Big night: 'Quick-twitch' Henri Veesaar, new boxer Oumar Ballo lead Wildcats at Red-Blue Game

Christian Koloko took advantage of a breakout junior season to jump into the NBA Draft last June, and Henri Veesaar can’t blame him.”It’s a great opportunity for him to go to the league for sure,” Veesaar said.It’s also a great opportunity for Veesaar to make a significant impact for the Wildcats as a freshman this season. The 7-foot Estonian, demonstrating unusual mobility and ballhandling skills for his size, and junior center Oumar Ballo, picking up where he left off after a strong finish last season, scored 16 points apiece to lead the Blue team to a 49-45 win over the Red in Friday’s Red-Blue Game scrimmage at McKale Center.Combined with 10 points and seven rebounds from in-state 7-foot freshman Dylan Anderson — plus seven points and a perfect dunk contest perfect score from all-leaguer Azuolas Tubelis — the Wildcats demonstrated a notable strength and versatility up front.Even without Koloko.”Me, ’Zu, Oumar and Dylan, everybody has their own way, so there’s a lot of versatility in our big guys,” Veesaar said. “We can stretch the floor and we can play quick. We just got to pick it up and be better with the ball, make less turnovers.” Arizona forward Azuolas Tubelis posted…
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