National Basketball Association
UCLA 71, Arizona St. 53
When: 11:00 PM ET, Thursday, February 24, 2011
Where: Pauley Pavilion, Los Angeles, California
Officials:
# Bruce Hicks, # Don McAllister, # Michael Reed
Attendance:
8080
By SportsDirect Inc.
Malcolm Lee led five players in double figures with 16 points as UCLA overcame a sluggish start to rout Arizona State 71-53 in a Pac-10 game at the Pauley Pavilion Thursday night.
UCLA, which had its six-game winning streak stopped on Sunday night, fell behind by 12 midway through the first half but finished the half on a 30-8 run to take a 39-29 lead at the break.
Reeves Nelson had 12 points and 12 rebounds for the Bruins (20-8, 11-4). With the win UCLA moved to within a game of conference-leading Arizona, which lost to USC on Thursday. Lazeric Jones had 10 points and 10 assists for UCLA.
The Sun Devils (10-17, 2-13) played without senior forward scorer Rihards Kuksiks (concussion) for the third straight game. Arizona State has lost 10 of its last 11 games.
Chanse Creekmur led the Sun Devils with nine points.
Top Game Performances
| Arizona St. |
|
UCLA |
|
Chanse Creekmur 9 |
Scoring |
Malcolm Lee 16 |
|
Ty Abbott 4 |
Assists |
Lazeric Jones 10 |
|
Ruslan Pateev 5 |
Rebounds |
Reeves Nelson 12 |
|
Keala King 2 |
Free Throws Made |
Malcolm Lee 3 |
|
Corey Hawkins 2 |
Steals |
Lazeric Jones 3 |
|
Jordan Bachynski 1 |
Blocks |
Reeves Nelson 3 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Arizona St.
|
53 |
42.0 |
7-15 |
4-9 |
12 |
25 |
2 |
6 |
|
| UCLA
|
71 |
52.0 |
8-19 |
11-17 |
22 |
27 |
10 |
11 |
|