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Defense, shuffled lineup pace Arizona men’s basketball to comfortable win over USC

Tommy Lloyd said he didn’t have a cookbook for how to respond to losses, but he does have some recipes to fix Arizona’s recent struggles.

A change to the starting lineup—the first that wasn’t due to injury or suspension since Lloyd took over the program—as well as some rotation adjustments that led to paid big dividends for the 11th-ranked Wildcats, both offensively and defensively, in an 81-66 home win over USC on Thursday night at McKale Center.

Lloyd subbed out Pelle Larssson at the 3 for Cedric Henderson Jr., and both responded in a big way.