Arizona inside dominance illustrated by shortest average shot distance nationally

Arizona entered its win over TCU on Saturday first nationally averaging 10.5 feet per field goal attempt per CBB analytics. The Wildcats are 13th nationally, shooting 51.8 percent from the field, second making 26.0 two-point field goals per game and third averaging 45.1 attempts per game.

Conversely, Arizona is 296th, making 6.6 three-point shots per game, 346th with 17.7 attempts from beyond the arc per game, but 41st shooting 37.1 percent from distance. Anthony Dell’Orso and Dwayne Aristode are the only players in the Arizona rotation averaging more three-point attempts than two-point field goals per game.

Dell’Orso has made 56 out of his 133 field goal attempts in 2025-26 while making 22 out of his 69 three-point shots. Dell’Orso has a 50.4 eFG percentage. Aristode has made 31 out of his 59 shots from the field and 21 of 43 from beyond the arc for an elite 70.3 eFG percentage…

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