Eric Dailey Jr. scored 18 factors, making 4 3-pointers, and No. 22 UCLA edged 14th-ranked Gonzaga 65-62 Saturday within the first school basketball sport performed at Intuit Dome, the brand new house of the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers.
Ryan Nembhard’s basket gave Gonzaga a 60-58 lead with 56 seconds left earlier than the Bruins (11-2) scored 5 straight factors. Sebastian Mack transformed a three-point play with 33 seconds left to offer UCLA the lead, and Skyy Clark made two free throws 20 seconds later.
Nembhard then ran the size of the courtroom and scored whereas being fouled. After a timeout, he missed the potential game-tying free throw with 8 seconds remaining.
Graham Ike fouled Clark, who made each free throws for a 65-62 lead with 5 seconds remaining. Nembhard’s heave 3-pointer from half courtroom missed the buzzer.
Ike led the Bulldogs (9-4) with 24 factors and eight rebounds. Nembhard had 16 factors and eight assists.
Graham was 11 of 16 from the sector on a day when each groups struggled offensively within the 18,000-seat enviornment.
It was a troublesome taking pictures day for UCLA’s Tyler Bilodeau, who was held to seven factors — nicely beneath his team-best 15.1 common — as he confronted Ike.
Takeaways
Gonzaga: The Zags fell to 3-4 on impartial courts.
UCLA: The Bruins improved to 2-2 on impartial courtroom. They have been coming off a two-point loss to North Carolina in New York final weekend.
Key second
The Zags misplaced starter Khalif Battle (5 factors) when he was ejected with 4:12 left within the first half for a flagrant 2 foul towards Dailey. Earlier than it was thought-about, UCLA coach Mick Cronin ripped off his jacket. Early within the second half, Dailey and Nembhard have been known as for double technicals when issues bought heated between the groups.
Key statistic
The Zags made 2 of 11 on 3-point makes an attempt within the first half, whereas trailing by 11. They made 5 3s within the second half.
To be continued
Gonzaga stays within the Los Angeles space to go to Pepperdine on Monday. UCLA travels to Nebraska on Jan. 4 in Large Ten play.
