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On Saturday at Illinois, the Illini poured in nearly double their average of made 3-pointers, many of them of particular difficulty, during 蜜柚直播鈥檚 83-79 win.

Then, on Wednesday, there was Northern Colorado鈥檚 decision to use at least some of its eight prior days off to scheme defensively for the Wildcats. Primarily man-to-man team this season, the Bears on Wednesday threw out a triangle-and-two defense in an attempt to slow down UA鈥檚 Bennedict Mathurin and Kerr Kriisa.

It worked pretty well, for about 29 minutes, until UA pulled away from the tiring Bears and were able to take a breather. Then the Wildcats could rest easy, knowing they鈥檝e defeated man-to-man defenses, zone defenses, differing uses of the press and, now, a flat-out gimmick.

After 10 games, they might have seen just about everything.

鈥淭here鈥檚 probably a few more tricky defenses out there, and if we see them, that鈥檚 a sign of respect for us,鈥� Lloyd said. 鈥淭hat means we鈥檙e a good team that teams are having to dig deep to find plans to play against us.鈥�

As with Illinois, Northern Colorado also appeared motivated on the other side of the ball. Especially guard Daylen Kountz.

The former Colorado guard, who had just two points on 1-for-4 shooting at McKale Center two seasons ago with the Buffaloes, poured in a career-high 33 points while going 4 for 5 from 3-point territory.

鈥淗e鈥檚 a really good player for one (thing), and he just kind of got it going,鈥� Lloyd said. 鈥淚 think we went under a screen or two early on him, he banged in a 3 and probably said, `Hey, you know, this might be one of my last chances playing a Pac-12 team, so I鈥檓 going to let it rip tonight.鈥�

鈥淭hey did a good job getting it into his left hand over and over again and he was in attack mode going downhill, or he would stop and hit a pull up. He鈥檚 just a really good player and we just didn鈥檛 do a good job guarding him individually or as a team.鈥�

Tubelis dishes career-high eight assists

However, the Bears couldn鈥檛 match UA inside, with Christian Koloko collecting 19 points, eight rebounds and four blocks, while Azuolas Tubelis approached a triple-double with 16 points, eight rebounds and eight assists.

The eight assists doubled Tubelis鈥� previous career high, and the Lithuanian sophomore said he鈥檚 never had as many as ten even in club or FIBA ball.

But, in typical fashion, Tubelis didn鈥檛 make too much of it. Among other things, Tubelis noted that eight assists means, well, eight other guys had put the ball in the net.

鈥淚t was just the way we moved the ball,鈥� Tubelis said. 鈥淚f I see the open a teammate I鈥檓 just passing the ball and that鈥檚 it. They scored well, and that鈥檚 why I got eight.鈥�

Fans help out

While the Wildcats didn鈥檛 attract their biggest crowd of the season on Wednesday, with an announced crowd of 11,943 showing up, they might have been the most active. Many fans stood on their feet throughout much of the second half, with UA leading by only four points with 11 to go before finally pulling away.

鈥淭o be honest, the crowd was better than we were tonight for a lot of the game,鈥� Lloyd said. 鈥淚 just think when you鈥檙e when you鈥檙e playing at home and you鈥檙e there to support your team, I think as a fan, it鈥檚 pretty cool to be proactive and make yourself part of the environment rather than sit back and worry about every referee call or every tough shot one of our guys takes or every defensive mistake.鈥�

More metrics

After scoring in triple digits for the third time this season, 蜜柚直播 not only ranks No. 1 in points per game at 97.1 but also is first in scoring margin (28.6) and assists per game (21.9).

The Wildcats are now third in assist percentage (ratio of assists to made field goals) at 65.8%, while their opponent Saturday, Cal Baptist, is No. 1 at 68.9.

Meanwhile, three Wildcats now rank among the top six most improved players since the preseason, according to college basketball analytics website , Kerr Kriisa is No. 2, Dalen Terry is No. 4 and Christian Koloko is No. 6. The site measures player ratings by their efficiency — and how their teammates do — when they are on the floor.