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Arizona basketball: Player Grades for the Washington games

Home cooking does wonders and the Arizona Wildcats showed that this past week as they shook off the two losses in Los Angeles and, in classic McKale fashion, swept the Washington schools by a combined 56 points.

On the weekend, the Wildcats averaged 94 points a game with 57% shooting. That, my friends, is absolutely insane in college basketball. And in a return to Sean Miller's tough-nosed defense, U of A held the schools to 43% shooting and 30% three point shooting (something that was considerably higher last weekend against UCLA and USC).

Lastly, Arizona used its depth and athleticism to shut down both teams in the second half, holding the Cougs to 30% shooting (after they shot 50% in the first half) and the Huskies to 40% (after shooting 51.