Arizona Wildcats (6-0) at Utah Utes (5-2)
Salt Lake City; Thursday, 8:30 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: No. 4 Arizona visits the Utah Utes after Oumar Ballo scored 30 points in Arizona's 81-79 win against the Creighton Bluejays.
The Utes are 4-1 on their home court. Utah leads the Pac-12 in team defense, allowing 56.7 points while holding opponents to 33.7% shooting.
The Wildcats play their first true road game after going 6-0 to start the season. Arizona is 4-0 against opponents with a winning record.
The Utes and Wildcats face off Thursday for the first time in conference play this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Branden Carlson is scoring 13.1 points per game with 7.7 rebounds and 1.6 assists for the Utes. Gabe Madsen is averaging 13.0 points and 3.7 rebounds while shooting 35.1% for Utah.
Azuolas Tubelis is averaging 19.3 points and eight rebounds for the Wildcats. Ballo is averaging 19.0 points for Arizona.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
