Tuesday, November 21
Honolulu, HI
2:00 PM
UCLA
4-1,0-0Pac-12
76
vs
48
Chaminade
1-4,0-1PacWest
1
2
F
UCLA
36
40
76
Chaminade
21
27
48
Sebastian Mack (left) and Adem Bona
Photo by: Jan Kim Lim
UCLA Men’s Basketball Defeats Chaminade University, 76-48
November 21, 2023 | Men's Basketball
HONOLULU – Freshman Sebastian Mack scored a team-leading 16 points and junior Lazar Stefanovic added 13 points as the UCLA men's basketball team defeated Chaminade University, 76-48, at the Allstate Maui Invitational on Tuesday afternoon.
UCLA had dropped into the tournament's consolation bracket on Monday night after losing to No. 4-ranked Marquette, 71-69.
Mack scored 25 points on Monday night against No. 4-ranked Marquette, and the freshman from Chicago followed that effort with a 16-point and six-rebound performance against the host Silverswords on Tuesday, on the campus of the University of Hawaii at Manoa (SimpliFi Arena at the Stan Sheriff Center). Mack also totaled a team-leading five steals in the victory.
Sophomore Adem Bona totaled 12 points, six rebounds and two assists for UCLA (4-1), while freshman Aday Mara registered six points, a team-leading 10 rebounds and two blocks in just under 15 minutes.
"I just wanted to get a win," said Mick Cronin, The Michael Price Family UCLA Men's Head Basketball Coach. "We are so young, so I don't know what I'm going to get from anybody at any given time. We're still settling in. I know what I'm going to get from Lazar. We're plus 39 in his 31 minutes. Right now, with the seven freshmen, you just don't know what you're going to get. I was up all night watching them. That's just how I do things. Our preparation, I was concerned."
UCLA opened Tuesday afternoon's game on a scorching 28-4 scoring run through the first nine minutes. The Bruins' margin spiked to 24 points midway through the opening half. Redshirt senior Kenneth Nwuba made a layup, before Stefanovic drilled a 3-pointer, and Mack followed with a layup off a turnover by Chaminade to close the opening scoring run.
The Silverswords (1-4) followed with a 14-2 scoring run, trimming UCLA's lead to 12 points (30-18) at the 6:40 mark in the first half. Mara's hook shot off an offensive rebound put the Bruins ahead, 32-18, with 4:07 remaining before halftime. The Bruins entered the locker room at the break with a 36-21 advantage.
Chaminade trailed 50-37 with 13:11 left in regulation, before UCLA put together a 22-7 scoring run over the game's next 10 minutes.
The Bruins outscored Chaminade by a 40-27 tally in the second half. UCLA shot nearly 49 percent from the field in Tuesday's win, connecting on 30 of 62 shot attempts and 7 of 22 attempts from 3-point distance. UCLA limited Chaminade to 26 percent shooting from the field (15-for-58).
Chaminade junior Jamir Thomas finished with a team-leading 17 points for the Silverswords, sinking 5 of 11 shots from 3-point range. Thomas made 6 of 14 total shots and had four steals against UCLA.
UCLA will play in the Allstate Maui Invitational's fifth-place contest against Gonzaga (3-1) on Wednesday evening at 7 p.m. HT (9 p.m. PT). The Bruins' game against Gonzaga will be nationally televised on ESPN2. UCLA's radio broadcast will be available in Southern California on AM 570 (KLAC).
UCLA had dropped into the tournament's consolation bracket on Monday night after losing to No. 4-ranked Marquette, 71-69.
Mack scored 25 points on Monday night against No. 4-ranked Marquette, and the freshman from Chicago followed that effort with a 16-point and six-rebound performance against the host Silverswords on Tuesday, on the campus of the University of Hawaii at Manoa (SimpliFi Arena at the Stan Sheriff Center). Mack also totaled a team-leading five steals in the victory.
Sophomore Adem Bona totaled 12 points, six rebounds and two assists for UCLA (4-1), while freshman Aday Mara registered six points, a team-leading 10 rebounds and two blocks in just under 15 minutes.
"I just wanted to get a win," said Mick Cronin, The Michael Price Family UCLA Men's Head Basketball Coach. "We are so young, so I don't know what I'm going to get from anybody at any given time. We're still settling in. I know what I'm going to get from Lazar. We're plus 39 in his 31 minutes. Right now, with the seven freshmen, you just don't know what you're going to get. I was up all night watching them. That's just how I do things. Our preparation, I was concerned."
UCLA opened Tuesday afternoon's game on a scorching 28-4 scoring run through the first nine minutes. The Bruins' margin spiked to 24 points midway through the opening half. Redshirt senior Kenneth Nwuba made a layup, before Stefanovic drilled a 3-pointer, and Mack followed with a layup off a turnover by Chaminade to close the opening scoring run.
The Silverswords (1-4) followed with a 14-2 scoring run, trimming UCLA's lead to 12 points (30-18) at the 6:40 mark in the first half. Mara's hook shot off an offensive rebound put the Bruins ahead, 32-18, with 4:07 remaining before halftime. The Bruins entered the locker room at the break with a 36-21 advantage.
Chaminade trailed 50-37 with 13:11 left in regulation, before UCLA put together a 22-7 scoring run over the game's next 10 minutes.
The Bruins outscored Chaminade by a 40-27 tally in the second half. UCLA shot nearly 49 percent from the field in Tuesday's win, connecting on 30 of 62 shot attempts and 7 of 22 attempts from 3-point distance. UCLA limited Chaminade to 26 percent shooting from the field (15-for-58).
Chaminade junior Jamir Thomas finished with a team-leading 17 points for the Silverswords, sinking 5 of 11 shots from 3-point range. Thomas made 6 of 14 total shots and had four steals against UCLA.
UCLA will play in the Allstate Maui Invitational's fifth-place contest against Gonzaga (3-1) on Wednesday evening at 7 p.m. HT (9 p.m. PT). The Bruins' game against Gonzaga will be nationally televised on ESPN2. UCLA's radio broadcast will be available in Southern California on AM 570 (KLAC).
Team Stats
UCLA
Cham
FG%
.484
.259
3FG%
.318
.250
FT%
.643
.750
RB
55
24
TO
18
13
STL
10
11
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
16
FGM
7
3FGM
2
FTM
0
Pts
13
FGM
5
3FGM
3
FTM
0
Pts
9
FGM
4
3FGM
1
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
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