LOS ANGELES — The Colorado males’s basketball workforce has made a behavior of enjoying to the extent of its competitors for a lot of the season.
The Buffaloes did it once more for a lot of Saturday’s showdown at No. 7 UCLA, however the Bruins dominated when it mattered most.
Thwarted as soon as once more by their very own turnovers, CU dropped a 68-54 choice in a Pac-12 Convention battle at Pauley Pavilion. It was UCLA’s thirteenth consecutive victory and its sixth previously seven video games in opposition to Colorado. It was CU’s sixteenth consecutive loss in opposition to a ranked foe in a real highway recreation.
Two days after committing 22 turnovers at USC, the Buffs recorded 23 at UCLA, resulting in a 25-6 benefit for the Bruins in factors off turnovers. Very similar to the USC loss, the Buffs’ protection and rebounding had been ok to win on the highway, however the giveaways had been far an excessive amount of to beat.
The Buffs led all through an virtually 20-minute stretch from late within the first half till the halfway level of the second half, taking a nine-point lead on a three-point play from KJ Simpson with 10 minutes, 21 seconds remaining. But CU didn’t get one other discipline objective for greater than 9 minutes.
UCLA responded to Simpson’s three-point play by scoring 17 consecutive factors in what changed into a 24-3 run for the Bruins. The Bruins additionally grabbed 18 offensive rebounds to submit a 14-1 edge in second probability factors. UCLA additionally recorded 11 blocked photographs after the Buffs had 9 photographs blocked at USC.
Simpson led the Buffs with 17 factors however completed 5 for 15 with 4 turnovers. Javon Ruffin got here off the bench to attain 11 factors.
No. 7 UCLA 68, Colorado 54
COLORADO (11-8, 3-5 Pac-12)
da Silva 2-6 4-4 10, Lovering 1-1 1-1 3, Clifford 2-5 1-2 5, Hadley 1-8 1-2 3, Simpson 5-15 6-7 17, O’Brien 2-4 0-0 5, Ruffin 2-7 7-7 11, Hammond 0-1 0-0 0, Wright 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 15-49 20-23 54.
UCLA (16-2, 7-0)
Bona 2-4 5-7 9, Campbell 4-15 2-2 11, Clark 5-10 6-9 18, Singleton 2-9 3-4 7, Jaquez 11-23 0-1 23, McClendon 0-0 0-0 0, Andrews 0-2 0-1 0, Nwuba 0-0 0-0 0, Etienne 0-0 0-0 0, Canka 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-63 16-24 68.
Halftime — Colorado 31-28. 3-Level Targets — Colorado 4-14 (da Silva 2-4, O’Brien 1-1, Simpson 1-4, Hammond 0-1, Wright 0-1, Ruffin 0-3), UCLA 4-19 (Clark 2-4, Jaquez 1-2, Campbell 1-6, Andrews 0-1, Singleton 0-6). Rebounds — Colorado 39 (Hadley 10), UCLA 39 (Jaquez 13). Assists — Colorado 8 (Simpson 3), UCLA 10 (Clark 4). Whole Fouls — Colorado 16, UCLA 20.
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