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No. 15 UCLA Edged by No. 5 Arizona, 69-65
November 14, 2025 | Men's Basketball
INGLEWOOD, Calif. โ The No. 15 UCLA men's basketball team dropped a 69-65 decision to No. 5 Arizona at Intuit Dome on Friday night, as part of the Hall of Fame Series Los Angeles.
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Friday's game featured 10 lead changes and three ties, with Arizona using a 20-8 scoring run over the game's final seven minutes to win by a 69-65 margin.
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UCLA's Tyler Bilodeau scored a team-leading 19 points and Eric Dailey Jr. finished with 13 points and five rebounds. Donovan Dent had 11 points and a team-best eight assists. Xavier Booker totaled 10 points and seven rebounds.
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Arizona shot 60 percent from the field in the second half against UCLA (3-1), making 15 of 25 shots. Anthony Dell'Orso scored a team-leading 20 points off the bench for the Wildcats (4-0), while Jaden Bradley totaled 15 points.
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UCLA led Arizona, 63-62, before the Wildcats scored the go-ahead basket on a 3-pointer from Bradley at the 1:23 mark. Trailing Arizona, 67-63, UCLA scored on a layup by Dent with 19 seconds left to pull within two points. Down by a 67-65 margin, the Bruins were unable to get a stop on defense, as Booker was called for a personal foul. Dell'Orso hit both free throw attempts to put the Wildcats on top, 69-65.
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The Bruins led by as many as eight points with 7:18 to play in regulation. A turnaround shot from Booker at the 7:37 mark and a 3-pointer from Bilodeau with 7:18 to play pushed UCLA ahead, 57-49. Arizona chipped away at the Bruins' second-half cushion, pulling UCLA's advantage down to four points (57-53) on a pair of free throws by Brayden Burries with 5:36 to play.
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Bradley nailed two free throws at the 5:17 mark then followed with a second-chance basket with 4:32 left, pulling Arizona to within 59-57 of UCLA.
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The Wildcats entered the locker room at halftime with a 28-25 cushion. The game's opening half included substantial scoring runs by both teams. Trailing 3-0, the Bruins used a 15-2 scoring run to surge ahead of the Wildcats, 15-5. Bilodeau sank back-to-back jump shots with under 14 minutes to play to push UCLA's margin up to 10 points.
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Over the next four minutes, Arizona secured a 19-18 advantage by using a 14-3 scoring run. The lead continued to change hands over the final eight minutes of the opening half, as Arizona built a 28-24 cushion with 1:22 to play. Trent Perry's free throw at the 57-second mark cut Arizona's lead to 28-25.
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UCLA will return to action at home with a pair of games next week. The Bruins will host Sacramento State on Tuesday (Nov. 18) and Presbyterian on Friday (Nov. 21). Both of those home games will begin at 7:30 p.m. (PT).
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