Bennedict Mathurin had 25 points, and Azuolas Tubelis finished with 21 points and 10 rebounds to lead No. 4 Arizona to a 92-68 win Saturday over Washington in a Pac-12 game at Seattle.
The Wildcats (22-2, 12-1 Pac-12) overcame a 14-point deficit in the first half to win their sixth straight game.
Washington (13-10, 8-5) had its five-game home winning streak snapped.
Mathurin made 8 of 11 shots from the field, adding five rebounds and three assists. Tubelis made 10 of 17 shots and produced four assists. Arizona tallied 23 assists, topped by Dalen Terry’s seven. Terry added 12 points while making all five of his field-goal attempts. Christian Koloko had six rebounds and two blocked shots.
Former Arizona player Terrell Brown Jr. had 24 of his 29 points in the first half for the Huskies. He made 8 of 12 shots from the field and 8 of 11 from the free-throw line in the first 20 minutes. He made only 1 of 8 shots from the field in the second half and finished 11 of 14 from the free-throw line.
Emmitt Matthews Jr. and Nate Roberts each had 10 points for the Huskies.
Washington took a 25-11 lead on a Brown jumper with 10:39 remaining in the first half. Washington then went into a field-goal drought as Arizona rallied, outscoring the Huskies 32-9 before Brown made a layup with 28 seconds left.
Arizona led 45-36 at halftime behind 15 points from Tubelis on 7-of-11 shooting from the field and 11 from Mathurin on 3-of-5 shooting, 2-of-4 from 3-point range.
Tubelis had 11 points during Arizona’s pivotal 22-3 run in the first half.
The Wildcats outscored Washington 25-10 to start the second half, extending their lead to 73-46 with 9:15 remaining.
Arizona shot 57.1 percent from the field, including 69.0 percent (20 of 29) in the second half.
–Field Level Media
