UCLA
16-6, 8-3P12
Arizona State
19-4, 10-1P12
No. 14 UCLA's Rally Falls Short at ASU
February 06, 2016 | Women's Basketball
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TEMPE, Ariz. -- Jordin Canada had 16 points and six assists but No. 14 UCLA couldn't rally past No. 8 Arizona State and dropped to 16-6 overall and 8-3 in the Pac-12 with a 65-61 defeat on Friday night in Wells Fargo Arena.
Katie Hempen became Arizona State's career leader in 3-pointers made and her 20 points allowed the Sun Devils to recover from blowing a big lead to beat the Bruins and improve to 19-4 overall and 10-1 in league play.
Hempen hit consecutive 3s late in the third quarter. The first broke Kylan Loney's career mark of 161 and the second put the Sun Devils ahead to stay.
She made 4 of 7 3s after going 0 for 3 in a 67-44 loss to No. 9 Oregon State on Monday.
"They knew that I don't want to keep missing shots," Hempen said of her teammates. "So they helped me out all week."
Elisha Davis added 10 points and seven assists and Quinn Dornstauder had 10 points and eight rebounds for the Sun Devils (19-4, 10-1 Pac 12), who led by 17 in the second quarter.
Kelsey Moos' two free throws with 6.9 seconds left put it away.
Canada made a halfcourt shot at the first-half buzzer in her return after missing a game due to injury at Utah.
Nirra Fields had 15 points and Monique Billings, 10, for UCLA, which had its five-game winning streak snapped despite a stirring comeback.
"I liked the grit, I liked the fight that I saw in my team to persevere after the really poor start," UCLA coach Cori Close said. "Arizona State is a really good team and they won some toughness plays that we have to win if you're going to win on the road."
The Sun Devils were fired up early after their first loss in nearly two months. Helped by UCLA missing 15 of its first 19 shots and an aggressive defense that forced seven early turnovers, Arizona State raced to a 28-11 midway through the second quarter.
But the Bruins slowly fought back as Arizona State's offense stalled. Consecutive buckets by Lajahna Drummer gave UCLA its first lead at 44-42 with 1:34 left in the third quarter.
Davis scored on three driving layups in an 8-0 run to start the fourth quarter to put Arizona State ahead 59-49. Davis' jumper with 47.3 seconds left made it 61-56 and Hempen's bucket with 17.7 seconds remaining made it 63-58.
HALFCOURT SWISH
After Drummer grabbed Davis' missed layup in the closing seconds of the first half, Canada raced up the floor and let go of the ball a step inside the midcourt line just as the clock reached zero. It hit nothing but net to get the Bruins within 30-22.
PASSING MEYERS
Fields' driving layup late in the third quarter moved her past Ann Meyers and into ninth on the UCLA career scoring list.
Meyers, the first woman to receive a full athletic scholarship to UCLA, scored 1,685 points from 1975-78.
Now a part-time TV analyst for the Phoenix Suns, Meyers sat behind the UCLA bench.
TIP-INS
UCLA: Has been ranked for 10 straight weeks. ... Fell to 2-6 when trailing at the half and lost its 11th-straight road game to a ranked team. ... Had won eight straight in dominating the series (49-25), but has now lost three straight to the Sun Devils.
Arizona State: Improved to 40-5 at home since the 2013-14 season. ... Last lost two straight last year against California and Oregon State.
UP NEXT
UCLA visits Arizona on Sunday.
Arizona State hosts Southern California on Sunday.
No. 14 UCLA at No. 8 Arizona State (Pac-12 Game)
| SCOREBOARD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F |
| No. 14 UCLA | 11 | 11 | 27 | 12 | 61 |
| No. 8 Arizona State | 21 | 9 | 21 | 14 | 65 |
