Arizona’s 2022-23 season got off to a record-setting start on Monday, with the Wildcats setting a single-game school record by shooting 71.7 percent in a 117-75 win over Nicholls.
Next on tap during the nonconference slate is Southern on Friday night at McKale Center. He’s what to look for in that contest:
Another ‘handsy’ opponent
The 117 points Arizona scored on Monday was its most since 1998 and tied for ninth-most in school history. Asked if that kind of production could become commonplace, coach Tommy Lloyd joked that he’d been inspired after watching Paul Westhead’s old Loyola Marymount teams from the late 1980s and “we’re going to try to score 130 a game.