Score: Morgan State 59 | No. 12 Arizona 122
Location: McKale Center, Tucson, Ariz.
Records: Morgan State 0-1 | Arizona 1-0
The short story:  Kylan Boswell had 18 points and five rebounds and No. 12 Arizona scored 58 in the paint in a 122-59 win over Morgan State on Monday night.
 

OPENING TIP

• Boswell, sophomore from Champaign, Ill., finished with a game-high 18 points and five rebounds to lead eight Wildcats in double-figures. He shot 7-of-10 from the field and also did some damage outside the arc, draining 4-of-6 three-pointers to push Arizona to a wire-to-wire win.
• Senior guard Pelle Larsson scored 15 points (6-6 FT) in 15 minutes. Keshad Johnson, a senior 6-7 forward, added a game-high seven rebounds and three blocked shots to go along with 14 points in 19 minutes.
• Junior Christian Oliver paced the Bears with 12 points and connected on 3-of-5 3-pointers and finished with four rebounds 20 minutes.
• Redshirt senior Myles Thompson also scored double figures with 11 points (2-5 FG) and had four rebounds. Redshirt senior Wynston Tabbs chipped in 10 points with three rebounds and had seven turnovers.

THE DIFFERENCE

• Arizona connected on 55.3 percent of their shots from the field and 44.4 percent from behind the arc while the Bears shot 39.3 percent from the field and connected on 7 of 22 (.318) 3-pointers.
• Morgan shot .533 (8-15) from the free throw line, compared to the Wildcat's .700 percent (22-27).
• The Wildcats dominated after an early feeling-out period, using two big runs to build a 35-point halftime lead, their largest since 1998.
• The Wildcats were unselfish with the basketball as well, getting credit for 26 assists.
• Arizona dominated the paint outrebounding the Bears 49-27.
• Morgan scored 10 points off of forcing 7 Arizona turnovers, while the Wildcats scored 41 points off of 25 Morgan turnovers.
• Arizona outscored the Bears by a 38-9 margin in fastbreak points.
• Morgan kept it close early before the Wildcats ran away on runs of 15-2 and 18-3. Arizona harassed the Bears into 15 first-half turnovers - leading to 22 transition points - and dominated the paint to lead 61-26 at halftime.

NOTABLE

• Arizona leads the series 3-0 since 1997.
• The win marked the Wildcats' 23rd straight home-opening win.

UP NEXT

The Bears return to the hardwood on Thursday, November 9 for a 6 p.m. tip versus Cheney University of Pennsylvania at Hill Field House.



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Morgan State University, founded in 1867, is a Carnegie-classified doctoral research institution offering more than 100 academic programs leading to degrees from the baccalaureate to the doctorate. As Maryland's Preeminent Public Urban Research University, Morgan serves a multiethnic and multiracial student body and seeks to ensure that the doors of higher education are opened as wide as possible to as many as possible. For more information about Morgan State University, visit www.morgan.edu.