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#12/10 Arizona Pulls Away to Extend Home Streak

#12/10 Arizona Pulls Away to Extend Home Streak

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BradleyBraves.com Men's Basketball 11/17/2015 3:40:00 AM
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TUCSON, AZ - Bradley gave Arizona a battle for the first 25 minutes, but the Nos. 10/12 Wildcats steadily pulled away and extended the nation's longest active home court winning streak to 40 games with a 90-60 decision against the Braves (1-1) Monday night at McKale center.

Arizona (2-0) tied the Bradley opponent record for free throw attempts in a game, building the majority of its margin of victory by converting 35-of-52 (.673) free throw attempts. The Wildcats took advantage of 35 fouls against Bradley to tie the free throw mark set by Evansville in 2004.

Allonzo Trier was the primary benefactor of the free throw exhibition, draining 14-of-14 attempts en route to a game-high 22 points. Trier was one of five Arizona players to score in double-figures. Ryan Anderson added 15, Kaleb Tarczewski 11 and the combo of Gabe York and Dusan Ristic both with 10.

Freshman guard Ronnie Suggs came off the bench as Bradley's only double-digit scorer, finishing with a career-high 17 points.

Bradley withstood early foul trouble in the first half and the team's second unit dug out of an 8-point hole and gave the Braves a shot to tie the game with less than two minutes left in the half. After Antoine Pittman missed a baseline jumper with 1:44 left in the half, Arizona scored the final four points of the period and took a 39-33 lead into halftime.

Arizona outscored the Braves by just one from the field in the first half, but the Wildcats took advantage of 16 first-half fouls against Bradley for 24 free throw attempts in the first period.

Bradley will return to action Thursday by opening the 2015 Gildan Charleston Classic against No. 6 Virginia in a 8:30 p.m. CT game to be televised on ESPN2. The Bradley side of the eight-team tournament field will include Long Beach and Seton Hall, setting up a Friday evening game against one of those two teams in the tournament's second round. The final round will be played Sunday and will match Bradley against either George Mason, Oklahoma State, Ole Miss or Towson.

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Players Mentioned

Antoine Pittman

#3 Antoine Pittman

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6' 1"
Freshman
Ronnie Suggs

#22 Ronnie Suggs

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6' 5"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Antoine Pittman

#3 Antoine Pittman

6' 1"
Freshman
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Ronnie Suggs

#22 Ronnie Suggs

6' 5"
Freshman
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