With 21 points from Dylan Andrews and 18 from Tyler Bilodeau, No. 18 UCLA defeated Prairie View A&M 111-75 on Tuesday night to extend their winning run to nine games.
The Bruins (10-1) made 10 of 21 3-pointers and shot 59% overall, with Eric Dailey scoring 14 points, Trent Perry scoring 11, and Kobe Johnson scoring 12. Aday Mara pulled down ten rebounds.
The Panthers (1–10) had 24 points from Jordan Tillmon, who made 10 of 21 of their shots from beyond the arc and shot 47%. Marcel Bryant scored 12 points, and Nick Anderson scored 19.
Takeaways
Against Pepperdine in November 2022, the Bruins scored 100 points for the first time since they achieved that milestone. They dominated the Panthers, who have suffered ten straight road losses. Prairie View managed to score 75 points against the nation’s best scoring defense, the Bruins, who allowed just 55.0 points per game.
Key moment
With 15 minutes left, the margin grew to 31 points after an 18-3 run in which six Bruins scored.
Key stat
The statistics were dominated by UCLA. The Bruins outscored Prairie View 31-6 off turnovers, which was a significant statistic. Just 17 turnovers were forced by UCLA, falling short of the second-highest average in the country of 18.6.
Up next
On Saturday, UCLA will play North Carolina in the CBS Sports Classic at Madison Square Garden in New York. On December 28, UCLA will play Gonzaga in the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California, to wrap off nonconference play. Prairie View is on a 12-game tour with two games left. Before going home on January 4, the Panthers play at Rice on Sunday and Oklahoma.
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