After attempting only four shots in Monday’s loss against UCLA, Motiejus Krivas was a lot “Mo” like his dominating self Thursday night in the 104-84 win over Cal Poly at McKale Center at ALKEME Arena.
Krivas finished with a career-high 30 points on 10-of-13 shooting from the field with eight rebounds.
Ivan Kharchenkov had 16 points, 10 rebounds, seven assists and four steals.
Arizona (1-1) bounced back from Monday’s loss against UCLA at Las Vegas, a game in which Kharchenkov produced career-high totals in points (38) and rebounds (10).
True freshmen Caleb Holt (21 points and eight rebounds) and Cameron Holmes (13 points on 5-of-9 shooting from the field) were also standouts against Cal Poly (1-1).
Arizona, which had 14 steals, finished with 25 points off Cal Poly’s 19 turnovers.
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The Wildcats shot 54.5% from the field and outrebounded the Mustangs 44-30. They outscored Cal Poly 56-26 in the paint.
Cal Poly was led by Hamad Mousa, who made 8 of 10 attempts from 3-point range and finished with 30 points.
Jason Scott added 17 points on 6-of-8 shooting from the field.
Arizona built a 59-41 lead at halftime behind 62.5% shooting from the field and 13 assists on 20 made shots.
Cal Poly had 14 turnovers, resulting from Arizona’s nine steals, that led to 19 points for the Wildcats.
Arizona had four players already scoring in double figures at that point – Kharchenkov and Krivas with 14 points each, Holt with 13 and Holmes 11.
Arizona pulled away with a 12-3 run, fueled by Holt’s six points, taking a 25-15 lead with 11:13 left in the first half.
Holmes contributed nine points in a 13-0 stretch that increased the lead to 41-20 with 7:04 left in the half.
Arizona made seven consecutive shots from the field when its lead went from 16-15 with 13:17 left in the half to 35-20 with 8:22 remaining.
The Wildcats pulled away for good with a 12-0 run that put them ahead 85-56 with 7:20 left.
Krivas had eight points in that stretch.
Arizona next hosts Northern Arizona on Tuesday at 7 p.m. before playing at Auburn on Nov. 13.
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