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| 547 | KANSAS ST | 135.5 | 135.5 | | 548 | ARIZONA | -10.5 | -9 |
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| All Games | 3-1 | -0.3 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 82.2 | 36.2 | 49.8% | 32.0 | 72.2 | 33.2 | 46.7% | 30.2 | | Road Games | 1-1 | -0.3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 74.0 | 32.5 | 43.0% | 36.0 | 74.0 | 28.5 | 49.5% | 33.5 | | Last 5 Games | 3-1 | -0.3 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 82.2 | 36.2 | 49.8% | 32.0 | 72.2 | 33.2 | 46.7% | 30.2 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 82.2 | 36.2 | 27-54 | 49.8% | 7-17 | 40.0% | 22-32 | 68.0% | 32 | 10 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 13 | 2 | | vs opponents surrendering | 72.6 | 33.9 | 24-54 | 45.3% | 8-19 | 39.6% | 16-24 | 67.3% | 32 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 8 | 16 | 3 | | Team Stats (Road Games) | 74.0 | 32.5 | 26-60 | 43.0% | 5-19 | 25.6% | 17-25 | 66.7% | 36 | 12 | 12 | 23 | 6 | 12 | 2 | | Stats Against (All Games) | 72.2 | 33.2 | 23-50 | 46.7% | 7-18 | 39.7% | 18-27 | 67.9% | 30 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 7 | 18 | 3 | | vs opponents averaging | 73.3 | 36.2 | 25-52 | 47.8% | 8-19 | 40.2% | 16-25 | 64.7% | 33 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 17 | 4 | | Stats Against (Road Games) | 74.0 | 28.5 | 24-48 | 49.5% | 7-17 | 40.0% | 19-28 | 66.7% | 33 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 15 | 4 |
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| All Games | 4-0 | 0 | 2-2 | 1-3 | 76.7 | 33.7 | 49.3% | 35.5 | 57.5 | 25.5 | 38.6% | 29.5 | | Road Games | 1-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 72.0 | 32.0 | 45.3% | 32.0 | 53.0 | 25.0 | 36.4% | 34.0 | | Last 5 Games | 4-0 | 0 | 2-2 | 1-3 | 76.7 | 33.7 | 49.3% | 35.5 | 57.5 | 25.5 | 38.6% | 29.5 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 76.7 | 33.7 | 25-52 | 49.3% | 5-16 | 32.8% | 20-30 | 68.9% | 35 | 9 | 15 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 3 | | vs opponents surrendering | 66.2 | 31.7 | 22-52 | 42.3% | 5-18 | 31.2% | 16-24 | 67.4% | 34 | 10 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 3 | | Team Stats (Road Games) | 72.0 | 32.0 | 24-53 | 45.3% | 5-16 | 31.2% | 19-25 | 76.0% | 32 | 7 | 14 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 1 | | Stats Against (All Games) | 57.5 | 25.5 | 19-50 | 38.6% | 4-15 | 28.8% | 14-20 | 72.2% | 29 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 4 | 16 | 1 | | vs opponents averaging | 65.2 | 29.1 | 23-53 | 44.3% | 5-16 | 31.8% | 13-19 | 70.1% | 32 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 6 | 14 | 4 | | Stats Against (Road Games) | 53.0 | 25.0 | 16-44 | 36.4% | 3-13 | 23.1% | 18-26 | 69.2% | 34 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 2 | 17 | 2 |
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| | Average power rating of opponents played: KANSAS ST 66.5, ARIZONA 72.8 |
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| 11/14/2014 | SOUTHERN UTAH | 98-68 | W | -26 | W | | - | 27-46 | 58.7% | 27 | 12 | 20-49 | 40.8% | 32 | 24 | | 11/17/2014 | MISSOURI-KC | 83-73 | W | | - | | - | 28-48 | 58.3% | 29 | 17 | 25-53 | 47.2% | 22 | 16 | | 11/21/2014 | @ LONG BEACH ST | 60-69 | L | -2.5 | L | 140.5 | U | 20-61 | 32.8% | 39 | 15 | 20-46 | 43.5% | 40 | 18 | | 11/24/2014 | *PURDUE | 88-79 | W | 2 | W | 134 | O | 32-60 | 53.3% | 33 | 9 | 28-51 | 54.9% | 27 | 13 | | 11/25/2014 | *ARIZONA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12/2/2014 | NEBRASKA-OMAHA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12/6/2014 | @ TENNESSEE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12/9/2014 | BRADLEY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12/14/2014 | SAVANNAH ST | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| 11/14/2014 | MOUNT ST MARYS | 78-55 | W | -28.5 | L | 143 | U | 31-54 | 57.4% | 35 | 8 | 20-52 | 38.5% | 28 | 16 | | 11/16/2014 | CS-NORTHRIDGE | 86-68 | W | -26.5 | L | 143.5 | O | 28-52 | 53.8% | 35 | 18 | 22-52 | 42.3% | 26 | 16 | | 11/19/2014 | UC-IRVINE | 71-54 | W | -15.5 | W | 133 | U | 19-48 | 39.6% | 40 | 13 | 20-54 | 37.0% | 30 | 15 | | 11/24/2014 | *MISSOURI | 72-53 | W | -14.5 | W | 131.5 | U | 24-53 | 45.3% | 32 | 6 | 16-44 | 36.4% | 34 | 17 | | 11/25/2014 | *KANSAS ST | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12/2/2014 | GARDNER WEBB | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12/6/2014 | GONZAGA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12/9/2014 | UTAH VALLEY ST | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12/13/2014 | MICHIGAN | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12/16/2014 | OAKLAND | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| |  | KANSAS ST: The Wildcats have plenty of optimism heading into the 2014-2015 season, and SG Marcus Foster (15.5 PPG, 3.2 RPG, 40% threes) is the biggest reason why. He was only a three-star prospect entering college, but showed last season that he can be a dangerous offensive weapon that can score in bunches. PF Thomas Gipson (11.2 PPG, 6.5 RPG, 56% FG) is the top threat in the post for the Wildcats. For Gipson, he must continue to stay out of foul trouble, as there is not a lot of frontcourt depth in Manhattan. Another player to look out for is SG Justin Edwards, who transferred in from Maine, where two seasons ago, he averaged 16.7 points, 5.2 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game. With Foster and Edwards, the Wildcats have quite an explosive backcourt. | | ARIZONA: The Wildcats were defeated in the Elite Eight last season, falling to Wisconsin by one point. While they lost two players to the NBA (Aaron Gordon and Nick Johnson), Arizona is once again a legitimate national title contender. The biggest reason for the optimism is freshman F Stanley Johnson. The 6-foot-7 lefty is as difficult of a matchup as there is in college basketball. He has the speed and athleticism to beat opponents off the bounce, but at 245 pounds he can take smaller players on the block. He has a chance to become the leading scorer on this team from day one. Arizona last season suffered a huge injury when SF Brandon Ashley (11.5 PPG, 5.8 RPG) was lost for the year. The team was undefeated when it lost to California, 60-58. Ashley was injured two minutes into that game, and took away one of Arizona's best scoring threats in the half-court game. With PF Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (9.1 PPG, 5.7 RPG) and C Kaleb Tarczewski (9.9 PPG, 6.3 RPG, 59% FG), the Wildcats have two guys that are going to make the Wildcats one of the best rebounding teams in the country. The leader of this offense will be senior PG T.J. McConnell (8.4 PPG, 5.3 APG, 3.6 RPG), who needs to improve his foul shooting (62% FT). If Arizona can improve in its half-court offense, the school could be playing in Indianapolis at the end of the season. |
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*Kansas St.-Arizona Preview* ============================
By ALAN FERGUSON STATS Writer
Kansas State (2-1) at Arizona (3-0), 7:30 p.m. EDT
Arizona coach Sean Miller is still looking for a complete performance and probably couldn't find a more ideal time to get that from his team than in its next game.
The competition is expected to ramp up for the third-ranked squad in its final two days at the Maui Invitational, beginning with Tuesday's semifinal matchup against Kansas State.
Arizona has gotten off to slow starts in three of its first four games and trailed with less than eight minutes to  UC Irvine in a 71-54 win Wednesday before heading to Hawaii. It led Missouri by just two points late in the first half in their Maui opener Monday before pulling away for a 72-53 victory.
"That initial surge out of the gates of playing well at both ends, I don't know if we've really done that," Miller said. "I can also flip it and make it a positive, because like every team at this time of the year, you're in search of getting better and improving. Today is another step for our team."
Arizona (4-0) might need a better start against Kansas State (3-1) to stay unbeaten and advance to Wednesday night's championship game.
Arizona could also use another strong performance off the bench from Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, who had 15 points on 5-of-6 shooting and six rebounds in the win over Missouri. The sophomore forward is averaging a team-best 15.8 points on 69.0 percent shooting and 6.0 rebounds.
"We've decided on a chemistry perspective and maybe getting more balance on offense, that not starting him give us that energy that everyone loves to have off the bench," Miller said.
After struggling at Long Beach State on Friday, Kansas State seemed to have a good handle on Purdue in Monday's opener in Maui but needed some strong play down the stretch to come away with an 88-79 victory.
Kansas State had nearly all of its 20-point, second-half lead erased before tightening defensively down the stretch. Marcus Foster had a season-high 24 points on 9-of-14 shooting and went 5 of 8 from 3-point range.
"I felt in Long Beach we didn't play as hard as we did tonight," said Foster, who had gone 1 for 13 and finished with five points in a 69-60 road defeat. "That's what our game is based off of. We played hard and everybody knocked down shots. We've just go to do the little things every day and make it hard for teams to score on us."
The Wildcats shot 53.3 percent and made 7 of 18 from 3-point range, markedly better than their 32.8 percent shooting and 3-of-21 effort from beyond the arc in losing to the 49ers.
Arizona has lost eight of 13 all-time matchups with Kansas State but has won the last two meetings with the most recent Nov. 16, 1999, in Tucson.
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