Arizona Wildcats forward Keanu Pinder celebrates after blocking a shot in the second half during a game against UMBC at McKale Center on Nov. 12, 2017.

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Arizona coach Tommy Lloyd will meet with recruiting target Kwame Evans on Thursday, according to Adam Zagoria, another sign of sudden interest in the Wildcats by the five-star class of 2023 forward.

A multiskilled 6-9 forward, Evans released a list of five schools earlier this month but added Arizona after the Wildcats offered him a scholarship over the weekend. He is also consideringΒ Indiana, Auburn, Oregon, Kentucky and UCLA.

Evans is scheduled to make anΒ official visit to OregonΒ later this week after playing for Team Durant during the first two EYBL weekends this month.

Former UA forwardΒ Keanu PinderΒ was given the Most Improved Player award by Australia's NBL after averaging 10.9 points and 7.6 rebounds for the Cairns Taipans in a season that ended last weekend. Pinder shot 55% from the field and also blocked an average of one shot per game.

Pinder wound up playing on the Taipans with former Salpointe Catholic forwardΒ Majok DengΒ and centerΒ Stephen Zimmerman, who was once a major UA recruiting target out of Las Vegas before heading to UNLV for the 2015-16 season.

Arizona walk-on forward Jordan Mains was one of 280 Pac-12 athletes named to the conference's winter academic honor roll. Athletes in at least their second year with a school are eligible if they have a cumulative 3.3 grade-point average.

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