National Basketball Association
UCLA 91, Washington 82
When: 9:00 PM ET, Thursday, March 6, 2014
Where: Alaska Airlines Arena, Seattle, Washington
Officials:
# Eric Curry, # David Hall, # Tom O'Neill
Attendance:
6894
By SportsDirect Inc.
UCLA 91, Washington 82: Jordan Adams scored a career-high 31 points on 11-of-15 shooting as the visiting Bruins defeated the Huskies to clinch second place in the Pac-12.
Zach LaVine scored 14 points and Kyle Anderson added 12 points, nine rebounds and five assists for UCLA (23-7, 12-5). Bryce Alford also had 12 points and Tony Parker tallied 10.
C.J. Wilcox scored 20 points and Nigel Williams-Goss contributed 17 points and eight assists for Washington (16-14, 8-9). Andrew Andrews also scored 17 and Perris Blackwell added 13 points and 10 rebounds.
Alford’s 3-pointer gave UCLA a 75-66 lead with 7:36 remaining before the Huskies crept within 79-75 on two free throws by Wilcox with 3:45 left. The margin was again four before LaVine scored seven points during an 8-2 burst to increase the Bruins’ lead to 87-77 with 1:24 to go and Washington was unable to make another charge.
The Huskies led 45-41 at halftime but UCLA started the second half strong and inched ahead 51-50 on Adams’ basket with 16:40 remaining. The lead was six after Anderson’s basket with under 13 minutes left before Washington score six straight to tie it at 62.
GAME NOTEBOOK: UCLA improves to 5-4 on the road. … The Huskies shot 55.4 percent from the field but were hurt by 13 turnovers. … Adams had two steals to set a new school single-season mark of 83, surpassing Cameron Dollar (82 in 1996-97).
Top Game Performances
UCLA |
|
Washington |
Jordan Adams 31 |
Scoring |
C.J. Wilcox 20 |
Kyle Anderson 5 |
Assists |
Nigel Williams-Goss 8 |
Kyle Anderson 9 |
Rebounds |
Perris Blackwell 10 |
Jordan Adams 8 |
Free Throws Made |
Nigel Williams-Goss 6 |
Jordan Adams 2 |
Steals |
Andrew Andrews 1 |
Jordan Adams 1 |
Blocks |
N/A |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
UCLA
|
91 |
54.2 |
6-14 |
21-27 |
18 |
29 |
2 |
9 |
8 |
Washington
|
82 |
55.4 |
9-19 |
11-15 |
16 |
26 |
0 |
4 |
13 |