University of California, Los Angeles, Athletics
UCLA
12-10, 5-4
Utah
12-9, 3-6
UCLA Men's Basketball Defeats Utah, 73-57
February 02, 2020 | Men's Basketball
LOS ANGELES โ Tyger Campbell scored a team-leading 22 points and had eight assists to lead the UCLA men's basketball team past Utah, 73-57, in a Pac-12 game in Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom on Sunday afternoon.
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Campbell helped UCLA (12-10, 5-4 Pac-12) secure their fourth victory in their last five games, connecting on 7 of 13 shots and 2 of 4 attempts from 3-point range. He registered a season-high 22 points and finished the game one assist shy of season high in that category.
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Jaime Jaquez Jr. scored 18 points and tallied four steals, while Jalen Hill logged 14 points and a team-leading eight rebounds.
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"I was really happy with our win," said Mick Cronin, The Michael Price Family UCLA Men's Head Basketball Coach. "Happy for Tyger Campbell, obviously. It's tough being a young guy when everybody expects the world from you in your first year. Unfortunately, that's how college basketball has changed for the worse now. But he stood in there, kept working. You stand in there and keep working and you get better."
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The Bruins led Utah (12-9, 3-6 Pac-12) by a 32-21 margin at halftime and saw their 11-point lead early in the second half fall to as few as four points (50-46) with 9:12 to play.
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From that point in the game, UCLA pushed its margin back to double-digits with a jump shot from Campbell, a deep 2-point shot from Jules Bernard and a pair of free throws from Jaquez. That offensive sequence gave UCLA a 56-46 cushion with 7:47 left in regulation.
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The Bruins led by as many as 19 points (67-48) with 3:22 to play in the game.
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Campbell scored 16 of his 22 points after halftime. He made 6 of 9 shots in the second half to help the Bruins secure the win and improve to 5-4 in Pac-12 action.
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UCLA out-rebounded the Runnin' Utes by a 33-31 margin and have now out-rebounded the opposition in 20 of 22 games this season.
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The Bruins will return to action at Arizona State on Thursday, Feb. 6. Game time at ASU's Desert Financial Arena is 8 p.m. PT (9 p.m. MT, local time in Arizona). UCLA will conclude its two-game road trip at Arizona on Saturday, Feb. 8.
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