{"id":1164505,"date":"2026-02-23T20:42:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T01:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/?p=1164505"},"modified":"2026-02-23T20:42:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T01:42:35","slug":"arizona-guard-anthony-dellorso-makes-big-12s-weekly-starting-five","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/arizona-guard-anthony-dellorso-makes-big-12s-weekly-starting-five\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona guard Anthony Dell\u2019Orso makes Big 12\u2019s weekly \u2018Starting Five\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\tTUCSON, ARIZONA &#8211; FEBRUARY 18: Anthony Dell&#8217;Orso #3 of the Arizona Wildcats reacts after scoring during the second half against the BYU Cougars at McKale Center at ALKEME Arena on February 18, 2026 in Tucson, Arizona. (Photo by Patrick Mulligan\/Getty Images) | Getty Images\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The best week of <strong>Anthony Dell\u2019Orso\u2019s<\/strong> Arizona career has produced some much-deserved attention from the conference.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Dell\u2019Orso was named to the Big 12\u2019s weekly \u2018Starting Five\u2019 list after back-to-back monster performances off the bench for the Wildcats.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p>February 2\u20e33\u20e3 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OldTrapper?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@OldTrapper<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Big12MBB?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Big12MBB<\/a> Starting Five \ud83c\udfc0 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9yZfoml788\">pic.twitter.com\/9yZfoml788<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Big 12 Conference (@Big12Conference) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Big12Conference\/status\/2026024563998400645?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 23, 2026<\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The 6-foot-6 senior guard scored 22 points in wins over BYU and at Houston, setting and tying his best scoring output with the UA. He made eight shots in each game, going 6 of 13 from 3-point range, and in Saturday\u2019s win at Houston added a career-high four steals in 34 minutes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Dell\u2019Orso had been mired in a lengthy slump before the past week, with only 62 points and eight 3s in the first Big 12 games. But UA coach <strong>Tommy Lloyd<\/strong> never lost faith in him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">\u201cDelly, he\u2019s a spitfire,\u201d Lloyd said in Houston. \u201cI don\u2019t know how many of you guys know Aussies, but he\u2019s got some you know what to them. He has a little bit of that, and it wasn\u2019t going his way for a good stretch there, and he hung with it. And our guys hung with him and our staff hung with him and I just told Delly, just hang in there, it\u2019s coming. If there\u2019s little adjustments we have to make we\u2019ll see if we can figure them out, but we trust you and we believe in you and I don\u2019t see any scenario where you don\u2019t get opportunities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">\u201cOur media was getting a little worried back home and I just kept telling them, guys, Delly is going to be at his best when we need him at his best. And I think you\u2019ve seen that the last two games.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Dell\u2019Orso has been the leading scorer in both games since freshman forward <strong>Koa Peat<\/strong> had to sit with a strained leg muscle. He\u2019s also been the main bench contributor with <strong>Tobe Awaka<\/strong> in the starting lineup and <strong>Dwayne Aristode<\/strong> sidelined with an illness.<\/p>\n<p>\u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/arizona-guard-anthony-dell-orso-204235137.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/arizona-guard-anthony-dell-orso-204235137.html<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TUCSON, ARIZONA &#8211; FEBRUARY 18: Anthony Dell&#8217;Orso #3 of the Arizona Wildcats reacts after scoring during the second half against the BYU Cougars at McKale&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1164506,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1164505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1164505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1164505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1164505\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1164506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1164505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1164505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1164505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}