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No. 12 Men's Basketball Wins at San Diego State, 67-60
October 17, 2025 | Men's Basketball
SAN DIEGO โ Donovan Dent scored 18 points and Skyy Clark added 13 points as the No. 12-ranked UCLA men's basketball team defeated San Diego State, 67-60, in an exhibition game at Viejas Arena on Friday evening.
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UCLA took to the road in its first of two preseason exhibition games on Friday. The Bruins never trailed against San Diego State, leading 17-0 early in the game before the host Aztecs cut UCLA's cushion down to three points โ at 52-49, with 7:36 to play in the second half.
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The Bruins, leading by just three points, bumped their advantage back up to nine points โ at 60-51 โ with just under five minutes to play. From that point in the second half, UCLA's lead was never in doubt. The Bruins twice led by as many as 11 points in the final 3:30 of the game.
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UCLA had three players who scored in double figures โ Donovan Dent with 18 points, Skyy Clark with 13, and Trent Perry with 10. As a team, the Bruins shot 40.8 percent (20-for-49), made 7 of 17 attempts from 3-point distance and nailed 20 of 23 free throw attempts.
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San Diego State's Reese Dixon-Waters scored a game-high 19 points, sinking 3 of 8 attempts from 3-point territory. Taj DeGourville finished with 10 points as SDSU's only other player to register double-figure scoring. Miles Heide had a game-leading seven rebounds for the Aztecs.
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UCLA registered 13 steals from six different players. Dent and Jamar Brown each had three steals, while Clark, Perry and Steven Jamerson II had a pair of steals. In all, the Bruins registered 21 turnovers against San Diego State.
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UCLA led at halftime, 39-23, after having raced to an early 17-0 lead. The Bruins scored the game's first 17 points through the first seven-plus minutes.
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Leading 12-0 after a 3-point basket by Jamar Brown, UCLA followed with a bucket from Jamerson II at the 13:40 mark and a 3-pointer from Brandon Williams with 12:44 left in the half. San Diego State got on the board, sinking a 3-point shot from Sean Newman Jr. with 12:17 remaining.
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San Diego State reduced the Bruins' early cushion to 11 points, at 21-10, with 7:11 to play before halftime. From that point, UCLA closed the first half by outscoring San Diego State, 18-13.
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Clark led UCLA with 11 points in the first half, sinking 5 of 8 shots from the field.
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UCLA will play its second preseason exhibition game at home against UC Irvine on Tuesday, Oct. 28. Game time is 7 p.m. inside Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom Financial.
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UCLA's regular season will get underway on Monday, Nov. 3, as the Bruins host Eastern Washington at Pauley Pavilion. Game time that night is set for 7:30 p.m. (PT).
