Michigan vs. Arizona: Score and Twitter Reaction from 2014 Regular Season

The No. 3 Arizona Wildcats ran their record to 10-0 on Saturday night with a dominant 80-53 win over the Michigan Wolverines in Tucson, Arizona.

From the very beginning, Arizona's size and interior defense were deciding factors. After leading 36-25 at the half, Arizona ran away with the game in the final 20 minutes. The loss dropped Michigan to 6-4 on the season and marked its third consecutive defeat.

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Wildcats super-freshman Stanley Johnson led the way with 15 points and seven rebounds. The Score captured this impressive two-handed jam in the first half that sparked Arizona to the early lead:

Rebounding was a huge reason Arizona dominated the game. The Wildcats beat the Wolverines 40-26 on the glass. Arizona also got just about any shot it wanted on the floor. The Wildcats shot 58 percent from the field, and their defense limited Michigan to just 35 percent shooting and 27 percent from beyond the three-point line.

At one point, ESPN Stats and Info captured just how dominant Arizona had been on the inside, and it compared it to how futile Michigan's offense was on the whole:

Wolverines star Caris LeVert could not get anything going. Stingy and aggressive defense from Rondae Hollis-Jefferson was one of the main reasons. LeVert had just eight points on 2-of-9 shooting. He came into the game averaging 17.7 points per contest. 

The eight points are LeVert's second-lowest total of the season; Saturday's game was just the second time he failed to reach double figures this year. Hollis-Jefferson finished with 10 points and seven rebounds.

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Before the game, Mike Schmitz of Draft Express said he was looking forward to the LeVert vs. Hollis-Jefferson matchup:

It's clear who won that duel.

Sophomore Zak Irvin led Michigan in scoring, finishing with 14 points, but the team clearly struggled to get buckets from anyone.

Arizona wasn't perfect. Sean Miller's kids have to really work on their free-throw shooting. They made just 50 percent of their attempts. In a closer game, this deficiency could have come back to bite them.

Once the game was over, Miller harped on the positives his team displayed, and he gave a shout-out to the McKale Center crowd in Tucson on Twitter:

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We have the best fans in college basketball. What a great environment in McKale today. See you again on Tuesday. #APlayersProgram

— Sean Miller (@UACoachMiller) December 14, 2014"

From here, Arizona will have three days off before it heads into what figures to be another blowout win. The Wildcats will host the Horizon League's Oakland Golden Grizzlies on Tuesday night. It would be a shock if Arizona didn't run its record to 11-0 after that one.

Michigan has a full seven-day layoff after Saturday night's loss.

The tough SMU Mustangs are next on the schedule for the Wolverines on Dec. 20. Hall of Fame coach Larry Brown has the Mustangs at 6-3, but the American Athletic Conference leaders have struggled against ranked and big-name teams. Their three losses came to the Gonzaga Bulldogs, the Arkansas Razorbacks and Indiana Hoosiers. Only the Hoosiers weren't ranked when they faced SMU.

Heading into Ann Arbor with a chance to knock off Michigan represents a big opportunity for the Mustangs. If Michigan is going to avoid a fourth straight loss, it will have to play better than it did on Saturday.

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