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HBU Huskies (0-0) at Arizona Wildcats (0-0)
Wednesday, Nov. 6 – 8:00 p.m. Central
McKale Center – Tucson, Arizona

TV: Pac-12 Network
Audio (Lonnie King)
Live Stats
Game Notes

TUCSON, Ariz. – HBU men's basketball is set to open its 2018-19 campaign this Wednesday at the McKale Center on the campus of the University of Arizona, facing the Wildcats at 8:00 p.m. central. Wednesday's game will be aired on the Pac-12 Network while Husky fans can also listen to the DNA Husky Sports Network audio broadcast with Lonnie King available at HBUHuskies.com.
 
The Huskies (0-0) come into the season with eight returners, including three starters, from last season with four of those returners having averaged double-figures in scoring. Senior Braxton Bonds has played in every game the last two seasons as the team's point guard, averaging 9.9 points, 5.1 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 1.9 steals per game over 61 games. Bonds is joined by fellow seniors Josh Ibarra, Edward Hardt and Stephen O'Suji. Ibarra was a senior last season but suffered a season-ending injury in the team's ninth game at UTSA and received a medical redshirt to return for another season. At the time of his injury last year, the HBU post player was averaging 16 points and 10 rebounds a game. Hardt, who joined the Huskies last season, closed out his junior year by averaging 11.4 ppg and 5.1 rpg over the final seven games of the season.
 
Sophomore Ian DuBose returns after starting every game and averaging 12.5 ppg during his inaugural campaign while also pulling down 5.5 rpg and connecting on 35 percent from three-point range. DuBose is the Southland Conference's top returning sophomore scorer and rebounder, finishing in the league's top-25 in scoring and top-20 in rebounding as a freshman. Jalon Gates, a junior, knocked down 75 three-pointers as a sophomore for the ninth-highest single-season total in program history en route to an 11.5 ppg average.
 
Arizona (0-0) lost all five starters from a 2017-18 squad that finished the year 27-8, won the Pac-12 tournament and fell in the first round of the NCAA tournament. In a pair of exhibition games, the Wildcats have been led by sophomore Brandon Randolph and freshman Brandon Williams. In a 95-44 win over Western New Mexico, Randolph finished 6-of-8 from the field and was perfect from beyond the arc, making all five of his attempts. In a more tightly-contested game versus Chaminade, Williams led the way with 23 points while Randolph added 19. In the preseason Pac-12 media poll, the Wildcats were picked to finish fourth.
 
Wednesday's game marks the second-ever meeting between the two programs with the previous meeting coming during the 1984-85 season with the Wildcats earning the 63-56 win.
 
HBU returns to Houston for its home-opener against Fordham inside Sharp Gym on Saturday, Nov. 10, at 7:00 p.m. All proceeds from that game will be donated to the North Carolina Disaster Relief Fund to aid the recovery efforts from Hurricane Florence. The Huskies will then return to the road with a visit to Madison, Wisc. to take on Wisconsin the following Saturday, Nov. 17.