After three games, UA freshmen Lauri Markkanen, Kobi Simmons and Rawle Alkins are the club’s leading scorers, with a combined 47 points per game. That’s 60 percent of the team’s average. The only time in the last 50 years three freshmen have finished 1-2-3 in UA scoring was 1972-73, when Coniel Norman averaged 24 points per game, Eric Money 18.9 and Al Fleming 12.8, or 66 percent of the team’s production.Â
UA freshman trio primed for historic season
Arizona forward Lauri Markkanen (10) finishes off a coast-to-coast run with a dunk over Cal State Bakersfield forward Matt Smith (0) in the first half of their game at McKale Center, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016, Tucson, Ariz. Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star

