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Arizonas three-man freshman class is stepping up big early in the season, and it will have to continue to do so.The 10th-ranked Wildcats (2-0) figure to have only seven scholarship players available for the second consecutive game when they face Sacred Heart (1-1) on Friday night. The game tips off at 10 p.m. ET in Tucson, Ariz.Arizona beat Cal State Bakersfield 78-66 Tuesday night but had to fight off a 17-0 second-half charge after fatigue set in with about 16 minutes to go.Wildcats guard Kadeem Allen sat out because of a left knee sprain. Coach Sean Miller said there was no structural damage in Allens knee, and surgery was not required, but the team will take a cautious approach.I dont think he has an injury that is going to take him a long time to get back, but were certainly not going to lose sight of the big picture and rush him, Miller said. Kadeem would like to play right now, but he cant.Freshman Kobi Simmons replaced Allen in the starting lineup Tuesday night, joining a pair of classmates, forward Lauri Markkanen and wing Rawle Alkins.Markkanen scored 26 points on just 11 shots from the field. He converted eight, including one 3-pointer, and drained all nine attempts from the free-throw line. Miller raved about the 7-footer from Finland.Lauri is one of the best players in college basketball. He is. Hes a monster, Miller said. He can put it on the floor. Hes a great free-throw shooter. Hes a 7-footer who is playing the small forward position. He guards perimeter players. He guards post players. He inbounds the ball against full-court pressure.He just really, really knows how to play. Its almost like he has the game of a 6-foot-7 forward. He just happens to be 7 foot.Markkanen is averaging 19.5 points and 7.0 rebounds. Simmons, who had 18 in a season-opening win over Michigan State, is averaging 15.5. Alkins is at nine points per game.Miller said it is not a bad thing that these guys have been thrown into the deep end right way because of the short-handed roster.There is nothing like learning by being out on the court, he said. If there is a silver lining in our situation, its the amount of minutes these guys are getting early on.Since the beginning of the summer, Arizona has lost freshman guard Terrance Ferguson to pro ball, graduate transfer guard Talbott Denny to a knee injury and redshirt freshman Ray Smith to a knee injury. Sophomore guard Allonzo Trier hasnt played yet because of rumored eligibility issues that the school has not commented on.Sacred Heart, which was picked to finish eighth in the Northeast Conferences preseason coaches poll, is coming off a 90-86 win over Hofstra on Tuesday night. The Pioneers overcame a nine-point deficit in the final four minutes.Sophomore guard Quincy McKnight, who averaged 11.4 points last season, scored a career-high 28 against Hofstra after posting a personal-best 25 in the season-opening loss at Fairfield.Hes more an all-around player -- offense, defense. He can help you in a lot of different ways, Sacred Heart coach Anthony Latina said. We want him to play exactly how he played last year, just be a little more efficient, and we will probably late in games call his number a little bit more. Sale Tom Brady Jersey . LOUIS -- Cardinals cleanup hitter Allen Craig says hes recovered from a foot injury and ready to be put on St. Michael Jordan Jersey Swingman . In taking its goal tally to 99 in all competitions already this season, City delivered another demonstration of its lethal firepower at Etihad Stadium to set up a fourth-round match at home to another second-tier team -- Watford. https://www.sportsstarsjerseys.com/tom-brady-jersey/ . 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His season average ballooned from 157.9 yards per game to 180.8.Pumphrey ran 21 times for 112 yards in a win at Hawaii that clinched the Mountain West Conference West Division title for the Aztecs. Pumphrey did not play in the fourth quarter for a third straight game. The 112 yards marked his second-lowest output of the season, and his average slipped from 183.6 yards per game to 175.7.Foremans 341 yards were the third-most in Longhorns history and the most since Ricky Williams went for 350 against Iowa State on his way to the 1998 Heisman Trophy. The junior has gone over 100 yards in 10 straight games for the longest active streak in the nation and second-longest streak in school history behind Earl Campbells 11 in a row in 1977.Pumphrey has had eight straight 100-yard games and 30 in his career. The senior is fifth on the FBS career rushing list with 5,853. He needs 544 more yards to match the record of 6,397 by Wisconsins Ron Dayne from 1996-99.---Other notable statistical feats from the weekend:GOING ALL THE WAY, AGAINTexas A&Ms Christian Kirk ran back a punt 93 yards for a touchdown in the Aggies loss to Mississippi State, the longest return in the nation this season and third-longest in program history. Kirk returned two punts for TDs against New Mexico State the previous week. His three punt returns this season and five in his career are school records.GROUND GOBBBLERSThree running backs besides Foreman ran for more than 200 yards.dddddddddddd Florida Atlantics Devin Singletary set a school record with 252 yards on 23 carries against Rice. He had nine runs of 10 yards or longer.UTEPs Aaron Jones went over 200 for the third time in his career, piling up 228 on 14 runs against FCS Houston Baptist. Old Dominions Ray Lawry ran for a season-high 209 yards on 27 carries in a win over Marshall that made the Monarchs bowl-eligible in their second year in the FBS.ON THE MONEY, MOSTLYWashington States Luke Falk completed 32 of 35 passes against Arizona. His 91.4-percent completion rate was the highest since Georgias Greyson Lambert was 24 for 25 (96 percent) against South Carolina in September 2015.COREY THE CATCHERWestern Michigans Corey Davis set the Western Michigan record with 272 yards receiving against Ball State. He also caught three touchdowns to tie the Mid-American Conference career record of 47. Davis has 14 TD catches for the season, one behind national leader Carlos Henderson of Louisiana Tech.TULSA SACK TIMETulsa recorded seven sacks against East Carolina, the Hurricanes most since a seven-sack game against UAB in 2012. Matt Linscott and Jesse Brubaker had two sacks apiece, and three other players chipped in with one each.The seven sacks accounted for 68 yards in losses for East Carolina, which netted 38 yards rushing. That was the lowest rushing output against Tulsa since UTEP managed 31 yards on the ground in 2012.---More AP college football at http://collegefootball.ap.org ' ' '