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No. 10 UCLA Drops No. 12 Indiana, 68-58
December 22, 2019 | Women's Basketball
BLOOMINGTON, IND. - No. 10 UCLA remained unbeaten at the end of non-conference play, defeating No. 12 Indiana on the road, 68-58.
Junior forwards Michaela Onyenwere and Lauryn Miller each recorded double-doubles, with Onyenwere totaling 25 points and 11 rebounds, and Miller posting 11 points and 12 rebounds. Japreece Dean was two rebounds shy of a double-double, totaling a season-high 24 points with eight rebounds. Onyenwere scored 19 of her 25 points in the second half.
The Bruins (11-0) used a 16-0 run in the first and second quarters to take an 18-4 lead with just under nine minutes to play in the first half. The Hoosiers answered with back-to-back threes by Jaelynn Penn to close to within eight at the 7:29 mark. Foul trouble by the Bruins contributed to the Hoosiers' 6-0 scoring run that trimmed UCLA's lead to six, but Dean killed the Hoosier run with a shot-clock-beating three-pointer to increase the lead to 21-12.
UCLA extended its 25-16 halftime lead to 11, 30-19, on a Dean three-pointer before Indiana went on a 12-4 run to close to within three, 34-31, with 3:37 left in the third. Onyenwere's turn-around jumper at 2:59 stopped the run and put UCLA ahead 36-31.
The Hoosiers (10-2) twice pulled to within two late in the third, but Onyenwere hit a buzzer-beating jumper just before the quarter ended to give the Bruins a five-point advantage going into the fourth.
Indiana cut the lead to one at 7:49 on a layup by Mackenzie Holmes, but an and-one by Miller at 7:23 after her second-straight offensive board gave UCLA breathing room, 49-45. Charisma Osborne's three at 3:47 made it 58-52, and Dean followed with a layup to increase UCLA's lead to 60-52. The Hoosiers never got closer than six after that.
The Bruins won the battle of the boards, 49-44, and had an 18-12 advantage on the offensive glass, leading to 16 second-chance points.
UCLA begins Pac-12 Conference play on Sunday, Dec. 29 against USC in Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom. The game will tip at 1pm and will be televised live on Pac-12 Networks and broadcast on am1150.
