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Who's got the edge when the Arizona Wildcats face Gonzaga?
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Who's got the edge when the Arizona Wildcats face Gonzaga?

  • Alec White
  • Dec 14, 2019
  • Dec 14, 2019

Zags still winless in Tucson

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The Arizona bench reacts after scoring against Gonzaga during the first half of the teams' semifinal game at the Maui Invitational, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018, in Lahaina, Hawaii.

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The No. 15 ranked Arizona Wildcats welcome No. 6 Gonzaga to Tucson for the first time since 2014 in what will also be the first ranked matchup at McKale Center since the Wildcats faced ASU in 2017. 

Two of the West Coast's top programs head into the game ranked 10-1 with Gonzaga coming off a road win at Washington while the Cats are fresh off a 50-point win over Omaha.

The Zags have won the previous two matchups but have never beaten Arizona inside McKale. So who holds the edge in tonight's matchup?

Vegas favors Arizona

Penn Arizona Basketball

Arizona head coach Sean Miller, left, talks with guard Nico Mannion during a break in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Penn at the Wooden Legacy tournament in Anaheim, Calif., Friday, Nov. 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo)

Alex Gallardo

The Wildcats are a 2-point favorite over the Bulldogs.

Under Sean Miller, Arizona is 4-1 at home when playing opponents ranked in the AP top 10 and the Cats are also 101-8 in their last 109 home games.  

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Gonzaga Bulldogs coach Mark Few has guided the Zags to the Sweet 16 in each of the last five seasons and his teams have gone 18-5 against Pac-12 schools over the last decade.

Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star 2017

Overall ranking

Gonzaga: No. 7 

Arizona: No. 14

Offensive efficiency

Gonzaga: No. 6

Arizona: No. 13

Defensive efficiency 

Gonzaga: No. 39

Arizona: No. 36

Team statistics

University of Arizona vs Nebraska-Omaha

Arizona guard Josh Green (0) gets it from all sides as he drives between Nebraska-Omaha guard Marlon Ruffin (23), left, and forward Matt Pile (40) in the second half of their game at McKale Center, Tucson, Ariz., Dec. 11, 2019.

Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star

Points per game

Gonzaga: 85.9 (11th in NCAA)

Arizona: 85.5 (8th in NCAA)

Field goal percentage

Gonzaga: 49.9% (13th)

Arizona: 51.2% (8th)

3-point percentage

Gonzaga: 38.3 (T-32nd)

Arizona: 40.6% (T-16th)

Offensive rebounds per game

Gonzaga: 12.4 (T-57th)

Arizona: 9.5 (T-228th)

Defensive rebounds per game

Gonzaga: 29.5 (T-25th)

Arizona: 27.4 (T-101st)

Leaders in scoring per game

Gonzaga

Filip Petrusev: 15.8 ppg

Corey Kispert: 13.7 ppg

Killian Tillie: 13.7 ppg

Arizona

Zeke Nnaji: 15.9 ppg

Nico Mannion: 14.9 ppg

Josh Green: 12.9 ppg

Leaders in field goal percentage (15+ min per game)

University of Arizona vs Nebraska-Omaha

Arizona forward Zeke Nnaji (22) elbows his way to the bucket through Nebraska-Omaha guard KJ Robinson (5) in the first half of their game at McKale Center, Tucson, Ariz., Dec. 11, 2019.

Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star

Gonzaga

Drew Timme: 58.7%

Anton Watson: 57.1%

Ryan Woolridge: 52.5%

Arizona

Zeke Nnaji: 70.7%

Chase Jeter: 63.6%

Nico Mannion: 47.8%

Leaders in 3-point percentage

Penn Arizona Basketball

Arizona guard Dylan Smith, left, gets fouled by Penn guard Lucas Monroe going to the basket during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game at the Wooden Legacy tournament in Anaheim, Calif., Friday, Nov. 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo)

Alex Gallardo

Gonzaga

Ryan Woolridge: 58.8%

Corey Kispert: 41.5%

Killian Tillie: 40.7%

Arizona

Jemarl Baker: 48.6%

Dylan Smith: 46.3%

Nico Mannion: 41.7%

Leaders in rebounding per game

Gonzaga

Filip Petrusev: 8.5

Joel Ayayi: 6.6

Drew Timme: 5.5

Arizona

Zeke Nnaji: 6.7 

Chase Jeter: 5.8

Josh Green and Ira Lee: 5.1

Alec White

Alec White

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