No. 1 Arizona cruises past Utah 97-78 to remain undefeated
January 3, 2026
Tobe Awaka and Jaden Bradley each scored 18 points and No. 1 Arizona cruised past Utah 97-78 on Saturday to remain undefeated. Brayden Burries had 17 points and 11 rebounds, Koa Peat also scored 17 and Ivan Kharchenkov 13 for the Wildcats, who extended their best start to a season since beginning the 2013-14 campaign with a 21-0 mark. Terrence Brown scored 26 and Don McHenry and Keanu Dawes each scored 15 for Utah. The game marked nine straight with at least five players in double figures for Arizona, which came into the day as one of six teams in the country that is still undefeated.