Arizona snaps 2-game skid with receive over BYU (1:19)
Arizona will get succor to its a hit techniques because the Wildcats knock off BYU at dwelling. (1:19)
Feb 19, 2026, 12:11 AM ET
TUCSON, Ariz. — Anthony Dell’Orso scored a season-high 22 substances after coming off the bench, Ivan Kharchenkov added 18 and No. 4 Arizona bounced succor from its first two losses of the season by beating No. 23 BYU 75-68 on Wednesday evening.
Arizona (24-2, 11-2 Sizable 12) started with 23 consecutive wins and spent 9 straight weeks because the nation’s No. 1 workers earlier than losing succor-to-succor games to No. 9 Kansas and No. 16 Texas Tech.
Dell’Orso, a 6-foot-6 Australian, helped the Wildcats fetch succor within the receive column by taking pictures 8-of-15 from the sphere, alongside side 4-of-8 on 3-pointers.
Arizona performed without initiating forward Koa Peat and backup guard Dwayne Aristode.
The faculty mentioned Peat furthermore will crawl away out Saturday’s game at No. 2 Houston thanks to a decrease leg muscle stress. He’ll be reevaluated subsequent week.
Aristode uncared for his 2d straight game with an illness.
“Gritty win by our guys,” Arizona coach Tommy Lloyd mentioned. “We knew it was going to be tough. Obviously, we’re going through injuries right now. It’s just that point of the season where sometimes you hit a little struggle, and if you don’t embrace it, you’re not built for it. So, our guys have done a good job embracing it.”
BYU (19-7, 7-6) was led by freshman megastar AJ Dybantsa, who performed with 35 substances on 13-of-28 taking pictures. The 6-foot-9 forward topped 30 substances for the sixth time this season.
The Cougars had been playing their first game without initiating guard Richie Saunders, who suffered a season-ending torn ACL in a 90-86 time beyond regulation victory at dwelling in opposition to Colorado on Saturday.
Arizona never trailed within the 2d half of and slowly pulled away, taking a 66-50 lead on Dell’Orso’s 3-pointer with 6:40 left. BYU decrease the deficit to 73-68 with 1:05 closing but couldn’t fetch any closer.
“I knew it wasn’t going to be aesthetically pleasing every second of the game,” Lloyd mentioned. “But you know, to be able to kind of control the game in that second half — I wish we were able to close it out a little better, but if you watch college basketball, it seems to be a theme.
“And to withstand a player love AJ, who had 35 substances easy, and come out on high was a broad effort by our guys.”
The Associated Press contributed to this narrative.
