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BYU takes on a No. 19 Arizona that is favored by 7.5 points after Richie Saunders scored 22 points in BYU's 91-57 victory over the Kansas Jayhawks.
The Wildcats are 11-2 on their home court. Arizona is the top team in the Big 12 averaging 39.7 points in the paint. Tobe Awaka leads the Wildcats scoring 5.9.
Caleb Love is listed with a scoring total Over/Under of 16.5 for this game.
Love closed with six points (3-15 FG, 0-7 3Pt), seven rebounds, three assists and one steal in 39 minutes during in a 73-70 loss to Kansas State on February 12. He scored 17 point against Houston after that and 13 points more recently at Baylor.
Love is shooting just 29.6% from the 3-point range.
He is averaging 16.5 points and 4.6 rebounds while shooting 35.0% over the last 10 games.
The Cougars have gone 9-6 against Big 12 opponents. BYU is fourth in the Big 12 scoring 80.2 points per game and is shooting 48.2%.
Arizona makes 47.1% of its shots from the field this season, which is 4.4 percentage points higher than BYU has allowed to its opponents (42.7%). BYU has shot at a 48.2% clip from the field this season, 7.9 percentage points above the 40.3% shooting opponents of Arizona have averaged.
Jaden Bradley is averaging 11.5 points, 3.8 assists and two steals for the Wildcats.
Saunders is scoring 15.2 points per game with 4.4 rebounds and 1.5 assists for the Cougars. Egor Demin is averaging 10.6 points and 2.8 rebounds while shooting 41.9% over the last 10 games.
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