Wednesday, November 20
Los Angeles, Calif.
8:00 PM (PT)
UCLA
4-1,0-0Big Ten
84
vs
70
Idaho State
2-4,0-0Big Sky
1
2
F
Idaho St.
27
43
70
UCLA
41
43
84
Sebastian Mack
Photo by: Scott Chandler
Men's Basketball Defeats Idaho State, 84-70
November 20, 2024 | Men's Basketball
LOS ANGELESย โ The UCLA men's basketball team took down Idaho State, 84-70, behind Sebastian Mack's 21-point performance on Wednesday night in a non-conference game inside Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom.
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The Bruins (4-1) enjoyed their best three-point shooting display of the young season, connecting on 9-of-14 attempts from beyond the arc. Tyler Bilodeauย spearheaded the long-range effortย by going a perfect 4-for-4 from beyond the arc to fuel his 20-point night. UCLA shot 57.4 percent as a team, its best mark of the season.
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Mack totaled a game-high 21 points, sinking 15 of 16 free throws. He finished with a career-high 15 free throws one year to the day that he shot 13-for-13 at the line in a loss to Marquette (in Honolulu, last season).
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In addition to Bilodeau (20 points) and Mack (21 points), Eric Dailey Jr. rounded out the Bruins' list of double-figure scorers with 16 points (on 7-of-9 shooting). Dailey Jr. had a game-high seven rebounds and connected on 2-of-3 attempts from 3-point distance.
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"I thought for 30 minutes, we played great, and then we got up 28, and a bunch of guys were selfish," said Mick Cronin, The Michael Price Family UCLA Men's Head Basketball Coach. "Their mind wasn't on defense โ just trying to get a steal and get a layup, just go to the other end and get mine. We became everything that I despise in the last 10 minutes. But in the first 30 minutes, we were great."
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Dailey Jr. enjoyed a stellar start to Wednesday night's contest, going 5-for-5 from the field and 2-for-2 from behind the three-point arc to lead the Bruins with 12 points in the first half. As a team, UCLA shot 60 percent (12-of-19) to build a 41-27 lead at the break.ย
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Despite multiple scoring droughts of over three minutes in the opening half, Idaho State's Isaiah Griffin knocked down three triples to keep his team within striking distance. Griffin finished with a team-high 16 points.
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Bilodeau restored UCLA's advantage by hitting the team's first three-pointer of the contest and Dailey Jr. continued his excellent first-half showing by banking in a three-ball of his own with the shot clock expiring.
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Bilodeau drained another 3-pointer and William Kyle III electrified the crowd with a powerful dunk, sparking a 15-3 run over a six-minute span to propel UCLA's cushion into double digits.
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The Bruins stiffened on the defensive end in the closing stages of the first half, holding the Bengals without a field goal for over five minutes. The visitors shot just 32 percent from the floor in the opening 20 minutes, but five of those eight field goals came from 3-point range.
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An old-fashioned 3-point play from Sebastian Mack kick-started a 7-0 run for the Bruins in the early stages of the second half.
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Bilodeau settled into a rhythm on the offensive with an individual 8-0 run, sinking two three-pointers and a layup to extend UCLA's margin beyond 20 points at the under-12 media timeout. The scoring run was pushed to 14 after Dylan Andrews and Trent Perry buried a pair of 3-pointers.
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The Bruins led by as many as 28 points in the second half, but a dry spell of almost five minutes allowed the Bengals to cut the deficit to 16 with less than four minutes to play.
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Bilodeau paced the UCLA offense with 12 points on 5-of-9 shooting in the second half.
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The Bruins will host Cal State Fullerton on Friday evening inside Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom. Game time is set for 7 p.m. UCLA's contest will be televised live on Big Ten Network, with J.B. Long and Don MacLean calling the game courtside.
Team Stats
ISU
UCLA
FG%
.444
.574
3FG%
.333
.643
FT%
.786
.808
RB
23
25
TO
12
11
STL
6
7
Game Leaders
Pts
21
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
15
Pts
20
FGM
8
3FGM
4
FTM
0
Pts
16
FGM
7
3FGM
2
FTM
0
Pts
8
FGM
2
3FGM
1
FTM
3
Players Mentioned
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