UCLA
12-9, 5-3
Washington State
8-13, 1-7
UCLA Registers 87-67 Victory at Washington State
January 30, 2019 | Men's Basketball
PULLMAN, Wash. โ Five Bruins scored in double figures as the UCLA men's basketball team cruised past Washington State, 87-67, in a Pac-12 contest at Beasley Coliseum on Wednesday night.
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Prince Ali, Moses Brown and Kris Wilkes each registered 16 points for UCLA (12-9, 5-3 Pac-12). The Bruins also received 10 points from Cody Riley and Jaylen Hands.
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Brown registered seven rebounds and Ali tallied a season-high six rebounds.
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UCLA led at halftime by a 44-37 margin, and Washington State was able to reduce its deficit to just two points early in the second half. A jump shot by Washington State's CJ Elleby pulled the Cougars (8-13, 1-7 Pac-12) to within 49-47 of the Bruins.
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From that point, Ali made a layup and Wilkes nailed a 3-pointer to trigger a 13-2 scoring run for UCLA. The Bruins pushed their margin to 62-49 at the 13:20 mark on a dunk by Brown.
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After WSU's Aljaz Kunc hit a 3-pointer with 12:58 to go, pulling Washington State to within 10 points at 62-52, UCLA used a 14-3 run to extend the lead to 21 points with just over eight minutes remaining.
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The Bruins finished the game having shot just under 59 percent from the field, the team's best overall shooting percent of the season (58.8%). UCLA made 9 of 19 attempts from 3-point range, including seven of those made 3-pointers in the first half.
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Washington State shot 43.9 percent from the field, as Robert Franks led the host Cougars with 21 points. Franks connected on 8 of 14 shots overall and 3 of 7 attempts from 3-point range.
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UCLA will return to action at Washington (17-4, 8-0 Pac-12) on Saturday, Feb. 2. Game time at Washington's Alaska Airlines Arena is set for 1 p.m. (PT). The game will be nationally televised on ESPN2.
