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Honolulu • Mark Lyons scored 19 points, and No. 4 Arizona easily defeated Miami 69-50 on Sunday night at the Diamond Head Classic tournament.
Nick Johnson scored 12 points and Kevin Parrom added 11 for the Wildcats.
Arizona took a 14-point lead toward the end of the first half and pulled further away in the second, dominating on rebounds and spreading its offense among several players.
Miami went scoreless for a four-minute stretch of the second half. Arizona scored 10 points during the run to take a 26-point lead with less than three minutes remaining.
Arizona shot 48.1 percent (25 of 52) for the game.