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National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
UCLA 75, Arizona 59
When: 11:00 PM ET, Tuesday, January 25, 2022
Where: Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom, Los Angeles, California
Officials: # Nate Harris, # Mike Scyphers, # John Higgins
Attendance: 11268

No. 7 UCLA's balanced scoring, led by 15 points each from Jules Bernard and Johnny Juzang, and the Bruins' defense were too much for No. 3 Arizona in a 75-59 victory Tuesday night at Los Angeles.

The Bruins (14-2, 6-1 Pac-12) also got 12 points from Cody Riley and 10 from Jaime Jaquez Jr.

They shot 50 percent from the field, including 8 of 17 from 3-point range.

Arizona (16-2, 6-1) shot 30.7 percent from the field and 7 of 28 from beyond the arc.

The Wildcats' starting point guard, Kerr Kriisa, missed all 12 of his field-goal attempts, nine of them from 3-point range, and finished scoreless.

Bennedict Mathurin scored 16 points but shot only 5 of 22 from the field. He finished with 10 rebounds to help the Wildcats win the rebounding battle 49-34.

Arizona entered the game second in the nation averaging 88.7 points per game.

The Bruins tallied eight blocked shots and seven steals.

UCLA pulled away to a 40-29 halftime lead after Arizona started the game with a torrid shooting performance.

The Wildcats and Bruins combined to make 13 of their first 16 shots from the field, including converting their first six 3-pointers.

UCLA led 17-16 with fewer than 5 minutes into the game.

The Bruins took advantage of Arizona missing nine straight shots from the field to take a 24-16 lead with 10:10 left before halftime.

UCLA built its lead to 40-25 on Bernard's jumper with 1:25 remaining, before Arizona closed the half with a Christian Koloko dunk and Pelle Larsson layup.

Juzang made all three of his 3-point attempts in the first half and had 11 points. Tyger Campbell had nine points at the break, including making his lone 3-point try and going 4 of 6 from the field.

After Arizona cut the lead to 61-53 with 7:43 remaining, UCLA scored eight unanswered points, including 3-pointers by David Singleton and Bernard to pull away for good.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Arizona   UCLA
Bennedict Mathurin 16 Scoring Jules Bernard 15
Kerr Kriisa 6 Assists Jules Bernard 3
Bennedict Mathurin 10 Rebounds Jules Bernard 7
Bennedict Mathurin 3 Free Throws Made Jaime Jaquez Jr. 1
Bennedict Mathurin 2 Steals Jules Bernard 2
Christian Koloko 1 Blocks Jaime Jaquez Jr. 3
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Arizona 59 30.7 7-28 6-11 14 45 2 4 14
UCLA 75 50.0 8-17 3-5 12 29 8 7 8