National Basketball Association
Texas 69, UCLA 59
When: 4:30 PM ET, Saturday, December 3, 2011
Where: Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, California
Officials:
# Michael Reed, # Bruce Hicks, # Mike Littlewood
Attendance:
6177
By SportsDirect Inc.
Texas, facing an 11-point deficit when the lights went out late in the first half at the Los Angeles Sports Arena Saturday, came out of the 13-minute delay to blow past UCLA for a 69-59 win.
The Longhorns rode the hot shooting of guard J’Covan Brown, whose 3-pointer at 17:09 left evened the score. Myck Kabongo gave the Longhorns the lead on a layup, followed it up with a steal and scored again when his shot was goaltended.
Brown finished with 22 points and Kabongo added 13, 11 coming in the second half, in addition to eight assists.
The Bruins got 21 points from guard Lazeric Jones, but only a combined six from front line stars Josh Brown and Reeves Nelson.
With the lights still not fully powered up, the Longhorns seemed to catch a second wind once play resumed. Texas scored the final five points of the half to get within six at halftime at 34-28 on a Clint Chapman dunk and a Brown 3-pointer.
Top Game Performances
| Texas |
|
UCLA |
|
J'Covan Brown 22 |
Scoring |
Lazeric Jones 21 |
|
Myck Kabongo 8 |
Assists |
Jerime Anderson 3 |
|
Clint Chapman 7 |
Rebounds |
David Wear 7 |
|
Alexis Wangmene 2 |
Free Throws Made |
Joshua Smith 4 |
|
Julien Lewis 2 |
Steals |
Lazeric Jones 2 |
|
Clint Chapman 2 |
Blocks |
Travis Wear 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Texas
|
69 |
54.7 |
7-19 |
4-7 |
13 |
30 |
3 |
6 |
11 |
| UCLA
|
59 |
38.6 |
5-10 |
10-20 |
9 |
29 |
1 |
6 |
7 |