Postgame Notebook: Bench steps up in Koa Peat’s absence

* AJ Dybantsa finished with 35 points on 13-28 shooting and when discussing the defensive performance, Arizona head coach Tommy Lloyd gave him credit more than anything

“You could double more, you could do things like that, but we doubled him some at their place, and they kind of came back with some threes and stuff,” Lloyd said. “Our intent wasn’t to give him easy baskets, either. We probably could have done a better job deeper in some of his penetration and just having a body between him and the basket. We wanted him to make a lot of shots, force him to make shots over bodies, and he made a lot of tonight.”

* Sidi Gueye played his first extended minutes of the season and finished with four points while more than holding his own…

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