Washington Huskies at UCLA Bruins
· NCAA Men's Basketball
Adem Bona scores 22 to help UCLA win 9th straight against Washington, 73-61
UCLA (7-10, 2-4) snapped a four-game skid and won for just the second time in 10 games.
Berke Buyuktuncel hit a 3-pointer to spark an 11-0 run and Bona followed with a jumper that gave UCLA the lead for good with 13:44 left in the first half. Andrews made two free throws, Bona threw down a dunk and Ilane Buyuktuncel scored inside to cap the spurt and make it 14-7 with 11:31 left in the first half.
Sahvir Wheeler sandwiched two layups around another dunk by Bona before Jan Vide hit a 3, Kenneth Nwuba followed with a dunk and Stefanovic added another 3-pointer to stretch UCLA's lead to 13 points about five minutes later.
Moses Wood hit a 3-pointer and then made two free throws before Keion Brooks Jr. added a pair of free throws to cut Washington's deficit to 39-24 with 16 minutes to play. Will McClendon answered with a 3 and Bona scored in the paint before his dunk pushed the lead back into double figures less than a minutes later and the Huskies got no closer.
Wheeler led Washington (10-7, 2-4 Pac-12) with a career-high tying 27 points, Brooks added 12 and Wood 10. The Huskies, who had won back-to-back games, have lost four of their last six games.
Sebastian Mack, who picked up two personal fouls in the game's first 2 1/2 minutes, scored all of his 10 points in the second half for UCLA. Dylan Andrews had just seven points on 1-of-6 shooting, 0 for 4 from 3-point range, but had a career-high eight assists.
The Bruins forced 19 Washington turnovers and outscored the Huskies 26-11 in points off turnovers. UCLA made 25 of 50 from the field and improved to 3-0 this season when shooting at least 50%.
Washington plays the second of three straight road games Thursday at California. UCLA kicks off a three-game road trip at Arizona State on Wednesday.
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 61 - 73 |
| 2nd 0:00 | End of 2nd half | 61 - 73 |
| 2nd 0:29 | Sahvir Wheeler made Layup. | 61 - 73 |
| 2nd 0:31 | Sahvir Wheeler Defensive Rebound. | 59 - 73 |
| 2nd 0:36 | Dylan Andrews missed Jumper. | 59 - 73 |
Statistics
 WASH |
 UCLA |
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|---|---|---|
| 21-52 | FG | 25-50 |
| 40.4 | Field Goal % | 50.0 |
| 6-25 | 3PT | 6-14 |
| 24.0 | Three Point % | 42.9 |
| 13-20 | FT | 17-25 |
| 65.0 | Free Throw % | 68.0 |
| 31 | Rebounds | 29 |
| 8 | Offensive Rebounds | 6 |
| 23 | Defensive Rebounds | 23 |
| 6 | Assists | 20 |
| 4 | Steals | 8 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 19 | Total Turnovers | 15 |
| 1 | Technical Fouls | 1 |
| 1 | Total Technical Fouls | 1 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 11 | Points Off Turnovers | 26 |
| 6 | Fast Break Points | 17 |
| 26 | Points in Paint | 30 |
| 22 | Fouls | 20 |
| 4 | Largest Lead | 17 |
Game Information
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Attendance: 6,532 | Capacity:
2024-25 Big Ten Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan State | 17-3 | - | 30-7 |
| Maryland | 14-6 | 3 | 27-9 |
| Michigan | 14-6 | 3 | 27-10 |
| Wisconsin | 13-7 | 4 | 27-10 |
| UCLA | 13-7 | 4 | 23-11 |
| Purdue | 13-7 | 4 | 24-12 |
| Oregon | 12-8 | 5 | 25-10 |
| Illinois | 12-8 | 5 | 22-13 |
| Indiana | 10-10 | 7 | 19-13 |
| Ohio State | 9-11 | 8 | 17-15 |
| Rutgers | 8-12 | 9 | 15-17 |
| Nebraska | 7-13 | 10 | 21-14 |
| Northwestern | 7-13 | 10 | 17-16 |
| Iowa | 7-13 | 10 | 17-16 |
| USC | 7-13 | 10 | 17-18 |
| Minnesota | 7-13 | 10 | 15-17 |
| Penn State | 6-14 | 11 | 16-15 |
| Washington | 4-16 | 13 | 13-18 |