National Basketball Association
Arizona 65, UCLA 63
When: 2:00 PM ET, Saturday, February 25, 2012
Where: McKale Center, Tucson, Arizona
Officials:
# Michael Reed, # Randy Burkhart, # Jim Giron
Attendance:
14724
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ARIZONA 65, UCLA 63: Kyle Fogg scored 16 of his team-high 20 points in the second half and despite some poor free-throw shooting in the final seconds the Wildcats hung on for the Pac-12 win in Tucson, Ariz.
UCLA had a chance to tie the game but Jerime Anderson, who led the Bruins with 20 points, missed a 15-footer as time expired.
Fogg scored four straight points to give Arizona (21-9, 12-5 Pac-12) the lead for good, 54-53, with 4:06 to play. He later hit a 3-pointer to extend the Wildcats’ lead to 63-57. But Arizona hit just 2 of 6 from the line in the final minute giving UCLA a chance to get back into it.
Jesse Perry added 16 points for Arizona and Solomon Hill had 13.
UCLA (16-13, 9-7 Pac-12) got 13 points from Travis Wear and 11 from Tyler Lamb but failed to cap the season sweep.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Josh Smith scored nine points off the bench for UCLA but was once again limited by foul problems. … UCLA opened up a six-point lead in the second half. …Bruins guard Lazeric Jones was 1 for 12 from the floor and finished with five points.
Top Game Performances
| UCLA |
|
Arizona |
|
Jerime Anderson 20 |
Scoring |
Kyle Fogg 20 |
|
Lazeric Jones 5 |
Assists |
Kyle Fogg 3 |
|
David Wear 9 |
Rebounds |
Kyle Fogg 9 |
|
Joshua Smith 3 |
Free Throws Made |
Kyle Fogg 10 |
|
Tyler Lamb 4 |
Steals |
Angelo Chol 1 |
|
Anthony Stover 2 |
Blocks |
Solomon Hill 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| UCLA
|
63 |
41.0 |
2-7 |
11-18 |
11 |
37 |
2 |
7 |
14 |
| Arizona
|
65 |
38.3 |
6-18 |
23-32 |
7 |
31 |
3 |
4 |
14 |