National Basketball Association
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
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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 |