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TUCSON, Ariz. -- Arizona coach Sean Miller called it a typical November game.For his 10th-ranked Wildcats, that meant another blowout over an overmatched opponent.Lauri Markkanen scored 22 points to lead six Arizona players in double figures in Arizonas 95-65 rout of Sacred Heart on Friday night.Fellow freshman Rawle Alkins added 18 points for the Wildcats (3-0). They led by as many as 25 points in the first half and 39 in the second.Arizonas Dusan Ristic had 13 points and a career-high 15 rebounds.Quincy McKnight had 22 points -- 20 in the second half -- and Joseph Lopez 15 for the Pioneers (1-2).November is a month of learning, Miller said. Players are learning, theyre learning each other, theyre learning our system, but the coaching staff is learning on what kind of combinations of players work well, who can do what, what we need to teach and do a better job of.The game was part of the Las Vegas Invitational, as is Monday nights game against Northern Colorado. The Wildcats move on to Las Vegas to play Santa Clara next Thursday.If a team plays four games in a tournament, it gets an extra game on its schedule.The much bigger, quicker Wildcats never trailed turned the game into a blowout in a hurry, despite having a miserable night from 3-point range.The Wildcats were 1 for 15 on 3s before Markkanen made two in a row late in the second half.Miller said the Wildcats are just now learning how good the Finnish freshman Markkanen is on offense.There were times when he was open and the ball didnt find him, Miller said. Then all of a sudden it did and he went on his own personal 8-0 run. ... Lauris efficient. Hes not going to take bad shots. That was about as easy of a 22-point night as Ive seen.Miller noted his team committed seven turnovers, just one in the first half. Point guard Parker Jackson-Cartwright didnt have a turnover in his 30 minutes on the court.A pair of Arizona newcomers got the McKale Center crowd rocking with some high-flying plays.In consecutive plays, freshman Kobi Simmons had a backcourt steal and two-handed dunk and junior college transfer Keanu Pinder knocked the ball away in Sacred Hearts backcourt and got the dunk on a lob pass from Parker Jackson-Cartwright at the other end, and Arizona led 43-18 with 4:17 left in the first half.Ristic had 10 rebounds in the first half, one shy of his career-best for a game. The Wildcats led 49-25 at the break.Sacred Heart coach Anthony Latina lamented his teams 17 turnovers, which resulted in 25 Arizona points.When you play a team that good, you cant give them free points and we did, he said. Now, fortunately we dont play a team that good the rest of the year, unless we make the NCAA Tournament.BIG PICTURESacred Heart lost last seasons league MVP Cane Broome, who transferred to Cincinnati. The Pioneers have some talent but nowhere near enough to stay with Arizona on the road.The Wildcats did what they are supposed to do. They wont really have a challenge until the Las Vegas Invitational matchups next week, when they face Santa Clara and either the winner or loser of the Butler-Vanderbilt game.PAC-12 POUNDINGSIt was the first meeting between the schools and the first for Sacred Heart against a Pac-12 team since playing Washington on Dec. 22, 2004. The Pioneers lost that one 114-55.The Wildcats pounded a Northeast Conference team for the fourth time in the last five seasons.They beat Bryant 100-60 in the 2011-12 season, Farleigh-Dickenson 100-50 in 2013-14 and Mount St. Marys 78-55 in 2014-15.SHAQ IN THE HOUSENBA great Shaquille ONeal was one of those in the crowd at sold-out McKale. He was in town for a visit by his son Shareef. The younger ONeal, a 6-foot-8 junior forward at Crossroads School in Santa Monica, California, is a five-star recruit. 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At one point in the match, Ellison put six straight arrows in the top scoring ring on his way to a 6-2 win over Kaminski at the Sambadrome.I look at it two ways: It sucks because you train for years and have an American bracket -- just like an American tournament, said Ellison, whos been drawing comparisons to actor Leonardo DiCaprio on social media since his arrival in Rio de Janeiro. On the other side, we advanced someone. For Team USA, its good. For the individuals, it sucks.These two are extremely tight. They lived together for years in California as they trained and have shared a room at the last two Olympics, while helping the United States bring home a pair of silver medals in the team competition. They mountain bike together when they can and hunt together as often as possible. They even helped each other when each of them was going through a divorce.Thats why they elected to take the stage alone, with no coaches standing behind them for guidance.Ellison vs. Kaminski.Just like all those years on the archery range.This was the toughest yet easiest match that either one of us will ever have, Kaminski said. We know each other. We know how each other shoots. Weve shot against each other more than anyone else in the world. Weve also beat each other more than anyone else in the world -- both directions.I definitely wasnt nervous. Still, its tough because iits Brady.ddddddddddddFor Ellison, this was a chance to clear a big mental hurdle. He couldnt make it past the second round at the 2008 Beijing Games or again four years later in London.It is nice to get past this stupid round, said Ellison, who becomes the tournament favorite after world-record holder Kim Woojin of South Korea was eliminated in the second round the day before. Today, I shot through it.Kaminski had a tough opening match against Marcus DAlmeida of Brazil. Kaminski was booed as he was introduced. Nothing personal, its just that DAlmeida is that revered. So much so that hes called the Neymar of Archery in a reference to the Brazilian soccer star.The crowd couldnt carry DAlmeida to a win as Kaminski put six arrows in the top ring to win 6-2.Next up, his best friend.I wouldnt have picked anyone different to lose to, for sure, Kaminski said. Hes on it. Hes shooting well.And drawing lots of attention for his resemblance to DiCaprio. Ellison appreciates the notoriety, even if he doesnt really see the similarities.I think Ive got 50 pounds on the guy, Ellison said. But I mean its cool. He is a good-looking dude. And I think its great for the sport. I hope it blows up and a lot of people see that and take a look at archery, maybe follow us into the finals.Its not the first time hes heard the DiCaprio comparisons. They surfaced eight years ago in Beijing and have slowly grown over the years. He thinks it picked up recent steam because of DiCaprios role in the movie The Revenant, which required the actor to grow a bushy beard and long hair.Just a cool thing right now, Ellison said. But Im not looking to use it to get into movies. ' ' '