Arizona forward Azuolas Tubelis (10) drives against California Baptist guard Chance Hunter during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021, in Tucson, Ariz.
California Baptist guard Taran Armstrong (1) drives on Arizona forward Pelle Larsson during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021, in Tucson, Ariz. Arizona won 84-60.
Arizona forward Azuolas Tubelis drives past California Baptist guard Chance Hunter (13) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021, in Tucson, Ariz.
Arizona guard Dalen Terry (4) drives between California Baptist guard Chance Hunter and guard Taran Armstrong (1) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021, in Tucson, Ariz.
California Baptist forward Dan Akin (30) dunks over Arizona center Oumar Ballo during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021, in Tucson, Ariz. Arizona won 84-60.
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Tommy Lloyd had big shoes to fill when he was hired to replace Sean Miller at Arizona. So far, so good.
Azuolas Tubelis had 19 points and Bennedict Mathurin added 14 as the No. 8 Wildcats shook off a slow start to beat Cal Baptist 84-60- on Saturday.
Arizona (11-0) is off to its best start since opening the 2014-15 season with 12 straight wins, and Lloyd is the first coach in Pac-12 history to win his first 11 games since Stanford’s Walter Powell did so in 1920-21.
This one wasn’t easy early on.
The Wildcats trailed by 11 less than four minutes into the game and didn’t take their first lead until 9:01 left in the first half.
“We’ve had a couple of slow starts in a row,” said Lloyd, who spent 22 seasons as an assistant at Gonzaga before taking the Arizona job. “We’ve got to start up better, we’ve got to execute the plan better. I think we’ve kind of let our guard down with that.”
Tubelis was 7 of 16 from the field after starting 1 of 6, adding seven rebounds, five assists and two blocks, while Mathurin was 5 of 11 and had three of Arizona’s eight 3-pointers.
Christian Koloko added 12 points, 10 rebounds and four blocks and Oumar Ballo had 10 points, 10 rebounds and five blocks as Arizona blocked 12 Cal Baptist shots — 10 in the first half — and turned 12 offensive rebounds into 19 second-chance points while the Lancers (8-3) didn’t score on any of their 12 offensive boards.
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