The Arizona Wildcats figured they would need multiple players to replace the shooting and scoring of Jemarl Baker Jr., but Bennedict Mathurin did it himself on Thursday.
Making his first career start, the freshman dropped a career-high 31 points in the 98-64 win at Oregon State. That was just a bucket shy of Baker’s best night of the season, his 33-point outburst in the win over NAU.
And in Baker-like fashion, Mathurin did most of his damage at the 3-point line by draining six of his seven 3-point attempts as part of a 10 for 12 shooting night.