arizona in the early 1970s. There have been updates over the years.
Contact Sports Producer Justin Spears jspears@tucson.com.
Twitter: @JustinESports
