Tommy Lloyd cautioned that Arizona’s first game was not against a “normal” season-opening opponent because of the pressure that Nicholls puts on ball handlers. But the result was a lot like the ones the Wildcats put up at the beginning of last year.
No. 17 Arizona dominated from wire to wire in a 117-75 win over Nicholls, scoring its most points in a game since 1998 and tied for the ninth-most in school history.
The Wildcats won going away despite turning it over 24 times, their most 2012, because they shot a school-record 71.7 percent overall and made 11 of 18 3-pointers.