National Basketball Association
UCLA 77, Colorado 60
When: 4:00 PM ET, Saturday, January 28, 2012
Where: Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, California
Officials:
# Rick Batsell, # Randy Burkhart, # Chris Rastatter
Attendance:
9253
By SportsDirect Inc.
Lazeric Jones had 17 points and nine assists as UCLA shot nearly 60 percent from the floor – including 9 of 13 from three-point range – en route to a 77-60 victory over Colorado on Saturday.
Travis Wear scored seven of his 14 points during a decisive run in the second half and Tyler Lamb added 13 points, seven rebounds and six assists for UCLA (12-9, 5-4 Pac-12), which seemed one step ahead of Colorado’s defense all game and didn’t miss many open looks.
Andre Roberson had 12 points and 10 rebounds for his conference leading 13th double-double of the season and freshman Askia Booker scored 13 as Colorado (14-7, 6-3 Pac-12) fell to 1-3 on the road and out of a first-place tie in the Pac-12.
After Roberson’s 3-pointer brought Colorado to within 44-41 early in the second half, the Bruins went on a 25-5 tear, capped by seven straight points by Wear, including four on alley-oops. One of the passes was by Jerime Anderson, who had eight points and eight assists.
Colorado opened the game with a 12-4 run before UCLA answered with a 22-4 burst featuring seven different scorers.
After the Buffaloes scored 19 of the next 27 points to retake the lead, Lamb and Norman Powell hit back-to-back 3-pointers to put the Bruins in front 40-36 at halftime.
Jones scored a game-high 11 points in the first half as the teams combined to shoot 56 percent from the field, including six-for-eight from 3-point range by the Bruins.
UCLA, which finished 31 for 52 from the field (59.6 percent), had a season-high 26 assists.
Top Game Performances
| Colorado |
|
UCLA |
|
Askia Booker 13 |
Scoring |
Lazeric Jones 17 |
|
Spencer Dinwiddie 3 |
Assists |
Lazeric Jones 9 |
|
Andre Roberson 10 |
Rebounds |
Tyler Lamb 7 |
|
Carlon Brown 2 |
Free Throws Made |
Lazeric Jones 2 |
|
Andre Roberson 4 |
Steals |
Tyler Lamb 3 |
|
Andre Roberson 2 |
Blocks |
Norman Powell 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Colorado
|
60 |
46.0 |
7-15 |
7-14 |
11 |
24 |
2 |
6 |
14 |
| UCLA
|
77 |
59.6 |
9-13 |
6-9 |
26 |
25 |
6 |
10 |
12 |