University of California, Los Angeles, Athletics
UCLA
10-9, 3-3
Arizona State
14-5, 5-2
Bruins Fall to Arizona State, 84-73
January 24, 2019 | Men's Basketball
LOS ANGELES โ The UCLA men's basketball team suffered an 84-73 loss to Arizona State on Thursday night in a Pac-12 contest in Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom.
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Playing in their first home game since Saturday, Jan. 5, the Bruins (10-9, 3-3) opened the game with an 11-0 lead before Arizona State rallied midway through the first half.
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Sophomores Kris Wilkes and Jaylen Hands each scored a team-leading 15 points for UCLA.
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Arizona State's Luguentz Dort had 16 points for the visiting Sun Devils (14-5, 5-2 Pac-12). Remy Martin totaled 15 points and 11 assists, while Zylan Cheatham tallied nine points and a team-high 20 rebounds.
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UCLA's Cody Riley finished with a team-leading 10 rebounds, matching his season high.
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Thursday's game included 19 lead changes, as both teams entered halftime with UCLA carrying a 44-43 advantage.
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ASU came out of the break with a hot hand, shooting 65 percent from the field. The Sun Devils nailed 5 of 8 3-point attempts over the first 10 minutes of the second half to secure a double-digit lead. Arizona State ended the second half shooting 52 percent from the field, limiting UCLA to 32 percent shooting.
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Arizona State's largest lead of the game came after Dort made a layup, pushing ASU's cushion to 72-60 with 8:23 to play. The Sun Devils' lead never fell to any less than seven points in the game's final 12 minutes.
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UCLA opened the game with an 11-0 scoring run, highlighted by a slam dunk by Jalen Hill and a deep 3-point basket on the right wing from Hands.
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The Sun Devils slowly chipped away, securing their first lead of the game with 6:11 to play in the opening half. Romello White had a second-chance layup to put ASU ahead of UCLA, 30-29.
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UCLA carried a 44-43 cushion into the locker room at halftime after freshman David Singleton buried a 3-pointer with 20 seconds to play.
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The Bruins will be back in action against Arizona (14-6, 5-2 Pac-12) this Saturday evening. Game time in Pauley Pavilion is 7 p.m. The Bruins' game will be nationally televised on ESPN2.
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