TUCSON, Ariz. – The Arizona Wildcats will look to build on their high-octane start to the season when they host the CSU Bakersfield Roadrunner on Thursday night inside McKale Center. The Cats eclipsed the 100-point mark in both of their wins last week. Thursday night's game against CSU Bakersfield will be UA's final game before heading to the Bahamas for the Battle 4 Atlantis Tournament over Thanksgiving.

No. 3/5 Arizona vs. CSU Bakersfield
Thursday, Nov. 16 at 8:00 p.m. (MST)
TV: Pac-12 Network (Roxy Bernstein & Matt Muehlebach)
Radio: Arizona IMG Radio Network (Brian Jeffries & Ryan Hansen)
Twitter: @APlayersProgram
#BearDown
 
The Arizona Wildcats return to McKale Center on Thursday evening to host the Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners. The Cats have won 42 consecutive non-conference home games, which is the longest streak in program history.

UA wrapped up its opening weekend of the season with 103-78 victory over UMBC on Sunday in McKale Center. Allonzo Trier scored 30 points on 10-of-18 shooting (.556) from the field for a second consecutive 30-point game. Trier became the second player in Arizona history to open a season with back-to-back 30-point outings, joining Michael Dickerson in the 1996-97 season.

Allonzo Trier was named the Pac-12 Player of the Week for his 62-point weekend to open the season. Trier averaged 31.0 points, 4.5 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game in a pair of wins for the Wildcats. The Seattle native scored his points with efficiency as he shot 64.5 percent from the field, 50.0 percent from beyond the arc and 83.3 percent from the free throw line for the week. He was one of only two players in the NCAA to score 30 or more points in two games over the opening weekend. California's Don Coleman was the only other player with back-to-back 30-point games in the first two games of the season last weekend.

Arizona scored 103 points against the Retrievers on Sunday after tallying 101 points versus NAU in the season opener on Friday night. That marks the first time since the 2002-03 season that UA has opened a season with back-to-back 100-point games. The wins over the Lumberjacks and Retrievers were also Arizona's first consecutive games of 100 points or more since the 2006-07 season.
Deandre Ayton opened his freshman season with the Wildcats by posting back-to-back double-doubles, becoming just the second Arizona freshman with double-digit scoring and rebounding games in each of his first two career games. Ayton did so while averaging 19.0 points and 12.5 rebounds per game while the other freshman Wildcat to achieve the feat, Aaron Gordon in 2013-14, did so while averaging 13.5 points and 10.0 rebounds per game.

After a flawless night of eight assists and zero turnovers in the season opener, Parker Jackson-Cartwright finished the second game of the season with nine assists and three turnovers. The total of 17 assists versus UMBC and NAU is the second highest two-game total of his career. PJC tallied 18 assists in wins over the Washington schools during his sophomore season of 2015-16.

Junior Allonzo Trier earned prestigious UA company with his back-to-back 30-point outings. He became the eighth Wildcat to score 30 or more points in consecutive games and the first since Jerryd Bayless in the 2007-08 season. Bayless, now with the Philadelphia 76ers, went on to become the only Arizona player to score 30 or more in three straight games.

Thursday's 8 p.m. tip locally in Tucson means Arizona will look to defend its late-night winning streak. Going back to the 2015-16, Arizona has won its last 13 consecutive games that started at 8 p.m. local or later. Last year's meeting between Arizona and CSU Bakersfield was also an 8 p.m. (MST) tip.

Another freshman making an impact for the Wildcats to open the season has been point guard Alex Barcello. The Chandler, Ariz. native is averaging 8.5 points, 3.5 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game while shooting 62.5 percent from the field, 50.0 percent from deep and 83.3 percent at the foul line. His nine assists to zero turnovers leads the Pac-12 Conference. His assist-to-turnover ratio is so good that the conference's stat report lists his ratio at "infinity".

In addition to its current 42-game non-conference home winning streak, the Wildcats have won 69 of their last 71 contests inside McKale Center. Arizona is 124-13 (.905) in Tucson under head coach Sean Miller.

UA is ranked third nationally in the Associated Press Top 25 poll again this week. The program boasts a record of 63-11 (.851) when ranked in the top five of the AP poll during the Sean Miller era of 2009 to present.