National Basketball Association
UCLA 76, Washington St. 62
When: 10:00 PM ET, Saturday, February 9, 2013
Where: Pauley Pavilion, Los Angeles, California
Officials:
# Kevin Brill, # Keith Kimble, # Tommy Nunez Jr.
Attendance:
10090
By SportsDirect Inc.
UCLA 76, Washington State 62: Shabazz Muhammad led four Bruins in double figures with 17 points as host UCLA continued its dominance of the Cougars in a Pac-12 Conference game.
Jordan Adams added 14 points for the Bruins (18-6, 8-3 Pac-12) and Kyle Anderson had a 12 points and seven assists. UCLA shot a season-high 62 percent from the field.
Brock Motum led Washington State with 17 points and has scored at least 11 points in every game this season. Royce Woolridge added 16 for the Cougars, who have lost four straight.
Washington State (11-13, 2-9) led briefly in the opening minutes before UCLA went on a 16-1 run to take control in the first half and led 39-24 at the break. The Cougars hit five straight 3-pointers to start the game, but didn't score a two-point field goal for the first 16 minutes.
UCLA opened up a 67-47 lead in the second half before Washington State mounted a big run to close the game to 70-60. But Larry Drew II, who won UCLA's last game with a buzzer beater, began a 6-0 run with a pair of free throws to put the game away.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Washington State has lost nine of its last 11 games. ...The Cougars have won only 14 of 126 games in the series and are 2-54 all-time at Los Angeles. ...Washington State had 19 turnovers.
Top Game Performances
Washington St. |
|
UCLA |
Brock Motum 17 |
Scoring |
Shabazz Muhammad 17 |
D.J. Shelton 6 |
Assists |
Larry Drew II 8 |
Mike Ladd 9 |
Rebounds |
Shabazz Muhammad 4 |
Brock Motum 3 |
Free Throws Made |
Larry Drew II 4 |
DaVonte Lacy 4 |
Steals |
Larry Drew II 4 |
Brock Motum 1 |
Blocks |
Kyle Anderson 2 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Washington St.
|
62 |
40.7 |
9-25 |
9-14 |
17 |
27 |
1 |
8 |
19 |
UCLA
|
76 |
62.0 |
6-16 |
8-11 |
22 |
17 |
4 |
12 |
13 |