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National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
UCLA 66, Arizona 64
When: 9:00 PM ET, Friday, March 15, 2013
Where: MGM Grand Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada
Officials: # Michael Irvine, # Michael Reed, # Mike Scyphers
Attendance: 13151

No. 25 UCLA 66, No. 18 Arizona 64: Jordan Adams scored 24 points and the top-seeded Bruins rallied from a double-digit second-half deficit for the second consecutive day to advance to the Pac-12 tournament finals in Las Vegas.

Shabazz Muhammad and Travis Wear finished with 11 points apiece and Kyle Anderson scored 10, the final two on a putback with 24 seconds remaining that held up as the game-winner for UCLA (25-8), which will play third-seeded Oregon in Saturday’s championship game.

Brandon Ashley scored 15 points off the bench to lead fourth-seeded Arizona (25-7), which lost all three meetings against UCLA this season. Mark Lyons added 13 points and Nick Johnson and Solomon Hill finished with 10 apiece for the Wildcats.

After rallying from a 15-point second-half deficit in their quarterfinal win against Arizona State, the Bruins faced an 11-point deficit with 10:24 remaining against Arizona. Adams scored 12 consecutive UCLA points - the last two on a jumper to make it 58-58 with 3:53 left.

Arizona freshman forward Grant Jerrett sank a 3-pointer with 57 seconds left to tie the score at 64, and Anderson then grabbed Adams' missed 3-pointer and laid it back in to give the Bruins their final lead. Hill had a good look at the basket with five seconds left but his jumper was off target.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Arizona came in 21-0 this season when holding opponents to less than 70 points … The Bruins improved to 11-2 in games decided by five points or less this season. … UCLA senior point guard Larry Drew II scored a season-high 20 points in the quarterfinals, but went scoreless against the Wildcats, missing all five field-goal attempts.
Top Game Performances
 
Arizona   UCLA
Brandon Ashley 15 Scoring Jordan Adams 24
Solomon Hill 5 Assists Larry Drew II 4
Kaleb Tarczewski 13 Rebounds Shabazz Muhammad 6
Nick Johnson 2 Free Throws Made Jordan Adams 11
Brandon Ashley 1 Steals Kyle Anderson 5
Solomon Hill 1 Blocks Travis Wear 2
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Arizona 64 44.6 7-17 7-9 17 35 3 2 13
UCLA 66 39.3 1-12 17-21 8 28 5 9 5