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Feb 18, 2026; Tucson, Arizona, USA; Arizona Wildcats guard Jaden Bradley (0) shoots the ball over the Brigham Young Cougars during the first half of the game at McKale Memorial Center. Mandatory Credit: Aryanna Frank-Imagn Images <\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\nArizona reserve guard Anthony Dell’Orso scored a career-high 22 points to lead the fourth-ranked Wildcats to a 75-68 victory over No. 23 BYU on Wednesday in a Big 12 game at Tucson, Ariz.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Dell’Orso’s scoring output helped the load with Arizona’s second-leading scorer Koa Peat out indefinitely with a lower-leg muscle strain.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Both sides battled injuries as Dwayne Aristode (illness) missed his second straight game for Arizona. BYU’s Richie Saunders is out for the rest of the season with an ACL tear.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Arizona (24-2, 11-2 Big 12) snapped a two-game skid after winning its first 23 games, while BYU (19-7, 7-6) has lost five of its last seven games.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Dell’Orso reached 15 points in the first half on 5-of-9 shooting from the field, 3 of 5 from 3-point range, including a last-second shot from beyond the arc to give Arizona a 42-35 lead at halftime.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Robert Wright III (13 points) had a chance to cut into the lead but the ball was stripped of him in the lane by Motiejus Krivas.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Jaden Bradley tied his career high with his 10th assist following the steal, feeding Dell’Orso for a dunk with 32 seconds left to seal the victory. Bradley had a double-double adding 12 points to his assist total.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n <\/p>\n Ivan Kharchenkov finished with 18 points and Brayden Burries had 11.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n AJ Dybantsa, who had 35 points, alongside Wright combined for 27 points in the first half on 9-of-20 shooting from the field.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Dybantsa scored 14 of BYU’s first 18 points of the second half, including 12 consecutive points.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Arizona outscored BYU 7-2 in one stretch to take a 53-43 lead with 13:39 left with the last four points by reserve forward Sidi Gueye on an alley-oop pass from Bradley and score off an offensive rebound.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n The Wildcats’ lead increased to 69-53 with 5:25 left on a Burries 3-pointer.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n BYU went on an 8-0 run, with five points from Kennard Davis Jr., to cut the lead to 69-61 with 3:19 left.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Arizona responded with two free throws by Bradley and a steal and dunk by Kharchenkov that increased the lead to 73-61 with 2:37 left.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Dybantsa made a 3-pointer to help an 8-0 run that cut the lead to 73-68.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n