Kriisa has triple-double, No. 17 Arizona tops Southern 95-78

to a 95-78 win over Southern on Friday night in a game that featured 57 fouls, including three technicals.

It was the 11th triple-double in school history, and Kriisa’s 12 assists were the most by an Arizona player since Mustafa Shakur had a dozen against Stanford in 2006. Arizona built a 49-31 halftime lead by getting to the line early and often, making 17 of 25 free throws in the opening 20 minutes and going 30 of 46 for the game. Twelve first-half turnovers kept the Wildcats from having a bigger edge, and they finished with 19 turnovers after giving it away 24 times on Monday.

"Our press has got to be our best friend," Southern coach Sean Woods said. "And we’ve got to do a better job of negating our pressure and our hustle with fouls. We didn’t give up, our resiliency was there, we just dug ourselves into too big of a hole starting the first three minutes."

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