We were shooting well early, but we started missing a lot of shots towards the end of the 1st half, allowing AZST to to take the lead. AZST has shot consistently at 48% FG. Halftime, Down 39-41.
We're finally playing good defense, not allowing ARIZ to get their 1st FG of the 2nd half until the 14:28 mark. Up 51-44, 12:22. AZST was able to reclaim the lead later on 2 consecutive transition baskets as a result of our turn overs. Down 60-61, 7:00.
More turn overs and misses from us; fortunately for us, AZST has not added to their score either. We get the lead back as SF Anthony Gray put up 5 straight pts, including a 3pt shot. Up 65-61, 3:39.
AZST able to answer with a 3pt shot also. Up 1. A couple of plays later on, SG James Davis scores a triple as well, and we get our lead back up to 4. AZST came back with another 3. We're in for another tight finish. Timeout. Up 68-67, 2:18.
SF Anthony Gray hits a pull up jumper. Up 3. AZST drives. C Troy Jones came over to help, and AZST came up with a contested shot. Missed. Good defense by Jones. We get the rebound. SG James Davis fires up a 3. Missed. AZST with the rebound. AZST fires up a 3, and it goes in! Timeout. Tied at 70, 1:05.
We get the ball to SF Anthony Gray. Gray passed to C Troy Jones on the low post. Jones strong move to the basket, shoots, gets his shot to fall plus a foul! Jones converts the bonus. Timeout AZST. Up 73-70, 0:55.
C Troy Jones comes away with a block. We recover the ball. Timeout. Up 73-70, 0:38.
We're chewing up some clock. SG James Davis got open and couldn't resist putting up a 3. He missed. Timeout ARIZ. Up 73-70, 0:20.
AZST trying to set up a 3. We came away with a deflection. Still 0:10 left. AZST to inbound again. They put a quick 3. Missed. But they get the off rebound. 0:05 left. Kickout pass. Another 3. Missed again. We secured the rebound and time expired. Whew. No easy road games now
Final Score: UCLA - 73, Arizona St - 70
Box Scores
[INDENT]Davis 17, 1, 2, 2 stls (*)
Gray 12, 1, 1
Jones 11, 3, 0
Maloney 8, 4, 0
Bradford 8, 0, 1
White 6, 15, 1
Pebbles 5, 2, 1
Beck 4, 1, 3
McFadden 2, 0, 0
Hawkins 0, 2, 6, 6 tos
Wallace 0, 0, 0
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Stats Comparison
[INDENT]FG: 40-41%
REB: -9
TO: -3
Pts in paint: -10
2nd chance: +3
Fast break: -2
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Pac 12 Conference Standings
- #17 Oregon, 2-0 (W2)
- Colorado, 2-0 (W2)
- Arizona, 2-0 (W2)
- USC, 2-0 (W2)
- Oregon St, 2-0 (W2)
- #14 UCLA, 1-1 (W1)
- Utah, 1-1 (L1)
- California 0-2 (L2)
- Arizona St, 0-2 (L2)
- #12 Stanford, 0-2 (L2)
- Washington, 0-2 (L2)
- Washington St, 0-2 (L2)